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What Happens When Right-Wing Extremists Govern. A Guide to Resistance
Author, political activist and Senior Fellow Arne Semsrott confronts the alarming rise of right-wing extremism in Germany through his latest novel, Machtübernahme (Takeover of Power: What Happens When Right-Wing Extremists Govern. A Guide to Resistance).
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Interview on more transparency in politics
Senior Fellow and network journalist Arne Semsrott interviewed his brother, Nico Semsrott (Member of the European Parliament) on how more transparency in politics can be achieved.
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Freedom of information: abolish the press offices!
Senior Fellow and network journalist Arne Semsrott wrote an article about press offices. Arne Semsrott says press offices are a waste of time as there is often a danger of blackout instead of clarification.
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Tietz Lecture on Addressing Antisemitism
Antisemitism never went away in Germany. Now, it resurges – both covertly and increasingly in public. The intensifying antisemitic hate speech is also followed by acts of violence: In Germany, between 2017 and 2019, the antisemitic acts of violence doubled (Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution; 2020). The pianist Igor Levit and the author Lena Gorelik will discuss about Antisemitism in Germany today – and the actions that need to be taken now.
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Senior Fellow cofounds initiative against antisemitism
Senior Fellow Anne Aulinger and her colleagues from various factions of the German parliament founded the Bernhard-Kreis Initiative, a move to promote Jewish life in Germany by working against Antisemitism.
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Why feminists should talk about Antisemitism more often
Senior Fellow Miriam Yosef founded the Initiative Jewish & intersectional. Miriam Yosef gave an interview to ze.tt, where she speaks about why feminists should talk about Antisemitism more often.
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The open questions in the case of Galizia
Senior Fellow Lena Kampf reports on the attack on the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The attack resulted in numerous resignations and arrests, but the circumstances are still not completely cleared up.
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Bundestag is being sued
Senior Fellow and network journalist Arne Semsrott works for a transparency agency and they are suing against the parliament, because they do not publish the decision of the council of elders. In March 2018 the council of elders decided to build a trench around the German parliament building.
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Blind on the right eye?
Senior Fellow Lena Kampf reports about a police officer who kept right-wing ideas in his office and is said to have financially supported "Group S."
