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Legal and political effects of current national and international events as well as possible approaches and solutions are also discussed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/chess-lecture-digitale-souveranitat-im-hochschulumfeld-vom-s-33339/", "official_url": "https://www.chess.uzh.ch/de/veranstalten.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e0550a450be368a3c51c62735fc43754eea9a78393bb77e3fed06b67ff4484a0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Widerstand im Autoritarismus", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-02T20:30:00+01:00", "place": "Zentrum Karl der Grosse", "address": "Kirchgasse 14, 8001 Zürich", "price": "Eintritt frei, mit Anmeldung", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://eventfrog.ch/de/p/fuehrungen-vortraege/diskussion-debatte/widerstand-im-autoritarismus-zuerich-7518693054787635564.html", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy"], "description": "«Widerstand im Autoritarismus» is a panel discussion on strategies and solidarity in times of democratic decline. 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