Felix Helberg is located in eastern Germany and active in anti-fascist and solidarity work.
Europe’s conservative politicians are increasingly obsessed with online culture wars rather than broad projects for society. It reflects a postmodern shift in which once deep-rooted party organizations are replaced by skirmishes on social media.
As Israeli tanks rolled into the Sinai in the 1967 war, West Germany saw itself marching alongside them. Even former Nazis could identify with Israeli expansionism — and used this support to absolve their own pasts.
In Thuringia, former East Germany, the far-right AfD has won a state election for the first time. Its success is the product of a low-wage economic model that has itself fed anti-migrant backlash.