Yes, the situation is really rough. I have a piece in Thursday's edition of Souciant about this, too, though from a different angle: http://souciant.com/2012/03/cliches-of-war/
The article is about my neighborhood in Berlin, and discrimination against local Turks and Arabs.
Best, Joel
On Mar 30, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Wojtek S wrote:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17514394
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> Hard for the authorities to catch, they use text messaging to organise
> spontaneous night-time demonstrations across the country, especially
> in university towns.
>
> The protesters wear black cloaks and white masks, reminiscent of the
> hacker-anarchists Anonymous, to hide their identity. After 15 minutes
> on the street, they are gone.
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> Supporters of the far right want a new order in Germany, but while
> they live under the current system, some are establishing what they
> call "national liberated zones", dotted across the country.
>
> The most famous example is Jamel, a village in northern Germany which
> has been largely taken over by the far right.
>
> In the middle of the village is a brightly painted Nazi-style mural in
> which a traditionally dressed German mother cradles her baby,
> surrounded by her other children.
>
> Also painted there is a proclamation that Jamel is free, social and national.
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> [WS:] Interesting. Reminiscent of the anarchist practices described
> by Graeber.
>
> --
> Wojtek
> http://wsokol.blogspot.com/
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