Sebastian Manhart on the AfD and Germany's Firewall

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Sebastian Manhart on the AfD, the firewall, and working on climate anyway

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Sebastian Manhart on the AfD, the firewall, and working on climate anyway

A German who has spent eleven years in the UK, on collective guilt, the party he calls fascist without hedging, and what he does about it besides worry.

Jan 12, 2026

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References

Brand New Bundestag, the cross-party grassroots initiative Sebastian supported for years: brandnewbundestag.de.

Also mentioned: the Brandmauer, the convention among German parties against governing with the AfD; Nigel Farage and UKIP; Zohran Mamdani; and the rape of Nanking.

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