{"id":1611,"date":"2025-10-29T15:49:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/pastevent\/zeit-zu-reden-selective-solidarity-the-political-left-in-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T08:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T08:35:49","slug":"zeit-zu-reden-selective-solidarity-the-political-left-in-crisis","status":"publish","type":"nor-pastevents","link":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/pastevent\/zeit-zu-reden-selective-solidarity-the-political-left-in-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeit zu Reden: Selective Solidarity &#8211; the Political Left in Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zeit zu reden - Selektive Solidarit\u00e4t - die politische Linke in der Krise\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ewkpJgd_l9w?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div><\/figure><br>\n\n<p>The German political Left is weaker than ever: fragmented and without influence, self-obsessed and insignificant. Solidarity \u2013 with the socially-vulnerable, the politically-oppressed, and the marginalized \u2013 has retreated, while populist dogmas dominate. Above all, right-wing nationalists have profited from this shift.<\/p>\n\n<p>The fragmentation of the left is particularly evident in foreign policy issues: especially with respect to the Middle East. Instead of upholding principles of international law and human rights-based positions towards all parties, the Left has entrenched itself in hostile camps on the issue of Israel and Palestine. While some emphasize Israel&#8217;s right to self-defence, others stress the Palestinians&#8217; right to resist, and they accuse each other of being &#8220;Israel haters&#8221; or &#8220;genocide accomplices.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>How can it be that a part of the Left\u2019s DNA \u2013 defence of human rights \u2013 has led to such polarized positions? What has this development got to do with the German past, the Holocaust, and the Staatsr\u00e4son? What roles do climate change, pacifism, migration, integration, and other sociological aspects play? Is there a minimal consensus of Leftist beliefs that can bring public discourse back to the centre and return it to its democratic, rule-of-law foundations? And can a concept for modern Leftist thinking be found that offers guidance for the challenges of our time? <\/p>\n\n<p>Participants: Kristin Helberg (moderator), Dr. Emilia Roig, Nadim, Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. malt. Gesine Schwan, Robert Misik<\/p>\n\n<p>Moderation: Kristin Helberg<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German political Left is weaker than ever: fragmented and without influence, self-obsessed and insignificant. Solidarity \u2013 with the socially-vulnerable,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"nor-pastevents_cat":[],"class_list":["post-1611","nor-pastevents","type-nor-pastevents","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nor-pastevents\/1611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nor-pastevents"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nor-pastevents"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1611"},{"taxonomy":"nor-pastevents_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nor-pastevents_cat?post=1611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}