Fear the News Cycle, Not Italy’s Referendum Result
5 DEC 2016 The international press is dangerously over-dramatising the results of the Italian Referendum, after 60% rejected Italian PM Matteo Renzi’s
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The Absurd Italian Referendum
29.11.16 Last weekend, I was at one of my favourite olive and salami merchants in Berlin, talking to the Neapolitan
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Why Sponsor a Stolperstein?
We could not find very much information about the lives of the two women who lived in our building
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RosaCaleta: Jamaica’s Gay Embassy in Berlin
Kirk Henry was out one day in Berlin and met two gay guys who told him they wouldn’t think to go
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Berlin Elections, Racism, and Who Belongs to the City
17 SEPT 2016. More than one instance of small-minded racism has marred my week, leading up to the Berlin city-state elections
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A Love Letter to my Brexit Lover, from Europe
BERLIN, 28 JUNE 2016. I admit I was angry when you decided to leave. I knew it was the worst
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What Will Brexit Bring?: The Earthquake that Broke the Seismographs
BERLIN, 25 JUNE 2016: What will the Brexit earthquake bring? I think it depends on how far you are from
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FEAR and the German Far Right: Conversations with Falk Richter
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is a movement that cannot stand criticism. I got my own taste of their
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Would a Brexit be Good for Europe? A Schadenfreude Letter from Berlin
BERLIN, 18 JUNE 2016 Fellow Europeans, let me offer you yet a cup of Brexit poison, one laced with Schadenfreude.
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Germany’s New Integration Law: A Mistake
26 MAY 16. Yesterday, Germany unveiled new proposed legislation for integrating refugees into society. The law should be adopted by this summer.
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Is Kreuzberg a “No-Go” Zone?
Calling Kreuzberg a ‘no-go zone’ is a dangerous trend in the news media that stigmatises immigrants, refugees and racial minorities, and
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