Bundling socialists with the far-right under the “populists” banner is silly. I don’t know why far-right politicians do what they do. To understand a left perspective, I recommend this article https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog/2025/8/6/the-real-reason-the-west-is-warmongering-against-china

Shocking. Within our lifetime Germany could have a national government again which facilitates the commission of genocide. Like the current one and the last one.

It’s capitalism. Both German export reliance and Chinese overcapacity stem from the fundamental capitalist crisis of overaccumulation and overproduction. If I had to pick a side, as a European, I would strongly hope the Chinese automakers beat the Germans.

To their credit, the Germans aren’t hiding what happens if they win: extended reliance on fossil fuels, protectionism, imperialist competition, etc

Where “the international security situation” means US’s monopoly on violence??

That’s part of it, yes. The leadership of the Green Party appears to be more bellicose, and less inclined to peace and diplomacy, than any other mainstream party.

The German Green/brown party is so disappointing

Interesting article about him here — https://www.dangerousspeech.org/counter-speech-case-studies/hasnain-kazim

He’s doing Mastodon a favour. He can always return to anywhere on the fediverse. Complaining that one moderator on one Mastodon instance was mean isn’t news, but maybe it is if it’s a journalist. Good for him.

I thought the 5-year ban was a dangerous, desperate idea. Political rights like who can vote or stand for election should be defended no matter who’s being targeted.

Le Pen and her colleagues were found guilty of misappropriation of European funds by paying the salaries of some of their party officials in France with money that should only be spent on salaries of European Parliament assistants. European Parliament assistants can be party officials, and the official seat of the European Parliament is in France (Strasbourg), so the crime they committed wasn’t far from the EU’s rules.

A fine and criminal record makes sense. But custodial sentences? And suspending political rights for 5 years??

https://www.lemkininstitute.com/single-post/criminal-complaint-filed-in-germany-against-munich-born-idf-sniper-over-alleged-gaza-war-crimes

Meanwhile, German-Israeli nationals who just participated in war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide in Gaza are free to return to Germany for R&R.

EU Member States decided on Wednesday—while citizens were literally dropping dead from extreme heat—that “green finance” should include companies engaged in fossil fuel expansion (eg new oil drilling). The banality of evil. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-countries-oil-exploration-green-investment/

They may have overplayed their hand.

Ukraine never had operational control of the Soviet nukes on their territory.

Threatening indiscriminate mass murder (ie “nuclear deterrence”) says more about a government than about what they believe they’re up against.

They never doubted that they had the right. They don’t even dispute that IHL even compels states to act. They don’t care.

Sorry I don’t see how to. I’m using the Mlem iOS app

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260607-why-zelensky-celebration-of-wwii-era-nationalist-guerrillas-is-causing-tension-with-poland

Not Russian or Ukrainian. Am anti-fascist though.

Oops — https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260607-why-zelensky-celebration-of-wwii-era-nationalist-guerrillas-is-causing-tension-with-poland

Good. Any effort that can slow or reduce warmaking abilities should be welcomed.