The current debate in Germany about deportations is losing all sense of proportion. Paving the way for deportations to #Syria or #Afghanistan undermines democracy and the rule of law in #Germany. My text at QantaraEN qantara.de/en/article/dep…

Habe Kommentar zu dem rassistischen Video des Bayerisches Innenministerium gelöscht, weil mich die Bildsprache so angewidert hat. Deren Video jetzt kommentarlos runtergenommen. Erklärung wäre ... das mindeste.

"One historic lesson of Solingen should be that pandering to racism is not only no answer to economic insecurity; it is an incitement to scapegoating minorities. If the misguided thinking behind it is to win back voters from the far right, that strategy is today in tatters."

Israeli forces shot directly at the car of two Palestinian journalists in Kufr Dan, west of Jenin. Their car was clearly marked PRESS. One was injured in his arm with a live bullet and the other with shrapnel.

“Keine Denkverbote” – Christian Lindner calling for changes to int law as well as Germany’s Basic Law regarding migration. The debt brake driven madness advocated by his party has actively contributed to social insecurity now channeled as racism. The AfDs extremism is no outlier.

Wie gefährlich #Rassismus in den Behörden ist, zeigt das Bayerisches Innenministerium mit einem (nun endlich gelöschten) Video in Propaganda-Ästhetik voller antimuslimischer Stereotype. Die Regierung hat die Aufgabe, Menschen vor Diskriminierung schützen, anstatt zu hetzen. br.de/nachrichten/ba…

In Jenin, the Israeli army is destroying civilian infrastructure, blocking medical access, and conducting mass arrests in its largest West Bank operation in years. Mariam Barghouti مريم البرغوثي reports. 972mag.com/jenin-operatio…

Jewish German Michael Barenboim, Head of Chamber Music at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin, categorically rejects what Israel stands for: "Israel tries to present itself as the only representation of Jews, I don't want to be represented by Israel, quite the contrary"

Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to keep using it? theguardian.com/technology/art…

Wenn einen der „Populismus“ bedrückt

So spricht jemand aus, der politisch außer Rassismus und schlechter Laune nichts zu bieten hat.

I wrote a few words for the ⁦New Left Review⁩’s Sidecar blog about the elections in eastern Germany and the Left’s inability to turn the right-populist tide. newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

Go to Istanbul, do an interview, do a debate, march in a protest, write a novel, write an essay, smoke a cigarette, get laid.

"Kritik an Saudi-Arabien ist nicht anti-islamisch. Und die Verfolgung der Palästinenser zu verurteilen, ist kein Ausdruck von Hass auf das jüdische Volk. Wir sollten das als Argument nicht akzeptieren", sagt Pulitzer-Preisträger Nathan Thrall. fr.de/kultur/gesells…

Jetzt lasst doch mal die Schnipsel sein, die alles aber auch wirklich alles verfälschen und der Kontext fehlt!1!1

“The AfD’s staggering victories in Thuringia and Saxony are a crude reflection of the liberal centre’s strategy of accommodating rightwing talking points. Law and morality aside, the strategy isn’t working.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/… Hanno Hauenstein ‘s brilliant piece as if echoes

"Events of the past few days in Germany are a chilling reflection of political atrophy and our collective amnesia." Hanno Hauenstein theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Jetzt bei Koloniales Erbe an der Universität Hamburg. Fängt gut an.

A 26-year-old activist with US citizenship, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, was reportedly shot dead by the Israeli military during a demo in the occupied West Bank town of Beita, near Nablus. Devastating levels of impunity.