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Mannheim Breaks the Firewall: The AfD Direct Mandate as a Signal for the West
Mannheim delivered. And not just some percentage result. A direct mandate. Bernhard Pepperl wins Mannheim I with 22.3 percent of the first votes. Just ahead of the CDU. In a major West German city. This is no coincidence. This is a signal. While many are still staring at the overall percentages, they are missing the crucial point: the direct mandate is the new question of power. And what has long been normal in the East Read more
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Migrant Share in Elementary School: Is a Girl Really Forgetting German?
In Vienna-Meidling, a case is causing a stir. A mother is raising serious allegations about the conditions at her daughter’s elementary school. Her statement is drastic. After just one school year, her child had “forgotten how to speak.” Articles had disappeared. “That was no longer German.” What happened there? The case from Vienna-Meidling The 12th district of Vienna, Meidling, is considered culturally Read more
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State Election in Baden-Württemberg: SPD on the Brink – and Merz Is Artificially Keeping It Alive
Die Schlagzeilen sprechen vom „grünen Triumph“. Doch wer nur auf die stärkste Kraft blickt, verkennt die eigentliche tektonische Verschiebung dieser Wahl. Nicht der Erfolg der Grünen ist die Nachricht.Der Absturz der SPD ist es. Und das parlamentarische Aus der FDP in ihrem einstigen Kernland. Zu dieser Analyse wurde außerdem ein ergänzendes Videostatement gesondert veröffentlicht, das Read more
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Exile193 – Marla’s Time Travel
Today is day 193 of my exile. Exile 193. Nineteen ninety-three. Europe enters a new political phase. On November 1, the Maastricht Treaty comes into force, and the European Community becomes the European Union. With it begin new institutions, closer political coordination, and the concrete roadmap toward a common European currency. For Germany, Read more
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No More Backdrop – Why This Election Must Become a Turning Point
Baden-Württemberg hat gewählt. Und wieder wird so getan, als sei alles normal. Als sei das ein ganz gewöhnlicher demokratischer Vorgang gewesen. War es nicht. Und diesmal reicht es nicht mehr, das nur zu analysieren.Diesmal geht es um Konsequenzen. Zu diesem Thema wurde zusätzlich ein separates Videostatement von Marla Svenja Liebich veröffentlicht, in dem die zentralen Read more
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Exile192 – Marla’s Time Travel
Today is day 192 of my exile. Exile 192. Nineteen ninety-two. Europe is in a phase of profound reorganization. In February, a treaty is signed in Maastricht in the Netherlands that paves the way for the European Union. States are trying to tighten economic and political cooperation, while national interests continue to play a significant role. In Germany, the Read more
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Exile191 – Marla’s Time Travel
Today is day 191 of my exile. Exile 191. Nineteen ninety-one. The year 1991 is marked by a world in transition. The Cold War, which had shaped the international balance for decades, is visibly dissolving. States are reorganizing their relationships, old alliances are losing their sharpness, and new uncertainties are emerging. In Germany, this is the first full Read more
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Exile190 – Marla’s Time Travel
Today is day 190 of my exile. Exile 190. Nineteen ninety. Europe is experiencing a year of profound upheaval. The order of the Cold War is visibly dissolving, while political systems, alliances, and economic structures are set in motion. Many developments of this year did not emerge suddenly but are the result of long-standing tensions, reform attempts, and the power interests of various states. In Germany, the Read more
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Will Russia Shut Down? – And What Happens If the Pressure Becomes Too Great?
Macht Russland dicht? Wenn Energiepreise weiter steigenund Arbeitsplätze weiter verschwinden,dann wird die Debatte nicht akademisch bleiben. Sie wird existenziell. Wladimir Putin kann den Gashahn zudrehen.Aber die politische Sprengkraft entsteht hier. Zu diesem Thema wurde zusätzlich ein gesondert veröffentlichtes Videostatement erstellt, das die energiepolitischen Entwicklungen und ihre möglichen wirtschaftlichen Folgen zusammenfasst. Wenn es wirtschaftlich eng wird, Read more
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Exile189 – Marla’s Journey Through Time
Today is day 189 of my exile. Exile 189. Nineteen eighty-nine. Europe is in motion. For years, reform policies in the Soviet Union have been changing the political climate of the continent. Glasnost and Perestroika loosen the rigid grip of the postwar order, while many states of the Eastern Bloc are under growing economic and social pressure. In Poland, negotiations between the government and Read more
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Britain’s By-Election as a Warning Sign: When Identity Replaces Politics
On February 26, history was written in an unassuming constituency in Greater Manchester. Not because a party narrowly won, but because it revealed how politics in Western Europe is fundamentally changing. In the constituency of Gorton and Denton, the Labour Party lost a seat for the first time in nearly a century—one it had held since the 1930s. Instead, it was won by Read more
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CO₂ Tax on Wastewater? Now Even the Toilet Is Supposed to “Save the Climate”
Erst das Auto.Dann die Heizung.Dann das Steak. Und jetzt? Unsere Kläranlagen. Willkommen in der nächsten Eskalationsstufe der Klimapolitik. Zu diesem Thema wurde außerdem ein ergänzendes Videostatement veröffentlicht, in dem zentrale Aspekte der aktuellen Debatte um Emissionen aus Kläranlagen und mögliche regulatorische Folgen zusammengefasst werden. Das Video ist auf einer gesonderten Seite dokumentiert. Wenn alles zum Read more
Marlas Army
Texte. Stim. Freiheit.
Marlas Army is a publishing project by Marla Svenja Liebich This is where texts, chronicles, and personal observations from exile are created— political, historical, and social. The ongoing Exile Chronicle connects contemporary history with the present and documents how language, power, and reality change.
At the same time, it serves Marlas Army beyond the digital space: many readers pick up impulses, ideas, and attitudes from the texts and independently put them into practice in projects, discussions, and everyday decisions. In this way, the project also takes shape in real life—decentralized, voluntary, and beyond formal structures.