Chemnitz wurde im August 2018 zum Symbol des gesellschaftlichen Rechtsrucks und zeigte dessen verschiedene Facetten: Auf der Strasse als offentliche Hetzjagd auf Menschen und in der Politik als Verharmlosung oder Rechtfertigung der rassistischen Gewalt. Doch an vielen Orten gibt es auch Widerstand. Mit der diesjahrigen ,,about:united" wollen wir selbstorganisierte Strukturen starken, die sich in landlichen Regionen gegen Lager, Isolierung und rassistische Angriffe zur Wehr setzen - gegen den rassistischen Normalzustand in all seinen gewaltvollen Facetten - und fur eine solidarische Gesellschaft. In August 2018 Chemnitz became a symbol of the social shift to the right and showed its various facets: On the street as a public hunt for people and in politics as a trivialization or justification of racist violence. But in many places, people resist: in Donauworth, Bavaria, a group of refugees is fighting against the repressive reaction of the police to their self-organization in the camp. In Brandenburg, networking and the exchange of knowledge are organised in camps and in residential homes. In Plauen, Saxony, Rom*nja organize themselves against racist fire attacks. In Chemnitz, refugees have organized themselves against the racist mobilizations there and organize protests against deportations. With this year's <<about:united>>, we want to strengthen these self-organized structures that defend themselves in rural regions against camps, isolation and racist attacks - against the racist <<normality>> in all its violent facets - and for a society based on solidarity.