The 36 years ago, my parents played iran for germany in search of the fall of the berlin wall. And the people overcome with joy and excitement was still a defining memory of our new home. For me, it was an incredibly beautiful moment. All those people, some of them for the 1st time in their lives, truly felt free. Today, freedom, at least, and wealthy countries is something we almost take for granted. We can choose how we want to live. For most people around the world, thats just a dream. And its under threat now in the west to the my name is peggy adoni. And im an actor in this film, im going on a journey to ask, what does freedom mean in the 21st century . The, the over 3 centuries ago, the age of enlightenment began bringing was a progress reason and human rights. Today, these achievements arteries. Do we need a new enlightenment . The 21st century, the its monday morning onset, in hamburg. For 3 years, ive played a Police Investigator in the crime series. I used to be a kind of go to person for anything foreign and exotic. But now that the Film Industry has caught on germany is the country of immigrants. I can practically pick and choose my roles. During the french revolution, one woman defied convention and chose her own destiny. She came from humble beginnings, bone, marie cruz. She was the daughter of the butcher, under washable. In 1765 at the age of 17, she was married to a restaurant to who died soon afterward. Some said it was the noble lot of the man room it to be like truth father the process of paris where she took the name long to googe. Although im educated alone was beautiful spirited and intelligent, which both the access to the cellphones and to people of influence. She became a fixture in high society and she began to pin rushing that held up a mirror to the fashionable, loopy scene. Pre revolutionary elite slipped up by discussions of resolution. She became a social reformer and activist for womens rights. Its odd that i dont know anything about on the degrees. More than 200 years ago, she insisted women could enjoy every freedom at a time when that was to do, did her life and her ideas end up shipping my own life my own past. If you look at the time of enlightenment and some of the cheap talk latest, you know, when i look at that as a woman and as a woman of color, im surprised when i see men and more men and more men. A large majority of the people in this weather are not free. So im very, very skeptical about that notion of freedom, especially as people forget it by the worst, each and every human being has a dignity that cannot be taken away. This is a fundamental idea of the enlightenment. On the eve of the french revolution, the people were calling for freedom equality and for tennessee. This was more than a bridge rights. The demands would go on to the fund to mentally reshape society, alone to goose attended meetings with their junk about clubs and became a political activist. In the past, the address to clean the re entry this. She belonged the traditional role of women in another past which encourage the king to abdicate outspoken and opinion nice. She became more vehement as the resolution progressed. It was this refusal to be silent, but unfortunately helps you cite im going to live and on where my journey begins. Our world is an upheaval, just like it was during the french revolution. And like the small country in the middle east, lebanon was once a flourishing place, which some called the switzerland of the middle east. They route with a financial hub, elegant and cosmopolitan. Then came the civil war. Today there are power outages, almost every day. Food prices are soaring, and most people live in desperate poverty. And a zip that werent enough. A warehouse in the Harbor HoldingAmmonium Nitrate exploded, leaving much of a city in ruins. The lebanon has one of the most in equal distributions of wealth in the world. If society is being torn apart, something has to, to the, the, in the french revolution, people demanded liberty, equality, and brotherhood. Because those ideas are intertwined. If you demand freedom, youre also demanding fairness. But in a country like 11 and where do you even begin the heavy . Yes, the whole whole told him problem in terms of justice like the term freedom. Its hard to define who she is, that theyve just disregard all public action to be today. Around my goal must be to achieve social harmony with at least a minimum level of contentment. For all those you almost satisfaction. I think we really need to marry a liberal of the social democratic conception of freedom. None of those freedoms are worth anything. If you dont have the material means to realize that in a place like this where the state is so weak, you need strong individuals to push for change. Like do you mind i had that she was the 1st person to publish an erotic magazine in the air of world and has received countless death threats. She also founded the Freedom Center in bay route. Jumanda is a journalist, author, and tv hello. This is where the main meeting, shes also one of the most influential women in the airport. I have the chairs here, this. Oh wow. This is the wow. Yeah. And this is wonder woman because my 2 sons think i look like her so they keep sending me stuff. So what does he assured . See here . It says our evolution. This is some unless its something that you have to wake up every day. Advice for me, i could do nothing without this freedom. The freedom to think of the way i want to think the freedom to ride to whatever i want to write and obviously the freedom to be the person i want to be. I have to say 11 on were lucky with the weather and its also beautiful area. Yes it is. Do you feel safe in this area to sleep in the sense you know when your, um, when they want to hurt you know, area say you have to know that my 1st crazy project was this magazine i used to do called just side. And its a antibiotic magazine with the arts and culture about the body in arabic, published by a woman and love and on. And thats when all the threats really horrible threats start to, to, to arrive and that, and thats, thats was like a turning point in my life because i thought im not gonna let myself be intimidated. And im gonna take more risk and keep moving forward. And you know what i learned, you start to become intimidating when you do this because they think, how come shes not scared . Whats her secret . I have no sick. This is it. And ive been lucky so far, the mazda shopping them at a despite the threats, jumanda continues to speak out, write, and publish feminist text. The streaming is the best deal also neutralized to women of friends. They joined the resolution. The alarm the goes, wanted runs, not just a voice women, she insisted, should have the right to vote, hold Public Office own prophecy, and be financially independent. When the new National Assembly issued the declaration of the rights of man and citizens, women received no mention or lumps. Patients was asking and in shop and forced for language. She turned 17 articles of the declaration of the rights of man to the declaration of the rights of woman and the female citizen should and sent it to the National Assembly and to queen marie antoinette. Article one woman is born free and remains equal to man in rights. Bicycle 10 woman has the right to mount the scaffold, so she should have to ride equally to mount the pope to the is lisa. This sentence with proof professing the defiance come for love degree is fine for you to is still relevant today. Sting me at the findings to equal pay signal or walk. So equal respect for women, this upon cost, the science feet higher, these are cause a johnston and be rude. Jumanda had organized the 1st feminism festival in the protected space of the also to phone saying there was plenty to talk about. 0 one more, but i had, i didnt know we didnt was such an emotional different, but when i suggested a public forum on the topic of why we need to speak with matt and about the seminar struggles and the lease, many people are posted at 1st and i need the model of what the government is freedom and the legal rights that they are owed. And thats not only about the feminist struggle. Its about the dignity of women then, and all people got on that is that you call yourself an angry ss or feminist. Yeah. What does this mean . It means a lot of trouble. How come this became such a the past in your life where you treat this differently as a goals . I go. 5 and a very conservative family like ever since i was list all the one thing save me from the environment where i grew up, which was the civil war, the conservative family, the factory article society, the catholic school. And thats was really, its of what saves me war. My readings, books look safe, my life. They changed me. I knew that there was Something Else out there and that i deserved it. What do you think . Why is the female body so mystified . So to move, i think because its a source of power, of Unlimited Power its, its a body that gives life and this is a big issue. Why is that body such such an obsession in my culture . Why should i be shane . Does it or hide it . Or protect it from the male intruder and save it for my husbands sex as one of the most google words in arabic. All. We all know that. But then again, if you want to talk about this topic, youre consider at best goals and courageous. And as far as the horn, no, lot of the front of me said power women depicted in the media to minor invited the association of lebanese women in journalism to her festival. You know, i often wonder if the way that we approach feminist topics helps bring about change the bottom in the media. All we ever see all the same traditional roles for women and to manage the mother who tends to everyones needs never seen the workforce in politics or outside taking part in the struggle for freedom. We only see the women who get up to the Sunflower Seeds and 6 about the people is the you have a to to win your risk, which is another to bu, i have like 7 talk to us because i cannot to all of them. This is the word free them and an arabic. So i got this a long time ago. Freedom has been, has always been like the guiding lights for me. This is the one thing that i can not to be a tolerance with for decides whether you are free or not. You only you thats you up to you to decide how many people are not free, but they do not realize that you need awareness. We are born with a huge, you know, back cuz our name, our nationality, our religion, even the political views of our parents. And so many other things. And many people live their lives without deciding whether this, that they have inherited works for them or not. The Self Determination is the key to freedom and for people like to mano, its not something that just happens. But something that requires a conscious decision. Anyone who makes that decision over and over again probably has more freedom than the powerful and privilege to because they never had to fight for their freedom the tonight and be rude. I ended up at a concert by the rapper da far once again. The topic is politics and the abuse of power. 11 on arch is the safety valve thats probably keeping society from exploding in the the i think the purpose about is the truth. The artist is on the 7th of a Political Party or an ideology or a religion and a free, a free person is often very alarming to people who want to control people of to settling in paris alone to discover the she associated with actors. And writers began to rod plays on early play. It was difficult for me to stay on position of phone or shame. Another was accepted, but then boy crosses by the act as of the comedy fall sense 17, a full can symbol in me as a law took on the inhumanity of slavery. The oppression of women and the evils of racism and colonialism. And 1799. A revised version was finally performed on stage and was greeted with venom. An outrage. Replying to one of her detractors. Balloons said, there are thousands of men like you to take centuries to produce a woman like me. Shortly after i returned from 11 on my travels, came to an abrupt and one country after another went in to lock down. The corona virus shut down the entire world. What an irony for a feeling that the freedom, the something i never would have imagined became our new reality. Within just a few weeks. Basic rights like the freedom of movement or severely curtailed. The, the, to many people are democracies seem to weak and helpless. Some felt that governments were doing too little to protect our citizens and were too slow and chaotic and their response. Others felt they were being robbed of their civil liberties. Depend demik showed us how fragile our freedoms and liberties can be. So do we need to take a leaf out of the book of enlightenment and explore new alternatives . Take a leap into the unknown the door. How often should i water them every other day . Please dont know close to our thoughts or what just solely on the water. These are no, ill get the other ones from the balcony. The orchids are all labeled. Please dont forget to theyll die. So this is where our familys money ends up. Right there. We shall now still have the plan phase before democracy. That doesnt mean we should switch the phase to some, some, some sort of china model. And we should all be satisfied with what we have. There might be Something Better the tongue tongue by has taught at New York University and was a fellow at harvard. He studies ethical questions and public life. And right now hes the professor of philosophy in shanghai. I grew up believing that democracy was the best of all possible worlds. I wish i could have spoken with tongue done by in person about his concept of social utopia, a confusion alternative to the liberal democratic order. But because of the pen demik had to join in by video call the coming lesson phone, a lot of people out of excitement is self garvin is in that will be wonderful, but a lot of people just arent able to govern themselves. Well, then maybe we should take some of their authority away from them and give them give the power to those who are more responsible and im more confident. Thats a fundamental confusion. Believe i want to have a society where people are, are whereas equal economically. If i to achieve that, if you need to re introduce some form, upgrade, or any quantity, we still preserve some form. I qualify with community, but then so you called communities, we saw we flags, difficult the best and brightest and give them more power in the political Decision Making process. Their higher status can only be justified if the poor people come benefit from their carbon a has the world become too complex . 10 are liberal democracies respond adequately to enormous challenges like Climate Change or the cobra 19 pandemic is turned on by correct that his confusion hybrid system is better suited to dealing with such challenges. Challenges that involve science and complex social and economic conditions. Is it possible that experts might have Better Solutions to such problems . Just like the futures that enlightenment thinkers of the 18th century imagined in their writing tongue dung buys new confucianism remains in the realm of your theory, which he enjoys debating with a student either frequently. All he does have a sure law center to that. So what do you think about freedom unenlightened meant . How do they relate to each other . On a basic level, vm light meant can be understood as the acknowledgment of human autonomy for a relatively radical form of self knowledge storage. That way, when i began my studies, i thought i wanted freedom you. This may totally realize to wasnt that much easier if you do whatever you want, you might break the little and deprive evidence of doing what they want. If i hit you, are you allowed to hit me to mean im not the have to be limit, so theres no kind of how java standard caught it. And thats where there are 2 kinds of freedom that you dont to use. Active freedom or the freedom to do something and passive freedom or freedom from is what she wants. Usually we mean the freedom to do your own thing. But in politics, we tend to mean freedom from something, being free of something we dont want. We dont know it or the i didnt expect such a free thinking and philosophical discussion in china. Being a critical thinker can be dangerous. Thousands of journalists, artists, and human rights activists have been imprisoned because theyre a thorn. And the i have the regime excuse me, either some of the nation as of the chinese model, kathy regarded as an enlightenment model because it radically constrains and prohibits Self Determination. The end of it autonomy, height, and individual freedom. Uh, im saying for me to this, i think when ive a impressive societies, people have a chance to say what they want, what they want the liberty of reason. Um what they dont want is tyranny, unreason. So. So it may be that in spite of all the faults of the enlightenment, all its arrow goods, few like its own big countries. But underneath that, there are these values which are very important and something very close to universe. For long degrees, the 1st use of the resolution were intoxicating friends to gain to constitution an assembly and freedom off to the fish winds, marched on the palace, cooling out for 5 feet small power stops, and forcing the king to return to paris. She remained committed to republican ideals, when literally the 16th was put on trial and resolution raced the tip to fit into a risk and tear off. She was dismayed. Scuffles and executioners of these then the results of the revolution that should have served as a model for the universe. She oppose. The shock of all sprain of tara open, the attack robust and murat, and called for a referendum on the phone with the new government. Friends, she and sisters should decide but wish to be a republican, a federal ration, or a Constitutional Monarchy in 1793. When she went to the pond, son michelle to begin posting her latest pamphlet, she was arrested. She was brought before the revolutionary tribunal and sentenced to death the when it comes to the 2nd half of the 2nd decade of the 21st century. I am not particularly content. This of the last few years of seeing that the rise of authoritarian populace and nationalism became in many parts of the world. And in many ways that is a counter and light movement. Solar changed for post. Yes. Yes, but its a for your loan over society is very divided on in uh, yeah. Is that something federal one side supports the current for me, the aspect of the constitution and the courts mean nothing to them is not true. Yes. Theyve got changed the other side places of great importance on freedom, boss, justice, and the distribution of powers. Well joe, whats it from governments . How does a mattress in the 19 ninetys, when i was a child, it seems like democracy and freedom went hand in hand. If only but now the liberal western world seems like its falling apart, right before our eyes. Im on my way to poland. A place where we are watching a country and do its hard one freedoms. Bit by bit. Poland was the 1st country in the former eastern bloc. That back in the 1980s fought for Co Determination and freedom. Nearly 10000000. 00 people were part of the soley dar, nauseous labor movement. They demanded independence, freedom of the press and hiring on the basis of competence rather than party loyalty. So he thought i most voted to, i hope you had it for all the solely dot. And those 2 movement spot for Better Living conditions for the workers and also funk for independence of the court. All of the legit, most of the daughter knows i thought to allow people to joined independent labor unions of, of the voted most so word freedom was on all their banners. So the most g, e, we have the Solidarity Movement to think for the fact that the call for bread and freedom became a reality. That was the values of on it. James, he started that not what followed was the collapse of socialism free elections entry into the you. Economic revival. Liberalism had one across the board. And now 30 years later, a nationalist conservative government is turning back the clock, reinstating the Church Tradition and traditional gender roles. Even the separation of powers, one of the pillars of democracy is being called into question. How is it possible that the liberal democracy that the poll spot so hard for no longer appeals to have the countrys population . The enlightened makes of but the bed is it is possible that human beings dont know how to define themselves. It is possible that if you give them a lot of freedom, they will be disoriented. They will be lost. But we should take that, but with human beings, because living with freedom gives us much more dignity than not maybe poland is losing this, that freedom demands a lot of us. It asks us to constantly questionnaire values and norms where people who dont conform to traditional ideas of the family and the sexes are an easy target. Including for the catholic church, which has chosen to join forces with the national and conservative peace government. The church in poland is all too happy to whip up controversy. The dear bishop, your president , the blood of the victims of violence against squares is on your hands. We just want to be free to love to be ourselves. Thats all the money good to she and her organization londo should, should seen, are fighting for the rights of l. G. P t q i plus people. They go to all the private events in poland to help support the countrys queer community. Ready monica faces up to 11 years in prison for her political activism and opposition to opponents. Anti abortion law is the 1st person i wanted to see shocking to, to see the power of hates for that. We need to say how much we all a to and the dresser. Were going to win our freedoms are curtailed. It happens slowly to step by step daughter. It starts when certain people are marginalized and excluded. Thats how you go to spend 2020 local authorities in poll instead of l g b t free zone. As with the aim of excluding people, dont staff involved in the us. What starts with words ends with the international of suicide. Puncture not to this place is called sony directly square after the movement, which led to the end of the palatine system, in poland, and eightys. The place where the tragic events of december, 9070. 00 started. When workers for testers, against government, and 16 people lost their lives. And this is also the place where we organize most of our demonstrations and practice. And also we started them finished our 1st prize during the time soon done or is the pope. Yeah, so for the 2nd was the punishment. You said that freedom is not given. Must be taken in a fight. Yes for. Oh thats right. Is without freedom. Uh there was no value when the injustice bought a piece, but they came to paula. I realize that its no longer time for fun. Its time for defense, human rights, and its very a ronnie from the history that we are repeating the same mistakes of to for, to years. This countries can guy and a lot of these, of all the worse, what parts of the change in a piece a they were part of Solidarity Movement. My father and i was a most on the phone just as the the why is the the phone, the solidity a people shifted to the other side. But i can tell from the example of my parents, i think they were really believing that they fight for freedom. Uh, but to for them freedom was the to, for example, the catholics are not to say class b citizens. Maybe they wanted to change that stuff. Thats profound change via having this m z, the liberal project, which was in essence correct. And its aim there was inactive very quickly and radically via happened in liberal relation to great and emphasis on the economic dimension of liberal instruction. And the means you does have to, i know, will succeeds on that, that ended up leading to a massive crisis. And the recession of tied ones that are cause their shots. And in addition, a large part of our society feels that its being ignored. We it so bad that its not respected and these tests that got their dignity is under threat iphones issue in the, of the tough. So in light them into the 21st century has to take into account 2 things. One is the power of capitalism. And its, its a sinister ability to turn even good things and turn us, of course, into commodities. And secondly, the unleashing of technological power that in various ways has the power to form us and form the earth. The beings id many in poland. Few also has to do with the capitalist juggernaut that followed the collapse of the eastern block. These 2 things, capitalism and Technological Progress are fueling each other worldwide from Silicon Valley to beijing. The digitalization is transforming our society and life at a breathtaking pace. Algorithms make life comfortable and convenient for consumers, while others pay the price. In beijing, drunk pay is struggling to keep up with the demands of the algorithm used by his employer of food delivery service. You want to make a lot of deliveries quickly. You need to know where the restaurants are and know the best routes. And do you need to know if youre allowed to access the Apartment Building and work about 10 hours a day . The busy season, i get 60 to 70 orders a day. So now the off season, its about 51. 00 to 3. 00 times when i have to deliver 11 or 13 orders at once, i have only an hour to make all those deliveries. Id really rather be there for one. The. Youve got to watch capitalism as broad as has nothing to do with freedom, with desire. When you want something that creates green, and now youre no longer content with the bottom of freedom but the yeah. Digital capitalism likes to adopt the mantle of freedom or freedom to make the optimal choice, among millions of products it wants to diagnose and predict our wants and desires. To gian is a software developer. He and his wife kat do founded the dimensions start up in shanghai. Its a david versus goliath operation. Their main competition, our tech giants, such as facebook 10 cent in amazon, which stick to transform us, send our data into commodities. Right, power permit, this is the capital list. So, so if youre a man of the cyber age and now theyre telling me i understand weird at the very top, you have the, we are the one percent sure pages to solve on told, cut down here are the people who are exploited by sub contractors or the monopolistic capitalist, the amazon careers and careers for the various restaurants on why my, the thing is ill go the whole vocal to including even the programmer who is now sitting among them with the receding hairline, whos over 35 different adapt. Its the same all over the world in china and the united states. Digital capitalism is just more advanced. Theres no freedom you can find out. When you look at this picture, you start to think about how this situation could be changed to the show. And there was how can we improve the wellbeing of all classes who quoted on what could we do to ensure these people can enjoy the freedom that they deserve. So much hang on to say what a time the sale, sushi and his wife kat are members of the open source movement, which advocates the Free Exchange of software and information. Theyve designed an application that aims to force companies to comply with local labor laws. The anti 996 movement they helped co found wants to improve work conditions in the Tech Industry to to 0. 2996 is a particular work schedule. It means that you work from 9 am to 9 pm, 6 days a week. Mean thats 12 times 6 hours per week. Its her re hire on your attention is last year in 2019 a program or made an Anonymous Online post saying he was in the i c u, the intensive care unit. Oh, i see ocean they go, you gotta do that. If he said he was dying and helpful, our labor laws prohibit working more than 11 hours a day happen today. But there are all sorts of ways to circumvent those rules. A little bit about you to wait for example, you might get more money to agree to longer our ok. And in fact, most of the Chinese Internet Companies operate like this is of, in the, to the search with the phone to capitalism. Crated for us, an iron cage. Capitalism makes us, for example, much more discipline than ever before. And this discipline, for example, in the workplace, is a, is a way for us to limit and constrain our freedom. Here then what do you think theres more, its all i think freedom is right. A human right or right we humans are born with like theres a feeling that dignity and freedom are your birthright. And so if you have the right to self defense to the protection of private property as to personal freedom, then you also have those rights in the digital world. You know about that. If you cant protect your data on your facebook account and protect your digital currency, your cards and assets in your games, then you wont be able to protect your own soul and sense of freedom either. When you the so age, the in the 21st century. Freedom can involve everything from the vastness of the digital round to our most simple wants and needs. So where do we set our priorities . And what price are we prepared to pay the, im in paris, the city where a lot to goose lived and fox. She was a woman ahead of her time, prepared to risk her life for the ideals of freedom and d quality. So why isnt that history seems to have forgotten her. Why does she get hardly a mention in the text books we read at school . Why is there no monument at her great. 6 historians believe that she was buried somewhere in the catacombs of paris. In the 1970s, a historian, a woman, re discovered so long to goose and her writings in the archives of the biblical text. No sooner alone to do, she was most afraid to expose the wrong doings of the powerful full that she was sentenced to death from prison. She managed to smuggle out 2 last checks for printing, including one that condemned drove as p a. And his followers for love, justice and freedom waiting compatible with the terror of that sort to suppress, to send on november 3rd, 1793 when she was just 45 years old. Along to goose was led costs the crowd at the plus to the concord amount to discuss the phone. A report from the verdict stated, she wanted to be a statesman, and the law has punished this conspiracy as to so guessing the virtues that sewage the 6th. Shortly before her execution, she rode undaunted and with the weapons of integrity, i demand you to account for the 2 need that you exercise. I die an innocent woman the. What does freedom mean in the 21st century . That was my question when i set out on this journey, and the answer is more sobering than i had hoped. Our world and the freedoms that we are defending and fighting for have grown more complex. You might have already said freedom is easy. Freedom is very hard. Freedom is something you have to learn and it comes with responsibilities. Absence of fear is one element of freedom. And the 2nd element of freedom would be the capacity to have your talents and your tastes and your inclinations. Flores. All of us have at least the basic material opportunities to develop our capacities for flourishing. And none of us will be entirely free. And sometimes freedom is invisible until its under trench. And that sense belonged to ghoulish, was a free woman like the many other people today who fight for freedom. As do you mind, i had upset whether im free or not is up to me. That idea may well be the essence of the enlightenment. And it remains every bit as true today. The preserving people are slowly in Climate Change with the scientists are studying the wetlands of our planet because they are gigantic c o 2 reservoir. But how to make the most of that . Researchers are encouraging officials to cut down trees and grow and use crumbs in 30 minutes on d w the. Lets me tell you the story. We have a getting a visa is more difficult than finding gold hosted to use that for sure. Yeah. And for the future, for learning about whats going on in the instead of being discussed across the continent, dw, and use africa every friday on the w. The, this is dw dues live in from berlin, israel carries what it says was its largest ever incursion in take off of the military said the overnight read was brief and preparation for the next stages of combat. Also coming up can the European Union speak with one voice when the topic is, is real and how moss will have the latest from todays e. U summit in brussels and police on a man hot in the he was searching for a gun and suspected of killing at least 18 people in the Northeastern State of main