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Fight the authoritarian turn: No more police laws.

demonstration against the new policing bill in NRW

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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...]

Nothing Is Impossible – About Automotive Capitalism and Its End

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Preface From the 7th through the 12th of September, the largest German automotive fair will take place in Munich. Shortly after, national elections will be held. As the formerly well-established parties are continuously loosing votes, the Green Party might stand a chance to become the strongest party – or at least an indispensable partner for a coalition. Due to these upcoming occasions, we have published our first longer brochure focussing on … [Read more...]

Who needs “polarization”?

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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...]

Racist police brutality kills again in Belgium

Demonstration in remembrance of Ibrahima B.

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On Saturday evening, a young Black man named Ibrahima B. was arrested by the Brussels police and died in custody under unclear circumstances, allegedly from a heart attack. Available information point out that he was arrested for... filming a police intervention! This was an illegal arrest and the police has blood on its hands, regardless of the actual cause of death. … [Read more...]

The show must go on – Gminder and Mitarakis on their visit in Moria 2

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Notis Mitarakis, the Greek Minister of Migration and Beate Gminder, Head of the European Taskforce for Lesbos and acting head of the EU task force on Lesbos visited Moria 21 on the island of Lesbos end of November. by dunya collective from Lesbos (Greece) It had the looks of a well-rehearsed show. Business as usual: In his speech Mitarakis emphasized that the camp was clean, save and orderly. He spoke of a “structure that has no traces of … [Read more...]

GLOBAL SECURITY LAW – POLICE WITHOUT CONTROL, POPULATION UNDER CONTROL

Photo of the demonstration against the Loi de Securite Globale

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The is a translation with some modifications of a text by Cerveaux Non Disponibles. The ban on broadcasting police actions centralizes all fears, but legalizing drones and surveillance technology is just as damaging to freedoms and democracy. Drones, facial recognition and permanent identification of individuals It is a subject that is little discussed and yet concerns us all. The text provides in these gaps to legalize facial recognition in … [Read more...]

Two Years Since the Gilets Jaunes Insurrection: A Discussion with Participants

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With the second anniversary of the gilets jaunes (GJ) uprising approaching, I virtually sat down with some participants to look back at a revolution that could have happened, the violent response of the police and the increasing restriction of civil liberties in France. I virtually sat down to talk to a group of young activists from Montreuil (Paris suburb) who joined in the early hours of the movement, witnessing the moment when the regime … [Read more...]

It’s all a matter of attitude

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A political commentary. 2020 has hit us hard. At the beginning of the year the world was not in order, but hardly anybody expected a worldwide pandemic and in the consequence an economic-political crisis. There can be no "back to normality". How could there be? Fast-moving capitalism is constantly reinventing itself, even or especially during the pandemic. At a very high price: the profound splits at the national and global level have come to an … [Read more...]