In these dark times of racially charged election campaigns, the German left offers a flicker of hope | Fatma Aydemir
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In Berlin's northern outskirts, tensions around migration surged, highlighted by a confrontation at a grocery store involving a young white mother and a non-white mother. As Germany approaches provincial elections, migration remains a paramount topic, intensified by a recent tragic attack in Munich linked to an Afghan suspect, which media narratives predominantly focus on. Simultaneously, the plight of immigrant victims is overshadowed, showcasing a politically charged climate where fear is weaponized, especially by far-right factions like AfD, deepening societal divides.
In the run-up to federal elections this Sunday, there seems to be no topic as pressing in the German media as migration.
The suspect in the attack is a young Afghan man. No word, of course, about the fact that the victims, a mother and her daughter, were an immigrant from Algeria.
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