Essays, trial reports, reviews and interviews for magazines, linked to the original publications.https://cgnvrl.com/en/writing/en-GBhttps://kritisch-lesen.de/rezension/wir-verstehen-bislang-hochstens-zehn-prozent-des-phanomens-rassismushttps://kritisch-lesen.de/rezension/wir-verstehen-bislang-hochstens-zehn-prozent-des-phanomens-rassismusConversation conducted by Varol with Emre Arslan about Arslan’s book Pax-Rassismus (Campus 2024).Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTÇağan Varolkritisch-lesen.deRacism theory and critique of liberal anti-racismhttps://www.akweb.de/politik/labore-der-ausgrenzung-daenemarks-anti-migrationspolitik-dient-deutschen-politikern-als-vorbild/https://www.akweb.de/politik/labore-der-ausgrenzung-daenemarks-anti-migrationspolitik-dient-deutschen-politikern-als-vorbild/Denmark’s anti-migration policy as a model for German politicians, and its roots in earlier West German strategies.Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTÇağan Varolanalyse & kritikMigration politics and migration regimeshttps://www.akweb.de/gesellschaft/die-steinmeier-show-20-jahre-nach-dem-nsu-anschlag-in-koeln/https://www.akweb.de/gesellschaft/die-steinmeier-show-20-jahre-nach-dem-nsu-anschlag-in-koeln/Critique of the 2024 Birlikte event marking 20 years since the NSU nail-bomb attack in Cologne; politicians staged solidarity while survivors were sidelined.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTÇağan Varolanalyse & kritikThe NSU complex and memory politicsPerspectives of those affected by right-wing and racist violencehttps://www.akweb.de/politik/polizeimord-an-mouhamed-drame-du-musst-nichts-gemacht-haben-um-als-gefahr-zu-gelten/https://www.akweb.de/politik/polizeimord-an-mouhamed-drame-du-musst-nichts-gemacht-haben-um-als-gefahr-zu-gelten/The trial of five Dortmund police officers over the killing of 16-year-old Mouhamed Dramé in August 2022, with statements from the Justice4Mouhamed solidarity group.Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTÇağan Varolanalyse & kritikPolice, courts and anti-migrant vigilantismInstitutional racismhttps://kritisch-lesen.de/rezension/wer-hat-angst-vor-der-polizeihttps://kritisch-lesen.de/rezension/wer-hat-angst-vor-der-polizeiReview of Raul Zelik’s novel Friss und stirb trotzdem, set among antifascists and migrant self-defence groups in 1990s Berlin-Kreuzberg.Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTÇağan Varolkritisch-lesen.deMigrant struggles and the history of labour migrationhttps://revoltmag.org/articles/unschuldig-haft-aber-schuld-am-eigenen-tod/https://revoltmag.org/articles/unschuldig-haft-aber-schuld-am-eigenen-tod/The death of Amed Ahmad after a cell fire at JVA Kleve in 2018, a critique of the NRW inquiry committee’s findings, and institutional racism.Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTÇağan Varolre:volt magazinePolice, courts and anti-migrant vigilantismInstitutional racismhttps://www.sinpermiso.info/textos/50-anos-de-la-huelga-de-la-ford-de-alemania-tener-bajo-control-a-la-clase-trabajadora-inmigrantehttps://www.sinpermiso.info/textos/50-anos-de-la-huelga-de-la-ford-de-alemania-tener-bajo-control-a-la-clase-trabajadora-inmigranteSpanish translation (by Jaume Raventós) of the ak article on the 1973 Ford strike.Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTÇağan VarolBerena YogarajahSin PermisoMigrant struggles and the history of labour migrationMigration politics and migration regimeshttps://www.akweb.de/gesellschaft/50-jahre-fordstreik-1973-die-gastarbeiter-innen-unter-kontrolle-kriegen/https://www.akweb.de/gesellschaft/50-jahre-fordstreik-1973-die-gastarbeiter-innen-unter-kontrolle-kriegen/50 years after the 1973 Ford wildcat strike in Cologne: how the West German state responded with repression and migration controls, including the 1973 recruitment stop.Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTÇağan VarolBerena Yogarajahanalyse & kritikMigrant struggles and the history of labour migrationMigration politics and migration regimeshttps://kritisch-lesen.de/rezension/der-ewige-kampfhttps://kritisch-lesen.de/rezension/der-ewige-kampfReview of the German translation of James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, linking Baldwin’s analysis to racism in Germany today.Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMTÇağan Varolkritisch-lesen.deRacism theory and critique of liberal anti-racismhttps://www.akweb.de/politik/prozess-gegen-hans-josef-baehner-konservative-leitkultur/https://www.akweb.de/politik/prozess-gegen-hans-josef-baehner-konservative-leitkultur/The trial of Hans-Josef Bähner (Cologne-Porz shooting): institutional racism and the latent violence of a conservative middle-class milieu, including shooting clubs.Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTÇağan Varolanalyse & kritikPolice, courts and anti-migrant vigilantismInstitutional racismAnti-migrant moral panicshttps://lowerclassmag.com/2022/02/10/tatort-porz-rassismus-unbekannt-der-prozess-gegen-hans-josef-bahner/https://lowerclassmag.com/2022/02/10/tatort-porz-rassismus-unbekannt-der-prozess-gegen-hans-josef-bahner/Guest article on the trial over the shooting in Cologne-Porz; argues that police and courts pushed the racist motive aside.Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTÇağan VarolBerena YogarajahLower Class MagazinePolice, courts and anti-migrant vigilantismInstitutional racismhttps://kritisch-lesen.de/rezension/postmigrantische-paradoxienhttps://kritisch-lesen.de/rezension/postmigrantische-paradoxienCritical review of Aladin El-Mafaalani’s Wozu Rassismus? (2021), arguing that the book plays down state violence and the link to neoliberal capitalism.Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMTÇağan Varolkritisch-lesen.deRacism theory and critique of liberal anti-racismhttps://revoltmag.org/articles/b%C3%BCrgerliche-kaltbl%C3%BCtigkeit/https://revoltmag.org/articles/b%C3%BCrgerliche-kaltbl%C3%BCtigkeit/Trial report from the Cologne trial over the Porz shooting, linking the act to conservative middle-class milieus, shooting-club culture and anti-migrant racism.Mon, 13 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMTÇağan Varolre:volt magazinePolice, courts and anti-migrant vigilantismhttps://www.akweb.de/politik/der-geschmack-der-urbanen-mittelschicht/https://www.akweb.de/politik/der-geschmack-der-urbanen-mittelschicht/Uses Keupstraße to show how upgrading so-called problem areas through displacement shapes urban planning, described as socio-spatial racism.Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMTÇağan Varolanalyse & kritikKeupstraße, urban politics and socio-spatial racismhttps://coronamonitor.noblogs.org/2020/07/07/bio-macht-staatsrassismus-und-unterworfenes-wissen-in-zeiten-von-covid-19/https://coronamonitor.noblogs.org/2020/07/07/bio-macht-staatsrassismus-und-unterworfenes-wissen-in-zeiten-von-covid-19/Uses Foucault’s concepts of biopower and state racism to discuss the Hanau attack, the killing of George Floyd and the effects of COVID-19 measures on racialised groups and spaces.Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMTÇağan VarolCorona MonitorRacism theory and critique of liberal anti-racismhttps://kritisch-lesen.de/rezension/keinen-dank-sondern-respekthttps://kritisch-lesen.de/rezension/keinen-dank-sondern-respektReview of Kutlu Yurtseven and Rossi Pennino’s history of the Cologne hip-hop group Microphone Mafia, including their anti-fascist work and response to the NSU attacks.Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMTÇağan Varolkritisch-lesen.deMigrant struggles and the history of labour migrationThe NSU complex and memory politicshttps://www.nsu-watch.info/2016/12/zum-mangelnden-interesse-am-nsu-komplex-deutschland-2016-kultureller-rassismus-ist-jetzt-mainstream/https://www.nsu-watch.info/2016/12/zum-mangelnden-interesse-am-nsu-komplex-deutschland-2016-kultureller-rassismus-ist-jetzt-mainstream/Reprint of his 2016 PapyRossa chapter on cultural racism and the lack of interest in the NSU complex.Sun, 04 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMTÇağan VarolNSU-WatchThe NSU complex and memory politics