At the bot­tom of the sys­tem – how migrant work­ers secure our prosperity

Read­ing and dis­cus­sion with Berlin author and jour­nal­ist Sascha Lübbe Resched­uled event from the Inter­na­tion­al Weeks Against Racism

At the bot­tom of the sys­tem – how migrant work­ers secure our pros­per­i­ty Berlin-based author and jour­nal­ist Sascha Lübbe reads from his grip­ping non-fic­tion book “At the bot­tom of the sys­tem – how migrant work­ers secure our pros­per­i­ty” and ques­tions what kind of world we actu­al­ly want to live in.

He gets up close and per­son­al with indi­vid­ual life sto­ries and talks to peo­ple who work in the con­struc­tion indus­try, in slaugh­ter­hous­es, and in trans­porta­tion. In doing so, he reveals the eco­nom­ic, polit­i­cal, and social con­di­tions that enable pre­car­i­ous employ­ment and how social jus­tice has been increas­ing­ly erod­ed in recent years.

He dis­cuss­es the top­ic “Pros­per­i­ty through fear and exploita­tion: How did it come to this?” with Meri Uhlig, Inte­gra­tion Com­mis­sion­er in Karl­sruhe. Sascha Lübbe works in Berlin. His main top­ics are migra­tion, inte­gra­tion, and social inequal­i­ty.

Ganz unten im Sys­tem
His book “Ganz unten im Sys­tem” (At the Bot­tom of the Sys­tem) was nom­i­nat­ed for the NDR Non-Fic­tion Prize 2024. He him­self has been nom­i­nat­ed for the Ger­man Reporter Prize, the Ger­man Jour­nal­ism Prize, and the Alter­na­tive Media Prize. His arti­cles appear in Zeit Online, taz, NZZ, Welt am Son­ntag, stern.de, and oth­er pub­li­ca­tions.

The Office for Inte­gra­tion The inte­gra­tion offi­cer and her team aim to pro­mote equal par­tic­i­pa­tion for all peo­ple in Karl­sruhe, social har­mo­ny, and good coex­is­tence in the city. Part of their task is to expose social inequal­i­ty, includ­ing the pre­car­i­ous work­ing con­di­tions of immi­grants.

Reg­is­tra­tion until Wednes­day, Octo­ber 29
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