Deep Dive #10 : Discouraging Democracy? Diving Into Berlin's latest repeat election

We're back with a new season of Deep Dives for subscribers! This season we'll be covering the AfD and the nation-wide democracy protests following a bombshell report on their secret plans to f*ck with German democracy, plus a host of elections for Germany, USA and European parliament. First up, we're reviewing the outcome of the Berlin repeat elections that took place on Feb. 11.Here's some links that will help you find more about the topics we discussed on this episode.First off, to know what sparked nation-wide anti-AfD protests, check out this investigation from Correctiv (in German) about a secret meeting in Wannsee featuring AfD figures and funders alongside special guest, neo-nazi Martin Sellner (Banned in the UK!) https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/neue-rechte/2024/01/10/geheimplan-remigration-vertreibung-afd-rechtsextreme-november-treffen/For more insight into Sellner's plan to discourage voting by immigrants and the left, here's a loooong expose of his poisonously racist and incredibly stupid beliefs on the topic of the "ethnic vote" (warning: reading WILL make you dumber but it does flush out the AfD's evil intentions) https://sezession.de/60002/die-ethnische-wahlTo understand Sunday's election, Berliner Morgenpost has an excellent interactive map of the voting outcomes by local voting district plus a rundown of the seats lost and who held on https://interaktiv.morgenpost.de/wiederholungswahl-berlin-2024/But why did the election get a re-do in the first place? Here's an explainer: https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-state-elections-declared-void-following-polling-chaos/a-63773961The AfD did so well that even imprisoned alleged neo-nazi terrorist Brigid got more votes than in her first run in Steglitz-Zehlendorf https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article250038388/Birgit-Malsack-Winkemann-Inhaftierte-AfD-Kandidatin-gewinnt-Stimmen-bei-Berlin-Wahl-dazu.htmlStay tuned for more upcoming deep dives!