“The afd focuses on the german-being”

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The sociologist Wilhelm Heitmeyer on the achievements of the AfD in Gelsenkirchen, the Armest city of Germany and the Hochburg of the AfD in the West, and the differences between East and West

Wilhelm Heitmeyer is a German sociologist, educational scientist and professor for socialization at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research (IKG) of the University of Bielefeld. He was director of the institute until 2013 and since then he is there in the context of a research spell. Since the 1980s he has been investigating right-wing extremism, from 2002 to 2012, his long-term study ran "Group-related human knutility".

The Ruhr area is considered as "Crucible" With a long experience in immigration of people. Why have so many burgers elected the AFD?
Wilhelm Heitmeyer: The immigration in early times from Poland or from Turkey can not be compared with the immigration of today at all. The earlier immigration was immigration in work and that has changed fundamentally. For example, through the influx of Bulgaria and Romania and by course through the escape. In this respect, the labeling with the crucible is no longer reasonable. It has taken a lot of time in the past. Now you have no time anymore. There are many people in short velocity. This is especially true for certain districts in Gelsenkirchen with long-lasting structural problems. There are also a variable and sweeping conditions, as many freestanding apartments – that looks like a magnet. Gelsenkirchen is the poor city in Germany according to a current statistic. At the same time, the former city of the thousand fire is a stronghold of the AFD. Here, 17 percent of the burgers have chosen the party in the general election. There is a connection?
Wilhelm Heitmeyer: On the one hand, it is so that in the east there is the flat-covered success of the AFD. In West Germany this is very different and, for example, there are very rich bads like Heilbronn. This has to do with the tradition in Baden-Wurttemberg, where there has always been such success – in the past, especially by the Republicans. Today, the fear of social descent is added in the rich city – even with the employees of Audi. In the citys like Gelsenkirchen with the high poverty rate, there are two things. On the one hand the competition for scarce resources and on the other side – that’s always a connection – is transferred to cultural differences. Whether this is Muslims or the immigrant everyday culture from Sudosturopa – so from Bulgaria and Romania. There is a relationship between the elective layers and the structural situation in the city. And that does not just apply to Gelsenkirchen, but also applies to other neighborhoods in the Ruhr area. There are mainly the neighborhoods in the north of the respective city – so in the Essen north or in Duisburg. It is necessary to look exactly what form of disintegration also experienced the origin of German or parts thereof.

Wilhelm Heitmayr (2003). Image: frkzb / cc by-sa-4.0

"Parts of the original Germans are not integrated"

Who are the Wahler the AFD?
Wilhelm Heitmeyer: The socialization of East Germans is completely different. There now breaks down that many remember that their living has been devalued. A special point is that the AFD mainly focuses on German-being – this is the cultural difference. German-being is not only protest in some places, but that is an anchor for the identity. Thus, the difference to the other is made clear. The middle forces of the Wahler – between forty and sixty – are in the middle of the professional life and do not have to be so much for their current workplace. This is true for coarse parts, because the economy has been in full swing for some time. There is the concern for the promotion possibilities of their children an important role, because the successful promotion company of the old Federal Republic is finished. On the other hand, it is unclear what brings the future for this age group with regard to the pension. These are deeply sufficient misunderstandings that have something to do with the capitalist system. This is not interested in social integration and the ruling policy does not undertake enough against disintegration. Integration may not only be reserved for migrants, because parts of the original Germans are not integrated. This applies to recognition resources, and politically this group is not obvious. They then feel neglected and the key category will be German-. You can lose jobs in many places, you can not believe that social relationships can break in families or milieus, but the German-be one can take one no one and the AFD couples. According to a recent study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) are AFD-Haut Arms with their per capita income on the rear burst. Is the AFD the new party of the debated and the worker?
Wilhelm Heitmeyer: In this uniqueness you can not say, but many workers have chosen the AFD. That must have consequences for parties like the SPD. You have to ask yourself what actually expired there. This is not new because the ties to parties have long been largely dissolved. In this respect, it is a stucco nostalgia that the workers SPD elections. Especially since there are signs that unionized workers have gone to the AFD. The AFD won most in the middle of the middle and the CDU / CSU lost the most. In Prekaren Milieus – so in those who always have to cope with two jobs in the bands on the edge of the subsistence level – the AFD has also taken place especially. There, the SPD then lost mainly. The AfD has managed to be successful in very different Wahler-Milie. This also applies in terms of non-wax. You have to take everything very seriously. The motifs often talk about cultural alienation of the Wahler. The desire for social justice does not matter here?
Wilhelm Heitmeyer: Social justice is not a central topic from the AFD. The party mainly makes cultural alienation on the central theme and the circumstance that one finds foreign feet in his own country. This covers a relatively abstract term as social justice. It is so easy, but to define exactly what social justice means is complicated. I think the SPD has not done a favor with this conceptuality. On the other hand, the AFD has focused on cultural factors and opponated against foreign cultures.

the "New York Times" Criticizes their own reporting in the environment of the Iraq war

When the readers of the New York Times open their newspaper on Wednesday, one or the other may not have dared his eyes. Because the editorial with the inconspicuous call The Times and Iraq contained confessions of rare species. It is time to say so sweet the leaf, after hundreds of articles published in the area of the Iraq war, now to review their own reporting critical and unbiased.

The result first demanded slightly surprising, because self-analysis found natural "a tremendous amount of journalistic contributions we are proud of." But there was obviously other:

But we are also looking for research that were not so strictly carried out how this had to be. In some cases, information, which appeared at that time, were controversial, and today are fragwurround, not sufficiently qualified and superseded without further research. Turned back, we wish that we had checked some allegations more aggressive when new evidence appeared or dependent.

the "New York Times" regrets in particular to have relyed on Iraqi informants, governmental opponents and exilians whose believeness had been sustainably shaked in the last few days and weeks. Prominent Example is the ahmad Tschalabi, the chairman of the Iraqi national congress, who has provided the newspaper since 1991 with information from exilices and then to a favorite of the "Hard liner" has become within the Bush Administration. Since last week, Tschalabi is no longer standing on the content list (the end of the dark master).

Of the "Times" Nevertheless, it’s not so much about individuals. The self-report is more likely to develop diffuse threat scenarios that have been developed on weeks and months without a demonstrable basis. At the end of 2001, the newspaper quoted an engineer who wanted to have worked up a high-speed in secret plants for the production of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons. In September 2002, an article suggested that Saddam Hussein has undertaken efforts to enter the possession of a nuclear bomb, and still spread in April 2003 "Times" The assertion of an Iraqi scientist, chemical and biological weapons were destroyed shortly before the start of the war, Iraq has transported weapons to Syria and are still working together with Al-Qaeda. On this highly doubtful journalistic practice, which is to be abandoned in the future, were not only informants and reporters on site, but also the domestic editors have been involved, rather than skeptically on counter-examination and further research – perhaps too eager, "scoops" to bring into your section.

Even more interesting than the editorial itself is the question of the reasons for the reasons of its emergence and publication. Of the "New York Times", does not believe that the free commitment is hardly damaged, especially as most articles that are accused of the unclean research are falling into the term of office of the Chief Chief Editor Howell Raines. But the self-criticism – not exactly a frequent phenomenon in the media – could initiate a nationwide rethink that the after the 11. September to finish the Bush administered media front end-to-cultivated?

SPIEGEL ONLINE speaks only from one "Remarkable editorial", What roughly corresponds to the Formulation Unusual Critique of the San Jose Mercury News or at least represents at Extraordinary Mea Culpa, as the Guardian suspects. The FAZ ames that the project is the "Times" Only internal consequences will be:

More serious goods, a Bush friendly medium as the news channel ‘Fox News’ decided to follow the example of the newspaper; But that’s hard to wait. The relentless self-criticism of the ztimes® is already rather on the newspaper itself. Their employees were still able to put themselves stronger in stuff, not writing a wrong word than before. If you expect to make mub, sometime be put to the poster from your own employer, who will certainly think about every sentence three times.

The broadcaster Al-Jazira sees the nature a little differently. The article of the Arab news channel will be backed up as a whole, but begins with the elaborate listing "US Paper Apologises for False Iraq Reports" and notes in the end: "The New York Times is the us’ Third Largest Circulation Newspaper Behind USA Today And The Wall Street Journal." Whereas Fox News only the AP message is to be read, which is widespread throughout America and will take over by many press organs.

Overall, the print and online media take the media trapped from the own ranks surprisingly. In Germany, there was hardly anyone as attacked on Wednesday evening as "The world", In the Uwe Schmitt followed some colleagues from the US and the Great Britain and Most claimed that the sudden distance to Ahmad Tschalabi seriously serve the purpose, "to take your reporter Judith Miller from the weft line, which was obvious until recently the connection officer. The all sides of their contacts envied by the author of a bestseller on mass destruction weapons in front of and during the Iraq war their revenues as a tribe expert at CNN. Is indisputable that most of the incriminated articles come from her."

However, Schmitt also had a good explanation for the astonishing circumstance that the self-implication of the "New York Times" No journalistic earthquake excluded:

It gets in the industry where the highest-minded, sometimes condescending tone of ‘Times’ editorial contributed to give clammy joy. Barely. Nobody lives outside the glasshouse.

Nevertheless, someone who sits themselves in the glass house can occasionally throw with stones.

Contrary to the performances of the Republicans, Americans want to spend more after the current survey

According to the Republicans, the state has to shrink, which also brings, he has to lower his ies. However, the militar and other safety concerns, the American rights are not so sure, justucing the property is to be protected and secured worldwide economic interests. The austerity planner did not convince the Americans, which is why they were punished with the elections. A recent survey of the PEW Research Center proves that the amongwhile majority wants anything else to short than state ie.

But that could also make US Prasident Obama, because the must be spaded 2. Marz for household renovation Automatic shooters (Sequester Cuts) Almost all ies implement. Although 85 billion in this financial year is actually provided, the Congressional Budget Office from savings in the amount of 44 billion. The rest will be postponed for later years.

Meeting, above all, the defense expenditure, but also traffic and educational programs as well as Medicare. Although there is a decision of the Senate today, through a higher taxation of the rich, the automatic fireworks are unnecessary, but the legislation of Democrats could hardly reach the need for the necessary majority and fail the resistance of the Republicans.

The representative survey on government spending was carried out in mid-February at 1504 adults in the USA by phone – for half the landline, for half the mobile -. Was asked if the spending increases, shortened or as they are to be maintained. Most people are conservative in the sense that they were most liked. However, there are interesting deviations.

The only budget item, which more than 40 percent of the surveyed were short, is the development assistance. 48 percent are a shortness, 21 percent for an increase. A high percentage of 34 or. 32 percent also speaks for a shortness of the budget of the Foreign Office and expenditures for the unemployed.

Americans do not want to reduce government spending

The best abroad and the unemployed country are the most on the bag, which primarily – that was probably in most countries – think of themselves. The expenses for the best inland were still reduced 24, but already increased 27 percent. It is remarkable here that the willingness to help since 2009 has increased dramatically since 2009 in all the above mentioned items. In this respect, the economic crisis or the argumentation of the Republicans has left traces. Even with the militar expenditure or expenditure for the health system, more people tend to short.

Only at 3 of the 19 interviewed budget posts say more Americans that they want to brief here, but there is no majority in development aid. Otherwise, the majority of the opinion that expenses should be maintained or increased. Of course, the appendant of the Republicans are always much strong Dafur, budget posts short. Due to the development aid, 70 percent of the unemployment in the unemployment is 56 percent, in the help of the need for best 49 percent.

Keep the conservatives, as is once again confirmed, little of solidarity, social compensation and help for those who get into trouble. Also of scientific research they do not consider much, just as much about environmental protection or food and drug controls. The defense, the fight against crime, the benefits for the veterans are particularly important, but more also want to increase expenditure for Medicare and Social Security.

Education is most important to the Americans. 60 percent of all respondents want more ies for these. For the veterans, 53 percent want to spend more money. Also for the social security and the crime fighting, 41 percent of more states were stuck. Also into the health system, in Medicare, in the infrastructure, in science and energy, according to the will of one third more than before should be invested. Could the answers but otherwise failed when asked for the wishlist goods, where the money should come from for expenditure above or the further-so.

"Parts of the original Germans are not integrated"

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