Berlin Wall

Democrats have been at "crazy" for a long time, issuing dire warnings of doomsday in order to come up with a rationale for expanding government.  With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, that's been their rationale, since socialism doesn't exactly sell with the broader U.S. public — just ask…

“Against the City of the Rich” was the rallying cry used to advertise a demonstration in Berlin on ... May 1, 2019. radikale-linke.net The rich in Germany are increasingly becoming the explicit target of hate. The most recently example of hate-speech directed at the rich occurred during a strategy conference…

Canadian artist Raven releases her debut EP, ‘Flames’, on Rekids on April 10.Up until now, Raven has been cutting her teeth as a DJ, producer and performer, living a nomadic lifestyle between LA, Chicago, Berlin, Toronto and Mexico City.Read this next: How the fall of the Berlin Wall forged an…

Irreverence is the champion of liberty, and its only sure defence…— Mark TwainCreativity — satire and theatricality — is a decisive weapon in the non-violent armoury of Safdar Hashmi’s legacy. Actor-theatreperson Sudhanva Deshpande’s recent book Halla Bol: The Death and Life of Safdar Hashmi (LeftWord Books), published in Hindi and…

China reacted to Covid–19 with quarantines for vast numbers of people. Yet media outlets such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal tell us that we won’t do anything so draconian here in the US. Why not? As I watch the Democratic primaries, I hear Senator Sanders promote socialism, an idea that many…

How’s This For A Creepy Tweet From TSA? by Gary Leff on March 4, 2020 The TSA responded to one of my tweets, divulging personal information about me, and it’s a reminder of how much freedom we’ve given up in the name of a false sense of security. Growing up…

Boundary-pushing performance artist, photographer, and filmmaker Frank Uwe Laysiepen, known as Ulay, has died at the age of 76 due to complications from lymphatic cancer in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Ulay was renowned for his collaborations with former partner and iconic Serbian artist Marina Abramović. One of the highlights of their 12-year…

Here's what our writers and editors are reading this week.Bradley J. Birzer, scholar-at-large: The most important book to hit the stands over the last quarter year is Marcus Witcher’s astounding, penetrating, and insightful re-examination of the 40th president and his legacy, Getting Right With Reagan: The Struggle for True Conservatism,…

Last November, I went to Paris to meet Jean Michel Othoniel in his beautiful studio in Le Marais. As soon as you step inside the studio, you already feel a peaceful creative atmosphere. Around the world, the French artist is well known for his giant installations of colored glass pearls. Born in 1964…

From a classic fairy tale to the life of a pig, this year's refurbished Berlin programming didn't disappoint. This year’s Berlin International Film Festival brought a lot of anticipation. The first edition assembled by artistic director Carlo Chatrian and executive director Mariette Rissenbeek required the team to push back on…