Since 7 October 2023, Germany’s unabating support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza is mirrored by a sweeping crackdown on Palestine solidarity at home. This ranges from protest bans and police violence, to lawfare, smear campaigns, cultural de-platforming, workplace reprisals, and the instrumentalisation of migration and asylum law. The state has been aided by most of the media and even parts of the NGO system and the political left. Together, these measures illustrate the emergence of a repressive infrastructure in Germany, based on the intentional conflation of antisemitism and anti-Zionism, which criminalises almost any effective form of solidarity with Palestine and threatens broader civil liberties.
Deregulation
Open Markets Institute: The Role of Monopoly in America’s Prescription Drug Crisis
This White Paper should act as a warning to anyone contemplating opening the UK’s National Health Service further to the US pharmaceuticals industry. Read here
Geopolitics
Weaponizing Aid: Interview with Lisa Bhungalia on UNRWA
A deep insight in the significance of UNRWA being cut-off from Gaza, by the author of a recent book on aid to Palestine. In Phenomenal World. Read the article HERE.
Energy
Gizmodo: China Considers Ban on Cryptocurrency Mining Because It’s a Stupid Waste of Energy
No one talks about the environmental impact of e-technology, e-finance, and e-commerce. Also see our article here concerning music streaming. Read here
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