[contentcards url="http://www.huffingtonpost.de/2016/03/13/afd-landtagswahl-_n_9452930.html"] Direkt nach der Landtagswahl habe ich mit der Huffington Post über die Zukunft der AfD gesprochen. Die Überschrift ist etwas reißerisch, die Zitate sind echt 🙂
Mit dem Trierischen Volksfreund habe ich aus Anlaß der Landtagswahl über die AfD in Rheinland-Pfalz gesprochen und die Unterschiede zwischen den Landesverbänden gesprochen. Der Artikel steht hier: [contentcards url="http://www.volksfreund.de/nachrichten/region/rheinlandpfalz/rheinlandpfalz/landtagswahl+2016./RLP-und-Nachbarn-Wie-Parteimitglieder-Forscher-und-Kritiker-die-AfD-in-Rheinland-Pfalz-einschaetzen-Widersprueche-bleiben;art806,4450079"]
A mere three hours after the event, it’s obviously too early to write something coherent about the three state elections that were held in Germany today. So let’s try it anyway: For the time being, Germany has a viable Radical Right Populist Party. A result of ~24% in the Eastern state of Sachsen-Anhalt is a…
[contentcards url="http://www.deutschlandradiokultur.de/rechtspopulismus-mehr-gelassenheit-im-umgang-mit-der-afd.1008.de.html?dram:article_id=348171"] Mit Katrin Heise von Deutschlandradio Kultur habe ich ein ausführliches über Rechtspopulismus gestern und heute und über den Umgang mit der AfD geführt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhwzL3zcVLs Die AfD in den sozialen Medien: Gespräch mit Phoenix. Mehr dazu in meinem APSA 2015-Papier zur AfD im Internet.
[contentcards url="https://global.handelsblatt.com/edition/387/ressort/politics/article/merkel-braces-for-bruising-encounter-with-the-electorate"] Over at Handelsblatt Global, Siobhán Dowling has another excellent article on the state of German (state) politics, with a little input from yours truly.
[contentcards url="https://www.wbez.org/shows/worldview/german-court-considers-case-that-would-ban-neo-nazi-party/42877584-36c8-4fa1-9ad2-f8690628b25e"] On Wednesday, I was live on NPR’s Worldview program talking about the possible ban of the NPD, the rise of the AfD, and the implications for the EU. That sounds like a lot of acronyms, but then again, 15 minutes was more than the 90 seconds of soundbites I had budgeted for :-)…
Everyone is excited this morning, because AfD leader Frauke Petry suggested that German police officers should shoot refugees at the border if necessary (what ever that means). With the usual qualifications and rhetorical back doors, the party is happily channeling the vigilante spirit that has grabbed parts of the German public. Disgust and free headlines…
Last weekend, a video of a speech that Björn Höcke had given at a New Right think tank in November was put online (gone now, but google it – there must be copies). In that speech, Höcke (originally trained as a history teacher), using a lot of jargon from biology, talked about African and European…