Identity Politics A Genocide Later

Many members of Croatia’s Serb minority feel they are put under pressure to deny what they see as their ethnic and religious identity in the country’s current census. A hitherto unkown group appeals for people to declare themselves to be members of a „Croatian-Orthodox Church“. This brings back memories of WW II, when Croatian Fascists slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Serbs in Europe’s probably cruellest genocide to date.

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Machen wir’s wie die Griechen

Die Griechen machen’s vor: In Athen sind Zehntausende auf die Straße gegangen, um zu verhindern, dass Mazedonien einen Namen haben darf, in dem das Wort Mazedonien vorkommt. Das sollten wir als Aufruf verstehen, uns über die wichtigen Dinge zu streiten. Eine kleine Auswahl.

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It’s About Dignity, Stupid

US-President Donald Trump has called several developping countries „shitholes“.  With his comment, the US’s Ambassador in Chief not only violated every diplomatic protocol conceivable. He grossly violated the dignity of the people living in the countries he called „shitholes“. We should all speak up against these remarks.

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