Reclaiming the Discourse: Palestine, Justice and the Power of Truth (18 February, 3 pm - 11 pm/ Kühlhaus #Berlin, Germany) ⚠️ Tickets sold out
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming-the-discourse-palestine-justice-and-the-power-of-truth-tickets-1243910211929
https://asanb.noblogs.org/?event=den-diskurs-zurueckgewinnen-palaestina-gerechtigkeit-und-die-macht-der-wahrheit
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Organized by #Diem25 Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East, Eye4palestine, Gaza Komitee
The entire proceeds of the event will be donated to UNRWA and Medico International for emergency aid to Gaza.
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speakers include:
Francesca Albanese (UN SR)
Michael Barenboim (Violinist, Barenboim-Said Academy)
Leila Boukarim (A million Kites)
Julia Duchrow (Amnesty International)
Qassem Massri (Palestinian Doctor, Berlin) & many more
#FrancescaAlbanese #MichaelBarenboim
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Announcement from Melanie Schweizer
https://x.com/Melaniebelizi/status/1891784857946059036
“Berlin riot police will be present today at the event with UN Special Rapporteur of the occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese…”
#RiotPolice #intimidation #Germany
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Also from Melanie Schweizer on X
https://x.com/Melaniebelizi/status/1891805714185662960
“Democracy under attack in Germany 🔥🔥‼️‼️due to extreme political pressure the initial venue cancelled our event. But we resist! New location: at News Outlet [Junge Welt] …”
Incredible. 😰
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Police pressure forces venue change for Francesca Albanese Berlin event: URGENT CALL to defend free speech - DiEM25 (2025-02-18)
https://diem25.org/police-pressure-forces-venue-change-for-francesca-albanese-berlin-event/
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“In a deeply concerning escalation, the organisers of ‘Reclaiming the Discourse: Palestine, Justice, and Truth’ … are facing ruthless attacks on their fundamental rights to freedom of speech, assembly, and expression.
“The venue, Kühlhaus Berlin, faced immense pressure from German politicians and the Berlin police to cancel the event.“
“German authorities, already responsible for canceling two events featuring #FrancescaAlbanese, are now escalating their efforts to silence her voice even further. Now, Berlin authorities are ratcheting up their efforts to quash this crucial conversation, putting the organisers and panelists under extreme pressure and threatening disruption through overwhelming riot police presence …”
#Germany #FreedomOfSpeech
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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] You know, unlike some other country that Trump may be familiar with, Germany has freedom of speech. Everyone is indeed allowed to call Robert #Habeck a Schwachkopf.
Try being in Orcistan and calling Vladimir Vladimirovich a Дурак. That’ll end quite differently.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] He definitely did use his right to free speech there, yes.
He was spewing nonsense and made himself into a clown - but it was his right to.
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He offended the sensibilities of the European political elites who try to silence dissent, protect their own power, and suppress alternative views, particularly on issues like immigration, COVID policies, and the EU’s direction. And for that I commend him.
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] The issue is not that he is right, but that he is such a hypocrite. The US have been silencing dissent for over a decade now.
Recently they banned a picture book about a girl with freckles from nearly all libraries (as almost all US libraries are school affiliated). The book has nothing LGBTQ or whatever in it. Nothing about slavery. The only issue is that its author votes the other party. THAT is where the US are, and have been for the last decade - because of course the left also restricted speech when in power.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] To be fair most memes are illegal in the US too and just rarely enforced. Copyright law is real, and the bar for fair use is not zero.
Germany has long standing bans for “emblems of anti constitutional organizations” (i.e. swastikas), incitement to hatred (“Volksverhetzung”) and of course copyright violations too. All three, BTW, forced on Germany by the US after WW2 for the first two and the latter was primarily US induced along the lines of DMCA, too. As such, Americans have no right to complain - their own country made it so, Germany is to blame only for listening to 'Murica at all (but it is not like they had a choice for the first two).
Fun fact: you think incitement memes are legal in the US? Think again. People get anti harassment court orders for less, and recently these orders also remove constitutional rights to self defense (something both Biden and Trump are in favor of).