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A Female Mason Perched High above Berlin (c. 1910)

With the rise of industrialization, the number of German women who worked outside the home also increased. This usually meant factory work. But in some families with their own businesses, daughters also learned a trade so that they could help out: here, we see a master-mason’s daughter during the renovation work on the old city …

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After the Charlie Hebdo Massacre, Support those Fighting the Religious-Right

After the massacre in Charlie Hebdo in Paris on January 7, 2015, expressing indignation, as so many are doing, is not enough. A quick look at the English-speaking media shows that whilst many condemn the violence itself, they also assert that Charlie Hebdo courted (and maybe deserved?) a strong response from “Muslims”. Charlie’s regular cartoonists …

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Conservative Christian Crusaders March Against Women in Berlin

Several thousand conservative christian fundamentalists have marched “for life” (code word for banning abortions and banning LGBT rights) in Berlin. Thousands feminists stood up to them. Cops found an excuse to beat and detain 16 of them, and carefully protected the fundamentalists. They also tried to intimidate the media, and even hit a social media photo-journalist. However, the counter-protestors …

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