#EducationalHacks. Episode 09: Nature conservation is homeland security?
The extreme right and ecology From time immemorial, actors of the extreme right have devoted themselves to the topic of environmental protection - as homeland security, charged with völkisch and anti-Semitic ideas. Currently, the eco-right is attracting public attention, especially in connection with the Anastasia movement or völkisch settlement projects. At first glance, they seem harmless; in hippie outfits and in their own vegetable gardens, [...]
We remember the murdered Sint*izze and Rom*nja from Magdeburg
March 1, 2022 marks the 79th anniversary of the deportation of the Sint*izze and Rom*nja from the "Gypsy camp" at Holzweg/Silberberg in Magdeburg to Auschwitz. There 340 of them - children, women and men - were murdered. The BgR Magdeburg and Miteinander e.V. together with the City Library would like to commemorate them on this day: 4 p.m. [...]
We commemorate the victims of the racist attack in Hanau
Ferhat Unvar, Gökhan Gültekin, Hamza Kurtović, Said Nesar Hashemi, Mercedes Kierpacz, Sedat Gürbüz, Kaloyan Velkov, Vili Viorel Păun, Fatih Saraçoğlu: these are the names of those people who were murdered in Hanau on February 19, 2020. Hatred of humanity and racism were the motives of the perpetrator. On the second anniversary of the right-wing terrorist murders, we remember the victims and [...]
Set limits for lateral thinkers and neo-Nazis, protect democracy
After yesterday's demonstration of "lateral thinkers" and neo-Nazis in Halberstadt, Miteinander e.V. calls for a rethink by police and politicians: "This march in front of the residence of Halberstadt's mayor Daniel Szarata represents a threatening border crossing," said Pascal Begrich, executive director of Miteinander e.V. on Tuesday in Magdeburg. "Such an escalation must have consequences - for those involved [...]
25th anniversary of the death of Frank Böttcher
Invitation to commemoration 25 years ago, on February 8, 1997, 17-year-old Frank Böttcher was killed by a neo-Nazi of the same age. He was attacked because the perpetrator felt provoked - by the young punk's haircut and clothes. He had to die because neo-Nazis declared minorities and alternative youth cultures to be the enemy. This and the [...]
Police at the Corona protest
Twitter Space of the Cultural Office Saxony on 12.01.2022 at 20.30 clock After the Cultural Office Saxony in its last Twitter Space have attempted an inventory of the Corona protests in Saxony, the view is now to be sharpened once again: From Zwönitz to Hamburg - in villages, small towns and metropolises, people are still protesting against the measures to contain the [...]
Courage, attitude and consistency
2021 was also a year full of anti-Semitic and racist discourse, marked by right-wing violence and right-wing extremist mobilization successes. The murders committed by the Corona deniers in Idar-Oberstein and Königs Wusterhausen are particularly shocking. But 2021 was also a year of open letters from people fighting for solidarity to overcome the pandemic, of impressive [...]
Walk: A little political etymology
Why "lateral thinking" and the extreme right talk about walks at the "Corona protests" The protests against the Corona measures, which are currently pushing into the public eye with great scope, specifically occupy terms in their sense. The organizers call their demonstrations "walks" and suggest that they are not political gatherings. The organizers thus enter into a tradition [...].
Walk: A little political etymology
Why "lateral thinking" and the extreme right talk about walks at the "Corona protests" The protests against the Corona measures, which are currently pushing into the public eye with great scope, specifically occupy terms in their sense. The organizers call their demonstrations "walks" and suggest that they are not political gatherings. The organizers thus enter into a tradition [...].
The engine of radicalisation
Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia are the center of extreme right-wing "Corona protests" Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia are currently experiencing a growing mobilization of protests under the sign of the Corona crisis and are becoming the engine of a nationwide radicalization of the pandemic denier scene. The demonstrations pose a great challenge for civil society actors who are committed to a democratic culture on the ground. Do they position themselves [...]