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Part Two- Violence or Non-Violence: From Germany to Sweden to Norway, we report on anti-racism activists who use varying means to counter Neo-Nazis and anti-immigrant policies. This report looks at what is happening on the ground and arguments for and against violence. 8 min. Phillip Martin, Reporter.
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Part Two- Violence or Non-Violence: From Germany to Sweden to Norway, we report on anti-racism activists who use varying means to counter Neo-Nazis and anti-immigrant policies. This report looks at what is happening on the ground and arguments for and against violence. 8 min. Phillip Martin, Reporter.
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Aired once on PRI's Tavis Smiley Show in December 2006
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Part Two:
Eberswalde is a 45 minute train ride from Berlin in Germany?s Brandenburg region. For years this town was a haven for Neo-Nazis. This is where African immigrant Antonio Amadeu was murdered in 1990, and as late as last summer during the world cup in Germany, anti-racist groups warned Black and brown visitors to stay out of Brandenburg for their own safety.
But a change has occurred in Eberswalde that many may not realize unless they came here to see for themselves. After Antonio?s death, the Foundation named after him began working with idle white teenagers who otherwise MIGHT have gotten involved with skinhead groups.
AMBI YOUTH CENTER --POOL
A game of pool is heating up at this youth center, which opened in Eberswalde in the late 1990s. It?s one of the initiatives of the Amadeau Antonia Foundation and other German NGOs engaged in anti-racism work. Eve...
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Timing and Cues
PART TWO:
For decades when the world looked at race relations it was often in the context of apartheid in South Africa and Jim Crow in the United States. These days it?s Europe that?s in the racial spotlight, and the signs are everywhere: A general antagonism toward immigrants; the growth of Neo-Nazism; racist fan behavior at soccer matches; riots in France; fatal hate crimes in Russia. One by-product of Europe?s unsteady racial climate has been the growth of a loosely defined ANTI-racism movement. And like early civil rights activists in the US, its leaders are involved in an ongoing debate over the best strategy to use in furthering their cause: violence OR non violence. Here?s independent producer Phillip Martin with the second report in our series: Standing up to Hate In Europe.
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