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- No liberty without identity
“The discussion about identity is not (only) about identity it really is a discussion about liberty. The thing is that there is no liberty without identity. Having an identity is the condition for achieving liberty. Only the ruling classes have the privilege to announce that they are “without identity” they define there identity as universal [...]
- A different Jewish state
“Jewish heritage is love of freedom and good cooking” Heinrich Heine
To paraphrase the Indymedia slogan, “don’t hate media, become the media” I would like to propose, “don’t hate the state, become a state”. Yes, states are not the best idea, national states are the worst. I would love a social revolution based on universal principles [...]
- Retro avant-garde
“The is a curious thing about anti-Semitism is that anti-Semitism is like alcoholism. You can go for 25 years without a drink, but if things go bad and you find yourself with vodka in your hand, you can’t get rid of it”.1
“Retro avant-garde” a term contrived by Neue Slowenische Kunst, is based on the premise [...]
- People get ready, there’s a train coming
People get ready, there’s a train coming
You don’t need no baggage, you just get on board
All you need is faith to hear the diesels humming
You don’t need no ticket no no you just thank the lord
People get ready, there’s a train to Jordan
Picking up passengers from coast to coast
Faith is the key, open the doors [...]
- Similarity in mind, culture, common history and unity of fate
I am the last Jewish Intellectual; you don’t know anyone else like this… the only true follower of Adorno. Let me put it this way: I am a Jewish Palestinian.” Edward Said1
When talking about a nation state, it’s important to define what a nation is and also to address nationalism. We cannot deny the [...]
- Convince the citizens, Get support
Convince the citizens of Germany, the European Union, the world’s Jewish communities and the international community to support the founding of the state
When you create political art, it has to be part of a political culture. It never stands alone.
You don’t just wake up in the morning and decide, oh I am against whatever, or [...]
- Tools of political campaigning and activism
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Wanting to highlight his critique of Israel as a militaristic society with no place for art and culture, artist Tal Adler created “Pettek”. With other artists and activists he wished to register Pettek as a real party in Israeli politics and run for the parliament - the Knesset, in the elections. His intention was to [...]
- Utilize the autonomy of art and its institutions
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Political acts are tolerated more if they are executed under the autonomy of art. Art is very confusing for the authorities and therefore it is left alone. If you are out on the street and would decide for example to burn a trash can, and would stand around and then the police would come and [...]
- German Guilt
At a conversation with, what he called, German “agitators of peace and reconciliation”, Israeli writer a young German woman asked Amos Oz if he thinks that the German people are responsible in a certain way for the tragedy of the Palestinians? “You are right” Oz answered, “if the previous generation of Germans were less [...]
- Artists, Writers and Musicians
What do they have to say?
One of the biggest inspirations for the Medinat Weimar is the video Mary Koszmary (Nightmare) by Israeli artist Yael Bartana. The video starts with the sounds of the Polish national anthem, and a young man in a suit strides into the huge, empty stadium in Warsaw.
“Jews! Fellow Countrymen! People! Peeeeople!
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