<nettime> resisting bullshit narratives, an open letter !

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Liebe Nettimers,

In Germany, there is an Open Letter / Petition against the
discriminatory uses and/or instrumentalized versions of anti-semitism (
the *IHRA-Definition* )* being used by Berliner Senatskulturverwaltung...

Open letter to the Berlin Senate Cultural Administration and to Joe
Chialo, State Minister for Culture and Social Cohesion

http://www.openletterberlinculture.net/
<http://www.openletterberlinculture.net/>

There are now more than 4000 signatures ( in less than a week ) !

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Quote:

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We – Berlin-based cultural producers of various disciplines – protest:

- For the preservation of the freedom of art and the freedom of expression

- Against the compulsory commitment to the controversial IHRA definition
of antisemitism as a prerequisite for cultural funding from the federal
state of Berlin

- Against the political instrumentalization of antisemitism clauses

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This kind of "bullshit narrative controlling" is NOT just happening in
Germany.  Chialo is also the senator who has currently cut the funding
for the Oyoun Cultural Space, but this is being challenged ! In court,
this could take a very long time ( several months? a year ? ), but
pressure in the streets is also growing :

Today there is a DEMO  - MONDAY 08.01 - *DEMO* against these kinds of
clauses, discrimination + cultural repression at the *Abgeordnetenhaus*
at Niederkirchnerstr. 5, 13:00h ( near Anhalter Banhof and across the
street from the Martin Gropius Bau ) !

And many artists, cultural workers and activists have reserved seats
inside to attend the Senate meeting today !

Please feel free to share this further with your colleagues... everywhere !

These issues are an international solidarity effort, and do not pertain
to only German politics, and are important for artist and workers
working everywhere !

If someone has more updates about how this is being implemented in your
country of residence, please share here on Nettime !

...

all the best !

the XLterrestrials group 


p.s. For more information to understand this opposition to the IHRA
working definition of antisemitism, we recommend the website of Jewish
Voice for Peace...

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2021/02/08/ihra/


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