This week, we're sharing a conversation with Nina at Anarchist Black Cross Dresden to speak about the political landscape in Germany, the Antifa Ost and Budapest Komplex cases and the impacts on anti-repression work in Germany since the Trump administration's declaration that a group they're calling Antifa Ost be added to the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations that is kept by the US State Department.

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This sits alongside the US government prosecuting the Prairieland case in Texas that was the subject of our prior episode, and could be one step further toward an official declaration of war on Antifa in the US, whatever that means exactly. We really feel that these cases are important to keep up on as the administration telegraphs it's bizarre but frightening counterinsurgency strategies.

Some German Context:

• ABC Dresden articles on deBanking:
  • https://abcdd.org/en/2026/03/05/debanking-current-status/
  • https://abcdd.org/en/2025/12/18/debanking-attack-on-anarchist-black-cross-dresden-solidarity-work/
• Past episodes on Antifa Ost and the Budapest Komplex including support links: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/antifa-ost/
• A past episode mentioning Lina E: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2022/07/03/stop-cop-city-intl-day-of-solidarity-with-antifascist-prisoners/

US Implications:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSPM-7
• Trump Admin calls for Anti-Antifa (…. ) summit in June / July this year: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-counterterror-officials-plan-antifa-summit-sources-say-2026-03-31/
• Prairieland Case episodes: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/prairieland-case/
• NLG lawyer Mo Meltzer-Cohen on NSPM-7: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/09/28/the-implications-of-trumps-war-on-antifa-with-moira-meltzer-cohen/
• WSJ on Trump weaponizing IRS against the US left: https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-investigations-left-leaning-groups-democratic-donors-612a095e

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