Unsere Zeit was established in
Düsseldorf in 1969. It is the organ of the German Communist Party. From January 1990, the UZ was published as a weekly newspaper, between summer 1990 and July 1996 on a fortnightly basis and initially with a circulation of 20,000 copies (1990). Since then, the UZ has been available as a 16-page weekly newspaper. The financial situation remains tense and circulation has been falling steadily for years. According to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, its nationwide circulation is around 7500 copies, while the editorial team spoke of 9000 copies at the UZ press festival in 2005. In June 2012, the newspaper itself reported a circulation of 6,000 copies. In addition to its website, it also maintains a blog and a podcast.
Festival The biannual
UZ-Pressefest has been the largest festival of the political left in Germany. Since 1973, it has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors and nationally famous musicians such as
Konstantin Wecker and
Hannes Wader. ==References==