Germany Has Finally Woken Up
The ground was icy as my partner, my son and I made our way to the center of Berlin two Sundays ago. Still, as we joined about 100,000 others who had gathered there to protest right-wing extremism, it felt cozy — both in a literal and in a metaphorical sense. The mass of human bodies created a microclimate that made it bearable to be outside in the frosty Berlin dark for a couple of hours. And it was also warming to see this many people turn out to defend our democracy.
We were there because on Jan. 10, the media platform Correctiv published a remarkable account of a far-right meeting in Potsdam last November.… Seguir leyendo »