Without a compelling vision of a different future, people gravitate toward demagogues who recycle the past. The left's failure to articulate and fight for a post-capitalist world cedes ground to those who manipulate discontent for authoritarian ends. It's a dangerous game of political whack-a-mole, where stamping out one manifestation of reactionary politics only leads to
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In der Nacht des 27. Februar 1933 wurde der Reichstag in Brand gesetzt. Der 24-jährige Niederländer Marinus van der Lubbe wurde auf der Stelle verhaftet. Er wurde am 10.01.1934 in Leipzig durch das Fallbeil hingerichtet und in einem nicht gekennzeichneten Grab auf dem Leipziger Südfriedhof beigesetzt. Es folgt der zweite Teil eines Serieninterviews, das Nils
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The Leipzig Migrants’ Council, along with other important associations and institutions in Leipzig's migration landscape, has launched an information campaign regarding the European and local elections. Its videos at targeted at EU citizens and newly naturalized citizens who will be voting for the first time in Leipzig and Germany.
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Winding up this weekend at the Museum der bildenden Künste (MdbK) in Leipzig is the “Evelyn Richter: A Photographer’s Life” exhibit. From the 1970s, Richter gained widespread recognition as an outstanding humanist documentary photographer of East Germany. Featured in the exhibit, and her friends' multifarious career address the question of how women of their generation
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