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Germany’s welcoming euphoria at receiving 1.1 million asylum seekers in 2015 <http://news.yahoo.com/germany-recorded-1-1-mn-asylum-seekers-2015-093542978.html> may have just turned a similarly dark corner. More than 120 criminal complaints have been filed by women in Cologne <http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/01/05/1-000-men-coordinated-sexual-assault.html> who say they were subjected to public sexual assault or robbery, including at least two alleged street rapes, all in one night. The 400 men accused of being behind this mass attack <http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/world/europe/coordinated-attacks-on-women-in-cologne-were-unprecedented-germany-says.html> formed coordinated rings around the women. They have been universally described as being of North African and Arab appearance. Police are examining <http://www.ksta.de/politik/sotenoch-kein-taeter-vom-koelner-hauptbahnhof,15187246,33198026.html> Internet forums and chat groups on the working assumption that it is unlikely 400 men just met by accident. Though this all occurred on New Year’s Eve, the absolute scandal is that we only found out about it five days later. Amid accusations that it deliberately covered the incident up in order not to spark panic, the public broadcaster ZDF was forced to issue an apology <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/12085182/Cover-up-over-Cologne-sex-assaults-blamed-on-migration-sensitivities.html> for failing to include the assaults in its main evening news broadcast. It appears that, as the authorities and the media were choosing between stirring up racial tension and these women’s rights, we were faced with a conspiracy of silence. full: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/08/why-we-can-t-stay-silent-on-germany-s-mass-sex-assaults.html _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
