Wie viel Protest verträgt unsere Demokratie?

• Lectures & Discussions

“All Germans have the right to assemble peacefully and without weapons without registration or permission” – this has been stated in the Basic Law for 75 years.

But the exercise of this fundamental right by civil society challenges the rule of law: with protest actions by the last generation, occupations in the Hambach Forest, school strikes for the climate or road blockades with tractors, social movements express their moral convictions, denounce injustice situations and try to exert direct influence on politics.

One thing is certain: civil disobedience is not a new phenomenon. Quite the opposite, mass demonstrations or the collective occupation of streets and houses have repeatedly shaped the history of the Federal Republic over the last 75 years and highlighted the tension between order and freedom.

Together with lawyer Samira Akbarian, performance artist Philipp Ruch and historian Paul Nolte, we want to use the 75th anniversary of the Basic Law as an opportunity to ask ourselves: How have forms of protest and their legitimacy changed over time? Is protest a threat or an opportunity for the constitutional state? And: How much protest can our democracy tolerate today?

The moderator is journalist Jana Münkel.

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