Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer live in a village mainly inhabited by staunch neo-Nazis. Once a year the couple takes a public stand against the right with a rock festival that attracts such iconic bands as “Die Ärzte”. The tiny village of Jamel in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern can be quite frightening. Almost all of the 40 inhabitants are staunchly right-wing, but Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer are exceptions. They want to do something to counter the rising blood-and-soil ideology. For the past eight years, they’ve been putting together a music festival in their village that takes a stand against the far right. Some local residents have reacted with hostility, and tried to drive the couple out. Their barn was even burned down by an unknown assailant. The Lohmeyers say it’s an oppressive atmosphere, except for a few days each year when bands and fans fill the village. Cult bands like “Die Ärzte”, “Die Toten Hosen” and “Fettes Brot” have already joined the event to stand up for tolerance and openness. The right, however, won’t stand for it. Will things remain peaceful? A report by Mariel Müller.
Tuesday, September 04, 2018
Welcome to the 'Nazi Village'! | DW Documentary
Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer live in a village mainly inhabited by staunch neo-Nazis. Once a year the couple takes a public stand against the right with a rock festival that attracts such iconic bands as “Die Ärzte”. The tiny village of Jamel in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern can be quite frightening. Almost all of the 40 inhabitants are staunchly right-wing, but Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer are exceptions. They want to do something to counter the rising blood-and-soil ideology. For the past eight years, they’ve been putting together a music festival in their village that takes a stand against the far right. Some local residents have reacted with hostility, and tried to drive the couple out. Their barn was even burned down by an unknown assailant. The Lohmeyers say it’s an oppressive atmosphere, except for a few days each year when bands and fans fill the village. Cult bands like “Die Ärzte”, “Die Toten Hosen” and “Fettes Brot” have already joined the event to stand up for tolerance and openness. The right, however, won’t stand for it. Will things remain peaceful? A report by Mariel Müller.
Monday, September 03, 2018
Brexit Feud between May and Johnson
Bannon Says Trump’s Presidency Will "Grind to a Halt" If Republicans Do Badly in Mid-term Elections
C-SPAN Interview with Roberta McCain
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Sunday, September 02, 2018
Diana – Her True Story
How President Donald Trump Is Increasingly Becoming 'President Non Grata' | Deadline | MSNBC
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Saturday, September 01, 2018
Was France Right to Ban the Burqa? (2010)
How Much of a Threat Is the Far-right in Germany? – Inside Story
Briefly, the streets were owned by far-right protesters, who chanted Germany for Germans, and who reportedly gave Hitler salutes and chased anyone who looked foreign. Police struggled to keep control them and fights continued the following day between far-right and left-wing demonstrators.
The violence has raised concerns that the city is a neo-Nazi stronghold, and has shown divisions in German society about immigration.
Chancellor Angela Merkel allowed more than a million migrants into the country at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015. The biggest opposition party, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) seized on what it saw as an open-door policy, winning 92 parliamentary seats in last year’s elections.
Is anti-migrant sentiment growing in Germany?
Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra | Guests: Philipp Sauter, Student Activist and anti-Fascism campaigner; Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Professor of Education Sociology at the American University; Mona El Omari, political activist and community educator
President Donald Trump's Disapproval Soars, Robert Mueller Approval Solid | The Last Word | MSNBC
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Chris Hedges, "America: The Farewell Tour"
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Friday, August 31, 2018
Right-wing Protests in Chemnitz: What Is the Root of This Hate? | DW English
Koch Brothers Backed Conservative Archbishop Attacks Pope and "Homosexuals in the Church"
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
The Secrets Donald Trump Doesn't Want You To Know About: Business, Finance, Marketing
The Court Ruling That Could Lead To President Donald Trump's Tax Returns | The Last Word | MSNBC
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Can Europe Live without the US? | Inside Story
EU leaders want to save the nuclear deal - and multi-billion dollar business contracts. But European companies are bowing to US demands by pulling out of Iran - including British Airways and Air France, which are grounding flights to Tehran.
That's despite revised EU legislation called "blocking statute". It's aimed at nullifying US legal action against European firms which defy US sanctions on Iran.
Germany's foreign minister has called for independent payment channels to be created which could avoid US sanctions. And French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe's historical partner 'seems to turn his back on this common history'. So, how wide is the rift across the Atlantic?
Presenter: Elizabeth Puranam | Guests: Thorsten Benner - Director, Global Public Policy Institute; Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook - Executive Director, Future of Diplomacy Project, Harvard Kennedy School; Daniel Gros - Director, Centre for European Policy Studies
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Trump Biographer Calls Mike Pence a 'Shadow President'
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Meet the Jews Rejecting Israel for Berlin | Foreign Correspondent
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