Jeff JarvisFeb 8, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Germans are on the streets demonstrating against right-wing extremism. (This photo from Munich.)
Let's get off our asses, America.
Hunderttausende gegen Rechtsextremismus
https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2025-02/demonstrationen-gegen-rechtsextremismus-deutschland-fs
Demonstrationen gegen Rechtsextremismus

Hunderttausende demonstrierten in ganz Deutschland gegen den zunehmenden Rechtsruck. In vielen Städten kamen mehr Menschen zu den Kundgebungen als erwartet.

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Show threadJeff JarvisFeb 8, 2025
And from the Süddeutsche Zeitung: Democracy is not a given, we must fight for it.
Listen up, America.
Show threadMartin Vermeer FCD

@jeffjarvis Good, but not enough. It ought to be millions. Germany's political system isn't quite as vulnerable as America's - more parliamentarian and more proportional - as long as the non-Nazis respect the firewall. That is now in question 😬

The societal debate is just as toxic as in the US, and just as immigrant hate centered.

Feb 8, 2025 at 8:29pmWeb
Show threadDr. Doro (she/her)Feb 8, 2025
@martinvermeer @jeffjarvis These were 250'000 people in a city with 1.5 million inhabitants - 17% of the population! And it's happening all over Germany, even in the smallest cities hundreds of people show up!
If you're looking for even larger, more disruptive protests, look at the giant student movement in #Serbia right now! #Serbiaprotests
Show threadDerick RethansFeb 9, 2025

@ditsch42 @martinvermeer @jeffjarvis It's good to see so many people out, but from personal experience in the UK (Iraq war, student, and brexit protests), this isn't going to achieve a thing, besides achieving an important sense of not being alone.

If you want to change something, go help out talking to people during an election campaign. Door to door, with thought out lines to take, to show that far-rightismus isn't going to make any positive change.

Show threadChristiane GanteFeb 8, 2025
@martinvermeer @jeffjarvis Since January 25th, it's been at least 1.154.343 people on the streets (official numbers from the police, most of the time, there's more people than the official numbers).
See here (in German): https://www.demokrateam.org/report/
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