Let’s talk about fascism, baby.
That was the message from German musicians Danger Dan and Igor Levit at a benefit concert in Berlin Tuesday night.
The duo, known for their political activism, were set to perform their new “antifascist” song “Keine Angst” (No Fear), on Die Anstalt, a popular German topical comedy show. But the network, public broadcaster ZDF, pulled them. The channel said the song could be considered an incitement to violence and was not in line with their program guidelines.
So the pair put on a concert at Berlin’s Columbia theater, and live-streamed it on YouTube.
Instead of talking about being canceled by ZDF, and the fierce debate it has sparked in the German media about freedom of speech, the band focused on raising the alarm about the rise of Germany‘s far-right.
