By Antifa AK Cologne Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been countless reports of hospitals operating under extreme pressure, staff being burned-out, and quitting in droves. While Germany has a relatively high number of beds compared to other European countries, this number alone belies the rotten foundation of its care industry: Smaller hospitals are being closed in favor of large centralized units, pay has stagnated and not … [Read more...]
Fight the authoritarian turn: No more police laws.
By Antifa AK Cologne Despite some valiant struggles, the Police Crackdown bill passed in the UK a few weeks ago. It's not only a frontal attack on the right to protest, but also includes racist restrictions on Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities. The law is not an English aberration, but part of a pattern of laws passed or in the works across Europe. France went first with a law that barely veiled its islamophobic contents with a call … [Read more...]
Expropriate the vaccines!
Instead of obediently waiting for the magic hand of the market to remedy its inability to produce and distribute vaccines, we need to stand up to Big Pharma and seize the vaccines as a public common good. Enough of putting profit before lives, we need to massively produce the vaccine, regardless of copyrights. … [Read more...]
Who needs “polarization”?
Looking at pro-Trump far-right supporters breaking in the Capitol, many mainstream opinion-makers shake their heads over the dangers of polarisation and extremism, providing the (far-) right with a convenient discourse about “both sides” and advocating a return to a status quo that brought us where we are. But in times of rising fascism and increasing inequalities, polarization is a necessity. A commentary by Jan Fürth Avoid polarisation at … [Read more...]