https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Alternative Für Deutschland en https://religiondispatches.org/2024/01/31/far-right-surges-us-and-germany-debate-rages-over-disqualification-those-who-would “This is what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like!” Despite the bitter cold, the solidly frozen ground and black ice, between 100,000 and 350,000 people had assembled on Sunday, the 21st of January, in front of the… Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:05:14 EST Annika Brockschmidt 88c9d942-9b52-4ca9-8e21-b7f9f997889c https://religiondispatches.org/2023/09/15/holocaust-humor-and-real-germany-top-officials-shatter-post-wwii-taboos-german Germany has often been lauded for its memory culture and its reckoning with its fascist, genocidal past. “ Never again ” is both a solemn vow and an integral part of the remembrance culture of the Holocaust, and it has… Fri, 15 Sep 2023 05:22:51 EDT Annika Brockschmidt 9481b1b9-de58-46ce-9fe5-a552828b80a9 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/08/09/following-republican-playbook-german-conservatism-breaks-post-wwii-taboo It was the one taboo in German post-World War II politics: No German party on the democratic spectrum would ever collaborate with a far-right party. And since the arrival of the AfD ( Alternative für Deutschland ) on the national… Wed, 09 Aug 2023 01:27:54 EDT Annika Brockschmidt a8f75187-7273-47a8-ba83-c6de2af16b91 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/01/11/coups-feather-striking-similarities-between-brazils-insurrection-and-jan-6-may-be-due The images were eerily similar: Insurrectionists were storming the halls of Congress, beating police officers who tried to fend them off, wreaking havoc in the offices of legislators, desecrating the very symbol of democracy itself— all in the name of… Wed, 11 Jan 2023 02:54:25 EST Annika Brockschmidt f9fdf7a3-8b05-459a-8079-5a6e36adfb88 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/12/09/just-january-6-one-most-disturbing-aspects-right-wing-coup-attempt-germany-who-was The US has had to deal with a home-grown attempted coup for the past two years. This week, Germans awoke to headlines that gave them a taste of what their American friends felt on January 6, 2021 as Germany saw… Fri, 09 Dec 2022 10:08:49 EST Annika Brockschmidt 7405294b-e5ec-430c-a18d-5f61d17dda15 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/07/05/orthodox-tv-channel-offers-gays-one-way-ticket-out-russia-and-more-global-lgbt-recap Madrid hosted the massive WorldPride and an affiliated human rights conference this week. Among those who attended were Iceland’s former Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, the first openly LGBT head of government, and former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero… Wed, 05 Jul 2017 11:55:16 EDT Peter Montgomery aa3dcdf8-ec16-4eac-939f-9af0a1f4de8f