Die Mitglieder des Fördervereins Kommunalkino 46 in Bremen-Walle wurden kürzlich per Rundschreiben darüber informiert, dass ihr Kino Drohbriefe mit rechtsradikalem Inhalt erhalten hat.
Ein erster Drohbrief vom März dieses Jahres warnte die VeranstalterInnen davor, weiterhin "Filme über die Krankheit Homosexualität und das verbrecherische Judentum" zu zeigen. In einem kürzlich eingetroffenen Brief drohen die Nazis nun damit, in der Woche vom 2. bis zum 8. August "Kinosaal und Vorführraum zu zerstören".
Der Polizei liegen derzeit keine konkreten Hinweise dafür vor, dass die Uhrheber ihre Drohungen verwirklichen werden. Das Kino 46 lässt sich - glücklicherweise - nicht erpressen und setzt das Kinoprogramm wie geplant fort. In dem Rundschreiben ruft es seine Mitglieder dazu, auf in dem genannten Zeitraum möglichst häufig das Kino zu besuchen.
Es wäre schön, wenn auch andere Kinofreunde und alle, die nicht bereit sind, derartige Aktionen der rechtsradikalen Szene zu ignorieren, in der ersten Augustwoche einen oder mehrere Kinoabende im Kino 46 verbringen. Das aktuelle Programm lädt ohehin dazu ein!

The Bremen-based community cinema "Kino 46" has received anonymous threatening letters from right-wing extremists, announcing to destroy the projection room during August 2nd to 8th if the cinema will continue to screen films about "the disease of homosexuality and the criminal Judaism". Luckily, the police has not, as of now, found any signs that the blackmailers will put their threats into effect. Nevertheless, everyone is highly encouraged to demonstrate their solidarity and drop by once or more often during the first week of August.

In the introduction to their still useful volume from 1997, Andersen/Liefferink maintain that after the northern EU enlargement, several environmental frontrunners have acceeded to the the EU. What makes this notworthy is the fact that there are now six "pioneers" in the Council, potentially wielding a blocking minority. This in turn means that the EU is, under qualified majority voting, unlikely to adopt any environmental regulation with a level of protection below what is preferred by the frontrunners, possibly circumventing the notorious "lowest common denominator" dynamic. Together, the pioneers can exercise collective leadership. However, Andersen/Liefferink (as many others, most prominently Héritier et al.) also profess that conflict over EU environmental policy more often than not is not only about the level of protection but also or even predominantly stems from the different national regulatory traditions and policy styles. This in turn means that environmental policies will be contentious also among the pioneers themselves who then are not able to form a united front in the council. The "shadow of the vote" (Weiler) is no longer a credible threat. Thus, from a purely council-centric perspective the EU will only be able to adopt ambitious and innovative environmental protection policies when the pioneers can find viable solutions which are compatible with their varying domestically entrenched poliy legacies.

BTW: My old blog still exists, but I am no longer using it. I was always a sucker for antville.