Emily Dische-Becker
@emilydische.bsky.social
Parallelgesellschaftslobbyistin, u.a. bei Forensic Architecture und Diaspora Alliance. Laut ZEIT, leider unbelegt, "eine im postkolonialen Milieu bekannte Autorin". Beiruti for life
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Der Grosse Kanton
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dergrossekanton.ethz.ch
Unser Symposium "Der grosse Kanton: Rise & Fall of the BRD" findet in Zürich vom 5-6 Dezember statt. Zur Anmeldung geht's hier: dergrossekanton.ethz.ch
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Bemerkenswert an dieser Nachricht und an diesem Urteil ist, wie viele Menschen und maßgeblich Senioren sich solidarisch mit der Organisation zeigten - und sich massenhaft bei friedlichen Protesten von Polizisten haben wegtragen und verhaften lassen.
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Bemerkenswert an dieser Nachricht und an diesem Urteil ist, wie viele Menschen und maßgeblich Senioren sich solidarisch mit der Organisation zeigten - und sich massenhaft bei friedlichen Protesten von Polizisten haben wegtragen und verhaften lassen.
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The threat of fascism is real. Economics has too often helped rather than hindered its rise. We need an anti-fascist economics to defend our democracies.
So, I’m writing a book to do my part. More soon.
So, I’m writing a book to do my part. More soon.
February 13, 2026 at 10:19 AM
The threat of fascism is real. Economics has too often helped rather than hindered its rise. We need an anti-fascist economics to defend our democracies.
So, I’m writing a book to do my part. More soon.
So, I’m writing a book to do my part. More soon.
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A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
February 13, 2026 at 10:22 AM
A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
Nun ist ein Tweet aus dem Februar 2025 von Salmassi aufgetaucht, in dem sie über den jüdischen Milliardär George Soros schreibt: „Soros ist und war immer ein Parasit.“
taz.de/Foerdermitte...
taz.de/Foerdermitte...
Aktivistin Maral Salmassi: Staatlich geförderte Hasspredigerin
Die Aktivistin Maral Salmassi soll im Auftrag des Senats Antisemitismus bekämpfen. Dabei hetzt sie selbst gegen Juden, kritisiert ein Grünen-Politiker.
taz.de
February 13, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Nun ist ein Tweet aus dem Februar 2025 von Salmassi aufgetaucht, in dem sie über den jüdischen Milliardär George Soros schreibt: „Soros ist und war immer ein Parasit.“
taz.de/Foerdermitte...
taz.de/Foerdermitte...
UAE pressured pro-Israel groups to accuse Saudi Arabia of antisemitism to score points in its regional conflict. The ADL made a statement to that effect last month
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-pre...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-pre...
UAE lobbied pro-Israel groups to level antisemitism charges against Saudi Arabia
The American Jewish Committee, which has a satellite office in Abu Dhabi, came under UAE pressure to condemn Riyadh, source says
www.middleeasteye.net
February 12, 2026 at 8:42 AM
UAE pressured pro-Israel groups to accuse Saudi Arabia of antisemitism to score points in its regional conflict. The ADL made a statement to that effect last month
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-pre...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-pre...
Since we’re all admittedly cherrypicking our way through a couple million Epstein emails to vindicate our deepest suspicions, I’ll say that I’m not surprised at how bad it makes UAE officials look
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Since we’re all admittedly cherrypicking our way through a couple million Epstein emails to vindicate our deepest suspicions, I’ll say that I’m not surprised at how bad it makes UAE officials look
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February 10, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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We don’t just need solidarity across communities, we need a transgenerational pact: that the elderly will be taken care of and that young people will enjoy some of the same benefits and opportunities they did in return. That begins by taxing wealth. It is a commitment to eachother.
February 10, 2026 at 5:22 AM
We don’t just need solidarity across communities, we need a transgenerational pact: that the elderly will be taken care of and that young people will enjoy some of the same benefits and opportunities they did in return. That begins by taxing wealth. It is a commitment to eachother.
We don’t just need solidarity across communities, we need a transgenerational pact: that the elderly will be taken care of and that young people will enjoy some of the same benefits and opportunities they did in return. That begins by taxing wealth. It is a commitment to eachother.
February 10, 2026 at 5:22 AM
We don’t just need solidarity across communities, we need a transgenerational pact: that the elderly will be taken care of and that young people will enjoy some of the same benefits and opportunities they did in return. That begins by taxing wealth. It is a commitment to eachother.
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“Yet if Levit is an icon, he is an icon without any real responsibility. Asked about the destruction of Gaza, he responded with a Strauss-like shrug: “I do not like to speak about things about which I don’t have enough knowledge….” It turns out art can be an excuse for not engaging after all.”👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
With Igor Levit, “the classical music industry” hopes “to recapture the authority of genius without reviving its authoritarian past.” —Nathan Shields
Liberalism’s Pianist | Nathan Shields
Can Igor Levit restore classical music’s claim to cultural and political authority, or is it irrevocably lost?
www.nybooks.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 AM
“Yet if Levit is an icon, he is an icon without any real responsibility. Asked about the destruction of Gaza, he responded with a Strauss-like shrug: “I do not like to speak about things about which I don’t have enough knowledge….” It turns out art can be an excuse for not engaging after all.”👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Re: Washington Post layoffs
1. billionaire media ownership needs to be dismantled
2. the foreign correspondents system is an obsolete rampart of colonial arrogance and it’s better to consult (and support) local reporting & expertise, than parachuting expats
1. billionaire media ownership needs to be dismantled
2. the foreign correspondents system is an obsolete rampart of colonial arrogance and it’s better to consult (and support) local reporting & expertise, than parachuting expats
February 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Re: Washington Post layoffs
1. billionaire media ownership needs to be dismantled
2. the foreign correspondents system is an obsolete rampart of colonial arrogance and it’s better to consult (and support) local reporting & expertise, than parachuting expats
1. billionaire media ownership needs to be dismantled
2. the foreign correspondents system is an obsolete rampart of colonial arrogance and it’s better to consult (and support) local reporting & expertise, than parachuting expats
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germany could raise 100 billion annually by fairly taxing inheritance.
Die Linke hat ihr Vermögensteuerkonzept wissenschaftlich untersuchen lassen. Das Ergebnis: Mindestens 100 Milliarden Euro pro Jahr könnte die Steuer einbringen.
DIW-Studie: Vermögensteuer der Linken soll 100 Milliarden Euro pro Jahr generieren
Die Linke hat ihr Vermögensteuerkonzept wissenschaftlich untersuchen lassen. Das Ergebnis: Mindestens 100 Milliarden Euro pro Jahr könnte die Steuer einbringen.
www.surplusmagazin.de
February 6, 2026 at 10:31 AM
germany could raise 100 billion annually by fairly taxing inheritance.
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Yet another instance illustrating how the South Americans — whether left or right — are vastly more skilled than the Europeans at dealing with Trump.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
‘A great honor’: Key takeaways from Trump’s meeting with Colombia’s Petro
Despite months of clashing over US military attacks and drug trafficking, the two leaders shared a 'terrific' meeting.
www.aljazeera.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Yet another instance illustrating how the South Americans — whether left or right — are vastly more skilled than the Europeans at dealing with Trump.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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This is crushing. Fuck everyone who chose this or supports it.
A Winter of Anguish for Minneapolis Children www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u... gift link
A Winter of Anguish for Minneapolis Children
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:41 AM
This is crushing. Fuck everyone who chose this or supports it.
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Sie haben jetzt den Schnee geräumt und das Eis darunter freigelegt, damit man direkt auf dem Eis ausrutschen kann, für das Eis von letzter Woche sind sie nicht zuständig.
February 4, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Sie haben jetzt den Schnee geräumt und das Eis darunter freigelegt, damit man direkt auf dem Eis ausrutschen kann, für das Eis von letzter Woche sind sie nicht zuständig.
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Die eine Vulkangruppe bekannte sich zu der Vereisung von Gehwegen, die andere, einst das Landesgesetz eingefädelt zu haben, das den Einsatz der einzig möglichen Methode, Gehwege von Eis zu befreien - Tausalz - verbietet.
February 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Die eine Vulkangruppe bekannte sich zu der Vereisung von Gehwegen, die andere, einst das Landesgesetz eingefädelt zu haben, das den Einsatz der einzig möglichen Methode, Gehwege von Eis zu befreien - Tausalz - verbietet.
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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"The woman considers going out to bind her failures to the city’s, but she doesn’t know how. Instead, she returns to the novel she’s reading."
A short story by Haytham el-Wardany, translated from the Arabic into English by Katharine Halls: thediasporist.de/nobody-under...
A short story by Haytham el-Wardany, translated from the Arabic into English by Katharine Halls: thediasporist.de/nobody-under...
Nobody Understands History – the Diasporist
"In every city she visits there is a museum and a memory of an aborted revolution"
thediasporist.de
February 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM
"The woman considers going out to bind her failures to the city’s, but she doesn’t know how. Instead, she returns to the novel she’s reading."
A short story by Haytham el-Wardany, translated from the Arabic into English by Katharine Halls: thediasporist.de/nobody-under...
A short story by Haytham el-Wardany, translated from the Arabic into English by Katharine Halls: thediasporist.de/nobody-under...
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Das Jobcenter verpflichtet Menschen zu Integrationskursen, ihre Anträge werden aber auf Druck von Minister Dobrindt nicht bearbeitet und die Kurs gestrichen. Die Folge: Sanktionen vom Jobcenter und von der Ausländerbehörde.
Regierungspolitik als Schikane und Psychoterror.
www.fr.de/politik/inte...
Regierungspolitik als Schikane und Psychoterror.
www.fr.de/politik/inte...
Integrationskurse auf der Kippe – Volkshochschulen schlagen Alarm und beklagen Antragsstopp beim Bund
Das Bundesamt bearbeitet offenbar keine Anträge für Integrationskurse mehr. Die Träger wurden nicht informiert und fürchten dramatische Folgen.
www.fr.de
February 4, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Das Jobcenter verpflichtet Menschen zu Integrationskursen, ihre Anträge werden aber auf Druck von Minister Dobrindt nicht bearbeitet und die Kurs gestrichen. Die Folge: Sanktionen vom Jobcenter und von der Ausländerbehörde.
Regierungspolitik als Schikane und Psychoterror.
www.fr.de/politik/inte...
Regierungspolitik als Schikane und Psychoterror.
www.fr.de/politik/inte...
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Nothing to see here, just a German military mega-contractor with cartel appetite (and a big male energy CEO who loves to hunt) ditching civilian manufacture and monopolizing earth-to-space production and building its factories all over (mostly Eastern) Europe www.ft.com/content/a326...
From arms to orbit: Rheinmetall’s expansion unsettles rivals
German group’s outspoken boss Armin Papperger wants to ‘catch’ €300bn in European deals by 2030
www.ft.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Nothing to see here, just a German military mega-contractor with cartel appetite (and a big male energy CEO who loves to hunt) ditching civilian manufacture and monopolizing earth-to-space production and building its factories all over (mostly Eastern) Europe www.ft.com/content/a326...
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„Wir verstehen unsere Hochschule als Ort des komplexen Denkens. Wir diskutieren über die Arbeit einer Künstlerin nicht anhand von Instagram-Posts, sondern indem wir uns ihre Werke anschauen.“
Donatella Fioretti: „Ich habe nicht vor zurückzutreten. Wir haben uns an die Prinzipien der Freiheit der Kunst und der Wissenschaft gehalten, die im Grundgesetz verankert sind.“ taz.de/Einladung-pa...
Einladung palästinensischer Künstlerin: Grundsatzstreit um Hochschulautonomie
Die Einladung der Künstlerin Basma al-Sharif an die Kunstakademie Düsseldorf bewegt die Landespolitik. Einige fordern den Rücktritt der Rektorin.
taz.de
February 3, 2026 at 8:37 PM
„Wir verstehen unsere Hochschule als Ort des komplexen Denkens. Wir diskutieren über die Arbeit einer Künstlerin nicht anhand von Instagram-Posts, sondern indem wir uns ihre Werke anschauen.“
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excellent summary of where we are now - BUT analysis by Political Capital shows that Orban could win back his 2/3rds constitutional majority with 45% of the vote while Magyar would have to win 55% of the vote to get a simple majority. See my analysis here www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how...
February 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
excellent summary of where we are now - BUT analysis by Political Capital shows that Orban could win back his 2/3rds constitutional majority with 45% of the vote while Magyar would have to win 55% of the vote to get a simple majority. See my analysis here www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how...
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"Children all across the country are being arrested and detained. They are being arrested at airports, at the border, at immigration courts, at immigration check-in appointments, on their way to and from schools, at parks, on the street and anywhere else they can be found."
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:30 AM
"Children all across the country are being arrested and detained. They are being arrested at airports, at the border, at immigration courts, at immigration check-in appointments, on their way to and from schools, at parks, on the street and anywhere else they can be found."
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Leute, linke Medien brauchen Unterstützung. Sonst gibts irgendwann nur noch „war Hitler links“ und „XYZ ist faul und sollte verhungern“ Scheiße.
Sechs Jahre lang haben wir versucht, kritisch in die österreichische Medienlandschaft einzugreifen. Jetzt geht es nicht mehr weiter.
Aufgrund anhaltender wirtschaftlicher Probleme sehen wir uns dazu gezwungen, das Erscheinen unserer Zeitschrift einzustellen.
Alle Infos: tagebuch.at/2026/01/eins...
Aufgrund anhaltender wirtschaftlicher Probleme sehen wir uns dazu gezwungen, das Erscheinen unserer Zeitschrift einzustellen.
Alle Infos: tagebuch.at/2026/01/eins...
January 30, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Leute, linke Medien brauchen Unterstützung. Sonst gibts irgendwann nur noch „war Hitler links“ und „XYZ ist faul und sollte verhungern“ Scheiße.
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(CNN) - The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:04 AM
(CNN) - The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago.
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www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/h...
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