Archive for the ‘Baader-Meinhof’ Category
Variousness 22: critical theory
The critique of arms A very interesting and long sympathetic critique of anarchist insurrectionism at Crimethinc. Europe and Iran: List of Terrorists instead of dialogue, by Stephan Grigat. What we’ve learned so far from the Karadzic trial – with a comment thread on anti-germanism and the Balkan wars. Diego Gambetta in The Nation debunking the […]
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Johanna Kaschke libel update
Johanna Kaschke libel update here. Back ground here.
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Variousness 11
// Israel/Palestine: Palestine-Israel, The joint struggle of the direct actions of the AAtW and Palestinians escalate. Uri Gordon’s Anarchy Alive on video. (Plus ZMag review.) Another friend for the Palestinian cause: Hungary’s fascist Jobbik party. The first “anti-Zionist” anti-war movement. // Boycott news (for @ndy): Ken Loach vs Israeli film. Will they boycott antibiotics? Vanessa […]
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@ndy writes: Yeah. Thought I may as well throw this up, if only ’cause I reckon Anti-German Translation will link to it, and every time they link to my blog, I get a free bagel from Glick’s (but ssshhh, don’t tell anyone — it’ll like, totally blow my cover!). It’s the story of a quack […]
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Tags: Baader-Meinhof, germany, Horst Mahler, NPD, Red Army Faction
Variousness 10
// Israel/Palestine: Oktoberfest in Palestine. // Germany: Antisemitism on stage: Fassbinder’s late appearance. Politics or Pathology? Review of The Baader-Meinhof Complex. To Whom Honor is Due: A disgraceful capitulation. // UK: Nick Griffin denies Iranian nukes. // US: Crummy student occupations. // From the archive: 1. Unweaving The Tangle: Zionism, Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism. 2. On antisemitism […]
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Variousness 9
The Debate Link about The Meaning of Haj Amin al Husseini. Extract: Daniel Schwammenthal has an interesting column up about a German exhibition that was to note Nazi sympathy in the Arab and Palestinian community (expressed notably, but not uniquely, by Haj Amin al Husseini), as part of a broader exploration of “The Third World […]
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Tags: Antifa, Baader-Meinhof Complex, Haj Amin al Husseini, Inglourious Basterds, Naomi Klein, national anarchists, Quentin Tarantino
Lessons in terror
Martin in the Margins on good and bad ways to teach about hatred and terrorism. Concludes: The best response to being asked to ‘understand’ the feelings of fascists and terrorists remains that of air stewardess Gabriele von Lutzau (whom I quoted here), when asked if she would like to meet one of her former Baader-Meinhof captors: […]
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Tags: Baader-Meinhof, Calderdale, Gabriele von Lutzau, terrorism
Variousness 2
Flesh is Grass: Were the keffiyehs at Urban Outfitters fairly traded? Extract: A keffiyeh is perhaps more commonly known as a ‘PLOscarf’ although I read (several years ago in a good but out-of-print book called ‘My Enemy My Self‘ by Yoram Binur which I can recommend – in the tradition of John Howard Griffin’s Black Like […]
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Variousness
Edmund Standing at Butterflies and Wheels. Extract: Just as Himmler admired and befriended Al-Husseini, and just as von Leers enthusiastically promoted a perverse union of radical Islam and Nazism, so today we find neo-Nazis applauding Jihadism and seeking to offer it their support. The 9/11 attacks are a case in point. In the aftermath of […]
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Tags: Baader-Meinhof, Bernard-Henri Levy, Bill Ayers, Cairo conference, Caroline Lucas, Ely Karmon, Green Party, Horst Mahler, International Union of Parliamentarians for Palestinians, Johanna Kaschke, Matthias Kuntzel, Mumbai attacks, Social Democratic party