Arne Semsrott - Gegenmacht

Democracy, climate, peace - none of it looks great right now. With the authoritarian tide rising, a sense of powerlessness is spreading.

And yet there are a thousand ways to move from defence back to offence. We'll talk about what's already working and what needs to be scaled up. Legal battles, care work, autonomous spaces, citizens' legislation, luck. And if all else fails, we might even take a page from Jens Spahn's book.

Enough with powerlessness - let's build a counter-power! Arne Semsrott heads the investigative and transparency platform FragDenStaat, has published documents including the NSU files, and regularly takes the federal government to court - and wins. Through the Freiheitsfonds, he helps free people from prison.

Photo: Tobias Kruse