The return of the supervillain: The odds in the US election are 50:50. It is quite possible that the free world will topple in a few days. How could this happen?
republik.ch/2024/11/02/die-rueckkehr-des-superschurken
The return of the supervillain
"We need to think about completely new approaches to transport": The constantly flowing motorway traffic is a dream that has nothing to do with reality ...
republik.ch/2024/10/31/die-schweiz-hat-in-den-letzten-50-jahren-vor-allem-politik-fuer-das-auto-gemacht
When will shame finally change sides? By Kia Vahland: On the wrong way art deals with shame in cases of sexual violence. Using the example of Lucretia in ...
republik.ch/2024/10/29/vahland-wann-wechselt-die-schande-endlich-die-seite
When will shame finally change sides? By Kia Vahland
We are the system: The climate crisis requires systemic solutions. But politics and the economy will only change if everyone pulls together as individuals.
republik.ch/2024/10/28/das-system-sind-wir
We are the system
Two weeks ago we told the story of Capitol stormer Annie Howell. In the podcast, Republik journalist Priscilla Imboden now tells how she researched this ... Show more

Annie Howell went astray and found new clarity - | Republik
The system behind police violence in Zurich | Politics: Event on November 12, 2024 in Zurich. ...
eventfrog.ch/de/p/politik-gemeinde/politik/das-system-hinter-der-polizeigewalt-7249766842234825561.html
The system behind police violence in Zurich | Politics
Are Google engineers in Zurich working as mercenaries for Israel?: It has been proven that the Israeli army is using big tech in the fight against Hamas ...
republik.ch/2024/10/24/was-zuercher-google-ingenieure-mit-dem-gazakrieg-zu-tun-haben
Are Google engineers in Zurich working as mercenaries for Israel?
An interview with Roger de Weck on the Swiss media landscape: "The initiators of the halving initiative are kindred spirits with Björn Höcke and Herbert Kickl ...
republik.ch/2024/10/23/roger-de-weck-initianten-der-halbierungsinitiative-sind-geistesverwandt-mit-orban-und-hoecke
An interview with Roger de Weck on the Swiss media landscape
Tell me: Who have you always wanted to say thank you to? What our community answered: To whom you have long wanted to say thank you - | Republic
Do what is right: Sustainability, protection of nature and livelihoods: The Federal Constitution protects the environment very well ...
republik.ch/2024/10/21/tun-was-recht-ist
Do what is right
My life with Nick Cave: The great songwriter is performing at the Hallenstadion. I will be there. Because I am following him - | through the darkness to joy ...
republik.ch/2024/10/18/mein-leben-mit-nick-cave
My life with Nick Cave
Meret Michel is a journalist who lives in Beirut. She is leaving the country on October 5th. As she fights her way through the chaos at the airport ... Show more
Delivered: Open war has broken out in Lebanon. What does that mean for the people? A report from a paralyzed country in the Middle East.
republik.ch/2024/10/16/ausgeliefert
Delivered
Helvetic arrogance: The Federal Council has commented on the Strasbourg ruling in favor of the Swiss climate seniors. Findings from the sparse report.
republik.ch/2024/10/15/helvetische-arroganz
Helvetic arrogance
A man takes part in a road blockade to draw attention to the climate crisis. He encounters little understanding in court. A new episode of the justice podcast ... Show more

Podcast «Dritte Gewalt»: Klimaschutz now! - | Republik
The Capitol Stormer: Annie Howell was there when a mob violently stormed the US Congress building. Today she sees everything very differently.
republik.ch/2024/10/12/annie-howell-die-capitol-stuermerin
The Capitol Stormer
Novels by Red and Scego: Family stories, post-colonial: They tell of diaspora and the search for home, of Africa and Europe, of fragmented family life and the ...
republik.ch/2024/10/11/igiaba-scego-raphaelle-red-familiengeschichten-postkolonial
Novels by Red and Scego: Family stories, post-colonial
«It is not enough to be a decent guy yourself»: Warum töten so viele Männer Frauen? Ein Interview mit Natalia Widla und Miriam Suter.
republik.ch/2024/10/10/es-reicht-nicht-selbst-ein-anstaendiger-kerl-zu-sein
«It is not enough to be a decent guy yourself»
The migrant who wants to expand Swiss democracy: Zahraa al-Assadi collects signatures for the democracy initiative: "We are migrants, OK ...
republik.ch/2024/10/09/wir-sind-migrantinnen-okay-aber-wir-halten-die-schweiz-am-laufen
The migrant who wants to expand Swiss democracy
How ADHD became a diagnosis: During the Cold War, the inability to sit still became a medical diagnosis. And a Basel wonder drug conquered the world.
republik.ch/2024/10/08/wie-adhs-eine-diagnose-wurde
How ADHD became a diagnosis
How do I recognize a fascist? Column by Gerhard Pfister: Umberto Eco has defined 14 characteristics of fascism. How do quotes from AfD representatives such as ...
republik.ch/2024/10/08/gerhard-pfister-woran-erkenne-ich-einen-faschisten
How do I recognize a fascist? Column by Gerhard Pfister
The deep wounds of the black Sabbath: The attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023 changed the world. This can be explored using numerous new publications.
republik.ch/2024/10/07/die-tiefen-wunden-des-schwarzen-schabbats
The deep wounds of the black Sabbath
Who controls the future of our food?: Agricultural companies are privatizing the basis of our food. The new genetic engineering will reinforce this trend.
republik.ch/2024/10/04/wer-kontrolliert-die-zukunft-unserer-nahrung
Who controls the future of our food?
Dear Federal Councillors, we need to talk: Keller-Sutter, Rösti and Amherd comment on Republic's research in parliament and make wild claims.
republik.ch/2024/10/03/liebe-bundesraetinnen-wir-muessen-reden
Dear Federal Councillors, we need to talk
Political provocation à la SVP - | the continuation: Will SVP National Councillors Thomas Aeschi and Michael Graber lose their immunity after the scuffle with ...
republik.ch/2024/10/02/polit-provokation-a-la-svp-die-fortsetzung
Political provocation à la SVP - | the continuation
"My Testaments", last part: hope and side effects: ... can you be human and not be afraid? The last episode of Mely Kiyak's series.
republik.ch/2024/10/02/meine-testamente-hoffnung-und-nebenwirkungen
Gary Gerstle: «Obama was the last neoliberal US president»: The Cambridge historian diagnoses the decline of the neoliberal era. And explains where the USA ...
republik.ch/2024/10/01/obama-war-der-letzte-neoliberale-praesident-der-usa
Gary Gerstle: «Obama was the last neoliberal US president»
Why connection needs friction: Franziska Schutzbach and Sophia Fritz discuss feminism, femininity and solidarity in their new books.
republik.ch/2024/09/30/warum-verbundenheit-reibung-braucht
Why connection needs friction
Austria feels the breath of the monster on its neck: The FPÖ could win the elections. Is democracy under threat? Or will the country be saved politically by the ...
republik.ch/2024/09/27/oesterreich-spuert-den-atem-des-ungeheuers-im-nacken
Austria feels the breath of the monster on its neck
Quick Glance: Radical Plans of FPÖ for Austria's Future
  • Herbert Kickl, the new election winner from FPÖ, aims for quick government formation but faces uncertainties in discussions with other parties.

  • The extensive FPÖ election program, intended as a basis for negotiations, contains radical demands in areas like asylum, education, and democracy.

  • Key points of the program include a restrictive asylum policy, a return to traditional educational values, and the introduction of direct democracy.

  • The FPÖ's electoral success indicates a growing demand for right-wing politics in Austria.
The battle for civilization (a reality show!): Donald Trump surrounds himself with scumbags and throws dead cats. Why are his chances of being elected intact ...
republik.ch/2024/09/28/der-kampf-um-die-zivilisation-eine-realityshow
The battle for civilization (a reality show!)
Switzerland deports refugees wherever possible: Deportations at any price undermine basic rights and achieve little: Because they make it almost impossible to ...
republik.ch/2024/09/26/raus-raus-raus
Switzerland deports refugees wherever possible
Media conflagration: The development at Tamedia is representative of the decline of the media. The consequences are catastrophic.
republik.ch/2024/09/25/medialer-flaechenbrand
Media conflagration
Dangerously little Swissness: Research into the project for a federal cloud reveals false promises and security deficits.
republik.ch/2024/09/24/gefaehrlich-wenig-swissness
Dangerously little Swissness
The Pharma Plan: At first it was just about the legalization of secret prices for medicines. Then it came out: It's about a lot more.
republik.ch/2024/09/23/der-pharmaplan
The Pharma Plan
Climate movement in Switzerland - | what's next? in Basel | Politics: Event on September 23, 2024 in Basel. The current situation of the climate movement ...
eventfrog.ch/de/p/politik-gemeinde/politik/klimabewegung-in-der-schweiz-wie-weiter-7228768911776242735.html
Climate movement in Switzerland - | what's next? in Basel | Politics
Where public funds are harmful: State-supported meat advertising and other agricultural subsidies are damaging biodiversity.
republik.ch/2024/09/19/wo-oeffentliche-gelder-schaden
Where public funds are harmful
Imagine it's a climate strike and...: The climate movement no longer reaches the masses. Who is still fighting for the climate today? We accompanied ...
republik.ch/2024/09/19/stell-dir-vor-es-ist-klimastreik-und
Imagine it's a climate strike and...
Politics of uncertainty: Two proposals against the lack of planning: Expenditure on the Swiss army will rise. But what will all this money do?
republik.ch/2024/09/17/unsicherheitspolitik
Politics of uncertainty: Two proposals against the lack of planning
"It's true, the financial situation is not particularly dramatic": Serge Gaillard explains why he doesn't think it's dramatic if the federal ...
republik.ch/2024/09/16/interview-serge-gaillard-richtig-die-finanzlage-ist-nicht-besonders-dramatisch
The Swiss fight against terrorism. A series in three parts: Why are thousands of young men from Europe joining fighting groups in Syria and Iraq?
republik.ch/2024/09/10/der-schweizer-anti-terror-kampf
The Swiss fight against terrorism. A series in three parts
The GLP in panic mode - | and facing a decision on direction: The Swiss media did not do a brilliant job of dealing with the scandal surrounding Sanija Ameti ...
republik.ch/2024/09/14/binswanger-die-glp-im-panik-modus-und-vor-einem-richtungsentscheid
The GLP in panic mode - | and facing a decision on direction
Quick Glance: GLP Crisis: A Defining Moment for the Party
  • The backlash surrounding Sanija Ameti highlights issues within the Swiss media and party systems, as social networks and traditional media engage in a troubling cycle of outrage and sensationalism.

  • A civil society counter-movement quickly organized to advocate for respectful and fair treatment of Ameti, while rejecting hate and violence in society.

  • The GLP faces a strategic challenge regarding its political direction, as its handling of Ameti raises questions about the party's true progressiveness and willingness to protect its members.

  • It remains to be seen whether the party will learn from this crisis and recover from the current panic to initiate an orderly exclusion process and clarify the situation sustainably.
Swiss Finance Institute: Research and teaching in the pay of the banks: The research object pays the scientists: finance professors at Swiss universities are to ...
republik.ch/2024/09/13/swiss-finance-institute-forschung-und-lehre-im-sold-der-banken
Swiss Finance Institute: Research and teaching in the pay of the banks
TV debate between Trump and Harris: She has it under control: Kamala Harris' positive message clashed with Donald Trump's gloomy doomsday scenarios.
republik.ch/2024/09/11/tv-debatte-trump-harris-sie-hat-es-im-griff
TV debate between Trump and Harris: She has it under control
Quick Glance: Harris Launches Attacks on Trump in Debate
  • Vice President Kamala Harris used the debate to portray Donald Trump as a 'disgrace,' turning his own words against him.

  • She accused Trump of being weak and easily manipulated by dictators, stating that world leaders are laughing at him.

  • Harris adopted Trump's attack strategy, spending more time criticizing him than he did her.

  • Trump suggested that Harris was copying his tactics, implying she had embraced his philosophy.
Swiss anti-terror fight: How young men become radicalized: Why men join terrorist groups. And why Switzerland's anti-terror measures are part of the problem ...
republik.ch/2024/09/10/schweizer-antiterror-teil-1
Swiss anti-terror fight: How young men become radicalized
The right-wing extremist international reaches as far as Switzerland: Behind the AfD's election victory lies a network of "new right" ideologues ...
republik.ch/2024/09/06/die-rechtsextreme-internationale-reicht-bis-in-die-schweiz
The right-wing extremist international reaches as far as Switzerland
Active distortion of facts: Biodiversity initiative: How the farmers' association and Federal Councilor Albert Rösti are misleading the voting population.
republik.ch/2024/09/05/aktive-faktenverdrehung
Active distortion of facts
A historic turning point: State elections in Saxony and Thuringia: Successes for Björn Höcke and Sahra Wagenknecht, what is the CDU's reaction? 7 theses on ...
republik.ch/2024/09/03/eine-historische-zaesur
A historic turning point: State elections in Saxony and Thuringia
Quick Glance: Saxony Election: AfD Success and Seat Distribution Under Review
  • The state electoral authority is reviewing the seat distribution in the Saxon parliament for potential errors affecting the AfD.

  • Prime Minister Kretschmer considers a coalition with the SPD possible, while the AfD might lose its blocking minority.

  • The CDU emerged as the strongest party with 31.9 percent, followed closely by the AfD at 30.6 percent and the BSW at 11.8 percent.

  • Voter turnout reached a record high of 74.4 percent in Saxony.
BVG: The reform of the financial lobby: As research shows, the occupational pensions revision was largely written by banks and insurers.
republik.ch/2024/09/02/bvg-revision-die-reform-der-finanzlobby
BVG: The reform of the financial lobby
Pawel Durow: Answers to the arrest of the Telegram boss: France accuses him of being partly responsible for crimes committed while on duty ...
republik.ch/2024/08/30/pawel-durow-antworten-zur-festnahme-des-telegram-chefs
Pawel Durow: Answers to the arrest of the Telegram boss
Quick Glance: Durov's Arrest: A Power Struggle Between States and Firms
  • Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, was arrested in France for alleged complicity in illegal activities.

  • Experts regard Telegram as a safe haven for extremist content and calls for violence.

  • Durov's arrest may have significant implications for social media regulation and the power dynamics between states and private companies.

  • The UK government could seize the opportunity to revise online safety laws and enhance tech firms' accountability for illegal content.
Tamedia cuts 290 of 1225 full-time positions: The biggest clear-cut in Swiss media history. The parent company TX Group made a profit of more than 140 million ...
republik.ch/2024/08/28/radikaler-raubbau-an-der-vierten-gewalt
Tamedia cuts 290 of 1225 full-time positions
BVG reform: pearls before the pillar: If you want to understand the pension fund system, you need to study mathematics. The reform does not make things any ...
republik.ch/2024/08/27/bvg-reform-perlen-vor-die-saeule
BVG reform: pearls before the pillar
And after that the whole world was broken: Despite Gauland, Krah and Höcke: Can a museum fight against the ideology of the Nazis? A visit to Jasper von ...
republik.ch/2024/08/26/und-danach-war-die-ganze-welt-kaputt
And after that the whole world was broken
What you should know before the state elections in East Germany: The elections in Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg are already shaking up the political ...
republik.ch/2024/08/23/was-man-vor-den-deutschen-landtagswahlen-wissen-sollte
What you should know before the state elections in East Germany
Quick Glance: AfD Leads in Thüringen, Tight Race in Sachsen Elections
  • Recent polls indicate that the AfD is significantly ahead in Thüringen, while a close contest exists between the CDU and AfD in Sachsen ahead of the state elections on September 1. According to the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, the AfD would secure 30 percent of the votes in Thüringen, with the CDU at 23 percent, followed by the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht with 17 percent and the Left Party with 14 percent.

  • In Sachsen, the CDU is projected to receive 33 percent, closely followed by the AfD at 30 percent. The Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht is at 11 percent, with the SPD at 7 percent and the Greens at 6 percent. The Left Party is expected to fall short of representation with 4 percent, along with the FDP, which also fails to meet the five-percent threshold.

  • Post-election coalition formation may be challenging, as all other parties have ruled out alliances with the AfD. The CDU has also rejected partnerships with the Left Party and Greens, while a coalition involving the CDU, BSW, and SPD appears feasible but remains contentious within the CDU.

  • The polls were conducted from Monday to Thursday, with around 1000 respondents for the ZDF survey and approximately 1570 for the ARD poll. The results suggest an uncertain future for the current governing coalitions in both states.