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SUMMARY:DGB Cultural Forum III - Attack on cultural freedom
DESCRIPTION:Art and culture should be free so that creativity can emerge t
 hat enriches or harasses\, stimulates or upsets and brings people into dia
 logue. For years\, right-wing cultural campaigners have been trying to est
 ablish the dominance of "German dominant culture" in museums\, theatres\, 
 independent cultural projects and cultural policy: Enemy images have been 
 labelled\, aggression stirred up and threats made to withdraw funding. Thi
 s attack on artistic freedom is aimed at an open\, liberal society.\nThe r
 ound table will examine right-wing cultural war strategies and discuss how
  cultural freedom can be defended.\nThe guests will be activist and author
  Jakob Springfeld\, journalist Peter Laudenbach and trade unionist Lisa Ma
 ngold on 7 October 2025 at 7 pm at Weltecho. Register at: region.suedwests
 achsen@dgb.de\nJakob Springfeld was born in Zwickau in 2002. He is a stude
 nt\, podcaster and fights against right-wing hatred. SPIEGEL counts him as
  one of the 100 hopefuls of 2025. Springfeld is the author of the books "U
 nter Nazis. Jung\, ostdeutsch\, gegen Rechts" (2022) and "Der Westen hat k
 eine Ahnung\, was im Osten passiert. Why the rise of the right is a threat
  to us all" (2024).\nPeter Laudenbach is a journalist\, theatre critic and
  author. He writes for the Süddeutsche Zeitung\, the business magazine br
 and eins and the taz and has published several volumes of interviews. Laud
 enbach has been researching right-wing attacks for years. in 2023\, he pub
 lished his book "Volkstheater. The right-wing attack on artistic freedom".
 \nLisa Mangold is head of the arts and culture department at the United Se
 rvices Union ver.di. After studying philosophy and political science\, she
  was responsible for public relations at an independent publishing house. 
 in 2016\, she and her colleagues initiated the #verlagegegenrechts action 
 alliance against racist\, anti-feminist and homophobic ideas.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Art and culture should be free so that cre
 ativity can emerge that enriches or harasses\, stimulates or upsets and br
 ings people into dialogue. For years\, right-wing cultural campaigners hav
 e been trying to establish the dominance of "German dominant culture" in m
 useums\, theatres\, independent cultural projects and cultural policy: Ene
 my images have been labelled\, aggression stirred up and threats made to w
 ithdraw funding. This attack on artistic freedom is aimed at an open\, lib
 eral society.</p>\n<p>The round table will examine right-wing cultural war
  strategies and discuss how cultural freedom can be defended.</p>\n<p>The 
 guests will be activist and author Jakob Springfeld\, journalist Peter Lau
 denbach and trade unionist Lisa Mangold on 7 October 2025 at 7 pm at Welte
 cho. Register at: <a href="mailto:region.suedwestsachsen@dgb.de">region.su
 edwestsachsen@dgb.de</a></p>\n<p><strong>Jakob Springfeld</strong> was bor
 n in Zwickau in 2002. He is a student\, podcaster and fights against right
 -wing hatred. SPIEGEL counts him as one of the<i> 100 hopefuls of 2025</i>
 . Springfeld is the author of the books "Unter Nazis. Jung\, ostdeutsch\, 
 gegen Rechts" (2022) and "Der Westen hat keine Ahnung\, was im Osten passi
 ert. Why the rise of the right is a threat to us all" (2024).</p>\n<p><str
 ong>Peter Laudenbach</strong> is a journalist\, theatre critic and author.
  He writes for the Süddeutsche Zeitung\, the business magazine brand eins
  and the taz and has published several volumes of interviews. Laudenbach h
 as been researching right-wing attacks for years. in 2023\, he published h
 is book "Volkstheater. The right-wing attack on artistic freedom".</p>\n<p
 ><strong>Lisa Mangold</strong> is head of the arts and culture department 
 at the United Services Union ver.di. After studying philosophy and politic
 al science\, she was responsible for public relations at an independent pu
 blishing house. in 2016\, she and her colleagues initiated the #verlagegeg
 enrechts action alliance against racist\, anti-feminist and homophobic ide
 as.</p>
LOCATION:Chemnitz\, Weltecho (https://weltecho.eu/?cookie-state-change=175
 8219509600)
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