Antirassismus

An Australian politician has provoked outrage after using the term “final solution” in an incendiary speech about immigration, in which he called for a plebiscite asking voters whether they want to stop Muslims and those “from the third word” from entering the country.

In his provocative maiden speech to the Senate, Queensland Senator Fraser Anning  called for an immigration programme that favours “European Christian” values, claiming it would protect Australia from potential terror attacks.

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Einerseits Nationalchauvinismus, andererseits liberaler Humanismus: Die linke Debatte in Deutschland spitzt sich hinsichtlich der Migrationsfrage zu. Unser Redakteur Alp Kayserilioğlu meint, dass die fehlende Beachtung von Klassenkämpfen in Analyse und Handlungsperspektiven in eine Sackgasse führt.

In zahlreichen deutschen Städten gibt es derzeit beinahe täglich Protestaktionen für die Rettung Geflüchteter im Mittelmeer und für die Entkriminalisierung der Seenotrettung. Fotos aus Berlin und Bonn unter: http://www.umbruch-bildarchiv.de/bildarchiv/ereignis/070718seebruecke.html

Authorised representatives of the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Council have submitted a request to the UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for urgent action under its Early Warning and Urgent Action procedure.

The tribe is fighting plans for one of the world's largest coalmines to be built on their vast lands in Queensland by the scandal-mired Indian company Adani.

A large majority of Australians don’t want the mine but the federal [right of centre] and Queensland [Labor] state governments support the plans.