I am inviting you, the reader, to participate in a “global silent protest” to free Armenian POWs (prisoners of war). It’s happening this Tuesday, 6 p.m., at Augustusplatz in Leipzig. Have no clue what I’m talking about? Unfortunately, you’re not alone. Last year, I wrote here on The Leipzig Glocal about my experience being in
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The Migrants' Council of Leipzig will be reappointed this year with a new process including votes. Candidate Alexandra Athanasopoulou Köpping gives us the ins and outs of this special body that aims to be the voice of international Leipzigers.
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LeipGlo's Ana shares her new poem "When Dad was still alive" which she wrote during the pandemic. This personal yet global piece of poetry intertwines Ana's unique point of view with our global crises and traumas.
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This week's events at the Capitol building in Washington DC shook the world and further eroded the foundation of US democracy. Scott Galvao takes a closer look at the situation and its instigators.
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Small local businesses need us now perhaps more than ever. We can avoid buying from Amazon and instead redistribute consumer euros by following any or all of the simple steps listed in this post. How's that for a New Year's resolution?
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Lisa from LeipGlo had the chance to interview the new head of the Grassi Museum of Ethnology about her work, the challenges of the ethnological field and rethinking old structures away from the post-colonial top-down perspective.
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