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Dückers, Tanja
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
The RAF revival
A film about the former German left-wing extremist terrorist organisation, the Red Army Faction (RAF), starts today at German cinemas. Writing in the daily Der Tagesspiegel, author Tanja Dückers notes that this RAF revival is generating a certain sense of "nest warmth" among Germans: "The members of the RAF were not just a few hate-mongerers from countries most Germans would not be able to find on a map. They were to a certain extent Germany's own sons and daughters, with parents who give lengthy newspaper interviews and with whom everyone can sympathise. And in comparison with some of the present conflicts the battle of these German urban guerrillas against the state was pretty transparent, geographically limited and, at least initially, rational. ... For the stability of a society it makes a difference whether the perpetrators are seen to have had motives or not. ... The sight of the RAF members generates a certain 'nest warmth' (feeling of security) ... because ultimately theirs was a success story for the Federal Republic of Germany, and by extension for Western democracies. It was only initially that the state and its institutions proved hysterical and inflexible, later on it was just as flexible as it was unrelenting."
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More from the press review on the subject » Film, » Audiovisual Media, » History, » Germany, » Europe
Tanja Dueckers on the false freedom of the Internet
Author Tanja Dückers questions the value of interactive offerings such as online voting and ratings on the Internet. "The craze over rating and voting is an auto-suggestion that we have personal influence on world affairs, whereas that is not at all the case. We let loose in all possible forums, while we are watched by more video cameras than ever, with our biometric data being collected, and with a Tornado jet flying over a demonstration. Meanwhile, working-class children in Germany have the worst chances of anyone in Europe to climb the ladder to success – so much for our individual freedoms. We consider ourselves free because we can evaluate a seller on eBay, and we even get pleasure from watching the lives of starlets. We are busy with ourselves, while others determine the fate of our country."
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