Cologne and the Art of Not Being a Racist

On New Years Eve 2016 German police received hundreds of complaints of crimes including sexual assaults and robberies occurring in the vicinity of the Cologne Central Railway station. Many blamed recently arrived asylum seekers for the attacks. In this week’s podcast Francois Bonnet of the CNRS, explains why we have struggled to balance our righteous indignation at the attacks with our fear of being labelled a ‘racist’.

Guns at the border? [BETA]

Podcast 1: Guns at the Border? Subscribe to 4Mpodcast On Saturday January 30th 2016, Frauke Petry, the leader of the Alternatives for Freedom party said that German police should use armed force if necessary to prevent illegal migrants from crossing the German border. On Friday, February 5th 2016, Polly Pallister-Wilkins chatted with our host Darshan…