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On this tumblr page you will find a lot of stuff that you can also find on www.mdbergfeld.com The reason I use tumblr is because someone told me that it's what you do these days.

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New Book Review in British Journal of Industrial Relations

A recent book review of mine on Elin Haugsgjerd and Tim Bale’s “Left-of-Centre Political Parties and Trade Unions in the 21st Century” has been published in the British Journal of Industrial of Relations. You can access a read-only version here: http://rdcu.be/xZKY 

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Publication: Book chapter on the experiences of migrant Spanish workers in the German care sector

New book chapter on Spanish migrant workers in the German care sector

Ingrid Artus / Peter Birke / Stefan Kerber-Clasen / Wolfgang Menz have just published a book called “Sorge-Kämpfe, Auseinandersetzungen um Arbeit in sozialen Dienstleistungen” (VSA-Verlag), which contains a chapter of mine on the experiences of Spanish migrant workers in elderly care. Below you can see more details about the book:…

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The AfD has more problems than it appears

The AfD has more problems than it appears #btw17 #Germany #elections

The Austrian Mosaik Blog interviewed me late on Sunday evening following the announcement of the German elections. I made some off-the-cuff predicitions:  —> The AFD will face some internal problems now that the elections are over. —> The SPD will go the way of the French PS rather than Corbyn’s Labour Party —> The CDU will move further to the right given its institutional logic that there…

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Germany: In the Eye of the Storm

Germany: In the Eye of the Storm #afd #linke #btw17

These are the proofs of my chapter published in Catarina Principe’s and Bhaskar Sunkara’s edited volume “Europe in Revolt: Mapping the New European Left” published in 2016. Amongst others, it shows some of the issues involved in developing an anti-racist and anti-fascist politics in Germany. //www.scribd.com/embeds/359954370/content?start_page=1&view_mode=&access_key=key-2CxnPAIy7cdvjAeab707 View…

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ARTICLE - Challenges Ahead: Germany's Die Linke in Times of Polarization

ARTICLE – Challenges Ahead: Germany’s Die Linke in Times of Polarization

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EVENT + ARTICLE: Labor Solidarity in Divided Times

Next week, I will be participating in 15th Annual Transatlantic Social Dialogue at Cornell ILR in NYC. As part of the conference, there will be an open plenary session with US and European labour leaders titled Labor Solidarity in Divided Times: Perspectives from U.S. & European Labor Leaders on Thursday evening. If you’re in town you should attend. A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog post on…

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Willkommenskultur durch Arbeitsmarktintegration?

This is my latest piece of public sociology on German trade unions and refugees. It is based on my academic article published in the Global Labour Journal earlier this year [click here for GLJ article]. //www.scribd.com/embeds/358266750/content?start_page=1&view_mode=&access_key=key-RZ5HjLEPTkAIjZ0V20pd View this document on Scribd

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My thoughts are with those who lost their lives in #Ankara

My thoughts are with those who lost their lives in #Ankara #HDP #ErodganIstifa

My thoughts go out to all those who lost their lives, loved ones or were injured at today’s peace and democracy rally in Ankara. The state (sanctioned) terror ahead of the elections in early November is meant to: (1) to secure Erdogan’s rule by force as half of Turkey’s population doesn’t consent to his rule (2) to tie sections of the middle classes which have prospered economically under the Akp…

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The 12 stars of the EU flag stand for... The EU flag’s 12 stars stand for: Inhumanity Racism Neoliberalism New Borders Precarity Jingoism Inequality Authoritarianism Climate Change Militarism Polarisation …and Barbarism

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@trillingual's rough timeline of EU border crises since 2011

. @trillingual's rough timeline of EU border crises since 2011

//storify.com/trillingual/a-timeline-of-eu-border-crises-since-2011/embed?border=false//storify.com/trillingual/a-timeline-of-eu-border-crises-since-2011.js?border=false[View the story “A rough timeline of EU border crises since 2011” on Storify] Follow Daniel Trilling @trillingual

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We have 1000s of #BorderResisters within #FortressEurope

We have 1000s of #BorderResisters within #FortressEurope #Refugeeswelcome

I have been overwhelmed by pictures and stories of friends collecting clothes, food stuff and toys for refugees across Europe. My comrades of the London2Calais convoy have shown great strength and courage by going to Calais’s Jungle. Despite police harassment they continue their work. Then I have seen Dulwich Hamlet Football Club supporters collect a garage-full of donations at Saturday’s match.…

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VIDEO: The German Enigma (Tariq Ali meets Mark Bergfeld)

Tariq Ali meets Mark Bergfeld, German activist and Researcher at Queen Mary University in London, to discuss the rise of Germany. Once reunification happened, Germany became the major power inside the European continent. They discuss the current status quo of German politics and the development of the country’s hegemonic role in Europe.…

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#Refugeeswelcome @IGMetall

This is great: German metal workers' union gives German classes to #refugees - #Refugeeswelcome @IGMetall

As the boss of Germany’s industrial and commercial chamber wants to weaken minimum wage laws so refugees can enter the labour market more quickly, the union movement has a responsibility to teach refugees about their rights and represent them as members of the working class. The IG Metall is doing what is right. They’re offering German classes for refugees. Here you can see, refugees learning…

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Great slogan of the Amsterdam student movement

My friend Shannon is currently in Amsterdam meeting up with students who occupied the university earlier this year. He posted this great slogan on his Facebook. “We are not asking for a free university. We are asking for a free society. Because a free university in a capitalist society is like a lecture hall in prison.” – slogan of De Nieuwe Universiteit – voor een democratische universiteit

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Funny video: "Where will you hide when the revolution comes?"

Haha! Best children’s TV show ever – Who did you exploit today? Do you need some tissues to wipe the blood off your hands? Where will you hide when the revolution comes? Quality laugh.

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A quick note on Germany and #refugeeswelcome

People are sharing photos, videos and articles about German people celebrating the arrival of Syrian refugees in Munich, Frankfurt and Dortmund. While it is true that the German people have been showing empathy and solidarity with Syrian and Iraqi refugees fleeing their war-torn countries, homes of refugees and asylum seekers continue to burn daily. Just last night, asylum seekers’ homes burnt in…

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Zeche Zollern: Exhibition on Workers' Movements in Germany

Yesterday, some of us from the SDS.Köln visited a fantastic exhibition on the German labour movements „Durch Nacht zum Licht? Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung 1863-2013“ at the museum Zeche Zollern in Dortmund. There were three a couple of things which stood out in this exhibition compared to other exhibitions on labour in Germany: You wander through scaffolding in a labyrinth fashion. This gives…

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