André F. Lichtschlag

André F. Lichtschlag, born 1968 in West Germany, is founder and editor-in-chief of the journal ‘eigentümlich frei’ and publisher (ef and Lichtschlag Buchverlag). Winner of the Roland-Baader-Prize (Roland-Baader-Auszeichnung) of 2015.

Libertarian Youtubers:The Vloggers Are Fired Up
A bubbling spring in an ambitious alternative media environment

Imagine there’s public radio and television and nobody’s tuning in anymore!

Contemplating the near future:When the Night is Darkest, Daybreak is Closest
Mainstream politics is showing signs of weakness, even panic

Editorial for this summer’s double edition of eigentümlich frei

International Women’s Day:Some Bad and Some Good News on the Holiday
Havana. Pyongyang. Berlin.

There are countless designated special UN days in support of even the most ridiculous causes.

Merkel’s final days:Will Everything be All Right Again in the End?
Always the same old musings about self-sacrificing politicians

A change at the top does not improve politics. But then, what does?

Traveling through the American West:It Stinks in LA and San Francisco
However, in the end the US might be less threatened by decline than old Europe

Culturally, the US are more divided than Europe. And less.

Spiritual-cultural background of the new east-west conflict:Millions of Russians Go On a Pilgrimage to St. Nicholas
And what this – possibly – has to do with the future of property and freedom

A lot, as it turns out.

The Political Philosophy of Zombies:Questions of Life and Death
‘The Walking Dead’ as science fiction, neo-western and road movie

How, after a total collapse of civilization, do people act and reorganize societies under the worst conditions? The answer depends on your political outlook.

Traveling Through the American South:The Confederacy Lives
Possibly, someday, as an (anti-)political counter project again

The contrasts between rich and poor are omnipresent – but no one really cares. Americans often live next to each other in villas and shacks. They don't know envy. This is one of the reasons why they are almost all so pleasantly apolitical.

Election in Germany 2017:Insurgent AfD Wins Gold
But not even they will stop our ‘creeping socialism’

What do the results of the recent elections in Germany mean? Who is the real winner? And who the real loser?

Libertarian observations at the tail end of the Merkel era.