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Immer häufiger driften Jugendliche in die rechte Szene ab, sagt Elisabeth Hell vom Violence Prevention Network. Der Einstieg erfolge oft über Tiktok und Telegram.

In Germany, academic freedom is in a bad state. This is the result of the new Academic Freedom Index. In previous years, Germany ranked aming the top of 179 countries. Now it ranks 27th. Main reasons: funding cuts, attempts by ministry to intervene in university autonomy, reaction to Gaza protests

The question we must now ask: How much damage does the US want to do to Ukrainians? on.ft.com/4bpsI6T

So guter Punkt von @claudmajor.bsky.social, geeignet für ab morgen zum täglichen Wiederholen: „Wir müssen mental agiler werden & wissen, was wir wollen, nicht immer nur hinterherrennen. Das wäre meine Empfehlung auch beim Umgang mit Trump. Wir können ihn nicht ändern, aber das, was wir selbst tun.“

Eben bei der ARD geschaut, mit Sondersendung gerechnet. Iwo! Karneval. Man fasst es nicht.

The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News. https://therecord.media/hegseth-orders-cyber-command-stand-down-russia-planning

Die Überschriften über das Treffen zwischen Trump und Selenskyj, die ich lese, heben vor allem auf einen "heftigen Streit" zwischen beiden ab. Tenor: Beide streiten. Als wären beide gleichermaßen dafür verantwortlich.

more dystopic by the day

Feeling overwhelmed ahead of Germany's election on Sunday? We're here to help with a list of books/reports/documentaries/podcasts that have helped experts on our team navigate the pressing issues being discussed (and left out of discussions) in the German election campaign. gppi.net/2025/02/17/g...

»Gibt Ihnen irgendetwas Zuversicht?« »Ich habe mir noch nie so viele Sorgen um die Zukunft gemacht.« Quelle: www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/politik/poli...

"We find that radical-right populism is the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation. Populism, left-wing populism, and right-wing politics are not linked to the spread of misinformation." Petter Törnberg and Juliana Chueri @ doi.org/10.1177/1940...

Steve Levitsky, co-author of How Democracies Die "the U.S. is sliding toward a more 21st-century model of autocracy: competitive authoritarianism" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... "A failure to resist... could pave the way for authoritarian entrenchment" www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...