{"title": "Karl Loewenstein, „Militante Demokratie und Grundrechte“ (1937) und die wehrhafte Demokratie 2026", "start": "2026-11-18T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung", "address": "Schumannstraße 8, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era"], "description": "A book presentation and discussion of Karl Loewenstein's text \"Militante Demokratie und Grundrechte\", published in the USA in 1937 and appearing in German for the first time. Loewenstein describes fascism as a \"method for destroying democracy through emotions\" and shows how democracies can defend themselves through law and legislation. The discussion will cover his analyses of European countries and the question of how far democratic self-defence may go, from party bans to temporary restrictions on civil liberties. Speaking are Tobias Roth, Petra Dobner, Anna-Bettina Kaiser and Magdalena Hess, moderated by Dietrich Herrmann; the event takes place at the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Berlin and is additionally streamed live.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/karl-loewenstein-militante-demokratie-und-grundrechte-1937-u-108162/", "official_url": "https://calendar.boell.de/de/event/karl-loewenstein-militante-demokratie-und-grundrechte-1937", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ac43e56640f91c9cce33119cda1120583a3de803c86727f317670d1738b17a4e-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-18T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung", "address": "Schumannstraße 8, 10117 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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": "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": "Morten Paul »Was war Faschismustheorie?«", "start": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-10T21:30:00+01:00", "place": "Brecht-Haus", "address": "Chausseestraße 125, 10115 Berlin", "price": "6,- € / ermäßigt: 4,- €", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.80", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/fascism", "literature"], "description": "A book presentation and discussion at Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus. Scholar Morten Paul presents his work on the long history of fascism theory and discusses it with Sebastian Friedrich. His thesis: the theories of the past, their controversies and their struggle over the relationship between understanding and preventing are especially productive today. The question is what the term fascism explains – and whether it can be saved at all.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/morten-paul-was-war-faschismustheorie-75805/", "official_url": "https://lfbrecht.de/event/morten-paul-was-war-faschismustheorie/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b1bfd4546ac43fc08e6ec7abf69d603564d534b28fee089afa1f290b2ba95ea3-600.webp"}, {"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": ""}, {"title": "Plenum", "start": "2026-11-12T13:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T15:00:00+01:00", "place": "Ratskeller", "address": "Bölschestraße 87, 12587 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy"], "description": "The Plenum of the Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin is a hybrid session held both in person and via Zoom. In a lecture titled „(Ab-)Gründe der Demokratie“, Raj Kollmorgen, professor of sociology at the Zittau/Görlitz university of applied sciences, reflects from a historical and political-sociological perspective on the self-evidence, crisis and transformation of our political system. He questions the assumption of a fixed content of democratic norms, examines the improbability of liberal-democratic orders and discusses alternative futures. Dieter Segert comments on the lecture.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/plenum-104524/", "official_url": "https://leibnizsozietaet.de/veranstaltungs/plenum-26/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Arne Semsrott – Gegenmacht: Die Zivilgesellschaft schlägt zurück", "start": "2026-11-15T14:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Hansabibliothek", "address": "Altonaer Straße 15, 10557 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/civil-society", "literature"], "description": "A reading and conversation with political scientist and activist Arne Semsrott about his new book »Gegenmacht: Die Zivilgesellschaft schlägt zurück«, moderated by Ingo Arend. Semsrott, who runs the transparency portal FragDenStaat, uses concrete examples – from strategic legal battles and strikes to referendums – to show how civil society can move from defence to offence. His bestseller »Machtübernahme« described a gloomy scenario of a right-wing conservative turnaround that, according to the book, has already become bitter reality. The event takes place at the Hansabibliothek as part of the project OFFEN FÜR KULTUR.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/arne-semsrott-gegenmacht-die-zivilgesellschaft-schlagt-zuruc-96876/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/da188b1b658ce998e6616d36fd524f51e0ff9ca90d3c63506e85091bb63428a9-600.webp"}, {"title": "Luciana Pecker presenta: La odiocracia. Al fondo a la derecha, Libros del K.O.", "start": "2026-11-14T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-14T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Andenbuch", "address": "Bergmannstraße 59, 10961 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "A book presentation at Andenbuch for 'La odiocracia. Al fondo a la derecha', published by Libros del K.O. Luciana Pecker presents the book, which confronts the 'internacional del odio' and calls for a world that is not a puddle of violence but a place of encounter. The moderator is Vania Pigeonutt, a Mexican journalist and producer. The event is in Spanish and open to anyone interested in the topic.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/luciana-pecker-presenta-la-odiocracia-al-fondo-a-la-derecha-33438/", "official_url": "https://andenbuch.sumupstore.com/pagina/eventos-veranstaltungen#", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2c5bab4d1ca6c598039f250b9a408c8a8423d33095c7637dd0d57e6c57956776-2000.webp"}]}