feminist solidarity across time, i think. congratulations to emily stewart, the winner of the helen anne bell poetry bequest award, speaking to me earlier. now, a brief musical interlude on newsday. what do you think of this? that is berlin techno, in case you were wondering, and the reason we re playing it is because some of the city s best known djs have started a campaign for the united nations to grant berlin techno unesco world heritage status. they say it s the best way of protecting the city s legendary night clubs. here s dj chris liebing explaining why the berlin dance scene is so important. let s start from the beginning. you know, when the wall fell in germany, it was basically the dance floors of the clubs in berlin where everybody
that is berlin techno, in case you were wondering, and the reason we re playing it is because some of the city s best known djs have started a campaign for the united nations to grant berlin techno unesco world heritage status. they say it s the best way of protecting the city s legendary night clubs. here s dj chris liebing explaining why the berlin dance scene is so important. let s start from the beginning. you know, when the wall fell in germany, it was basically the dance floor of the clubs in berlin where everybody gathered, and there was no discrimination going on. it was not asked, are you from the east, are you from the west? it was music that was truly global, had no roots in any nation or any other culture, so people could get together, be united on the dance floor. and that was very specific for berlin because of its history, and it spread over, basically,