Freiblickinstitut

29/06/2025

Our Debating Matters 2025 competition in June: 12 schools battling out 5 motions. Full day. Congratulations to Werner-von-Siemens Gymnasium for winning this year's trophy!

22/02/2025

Free speech in Germany in danger. Sabine Beppler-Spahl calls on all to defend our basic right to say what we want.

February 20, 2025   Reading time: 4 minutes Germany’s Free Speech Crisis: Explosive Report Reveals Government Crackdown on Dissent Ahead of Sunday’s Election Brussels – February 20 – As Germany prepares for a high-stakes election this Sunday, a newly released report exposes an alarming ero...

28/09/2024

Good article by my friend Mark Feldon.

There is no comparison between the hatred of Jews and criticism of a religion.

26/09/2024

🕊️ From military intervention in Gaza to the rise of anti-Semitism in the West, join , , , Stefan G Ziegler, and to discuss the Israel-Gaza conflict - one year on from Oct 7th.

🗓️ 7th Oct | 📌 Volkhaus, Zürich

https://www.eventbrite.ch/e/one-year-on-gaza-israel-and-anti-semitism-tickets-908729623767

23/09/2024

Do, 26.09.2024, 19 Uhr, Freiblick Salon online Interregnum heißt das neue Buch von Kolja Zydatiss und Mark Feldon. Die Autoren sehen das Ende des liberalen Zeitalters näher rücken.  „Moralismu…

30/08/2024

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28/05/2024

Wenige denken, wenn es um die bevorstehende EU-Wahl geht, an die Kultur. Dabei ist die Kulturförderung eine der wichtigsten politischen Spielfelder der EU. Allein ihr "Crea

28/01/2024

28/01/2024

Es stimmt: Es war ein feiger Mord. Manche von uns waren als Teenager mit dabei, im "Kampf" gegen die Startbahn West. Heute wissen wir, welch ein Fehler das war. Wenn wir derzeit Teenager sehen, die "für Palästina" auf die Straße gehen und die Hamas als Freiheitskämpfer bejubeln- dabei nicht einmal genau wissen, wo Israel liegt - sollten wir uns daran erinnern. Umso wichtiger, die Debatten weiterzuführen!

16/10/2023

The sight of Muslim neighbourhoods celebrating Hamas represents a profound failure of integration.

21/09/2023

"The rise of the AfD" mit Sabine Beppler-Spahl und Richard Schenk.

What explains the rise of the AfD in Germany, and why has it sent German and European elites into such a meltdown? Does the party represent a genuine alternative to Germany's political consensus, or should we look also to other forces in Germany f...

12/09/2023

Für alle, die Interesse an freien Debatten haben. Der Battle of Ideas in London. Early bird tickets gibt es bis zum 25. September.

Shaping the future through public debate. Crisis seems to be the word of the year – energy crisis, cost-of-living crisis, climate crisis, housing crisis, global economy crisis… the list goes on. Living in the midst of rolling crises can be exhausting, especially when so many of the challenges we...