Category: Democracy

  • Learning from the Koch Areal in Zürich

    Learning from the Koch Areal in Zürich

    Today, I asked a friend of mine to show us – a housing expert and me – his home at Koch Areal in Zürich. It is a temporary “Zwischennutzung” in the Albisrieden quartier. It is an occupied old industrial area where – a few years now on – people from all over the world live…

  • The real DEMOCRACY Rights & RESPONSIBILITIES

    The real DEMOCRACY Rights & RESPONSIBILITIES

    So in Switzerland they are not willing to introduce curfew – “Ausgangsverbot”, because it is not democratic enough! WOW! – Is is such a STRONG statement! So if Switzerland is so democratic (I hope and do believe that it is true) than now comes the RESPONSIBILITY part of democracy! They say: #stayhome! The society can show…

  • Offline social life – The importance of community and public spaces – what have we learned during the corona virus?

    Offline social life – The importance of community and public spaces – what have we learned during the corona virus?

    The lockdowns all around the world make us realise the importance of community and public life and spaces. Without coming together, our life is way more difficult. We are all closed into our homes and super narrow social bubbles. Even if we can have online “social life”, we cannot meet and have offline exchange with…

  • Let’s change now!

    Let’s change now!

    Dear World, as we all see, our health care system and political structure are very fucked up! Let’s change our way of doing and don’t follow our life as where we were doing before the coronavirus pandemic! Let’s sit down and think about the problems! Who are our real heroes, what are the real needs,…

  • Democracy versus capitalism

    Democracy versus capitalism

    Such an important topic! I don’t like the article’s language, quite strange and for me many unknown worls, but the topic is important, so it must be here!