Tens of thousands pack into a protest in Hamburg against Germany's far right
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Tens of thousands gathered in Hamburg on Friday for a demonstration against the far right, and organizers said the protest was ended early because the mass of people led to safety concerns.

Original title: Tens of thousands pack into a protest in Hamburg against Germany’s far right

Edit: The protest was ended early because the location was too small for that many people, raising concerns that e.g. paramedics couldn’t quickly reach people in the centre of the crowd in case of a medical emergency.
Originally, the protest was supposed to take place in front of the town hall and not at the Jungfernstieg Boulevard, but the far right Alternative for Germany party had called on short notice for a meeting of the state legislature in the town hall. During such a meeting, protests are banned within the vicinity of it for security reasons.

  • @UnderpantsWeevil
    13•10 months ago

    I mean, a fundamental problem in the German state is how many fascists are simply embedded within the security state.

    A German interior ministry report says a three-year-long review found 327 employees linked to right-wing extremism.

    What the Germans are dealing with is a wide-spread network of sleeper cells and fascist sympathizers who present as liberal on paper while endorsing far-right policies in disguise. Everything from the crack down on migrants in the name of religious liberty, the shuttering of nuclear power plants to the benefit of the fossil fuel industry, and the state-led privatization of housing and banking and mass media has congealed the German state into increasingly fascist forms.

    Germany is playing a big game of Secret Hitler, and it won’t be much longer until some new Hindenburg is handing the reins over to a Millennial Era ultra-nationalist in the name of economic growth and domestic business interests. Same shit happened in Brazil under Bolsonaro not long ago. And Turkey with Erdogan. Same thing is happening in Argentina, Italy, and Hungary.

    Protests in the streets are great. But… at some point the goal is to be in a position of power, not simply banging at the gates from the outside.

    I’m worried that there’s a fixation on the clowns and chuds doing hate parades and an ignorance of the folks already behind a desk who are tearing out the wiring of German democracy.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•10 months ago

      What the Germans are dealing with is a wide-spread network of sleeper cells and fascist sympathizers who present as liberal on paper while endorsing far-right policies in disguise.

      So, typical establishment liberals?

    • @Daft_ish
      3•10 months ago

      This is why the media is failing us. Trumps words mean nothing to me. Show us his policy. Show us the GOPs voting records. Not entertaining enough??? Get fucked, I hate you infotainment assholes.