Cynical Uses of Suffering: Gaza, Antisemitism, & the New Digital Right

By Aya Labanieh. During the pandemic, the landscape of the Anglophone Internet, especially in North America, drifted rightward—rewarding influencers who churned out pandemic disinformation and conspiracy theories with high engagement, fame, and easy income. The popular term online for such a person is a “grifter”: someone who betrays their convictions, political or otherwise, for material gain, transforming what they claim to believe based on what is trending or what sells. While one can never be sure what a particular influencer truly believes, especially since many content-creators became as radicalized as their own audiences during lockdown, grifters can serve as useful indicators of where money can be made online.

Krankenhäuser betroffen: Aufnahmestopp wegen Stromausfall in Iserlohn

In Iserlohn sind gerade 15.000 Haushalte und zwei Krankenhäuser ohne Strom. Der Grund dafür ist ein Brand in einem Schalthaus.

Szczecin na początku Polski — TRAFO | TRAFOSTACJA SZTUKI

Water sovereignty from the Andes to Palestine: On the global expansion of the national Israeli water company to Argentina and the formation of transnational solidarity

By Miriam Bartelmann. Mekorot, the national water company of Israel, is increasing its presence in Argentina through agreements over water management in ten provinces. This includes all provinces along the Andes, where struggles around water are linked to the extraction of resources. These struggles are often led by Indigenous populations and urban activists affected by water shortages and pollution through extractivist corporations. United by the opposition to the loss of autonomy over water, groups connect transnationally, learning from the experience of water apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories and resist the loss of sovereignty over their water resources.

300-Tonnen-Koloss im Ziel: <abbr title="Transformator">Trafo</abbr> erreicht Schmallenberg

Das war ein Schwertransport der Superlative. Sein Ziel: Das Umspannwerk in Schmallenberg.