Monatsarchive: April 2025

„Ich freue mich auf New York“, sagt Baerbock vor ihrem Umzug

welt: Die Ampel-Koalition ist Geschichte, doch Annalena Baerbock hat schon eine neue Perspektive. Beim Bundespresseball verriet die Noch-Außenministerin nun ihre Pläne für ihren neuen Posten bei den Vereinten Nationen – und was die Töchter davon halten. Presse und Politik tanzten … Weiterlesen

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Craig Murray: there is no mechanism connecting the popular will to the instruments of government.

Craig Murray: The neo-con immigration narrative in Europe is peculiarly complex and flexible. Effectively immigrants viewed as on the West’s side in its wars (Sunni Syrians, Ukrainians) have an open door. Mass immigration to Europe is therefore a direct result … Weiterlesen

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Berlin and Tel Aviv share values

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Perestroika

There are different interpretations of perestroika in the West, including the United States. There is the view that it has been necessitated by the disastrous state of the Soviet economy and that it signifies disenchantment with socialism and a crisis … Weiterlesen

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Hands Off!

SF Gate: Scrolling through the photos of US demonstrations I saw signs with „immigrants“ and „fascism“ misspelled, backwards swastikas, Trump labeled „Putin’s pawn“, one reference to „class war“ and one to Gaza, though since the photos were journalist-chosen there is … Weiterlesen

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Its leaders in the first decade of the new millennium had their periods of co‑operating with America, but the ambition to assert independent Russian authority was strong and getting stronger. —Robert Service, The Penguin History of Modern Russia, (Great Britain: … Weiterlesen

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Beyond Vietnam

Martin Luther King, April 4, 1967: Now, it should be incandescently clear that no one who has any concern for the integrity and life of America today can ignore the present war. If America’s soul becomes totally poisoned, part of … Weiterlesen

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