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Henning Melber
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Henning Melber is a German political scientist and sociologist. He is a German-Namibian and Swedish Africanist and political activist.

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Sociology 14%
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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 8h
Namibians remember on 10 December the resistance of the residents in the Windhoek Old Location in 1959 against forced relocation to the new township Katutura. Police killed 12 and wounded over 50 unarmed people. A new (open access) book recalls life there.
theconversation.com/windhoeks-ol...
Windhoek’s Old Location was a place of pain, but also joy – new book
Former residents recall a community nurtured by a spirit of extended family and solidarity.
theconversation.com

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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 11h
Have spent most of the day in town (Uppsala/Sweden). I am relieved that I survived unharmed. Public health services are traumatic: almost none employed looks Swedish. The eye specialist I consulted today was Italian and had worked in Germany. We discussed Italian music in German - what a nightmare!
melissaontheroad.bsky.social Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social · 12h
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In an interview with Politico, released on Tuesday, the US president struggled to name any other Ukrainian cities except for Kyiv, misrepresented elements of the trajectory of the conflict, and recycled far-right tropes about European immigration
Trump lambasts ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ Europe and hints at walking away from Ukraine
US president recycles far-right tropes on European immigration and presses Zelenskyy to accept his peace plan
www.theguardian.com

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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 11h
LGBTIQ* und Menschenrechte www.gender-blog.de/beitrag/lgbt...

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Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social · 12h
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In an interview with Politico, released on Tuesday, the US president struggled to name any other Ukrainian cities except for Kyiv, misrepresented elements of the trajectory of the conflict, and recycled far-right tropes about European immigration
Trump lambasts ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ Europe and hints at walking away from Ukraine
US president recycles far-right tropes on European immigration and presses Zelenskyy to accept his peace plan
www.theguardian.com

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Decolonial Memories @colonial-memories.bsky.social · 1d
Dekoloniales Erinnerungskonzept Berlin im Wahlkampf. Was sagen Spitzenkandidatinnen & Parteien:
@kaiwegner.bsky.social @steffenkrach.bsky.social @dielinkeberlin.bsky.social @grafwer.bsky.social @cduberlin-agh.bsky.social @spd-berlin.bsky.social @gruene.berlin?

www.radioeins.de/programm/sen...
Berlin entwickelt Erinnerungskonzept zur Kolonialzeit
Berlin will seine koloniale Vergangenheit sichtbar machen. Mit einem neuen Erinnerungskonzept sollen Denkmäler, Umbenennungen und ein Lern- und Erinnerungsort entstehen. Doch ein konkreter Zeitplan fe...
www.radioeins.de

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Kim Todzi @kim-todzi.de · 1d
Ich erwarte jetzt eine ganze Reihe Artikel in der FAZ, der NZZ, der Zeit und der Welt, die diese Damnatio memoriae einhellig verurteilen.

Denn es ging ja immer nur um "Geschichte".

www.deutschlandfunk.de/sed-opferbea...
Bild-Zeitung - SED-Opferbeauftragte Zupke fordert Umbenennung von Lenin-Straßen
Die SED-Opferbeauftragte Zupke fordert eine Umbenennung der verbliebenen Straßen in Deutschland, die nach Lenin und ehemaligen SED-Funktionären benannt sind.
www.deutschlandfunk.de

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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 1d
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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 2d
Quite a contrast to the "white genocide" myth businesstech.co.za/news/busines...
Reverse emigration trend hitting South Africans living in England, Canada and Australia
DNA EOR has seen a significant increase in the number of South Africans looking to return home.
businesstech.co.za

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Decolonial Memories @colonial-memories.bsky.social · 2d
Vertreter des tansanischen Außenministers benennt Beispiele von Ahnen & Kulturgüter, die sein Land von Deutschland zurückhaben will.👇

@konradinkunze.bsky.social @isdbund.bsky.social @goldmatt.bsky.social @he-mel.bsky.social @mappingmuc.bsky.social @decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @hdilger.bsky.social
The Citizen: „He cited examples including dinosaur fossils taken from Tanzania and now earning revenue for a German museum, from which Tanzania gains no benefit. Other significant items include the Queen's throne of the Kingu people in Singida, Zaramo artefacts transported to Germany, heritage belonging to Chagga chiefs such as Chief Marealle, the skull of Mangi Meli, Wahehe battle relics, and artefacts seized from the Ngoni and Ngindo communities following the Majimaji war.“

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Decolonial Memories @colonial-memories.bsky.social · 2d
Memories of German colonialism: Tansanisches Außenministerium fordert Rückkehr der Ahnen und kolonialen Kulturgüter aus Deutschland, wie „The Citizen“ berichtet.👇

Wie reagiert @aussenminister.diplo.de @diplo.de @geronafrica.bsky.social?

@ms24162747.bsky.social

www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/new...
Tanzanian diaspora joins push to reclaim stolen ancestral remains
Delegates therefore emphasised the need for stronger frameworks to boost cooperation and accelerate Africa’s development.
www.thecitizen.co.tz

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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 2d
A sober, well argued but painful diagnosis: "There is no democratic culture in Namibia only a stifling Swapo dominance."
www.namibian.com.na/namibia-voti...
Namibia: Voting With Our Feet?
%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary_category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% Official results from last week’s elections show a low voter turnout: 40.7% for regional councils, compared to 57% in 2015, and 36% ...
www.namibian.com.na

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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 3d
Also, naja, dess war vielleichd äbbes voreilig, gell?!
vfb.de VfB Stuttgart 1893 @vfb.de · 3d
Ein legendäres Duell steht bevor! 🤍❤
Heute treffen unsere Jungs aus Cannstatt daheim auf den FC Bayern München.
Wir sind sowas von bereit - wie sieht's bei euch aus? 😍

#VfB | #VfB1893 | #Bundesliga | #VfBFCB

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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 3d
Deutschland deine Männer...

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VfB Stuttgart 1893 @vfb.de · 3d
Ein legendäres Duell steht bevor! 🤍❤
Heute treffen unsere Jungs aus Cannstatt daheim auf den FC Bayern München.
Wir sind sowas von bereit - wie sieht's bei euch aus? 😍

#VfB | #VfB1893 | #Bundesliga | #VfBFCB

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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 3d
When "the home of freedom on earth" openly declares support of the racist, anti-democratic, xenophobic, homophobic far right in Europe...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right
Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’
www.theguardian.com

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 3d
Here’s the link to watch History Reclaimed’s right wing moral, logical and historical arguments being scrutinised. It’s uncomfortable viewing in places as Biggar’s put on the spot.

The truth about the British Empire: Mehdi Hasan & Nigel Bi... youtu.be/SZvkTmNQSy4?... via @YouTube

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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 3d
"On average, Israeli weapons now kill seven people a day. That rate of violent death would be considered an active conflict in many other contexts, raising questions about how accurately “ceasefire” describes the new status quo."
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on
The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Henning Melber, Henry Farrell , and 2 more

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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 4d