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[–] runiq@feddit.de 8 points 9 months ago
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago
[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


As a fifth night of anti-AfD protests saw tens of thousands of people take to the streets of German cities, with more expected later on Wednesday, Habeck appeared to support calls to outlaw the party, while stressing the risks of such a move “dangerously backfiring” were it to fail.

The AfD has shifted to the right since its founding in 2013 and has seen a steady increase in its popularity in recent months, in some cases outpolling the government parties.

Over the past week, media and political observers have scrutinised the evidence as to who was among the AfD members, neo-Nazis and rightwing extremist Identitarian movement attenders at the November gathering in Potsdam.

But the Werte Union, which seeks to restrict immigration, bolster the German military and reduce taxes, accused the investigative bureau Correctiv, which revealed that the meeting had taken place, of exaggerating the nature of the agenda.

The chancellor, Olaf Scholz, tweeted on Wednesday: “I am grateful that tens of thousands of people have been going on to the streets of Germany in recent days to protest against racism, rabble-rousing, and for our liberal democracy.

Tareq Alaows, one of the organisers who has been building the alliance since the summer in reaction to the AfD’s rising poll ratings, told the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung: “If the political parties can’t succeed in stopping the rightwing extremists, we have to create a human firewall against them.”


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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml -3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Said guy whose government is arresting people for protesting genocide this government support.

[–] guriinii@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

And a government that is backing a genocidal regime in the ICJ, and selling them arms.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This might have some truth to it, but you're derailing.

[–] Tarte@kbin.social -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Nobody was arrested for protesting against Israel or genocide in Germany. That's a blatant lie. Some people are being arrested temporary for their call to murder all Jews. There is a clear difference: There are thousands of people protesting peacefully against Israel's war - only a few of them are overstepping hard while doing so. Stopping these select people from committing further crimes in accordance with the state of law is called nuance.

Don't commit crimes in Germany (call for murder) and nobody will arrest you.

[–] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago

Nobody was arrested for protesting against Israel or genocide in Germany. That’s a blatant lie.

You are spreading blatant lies.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/germany-palestine-protest/

The German state’s show of support has led to an outright banning of most pro-Palestine protests.

On October 13, Berlin police declared uttering the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” forbidden and indictable.

minors arrested for wearing the colors of the Palestinian flag, a woman of Jewish-Israeli descent detained for carrying an anti-war message in Herrmannplatz, a central square in Neukölln.