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Covid Crisis in India: The Death of Pradeep Bhattacharya

‘Why shouldn’t there be a rebellion against the government?’ my uncle asked in a Facebook post. A few days later he died of Covid in New Delhi.

Climate Strike during Corona: „We go onto the streets anyways“

Covid-19 is the biggest challenge ever? Wait for the climate crisis. Three climate activists report what they are doing to keep protest going on.

Climate Strike and Corona: „Not back to old normal“

The pandemic did not replace climate crisis. It is adding to it. What does that mean for the movement? Three activists tell their stories.

Interview with Rwandan President Kagame: „Fighting? I don't see it coming“

Rwanda's president speaks to TAZ about the changing East African region: the deepening conflict with Uganda and the blossoming friendship with the DR Congo.

Descendants of victims of Nazi persecution: No change for the expatriated

Those who escaped Nazi rule lost the German citizenship. Germany is refusing to grant citizenship to some of their offspring.

Right Wing Violence and Self Defense: Thanks, Antifa

Invoking the slogan “no violence“ in the fight against the right is a betrayal of the victims of neo-Nazis and does nothing to stop the violence they experience.

Guilty Fashion: Call Me Captain Lycra

Like a moth to the flame, I am attracted to anything that shines, sequins, vinyl, and any number of polymers.

Rock icon Nannini about „Amore Gigante“: „Italy needs a woman“

She's a rebel-rockstar, a feminist, a doctor of philosophy. Italian musician Gianna Nannini about her new album against hatred, her pansexuality and #MeToo.

Unfinished and Concrete Poetry: Flowing Meanings

A word in German sounds like another in Georgian but their meaning diverges. Artist Elza Javakhishvili walks through the path of significance.

New Year’s Eve 2016 in Cologne: “It is a poisoned debate“

Fantasies of the right seemed to have come true. Sociologist explains why that very night leaves more of an impression than the terror attacks.

Racial profiling by Federal police officers: This man is not a pickpocket

Two Federal police officers stopped a man from Leipzig at the train station. Because of his skin colour. He filed a lawsuit and won. The inspection was unlawful.

Dresden’s 'Monument’ artwork: The protective barrier

Manaf Halbouni commemorates war and destruction with buses next to the Frauenkirche. The forecourt has become a place for communication.

Voluntary service in the Ukraine conflict: Maria Berlinska goes off to war

This is a woman who studied Jewish history and organised festivals with feminist bands. Then she volunteered to go to war. Why?

Research on Neonazi-milieu: „The snooping hurt me“

Journalist Andrea Röpke researches Neo-Nazi groups and was spied out by the intelligence services. She is not intimidated.

The soccer scarf invades high fashion: The ultimate anti-brand brand

When Balenciaga does a soccer scarf advertising Aldi it brings a fresh breeze into the air de Paris, the air of the left with the wallet of the right.

Spotlight Populism: Script writer needed

Nationalisms in Spain – powerful, bloody till recently and one of the most complex issues for the central government.

Spotlight Populism: Politicians should rediscover frugality

A great deal of representatives of Italian people have adopted a redundancy lifestyle that reminds of football players or star system VIPs.

Gentrificering i Berlin: Han kom. Tog. Og sejrede.

Investoren Jørn Tækker er for mange lejere i Berlin et mareridt. I sit hjemland bygger danskeren derimod en økologisk prestigeprojekt-by.

Spotlight Populism: Stop Using the Word

Societies slide towards those who give simplistic explanations and promise easy solutions. Thoughts of a member of political party „To Potami“.

Spotlight Populism: The Rage

A deep frustration has identified several enemies: the „casta“, the powerful untouchable politicians, the immigrants, Europe, the Euro.

Spotlight Populism: Should We Talk About Fascism?

The word populism has become a kind of container that serves almost everything you do not like.

Avraham Burg on Israel s Left: The Land of Silence

The political left of Israel collapsed. The fight against the occupation now wholly depends on the country's civil society.

Spotlight Populism: Enhancement of the EU

The defeat of the „wait an see“ politics – can the new populism movement save the European Union?

Spotlight Populism: The People Have to Fight

How do we survive populism in europe? By ignoring it? By writing about it? By fearing it? By discussing it? How?​

Spotlight Populism: „We have to keep facts important“

Conversation beteween two journalists on „How to survive pupulism“ – during a coffee break.

Spotlight Populism: Step back, reflect and ask

There were many factors that facilitated the rise of populism in Britain, but the media has taken much of the blame.

Dernier cri of autumn/winter season 2017: The right shoe on the left foot

Learning from New York Fashion Week: Make Wrong Right Again.

The renaissance of socks: Hand-knitted by the Queen

Gucci socks at 190 euro, Alexander McQueen socks for 245 euro – the sock inflation brought us socks for the 1%. Or actually, they're accessoires.

Schäuble’s role in Brussels: Merkel’s bogeyman

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s manner over the Greek conflict has been mostly obliging, while her finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble played the role of bad guy.

After the Euro Summit in Brussels: Thus fails Europe

Thanks to a loathsome alliance, Merkel and Schäuble have been able to impose all of Germany’s demands on Greece. The result is a regime of sanctions and coercion.

Economist about the ECB and Greece: Like setting off a nuclear bomb

The ECB denying Greece emergency loans would be blackmail, writes the economist Martin Hellwig. A crisis like 1931 could be created.

Germany, Greece and the EU: Europe isn’t that German

What kind of a Europe do we want? Surely one that values solidarity. The German course of austerity therapy has failed. It is time to correct the mistakes.

After the Greek referendum: History in the Making

The outcome of the referendum is clear. Now more than ever it’s up to the ECB, alongside the Greek government, to come up with solutions.

Grexit and the Eurozone: Destroyed confidence

The monetary system is based on confidence, and that confidence has been shattered. The end of the monetary union is dawning – even if Greece remains in the euro.