Christian Gerlin
Christian Gerlin (born June 11, 2002) is a German politician for The Left party. He was the state chairmen for public relations and finances for Left Youth Solid in Bremen.[1][2]
He has published numerous texts as part of his public relations work,[3] including an article in Neues Deutschland.[4] Gerlin appeared in Buten un binnen Television news segments about his political activities and was quoted several times in the Weser-Kurier.[1][5][6]
Life[edit]
Gerlin was born in Bremen. He will graduate from Verden Cathedral High School in the graduating class of 2021.[7][8]
Politics[edit]
In mid-2018, he joined the Left Party and Left Youth Solid in Lower Saxony.[9]
At the end of 2019, Gerlin moved to the Bremen state association of Linksjugend Solid and in 2020 re-founded the local grassroots group Viertel (Bremen) with other activists.[9]
Since October 2020, Gerlin has been the elected state spokesperson for finance and public relations of the Bremen state association of Linksjugend Solid.[2]
At the beginning of 2021, he joined the federal working group (BAK) Democratic Left of Linksjugend Solid and became active in Die Linke Bremen.
Emphases[edit]
His political focus is on anti-Semitism criticism,[10][11][12] social justice[13][14][15] and pandemic prevention.[1][15] Gerlin focuses on the political means of public relations in his political activities.[3]
Public relations[edit]
Gerlin combines his main topics with numerous instruments of public relations[3] and claims to illuminate perspectives gained in confidential discussions with affected parties.[15][6]
In doing so, he often falls victim to insults and threats.[16][11][12]
Articles[edit]
The Weser Kurier reported on his participation in a panel discussion on the Corona Pandemic with young politicians from Bremen's political parties.[6]
He published an article about the attack in Hanau on February 2020 in Neues Deutschland. In it, he posited that racist terrorist attacks give migrants a sense of not belonging to Germany.[4]
Gerlin published numerous articles critical of anti-Semitism on the connection between anti-Semitism and protests against protective measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic in nationwide newspaper Der Freitag.[10][12] In the process, he postulated a radicalization of the German "Querdenker" scene.[11]
Television appearances[edit]
Gerlin appeared on the television station Buten un binnen in Bremen on December 5, 2020, as part of a panel discussion and banned protests against protective measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. In doing so, he criticized the police operation on December 5, 2020 and pandemic prevention in schools and the workplace.[1][5]
Within the party[edit]
He moderated events with MdB Doris Achelwilm,[17][18] MdB Niema Movassat[19][20][21] and MdBB Maja Tegeler.[22] Gerlin also moderated an event on anti-Semitism research.[23]
In his work as state spokesman for Linksjugend Solid, he wrote numerous articles for internal party publication.[13][14][24]
Events during protests against protective measures due to COVID-19 pandemic in Bremen, Germany, December 5, 2020[edit]
Gerlin participated in demonstrations against the protests of "Querdenken421", which were banned by the Bundesverfassungsgericht.[25][26] There he spoke with media representatives for the participants of a blockade assigned in the self-conception to the "Antifa" against an illegal gathering of "Querdenken421" with 300 participants.[5][27][28][28]
The German news program Buten un binnen reported on the events and broadcast an interview excerpt in which Gerlin describes the goal of the blockade as ending the banned demonstration of "Querdenken421". Buten un binnen described the blockade as successful.[5]
As a result of the events, Gerlin wrote an article about the demonstration in which he criticizes the police work at the demonstration. In doing so, he shares Buten un binnen's assessment that the dissolution of the demonstration only took place due to the media pressure that arose as a result of the blockade.[5][10] Gerlin further criticizes that the police only planned to issue expulsions and that the participants of the demonstrations wouldn't have faced any legal consequences if it weren't for the public pressure.[10]
Publications[edit]
- "Eine »fremdenfeindliche« Tat und »nur« zehn Opfer?" In: Neues Deutschland [1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "So gehen Nachwuchspolitiker mit der Corona-Pandemie um - buten un binnen" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Protokoll der Landesvollversammlung der Linksjugend Bremen vom 18. Oktober 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Christian G. - ÖA".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Christian Gerlin. "Eine »fremdenfeindliche" Tat und "nur« zehn Opfer? (neues deutschland)" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Trotz Verbots: "Querdenker" demonstrieren in Bremen - buten un binnen" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Christian Hasemann. "Osterholz: Jungpolitiker sprechen über Corona" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ "Erfolg der Dog-Ruderer" (in Deutsch). 2019-06-17.
- ↑ "Regatten 2019 - Domgymnasium Verden".
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Christian G. - BG Aufbauen".
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Querdenker - Rechts drückt die Polizei das Auge zu" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Rechtsextremismus - Die "Querdenker"-Szene radikalisiert sich" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 ""Querdenker" - Über den Antisemitismus der "Querdenker"" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Christian Gerlin. ""Warum Sozialleistungen keine Wohltaten sind"".
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Christian Gerlin. ""Dorothee Bär und die bequemlichkeit der Armen"".
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Aktionstag für die Angestellten der "Gesundheit Nord" Krankenhäuser - openPR" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ "Corona-Leugner*innen erfolgreich blockiert (verbotene "Querdenker421" Demo in Bremen) - YouTube".
- ↑ ""Wie geht trans*-inklusiver Queerfeminismus" mit Doris Achelwilm".
- ↑ "Wie geht trans*-inklusiver Queerfeminismus?" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ ""Warum Cannabis kein Brokkoli ist und trotzdem verboten ist" mit Niema Movassat".
- ↑ "Warum Cannabis legal sein sollte! (Linksjugend Bremen) | Niema Movassat, MdB" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ "Warum Cannabis kein Brokkoli ist und es trotzdem legal seien sollte" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ ""Queerpolitik - zwischen Kulturkampf und sozialer Frage" mit Maja Tegeler Queerfeministische Sprecherin".
- ↑ "Online Vortrag - Kritik der Verschwörungsideologie" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ "Aktionstag 21.12.2020 - Gesundheit Nord".
- ↑ ""Querdenken" in Bremen: Karlsruhe bestätigt Demoverbot" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung. "BVG: Bremer "Querdenker"-Demo bleibt verboten" (in Deutsch).
- ↑ "Coronademo durch Bundesverfassungsgericht verboten - Polizei sichert Bürgerweide mit Wasserwerfern und Hinweisschildern ab".
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Jean-Pierre Fellmer. "Bundesverfassungsgericht verbietet "Querdenker"-Demo in Bremen" (in Deutsch).
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