Now on Spiked Online: Germany’s dangerous crackdown on dissent

Link to the article in spiked online. The article was heavily edited and shortened by spiked. The original text the article is based upon is to be found below: Germany’s Descent into Left-Green Authoritarianism The current German government is the least popular since the start of such surveys in 1997, and given that currently aContinue reading “Now on Spiked Online: Germany’s dangerous crackdown on dissent”

Wenn der Verfassungsschutz in der Migrationspolitik Partei ergreift: Zur Einstufung des AfD-Landesverbandes Sachsen als „gesichert rechtsextremistisch“

Das Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Sachsen hat soeben den sächsischen AfD-Landesverband als gesichert rechtsextremistische Bestrebung eingestuft. Die in einer kurzen Pressemitteilung gelieferte Begründung für diese Einstufung erweckt jedoch eher Zweifel an der Verfassungstreue des Verfassungsschutzes denn an jener der AfD. De facto stuft der sächsische Verfassungsschutz mit seiner Begründung nämlich entschieden migrations- und islamkritische Positionen perContinue reading “Wenn der Verfassungsschutz in der Migrationspolitik Partei ergreift: Zur Einstufung des AfD-Landesverbandes Sachsen als „gesichert rechtsextremistisch“”

Civilians, Reprisals, and Reciprocity: A Comment on the Gaza-Israel Conflict

If you are being attacked by a homicidal maniac trying to chop your head off, you are unlikely to be amused if the humanitarian watching from the sidelines, after having dutifully condemned the attack, immediately proceeds to demand that you “exercise restraint” in your defense. A reader suspecting this to be an analogy to theContinue reading “Civilians, Reprisals, and Reciprocity: A Comment on the Gaza-Israel Conflict”

Now in The Critic Magazine: The German disillusionment – Germans have lost faith in the political establishment

Link to the version in The Critic Magazine Here the more elaborate (and at times more poignant) original version: The Collapse of Germany’s Multicultural Migration Illusions A popular German talk show recently used the #MeToo allegations against the lead singer of the Krautrock cult band Rammstein as an occasion to raise the question: “Men, haven’tContinue reading “Now in The Critic Magazine: The German disillusionment – Germans have lost faith in the political establishment”