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A defection from the #AfD brings the number of parties in Germany’s parliament to 8. It could not matter less
When Lucke and his supporters left the AfD in 2015, they founded a new party called ALFA. Because another group with a similar name already existed, they had to change it to LKR, which stands for liberal-conservative reformers. This label neatly encapsulates Lucke’s vision for the AfD. It’s a brand that helped him to establish his…
August 2020: Four in five Germans want stricter enforcement of the Corona rules
The self-styled Corona rebels will hold yet another rally tomorrow. After a massive mobilisation drive that is supported by various far right orgs, they are expecting about 25,000 participants. In all likelihood, they will claim that a million people took part in the March on Berlin™. To put this in perspective, here are some findings…
That is basically me on social media
— Kai Arzheimer 🇪🇺 (@kaiarzheimer@fediscience.org) (@kai_arzheimer) June 14, 2020
The legacy of fascist architecture
This is an interesting article about the legacy of fascist architecture in ??. The unfavourable comparison with ?? is a bit misleading: while swastikas are banned & some buildings were destroyed, we have/should have similar debates
Pegida has become a cult
Germany’s far-right group PEGIDA is mobilizing weekly ‘virtual marches’ livestreamed on YouTube. PEGIDA demonstration in Dresden December 16, 2018 | Derbrauni / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
On a Monday evening in early April 2020, around 1,000 users are waiting for a YouTube livestream, ho…
Who are the Germans protesting against the COVID-19 measures, and who is benefiting?
Last weekend, thousands of Germans took to the streets to protest against the anti-Corona policies. The scenes were quite extraordinary and were widely reported in German and in international media, not least because the rallies were attended by far-right actors and conspiracy theorists. The good folks at Handelsblatt interviewed some colleagues and me, and someone…
For Germany, May 8 is a day of liberation, not of surrender
On May the 8th 1945, the Wehrmacht surrendered, bringing the war in Europe and the terror reign of the Nazis to an end.1 40 years later, then-president Richard von Weizsäcker, himself a former officer of the Wehrmacht and a scion of the same Prussian gentry that for centuries has supplied the army with cadets, kicked…
Germany’s AfD did not really kick out the wing(nuts)
Update #3 March 25: Looks like we are indeed getting an option 1+2 outcome: Höcke & Kalbitz say they cannot shred the membership list b/c there is none, but tell members to refrain from political activity under the “wing” brand. Obviously, they will otherwise remain very active within the party. Update #2 March 21: The…