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Confronted by events and opprobrium, Bonn finally lurched into action -- prodded as well by the realization that right-wing violence was spilling beyond the asylum seekers' hostels, the traditional confines of xenophobic attacks. Not only were the 14th, 15th and 16th fatalities of this year's violence Turks -- members of an influential, 1.7 million-strong community whose labors helped make Germany an economic powerhouse -- but word came of two more murders, both of Germans, committed by rightist thugs. In Berlin a leftist was stabbed; in Wuppertal a man was stomped and burned by assailants who apparently -- and mistakenly -- thought...
...argues that the crackdown has the misleading effect of "reinterpreting" the attacks as being those of a few criminals on the periphery. Among the statistics experts use to illustrate the depth of the problem is a poll this month by the Allensbach Institute showing that sympathy for those attacking asylum seekers' lodgings has risen sharply, to 16% in western Germany and 15% in the east. Surveys have also shown a third of German youth to be openly antiforeign or inclined in that direction and about a quarter of Germans agreeing with the right-wing slogan "Foreigners...
...Soul Asylum, Grave Dancers Union...
This Minneapolis alternative band has emerged from obscurity to make an album that's soaring up the college charts--and for good reason. Soul Asylum's innovative sound, slightly reminiscent of the Hoodoo Gurus, is complemented by passionate vocals and an unmistakable pop sensibility on this new Columbia release. Grave Dancers Union has its share of muscle but also dabbles in daintiness. (The last song, "The Sun Maid," even has strings.) This record--particularly its standouts "Black Gold," "Runaway Train," and "Without a Trace"--simply happens...
...xenophobia -- was horrifying, both in its own right and as a harbinger of things to come. Since the attack was directed against Turkish resident workers, more than 1.7 million of whom currently live in Germany, it stoked fears that the far right was lengthening its list of enemies beyond asylum seekers...