{"title": "Buchvorstellung und Diskussion: Politischer Streik", "start": "2026-11-13T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schwarze Risse", "address": "Gneisenaustraße 2a, 10961 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/labour", "history"], "description": "A book presentation and discussion on the subject of the political strike. The book argues that without political strike there is no democracy and seeks to bring the maligned tool of industrial action back into public awareness, offering arguments and legal tips as a practical guide. Joining are lawyer Benedikt Hopmann, Duygu Kaya of GEW, who as a rider helped organise the Gorillas strike, and Günter Watermeier of ver.di, a historian focused on the 1918/19 revolution. The event also looks at the history of political strikes in Germany, from the November Revolution of 1918 to their decline in significance after 1945.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/buchvorstellung-und-diskussion-politischer-streik-107221/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-13T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schwarze Risse", "address": "Gneisenaustraße 2a, 10961 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Rosa Luxemburg: Massenstreik für Demokratie", "start": "2026-11-07T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics", "history"], "description": "A talk and discussion in the “DT Kontext” series at the Deutsches Theater. Claudia von Gélieu, author of “Rosa Luxemburg in Berlin”, speaks with André Mumot about the question of what we can learn from Rosa Luxemburg today to defend democracy. Luxemburg considered bourgeois democracy, which limited itself to politics and parliament without extending to economics and social issues, insufficient; true democracy, for her, presupposed people's self-knowledge and self-empowerment. She rejected ready-made political recipes and dogmatic leadership, and saw mass strikes as a way to gain political experience, prevent social setbacks and drive improvements forward.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/rosa-luxemburg-massenstreik-fur-demokratie-4409/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/rosa-luxemburg-massenstreik-fuer-demokratie", "image": ""}, {"title": "1989 als Auftrag: Verpasste Chancen? Neue Perspektiven", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museumsdorf Düppel", "address": "Clauertstraße 11, 14163 Berlin", "price": "5 Euro", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr/peaceful-revolution"], "description": "An introductory talk and discussion asking whether a democratic new beginning was missed in 1989/90. The “New Constitution” working group of the Central Round Table presented a draft constitution in 1990, but no broad debate about it followed. Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Paulina Fröhlich, ManuEla Ritz and Max Schneller will discuss, moderated by Dagmar Hovestädt. The event is part of the “Berlin Freedom Week” and concludes the series “Über Grenzen: Ziehen, Einreißen und Verschieben” in BERLIN GLOBAL.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/1989-als-auftrag-verpasste-chancen-neue-perspektiven-89667/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.museum/veranstaltungen/1989-als-auftrag-verpasste-chancen-neue-perspektiven", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b907bcf1a601b1b0a255eed5988cae3fe988b3084c472a73bdd22f5c83bbfc56-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Widersetzt euch – Michael Kraske (Autor)", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Atze Musiktheater", "address": "Luxemburger Straße 20, 13353 Berlin", "price": "EINTRITT FREI", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/fascism", "literature"], "description": "A reading with Michael Kraske from the book „Widersetzt euch! – Wie wir gemeinsam den neuen Faschismus besiegen“, which he wrote together with Dirk Laabs. The book shows how the rise of the right in Germany can be stopped and offers practical advice for everyday life in clubs, workplaces, schools and families. With best-practice examples for politicians, volunteers, school heads and parents, it explains how the fight for democracy can be won and which mistakes must be avoided.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/widersetzt-euch-michael-kraske-autor-17009/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8a97fd8bdf574c33bc8a3a2c108b988657df085dc8346045ddf094939ab19173-2000.webp"}, {"title": "WahlheYmat Talks: Democracy for everyone", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek (AGB)", "address": "Eva-Mamlok-Platz 1, 10961 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy"], "description": "WahlheYmat Talks: Democracy for everyone is an English-language panel discussion on democratic participation in Berlin, where around one million residents cannot vote. Behind it is WahlheYmat e.V., whose monthly series is supported by the Berlin Central and Regional Library (ZLB). The guests are Chantal Chisley (Polnischer Sozialrat e.V.), Esther Nass (StimmlosTrend, WahlheYmat e.V.) and Jonas Drechsler (D2030 – Deutschland neu denken e.V.). Together with the audience they explore how democracy can be made accessible to everyone and adapted to a diverse society – no registration needed, but places are limited.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wahlheymat-talks-democracy-for-everyone-2594/", "official_url": "https://www.zlb.de/veranstaltungsuebersicht/wahlheymat-talks-democracy-for-everyone/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3fcceda21c60b934a6d7cc56d97e5c4b26267ef593cb30afb5877f3443fb9910-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Aufbruch und Abbruch", "start": "2026-11-07T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr/peaceful-revolution"], "description": "A talk about two significant sites of the Peaceful Revolution: the Central Round Table at Schönhausen Palace in Pankow and the parliamentary chamber in the Palace of the Republic. Behind the event are the Humboldt Forum, the ORTS-Termin and the installation „Sturzlage“, held on the occasion of the Berlin Freedom Week 2026. The speaker is Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper, one of the most prominent voices in Berlin's culture of remembrance, who explores the history and significance of these two places. She asks why their history is told so little today and why the democratic potential of the Round Table and the freely elected Volkskammer remains relevant.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/aufbruch-und-abbruch-2562/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e34564113d159a91a5b5353bba257fd8d87edaeb255452c59f585bb9f7f1bf1c-600.webp"}, {"title": "DemokratieGEDICHTE: Erinnerungen neu gestalten - Demokratiegeschichte als gemeinsame Aufgabe", "start": "2026-11-16T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Haus für Poesie", "address": "Knaackstr. 97 (Kulturbrauerei), 10435 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/democracy", "literature/spoken-word"], "description": "An evening of poetry slam and a panel discussion on how the history of democracy is remembered. At the third evening of the \"DemokratieGEDICHTE\" series, poetry slam on democracy past and present meets experiences from memorial work. The focus lies on whose democratic history is told, which voices are missing, and how remembrance can be shaped openly and with many voices. The event takes place at the Haus für Poesie in the Kulturbrauerei and participation is free of charge.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/demokratiegedichte-erinnerungen-neu-gestalten-demokratiegesc-96878/", "official_url": "https://www.deutsche-gesellschaft-ev.de/veranstaltungen/diskussionsreihen/2184-demokratiegedichte-reihe.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/03faa6179bc7152671053557f26f1f554402955af53a677c0d06b56b14c108bb-600.webp"}, {"title": "Nicht neutral - Politische Bildung für Demokratie und Pluralität", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung", "address": "Hiroshimastraße 17, 10785 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy"], "description": "A conference of the political foundations marking the 50th anniversary of the Beutelsbacher Konsens, the standard for political education based on the ban on overwhelming, the obligation to present controversies and learner orientation. At the invitation of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung and Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit will meet. Together they aim to discuss current experiences, problems and solutions around the consensus, and participants are invited to bring their concerns into the discussion. The theme is political education for democracy and plurality.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/nicht-neutral-politische-bildung-fur-demokratie-und-pluralit-113691/", "official_url": "https://www.rosalux.de/veranstaltung/es_detail/NIEAV/nicht-neutral---politische-bildung-fuer-demokratie-und-pluralitaet?cHash=3492372974ba821bf55c5d784564a7fc", "image": ""}, {"title": "Sturzlage", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-16T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr/peaceful-revolution"], "description": "\"Sturzlage\" is an event dealing with the democratic awakening of 1989/90. It centers on the Central Round Table at Schloss Schönhausen in Pankow, where crucial decisions were made. From December 1989 to March 1990, representatives of the citizens' movements and parties met there. The event takes place at the Humboldt Forum.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/sturzlage-16880/", "official_url": "https://www.humboldtforum.org/de", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e34564113d159a91a5b5353bba257fd8d87edaeb255452c59f585bb9f7f1bf1c-600.webp"}]}