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  • 2022-01-28 (xsd:date)
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  • "the extreme" (en)
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  • The German politician Malte Kaufmann from the right-wing party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) wants to classify anti-fascist groups as terrorist networks and have them banned. He cites the rising numbers of left-wing extremist crimes in Germany as justification. The claim turns out to be mostly true. The reason for Kaufmann’s claim was an article by Focus Online, according to which death lists with AfD politicians, their addresses and instructions for explosive devices were published in left-wing extremist forums. On 1 October 2021, the member of the German parliament tweeted: #Left-wing extremism continues to grow and grow stronger in Germany. Therefore: classify #Antifa as a terror network and ban it!" Definition of extremism and left-wing extremism According to German extremism researcher Armin Pfahl-Traugber in "Linksextremismus in Deutschland (2014)" (Left-wing extremism in Germany) the term "extremism" goes back to the Latin word "extremus" (en)
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