{"id":263,"date":"2020-10-27T12:18:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T12:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfh0920.upupload.com\/blog70517\/g7hca50cn570517\/?post_type=team_members&#038;p=263"},"modified":"2026-04-11T22:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:00:08","slug":"zain-raza","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/team\/zain-raza\/","title":{"rendered":"Zain Raza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>Zain Raza is the founder and senior editor of acTVism Munich. He is a journalist and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/culturecollectivemunich\/\">cultural organizer<\/a> in Munich. In 2013, Raza founded acTVism Munich e.V. &#8211; an independent, non-profit and bilingual online media network. Since its inception, Raza has managed and supervised the production of more than 2000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acTVismMunich\/videos\">videos<\/a>, which include interviews and events with experts such as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/politics\/edward-snowden-interview-muenchen\/\"> Edward Snowden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7qfLB1X4e90\">Wikileaks<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/noam-chomsky-untold-history-europe\/\"> Noam Chomsky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/82gCb2NjNWs\">Jeffrey D.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/82gCb2NjNWs\">Sachs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/politics\/rainer-mausfeld-wikileaks-demokratie\/\">Rainer Mausfeld<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/politics\/gerald-huether-grundeinkommen-demokratie\/\"> Gerald H\u00fcther<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/politics\/yanis-varoufakis-julian-assange\/\"> Yanis Varoufakis<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/politics\/glenn-greenwald-snowden-wikileaks\/\"> Glenn Greenwald<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oX63qLamDNc\">Daniel Ellsberg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=elJwNiAgcmA\">Chris Hedges<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hymsBNL04rw\">Frans de Waal,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/jeremy-scahill-ramstein-antikrieg\/\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2IiXsz36sNQ\">Vijay Prashad<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/jeremy-scahill-ramstein-antikrieg\/\">, Jeremy Scahill<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/politics\/rueckblick-juergen-todenhoefer\/\"> J\u00fcrgen Todenh\u00f6fer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/f9KRxF9oVxQ\">Nils Melzer<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l03cGxpUJ2U\">, Ernst Wolff,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_eQ0nexq-bs&amp;t=50s\"> Peter Kuznick<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/politics\/michael-shermer-religion-skeptizismus\/\"> Michael Shermer<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jS98hh8_AjE&amp;t=2s\"> Jill Stein<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/military-complex-medea-benjamin\/\"> Medea Benjamin<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_74VJFOiPoc?t=127\"> Katja Kipping<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qFtUVS6T5BQ?t=340\"> Hans-Christian Str\u00f6bele<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eVr9hH6aBg0&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Richard D.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eVr9hH6aBg0&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Wolff<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/interviews\/exklusiv-interview-mit-william-binney\/\"> William Binney<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/pictures\/us-imperiums-interview-insider\/\"> Lawrence Wilkerson<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/videos\/interview-former-cia-analyst-ray-mcgovern\/\"> Ray McGovern<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JQ6OkRJtp4I\"> Thomas Drake<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/events\/stein-martin-glenn-greenwald-deutsch-2\/\"> Abby Martin<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VMxeNR9IftI\"> Annie Machon<\/a> and many more. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huckmag.com\/perspectives\/activism-2\/zain-razas-actvism-news-network-confronts-powerful-governments-corporations\/\">Click here<\/a> to find out more about Zain Raza and his work.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zain Raza is the founder and senior editor of acTVism Munich. 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