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Published in: Countering the Radical RightIs Germany’s AfD using COVID-19 measures to its benefit?
The German party though internally divided about the measures, is united on anti-EU ideology to gain electoral support.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightIn Germany, antisemitism on social media can be linked to offline violence
Not enough is being done in Germany to combat antisemitism on social media platforms.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Love letter from Buchenwald
What can the world learn from Buchenwald's audio memorial walk to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its liberation?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Marathon Man and 'our European Way of Life'
The migration debate ignores the political question of why hundreds or thousands of underage and adult people are...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Varosha and political ineptitude
It seems that Varosha has not only been abandoned by the United Nations and by the European Union but also by the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Paradigm shifts in the light of the past: the 1929 crash, the great recession of 2008 and the COVID-19 crisis
Lack of attractive ideological and policy alternatives and political personnel does not favour a transformative...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?On the Greek islands a long-term commitment is needed from fellow Europeans
All they do is perpetuate a situation that the islands cannot continue to bear. Greece cannot continue to bear.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Spirit or reason? Muslim public intellectuals in the German and European far right
The wide space available for non-white, Muslim-background figures in the European far right is key in helping the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Dangerous thoughtlessness of a coronavirus political cartoon
A cartoon associating mask orders with the Holocaust bears the hallmarks of shallow ‘culture war’ thinking.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightHow to laugh away the far-right: lessons from Germany
In the many instances where far-right activity attempts to exhibit solemnity, gravity, or strength, a well-aimed...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightWhy did Heidegger emerge as the central philosopher of the far right?
Heidegger’s philosophy has legitimised the far right’s regional environmentalism, populism and cultural racism.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Antifascist culture in isolation
After 1933, a left-wing culture that had encompassed socialist workers, artists and intellectuals alike was driven...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionAchille Mbembe and the fantasy of separation
The latest German uproar exposes a core cleavage in Holocaust memory.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Women in power: countries with female leaders suffer six times fewer Covid deaths and will recover sooner from recession
They did not underestimate the risks, focused on preventative measures and prioritized long-term social wellbeing...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightUnder lockdown, Germany’s PEGIDA goes to YouTube
Germany’s far-right group PEGIDA is mobilizing weekly ‘virtual marches’ livestreamed on YouTube.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The German radical right are not so hit by the virus: a reply to Hans-Georg Betz
As of now, the AfD stands (nationally) at 10 %, five per cent more than the threshold to enter the German...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightIn Germany, the radical right is hit hard by the virus
The likelihood that Germany’s AfD is going to profit from the COVID-19 crisis are more than slim.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe moral triangle: Germans, Israelis and Palestinians in Berlin
An Interview with Sa′ed Atshan and Katharina Galor about the difficult, complex relationship of these three communities.
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Published in: HomeBuilding the post-coronial world: a vision from Germany
Let’s revive belief in a future that improves on the present: what role could Germany and Europe play?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Angela Merkel urged to put European solidarity over German interests
500+ lawmakers and academics call for entire eurozone to share the cost of the pandemic with the use of euro bonds.
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job