Germany is Not Your Friend
The Berlinale’s reputation as a political film festival gets put to the test
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From Auschwitz to Skyscrapers
How a group of Jewish concentration camp survivors became pimps, drug dealers, and criminals in postwar Frankfurt
Towards a Non-Carceral Anti-Antisemitism
Why repressive measures fail to combat antisemitism – and what strategies work better
The Conditions for Inner Exile
Emily Dische-Becker on the Berlin Senate’s proposed budget cuts to the cultural sector
From the archive
Facing Ourselves
Sarah Schulman discusses what contemporary protest movements can learn from the history of AIDS activism
About the Diasporist
The Diasporist is an online, bilingual magazine of political criticism, cultural analysis, and new writing from in and outside of Germany.
The Diasporist draws inspiration from intellectual traditions of diasporic thought, modeling pluralistic debate and the value of critical distance. We aim to publish several pieces on each topic of interest, promoting multiple perspectives and informed difference of opinion.
We uphold high editorial standards, believing that writing that is curious, open, witty, provocative, well-informed, and eclectic can convey complex ideas in style as well as substance. We also feature fiction, criticism, original reportage, and broader cultural analysis from both established and emerging voices.