Jungle World

Jungle World is a left-wing German weekly newspaper published in Berlin. Initially founded in 1997 by striking editors of the German left-wing daily Junge Welt,[1] it became independent after only a few issues. Today, it is published by the Jungle World Verlags GmbH in the names of over thirty current and former authors, editors, and staff as well as friends of the newspaper.

For the Pakistani animal theme park, see Jungle World, Rawalpindi.

Jungle World
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBerliner
Owner(s)Jungle World Verlags GmbH
Founded1997 (1997)
Political alignmentLeft-wing, Anti-German
HeadquartersBerlin
Circulation16,000 (2020)
Websitejungle.world

Jungle World is known for its anti-nationalist and cosmopolitan positions reflect those of the "undogmatic left" in Germany.[2] The articles are published in the weekly's online edition in the days after publication. According to the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, the newspaper regularly picks up questions of the Far Left Anti-German spectrum, and contains references to Far Left activities.[3] The newspaper has regular writers who are Anti-Germans. The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Brandenburg categorized the newspaper as one of the most important publications of the Anti-German milieu.[4][5][6]

The newspaper received a large amount of criticism among the Left in Germany due to its opaque stance on the upcoming Iraq War in 2002 and its criticism of then-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's use of anti-war politics in his re-election campaign of the same year.[7] A strong point of contention among the German Left is its pro-Israel position.[8] A founder and co-editor of the Jungle World refers to the paper as "explicitly anti-anti-Zionist, anti-anti-Semitic, and anti-anti-American."[9] Anti-imperialists are often accused to be nationalistic by the newspaper.[10]

Since its re-launch on its tenth anniversary in 2007, Jungle World features two sections: the outer concerns mostly political news and analysis on German and international matters as well as debate, the inner section provides cultural and literary criticism, biting satire, and a longer piece in the form of a dossier. Since April 2008 its website has also run a series of blogs.

References
  1. Simon Erlanger, "'The Anti-Germans' – The Pro-Israel German Left," Archived 17 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Jewish Political Studies Review 21:1-2 (Spring 2009).
  2. Schon drei Jahre "Jungle World", die Zeit, 33/2000 (in German)
  3. Yücel, Deniz (9 January 2012). "Kristina Schröder und Linksextremismus: Die Ministerin weiß von nichts". Die Tageszeitung: Taz.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.bpb.de/themen/KMT3BZ,1,0,Antiimperialistische_und_antideutsche_Str%F6mungen_im_deutschen_Linksextremismus.html (retrieved 12 August 2010)
  6. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article7601135/Franziska-Drohsel-die-radikale-Gefuehlssozialistin.html (retrieved 15 August 2010)
  7. Die Diskussion der deutschen Linken um die Haltung zum Nahostkonflikt am Beispiel der Wochenzeitung "Jungle World", D-A-S-H., Dossier #7: Analysen und Statements zum Nahostkonflikt aus deutscher Sicht, 2005 (in German)
  8. Simon Erlanger, "'The Anti-Germans' – The Pro-Israel German Left," Archived 17 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Jewish Political Studies Review 21:1-2 (Spring 2009).
  9. Letter from Berlin: The anti-anti-Zionists, Haaretz.com, 7 August 2007.
  10. "Linke Bellizisten auf Gespensterjagd". 31 January 2002.
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