Behind Today’s Fascist Chic
Don’t believe the hype. The European far-right is by no means a unified bloc. It’s as ideologically inconsistent as it agrees on immigration and minorities.(...)
The Populist Doomloop
It’s not that there’s a spectre haunting Europe. It’s that there are too many.(...)
The Sahra Wagenknecht Experience
It was inevitable that Sahra Wagenknecht ditched Die Linke. From her perspective, she was the only thing keeping the party afloat.(...)
The Problem With Revenge Fantasies
Quentin Tarantino’s film Inglourious Basterds is more compelling now than when it was first released in 2009.(...)
Joseph Fronczak’s Everything is Possible and Rachel Maddow’s Prequel
The difference between right and left is who you blame. On the left, it’s capitalism and colonialism. On the right, it’s the Frankfurt School and LGBTQ.(...)
The Sholem Asch Festival
Required Media
The German Contradiction
Over the last four years, I have collected countless pieces of evidence of how the idea of Germany - whatever Germans tell themselves about what Germany was, what it is, and what it should become - is interwoven with narratives claiming 'Jews' and 'Arabs' are different from each other, and deeply rooted in a state of enmity.(...)