"Gentrification" and "Prekarisierung" make a Terrorist
There is a lot of news on german underground Boards like gulli about a German social science Prof. who was arrested for being member of a terrorist group. This group is simply called "millitante Gruppe" in the media, which does not say much, except that they want to enforce their Ideas through the use of violence. There is a article about them and their goals on wikipedia (in german) here.
What surprises me though, is the methods used by the BKA (basically the FBI of germany). The social scientist Andrej Holm is suspicious mainly because he used the words "Gentrification" and "Prekarisierung" in his publications. They found those publications using google to search for those two words. The words mentioned above are also used in the writings by the "militante Gruppe"(mg). The other evidence they presented comprises such striking facts as to say that Andrej Holm had the intellectual capacity to write claims of responsibility as was done by the mg. Another fact they mentioned was, that he met other people who are suspected members, while he did not have his cell phone with him.
I don't know, but for me, none of this evidence seems convincing. The words they mentioned are used frequently in social study texts, so it is no surprise to find them in the publications of a social science Prof. Not having a cell phone with you for a meeting for me also isn't something that makes one suspicious of being part of a conspiracy. I don't have my cell with me quite often, and I might even meet people when that is the case. All of that without being entangled in a conspiracy. For those spurious reason a person was imprisoned for a few days. Good thing is he is free again now, but he and his wife are still under close surveillance. From what I heard his wife is having a lot of stress from being under surveillance. You can read about her experiences on her blog she started for that reason here.
What surprises me though, is the methods used by the BKA (basically the FBI of germany). The social scientist Andrej Holm is suspicious mainly because he used the words "Gentrification" and "Prekarisierung" in his publications. They found those publications using google to search for those two words. The words mentioned above are also used in the writings by the "militante Gruppe"(mg). The other evidence they presented comprises such striking facts as to say that Andrej Holm had the intellectual capacity to write claims of responsibility as was done by the mg. Another fact they mentioned was, that he met other people who are suspected members, while he did not have his cell phone with him.
I don't know, but for me, none of this evidence seems convincing. The words they mentioned are used frequently in social study texts, so it is no surprise to find them in the publications of a social science Prof. Not having a cell phone with you for a meeting for me also isn't something that makes one suspicious of being part of a conspiracy. I don't have my cell with me quite often, and I might even meet people when that is the case. All of that without being entangled in a conspiracy. For those spurious reason a person was imprisoned for a few days. Good thing is he is free again now, but he and his wife are still under close surveillance. From what I heard his wife is having a lot of stress from being under surveillance. You can read about her experiences on her blog she started for that reason here.