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‘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.
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.
The pandemic did not replace climate crisis. It is adding to it. What does that mean for the movement? Three activists tell their stories.
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.
Those who escaped Nazi rule lost the German citizenship. Germany is refusing to grant citizenship to some of their offspring.
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.
Like a moth to the flame, I am attracted to anything that shines, sequins, vinyl, and any number of polymers.
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.
A word in German sounds like another in Georgian but their meaning diverges. Artist Elza Javakhishvili walks through the path of significance.
Fantasies of the right seemed to have come true. Sociologist explains why that very night leaves more of an impression than the terror attacks.
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.
Manaf Halbouni commemorates war and destruction with buses next to the Frauenkirche. The forecourt has become a place for communication.
This is a woman who studied Jewish history and organised festivals with feminist bands. Then she volunteered to go to war. Why?
Journalist Andrea Röpke researches Neo-Nazi groups and was spied out by the intelligence services. She is not intimidated.
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.
Nationalisms in Spain – powerful, bloody till recently and one of the most complex issues for the central government.
A great deal of representatives of Italian people have adopted a redundancy lifestyle that reminds of football players or star system VIPs.
Investoren Jørn Tækker er for mange lejere i Berlin et mareridt. I sit hjemland bygger danskeren derimod en økologisk prestigeprojekt-by.
Societies slide towards those who give simplistic explanations and promise easy solutions. Thoughts of a member of political party „To Potami“.
A deep frustration has identified several enemies: the „casta“, the powerful untouchable politicians, the immigrants, Europe, the Euro.
The word populism has become a kind of container that serves almost everything you do not like.
The political left of Israel collapsed. The fight against the occupation now wholly depends on the country's civil society.
The defeat of the „wait an see“ politics – can the new populism movement save the European Union?
How do we survive populism in europe? By ignoring it? By writing about it? By fearing it? By discussing it? How?
Conversation beteween two journalists on „How to survive pupulism“ – during a coffee break.
There were many factors that facilitated the rise of populism in Britain, but the media has taken much of the blame.
Learning from New York Fashion Week: Make Wrong Right Again.
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.
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.
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.
The ECB denying Greece emergency loans would be blackmail, writes the economist Martin Hellwig. A crisis like 1931 could be created.
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.
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.
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.