Whether at football matches or at demonstrations – the fact that a shift to the right means the state apparatus is becoming more brutal and heavy-handed in the way it enforces its power is evident everywhere. The rise of right-wing populists and the far right worldwide is impossible to ignore. Whether it’s Erdogan, Ben Gvir or Weidel […]
n recent days, many groups within the Alerta Network have displayed banners to draw attention to the dramatic situation in Rojava. What is at stake there is not only the loss of hard-won Kurdish autonomy, but nothing less than another genocide, carried out by Islamist bands of murderers. The Kurds […]
Imagine it’s the cup final: the head of your country’s police is standing right next to your section, ordering the arrest of fans with a simple hand gesture – fans who were merely suspected of insulting his colleagues in a relatively harmless way (“You Zero”). Meanwhile, the Minister for National Security is standing on the […]
Since 1954, the interior ministers of the federal government and the states have met regularly at what is called the Conference of Interior Ministers (IMK). The declared goal of these meetings is to intensify cross-state cooperation on internal and security policy issues and thus implement measures for an allegedly better security situation. Various organizations have […]
“Those who ban antifascism want fascism!” and other banners were seen in various stadiums and cities over the weekend of September 26-28. The reason was the classification of “Antifa” as a terrorist organization in both the USA and the Netherlands. Several groups from the Alerta Network expressed their solidarity with antifascists in both countries. In
