Yanis Varoufakis Banned from Germany as Berlin Police Raid & Shut Down Palestinian Conference
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Published 2024-04-16
As Germany intensifies its crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices, we speak with Greek economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis, one of the planned speakers at a conference in Berlin last weekend that was forcibly shut down by police. The Palestine Congress was scheduled to be held for three days, but police stormed the venue as the first panelist spoke. Germany's Interior Ministry had also banned some conference speakers from even entering the country, including Varoufakis, the Palestinian British surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah and the Palestinian researcher Salman Abu Sitta. "This is not about protecting Jewish lives and Jews from antisemitism. It's all about protecting the right of Israel to commit any war crime of its choice," says Varoufakis. We also speak with Varoufakis about freeing Julian Assange and his new book Technofeudalism.
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All Comments (21)
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A sign that says "Jews AGAINST Genocide" is forbidden in Germany. Let that sink in.
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An European citizen is banned to enter an European country for the sake of Israel. Go figure out.
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When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.
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"If you are not careful, the newspaper will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” - Malcolm X
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The lesson Germany should have learnt from WW2 is that genocide is always wrong. Not that Jews are always right.
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Fascism on behalf of Jewish fascists is still fascism, Germany
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‘No one can get up much enthusiasm for a Government which puts you in jail if you open your mouth’…. George Orwell
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i feel shame to be german in this moment. FREE PALESTINE!!
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Again, Germany is on the wrong side of history.
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Absolutely Yanis is so right....
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German Government has lost their mind
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This shows how the rulers will use the “hate” laws against those struggling for freedom.
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This is just disgusting ! Germany is once more on the wrong side of History !
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As a German I am deeply ashamed about what is happening here. These are international groups who control their weak german puppets, But at least they are now out in the open, the hypocrazy for al to see.
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Germany didn’t learn anything from their past history
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I was in a German history group for over 5 years on Facebook and they started new rules last week that you can't bring up any negative German history. I quit the group right then and there. .
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Germany bans "hate speech", but allows those who promote and act out hate actions?
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As a european, this is so surreal to me. A veil is really being lifted.
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Germany will regret this...yet again! They never learn
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A German citizen who attended it needs to raise this in a German court. I am sure constitutional judges will not look kindly at this governmental and state overreach.
