MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : CARROLLS ALICE IN OXFORD BACK AGAIN ? / ALICE WEIDEL SPRICHT IN DER OXFORD UNIVERSITÄT (NEW YORK TIMES)
That’s a member of an anti-fascist group that is planning to protest Alice Weidel, above, the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD. She has been invited to speak at the University of Oxford, prompting a significant backlash there. |
Many students and faculty members have condemned the event, while others say open debate is the best way to defeat extremist ideas. The Oxford Union, which extended the invitation, says it will not rescind it. |
The AfD has risen to become the third-largest political party in Germany’s Parliament. Our video from the city of Chemnitz, the site of a violent anti-immigrant protest in August, looks at what’s driving the far right’s rise in Germany. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/world/europe/oxford-afd-weidel-far-right.html?emc=edit_mbe_20181101&nl=morning-briefing-europe&nlid=7314383320181101&te=1
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