Blog – Political education
Here you can find our current articles from our department for political education. In addition to articles on the subject “On This Day in History”, you can find everything about political education here. If you have your own suggestions, comments or ideas for projects, please contact politik@asta.rwth-aachen.de.
On this day in history: Massachusetts becomes first U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage
Marriage for all - what is taken for granted today was not always so: on May 17, 2004, Massachusetts became the first state in the USA to allow same-sex marriage. Initially still limited to two years and only for native citizens, the law was opened in Massachusetts...
On this day in history: Burning of books in Germany
Today, 88 years ago, public book burnings took place in 22 German university cities, in which writings and books by Jewish, pacifist, Marxist, and other authors opposing the Nazi regime were burned as part of the "Aktion wider den undeutschen Geist" (Action against...