Weiter so? - taz Talk über rechte Gewalt

In the organizer's words:

A taz Talk about dam breaches in East Germany, the AfD ban and the need for solidarity with victims of right-wing violence.

Racist mobilizations against refugees, arson attacks and attacks on shelters as well as at least six right-wing, racist or anti-Semitic acts of violence every day affect the everyday lives of many people.

However, there is currently a threat of an expansion of the danger zones. On the eve of the local and state elections in Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia as well as the European elections, we talk to experts about how civil society, academia and politics are responding to the threat and what is needed instead of "business as usual".

Keyword: firewall and AfD ban proceedings? How do we organize the necessary solidarity with those under attack? How do we protect the open society and the democratic constitutional state from attacks by the extreme right?

We will discuss this in the taz Talk with speakers from politics, academia and practice under the motto: "Keep it up? Dam breaches in East Germany, the AfD ban and the need for solidarity with victims of right-wing violence"

Guest in the talk:

🐾 Andrea Hübler, Managing Director of the victim counseling service "SUPPORT" at RAA Saxony

🐾 Patrice Poutrus, historian and visiting professor at the TU Berlin

🐾 Arne Semsrott, journalist, project manager of the "FragdenStaat" portal and author. His most recent book was "Die Machtübernahme: Was passiert, wenn Rechtsextremisten regieren".

🐾 Marco Wanderwitz, CDU member of the Bundestag for Saxony and former Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Europe

Katharina Warda, sociologist, literary scholar and freelance author with a focus on East Germany, marginalized identities, racism, classism and punk.

🐾 Konrad Litschko moderates the panel. He has been editor for "Internal Security" topics since 2014 and was deputy head of the domestic department from 2022 to 2024.

This taz Talk is being held in friendly cooperation with the Association of Counseling Centers for Victims of Right-Wing, Racist and Anti-Semitic Violence (VBRG e.V.).

Please send inquiries to veranstaltungen@verband-brg.de