Ben Ratskoff on Holocaust memorialization, immersive traumatization, and hyperreal antisemitism at the Nova Exhibition: thediasporist.de/schlock-and-...

Following our report at @thediasporist.bsky.social dozens of activists in Wilmington, North Carolina, are demonstrating right now against the ship carrying military goods to Israel which is currently in the city's port.

@yossibartal.bsky.social on the cargo ship carrying 162 tons of military goods produced by a German metals conglomerate on its way to Israel: thediasporist.de/162-tons-of-...

I feel honored that @thediasporist.bsky.social found my article "Two kinds of Staatsräson" worthy of reprinting🙏

Read the latest analysis by Jürgen Zimmerer @juergenzimmerer.bsky.social on how Germany uses the Holocaust's singularity to limit responsibility for its colonial crimes (first published by @versobooks.bsky.social in "Hyper-Zionism. Germany, the Nazi Past and Israel": thediasporist.de/two-kinds-of...

Read Ben Miller (@benwritesthings.bsky.social) on a German cultural elite who interpret free political expression of others to be a cause for personal injury, in the aftermath of Nan Goldin's exhibition opening last December at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin: thediasporist.de/the-bitter-t...

New, from me, in @thediasporist.bsky.social: The Bitter Tears of Klaus Biesenbach. thediasporist.de/the-bitter-t...

Exklusiv: Meine Investigativrecherche zur Durchfuhr von Ersatzteilen für die israelische Luftwaffe am Flughafen Köln/Bonn sowie über die Verantwortung von deutschen Behörden und internationalen Unternehmen wie FedEx für einen laufenden Genozid.

In early August, Germany announced a freeze on weapons exports to Israel that could be used in the campaign in Gaza. But in the weeks since, hundreds of shipments bound to the Israeli F-35 fighter jet airbase have been shipped through Cologne: thediasporist.de/the-bomb-on-...

Im August verkündete die Bundesregierung einen temporären Lieferstopp von Rüstungsgütern nach Israel an, die in Gaza zum Einsatz kommen können. Dennoch werden bis heute Waffenteile nach Israel exportiert – über den Flughafen Köln/Bonn @thediasporist.bsky.social thediasporist.de/de/punktlich...

The agony and ecstasy of German literature's Bachmann Prize: Read this year's "Daughter Issues" by Nora Osagiobare (translated into English by Martha Turewicz), with an introduction to the Bachmann Prize and an excerpt of the jury deliberations on our website now: thediasporist.de/daughter-iss...

In her essay, “The New Fascist Body,” Dagmar Herzog analyzes the rise of fascist movements, particularly Germany’s "Alternative für Deutschland" (AfD) and how its tactics echo Germany’s Nazi past. Read an excerpt, translated by Lisa Jay Jeschke, on our website now: thediasporist.de/de/der-postm...

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social stands to be the youngest ever mayor of New York, as well as the first Muslim to lead city hall. But he doesn't want to talk about his identity. Read the analysis by @lukashermsmeier.bsky.social on our website: thediasporist.de/de/sein-prog...

In Germany, I developed a slight obsession with political stickers – and especially the unhinged pro-Israel stickers from the German left's creepy philosemitic neocons, the "anti-Germans" (the most German Germans). For @thediasporist.bsky.social, I wrote up some of the wildest examples

On the occassion of Canberk Köktürk's FASCHOLAND being published in German, we are releasing a translated excerpt today, featuring a visit to Köktürk’s hometown and a conversation with his parents on the legacy of "Gastarbeiter" in Germany. @captaincanbi.bsky.social thediasporist.de/i-once-had-a...

Leseempfehlung Felix Stephan in der SZ über den Zustand der politischen Debatte in Deutschland und drei neue Magazine: @blnreview.bsky.social @thediasporist.bsky.social @surplusmagazin.bsky.social www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/berli...

From Germany, to France or the UK, anti-antisemitism punitive and carceral policies are voted, where antisemitism often conflates with antizionism. Great article from @thediasporist.bsky.social taking inspiration from feminist care community work thediasporist.de/towards-a-no...

Our four panelists, who are going to be in conversation with @emilydische.bsky.social, and their favorite historic loser. Come find out more on 3 July in Berlin at bUm. Tickets are going fast, we‘re almost sold out, so get yours today!

"The Shame of Israeli Medicine," originally published by the NYRB, provides a chilling insight into the Israeli medical establishment and how Palestinian medical professionals and political prisoners are treated. You can now read the German translation on our site: thediasporist.de/de/die-schan...

The Diasporist invites you to join us on 3 July at bUm in Berlin to celebrate the launch of our magazine! The evening will take the form of a late-night talk show, hosted by @emilydische.bsky.social, and tickets are by donation. We look forward to seeing you soon: www.eventbrite.com/e/historic-l...

Eva Menasse über Philipp Peyman Engel, das deutsche Feuilleton und wer entscheidet, was in Deutschland jüdisch ist. thediasporist.de/de/die-verfo...

A group of nine people active in abolitionist grassroots groups in Cologne came together to discuss “Towards a Non-Carceral Anti-Antisemitism,” which the Diasporist published in March. This response is based on the conversations that emerged from the discussion: thediasporist.de/structures-t...

Omar El Akkad’s prescient and essential book “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” was published to wide acclaim earlier this year. Read an excerpt of the newly released German translation by Nouria Behloul on our website now: thediasporist.de/de/eines-tag...

In our latest dispatch from Berlin, Alexander Schnickmann is ghosted by his landlord, and searches for an end to the haunting: thediasporist.de/berlin-dispa... @schnieckmann.bsky.social

Mitch Speed on painting, censorship, and the legacy of Berlin's outgoing Senator for Culture and Social Cohesion Joe Chialo: thediasporist.de/de/die-grose...

Two years into the war in Sudan and the German media's reports are sporadic and superficial, and activist movements struggle to situate the conflict. Meret Weber explores why and makes the case for diasporic solidarity in her piece "Two Years War in Sudan." thediasporist.de/two-years-of...

A retrospective of opera singer and painter Semiha Berksoy's artistic career sheds some light on her life’s work at the Hamburger Bahnhof. In our latest piece, @shamjaff.bsky.social explores the story of a Turkish diva in the country of Hitler and Beethoven: thediasporist.de/eyes-wide-sh...

How an image of a far-right TV host ignited an antisemitism controversy in France Translation of a @tsdkcollectif.bsky.social statement by @thediasporist.bsky.social thediasporist.de/about-a-post...

"When mimicking the idiom of a persecuted subject, the state’s carceral measures become acts of self-defense against antisemitism." Hannah Tzuberi responds to "Towards a Non-Carceral Anti-Antisemitism" on our website: thediasporist.de/can-anti-ant...

"For this reason, we should redouble our political struggle over the control of the state." - @nimrodflash.bsky.social responds to "Towards a Non-Carceral Anti-Antisemitism." thediasporist.de/the-duty-of-...

Very insightful and thought-provoking response from Hannah Tzuberi out @thediasporist.bsky.social now: thediasporist.de/can-anti-ant...

"Don’t you know that in Germany, there are rules. In Germany, you should play by the book. The time to make friends has long gone. As the mother of a son who was murdered in Germany, you should know all of this by now."

the best account of the Berlinale (and its promises, problems, contradictions) I’ve read this year. excellent stuff

"Germany is Not Your Friend" by Schayan Riaz The Berlinale’s reputation as a political film festival gets put to the test: thediasporist.de/germany-is-n...

"From Auschwitz to Skyscrapers" by Guli Dolev-Hashiloni How a group of Jewish concentration camp survivors became pimps, drug dealers, and criminals in postwar Frankfurt thediasporist.de/from-auschwi...

Guli Dolev Hashiloni erzählt wunderbar über die Ganoven von Frankfurt , die "Holocaust-Überlebenden, die sich dafür entschieden, im verfluchten Land der Nazis zu bleiben, und ihren Lebensunterhalt durch organisierte Kriminalität und das Sexgeschäft zu bestreiten." Sehr lesenswert!

Ich hatte die große Ehre, gemeinsam mit Yael Attia, @danielloick.bsky.social, @aobst.bsky.social und Vanessa E. Thompson darüber nachzudenken, warum repressive Maßnahmen im Kampf gegen Antisemitismus versagen thediasporist.de/de/fur-einen... @thediasporist.bsky.social 1/

Worked on this for quite some time together with @danielloick.bsky.social, @emilydische.bsky.social, Yael Attia and Vanessa Thompson. Glad that it’s out now with @thediasporist.bsky.social thediasporist.de/towards-a-no...

Für einen nicht-karzeralen Anti-Antisemitismus: Warum repressive Maßnahmen im Kampf gegen Antisemitismus versagen und welche Strategien besser funktionieren. Eine Intervention von Yael Attia, Emily Dische-Becker, Daniel Loick, Anthony Obst und Vanessa E. Thompson: thediasporist.de/de/fur-einen...

In his second "Berlin Dispatch", Alexander Schnickmann searches for silence in train stations, public libraries, and winter nights: thediasporist.de/berlin-dispa...

"So if I, as a Black German am to take a position on the Brandmauer, then at most I can state that there is no room for me on either side of it."⁠ In the latest contribution to our forum on the upcoming elections, Achan Malonda unwinds the myth of German democracy: thediasporist.de/if-you-dont-...

So thankful for the @thediasporist.bsky.social’s forum on the German elections. A necessary intervention. Here Simon Strick breaks down how in today’s Germany, sadly, historical memory is threatening to calcify, dangerously, into the rationale for ethnonationalism: thediasporist.de/no-wall-only...

discussion continues at @thediasporist.bsky.social with MALONDA: "The debates in politics and the media about how to better protect those affected by racism have failed to materialize, while for our communities in this country, things have been on fire for years." thediasporist.de/if-you-dont-...

Simon Strick with an excellent postmortem on the "Brandmauer", here in English: thediasporist.de/no-wall-only... and here in German: thediasporist.de/de/keine-mau... @thediasporist.bsky.social

Für @thediasporist.bsky.social hab ich den Bundestags-Dreiklang vom 29.01.25 auseinandergenommen: Gedenken, Abschiebung, Autoritarismus. An dem Tag gingen Brandmauer und Nachkriegsordnung kaputt. "Nie wieder" wurde in Rassismus und Policing umgeformt deutsch: thediasporist.de/de/keine-mau...

"I argue that the real scandal lies elsewhere: in the reduction of a post-fascist consensus to political games between parties." In our next contribution, @unddieregel.bsky.social dissects the choreography of the January 29th session in the Bundestag in three acts: thediasporist.de/no-wall-only...

"Many of them, who today bemoan and protest the CDU’s Dammbruch and rightward shift, have either silently accepted or actively supported these developments over the years." In the second contribution to our forum, Mina Jawad discusses outrage and complicity. thediasporist.de/the-dammbruc...

@thediasporist.bsky.social continues its Post-Brandmauer series with a text by Mina Jawad "The Dammbruch Means Continuity" thediasporist.de/the-dammbruc...

@benwritesthings.bsky.social on Merz, Scholz, and Habeck thediasporist.de/men-without-... (auch auf deutsch: thediasporist.de/de/manner-oh...)