1. Newsletter XVIII 2024 - April 28th to May 4th - News+ Hubris of the West: Three decades of chaos and decline

    UNRWA ging. Das schreibt Nahost-Experte Erich Gysling auf Journal21.ch. Hillel Neuer, Direktor der pro-israelischen NGO UN Watch, habe in den Wandelhallen des Bundeshauses «(scheinbar) glasklare Argumente» aufgetischt, um Parlamentarier davon abzubringen, die UNRWA weiter finanziell zu unterstützen: Gaza-Palästinenser, die von UNRWA angestellt waren, hätten an den Massenmord-Attacken vom 7....

  2. Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty

    Newsletter Some of the events were never made public through official channels, so this information is only made available to the public in a roundabout way...

  3. Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD

    Muenster. Among other things, the court rejected an application against the appointment of the Senate. The presiding judge Gerald Buck accused the AfD of abusing the law. The party did not present any new arguments. The request was made across the board and obviously without reason... * Right-wing extremism | Higher Administrative Court | Party ban application in court The AfD wants to prevent stage two...

  4. Newsletter IX 2024 - February 25th to March 2nd - News+ Deceptively real AI videos: What if we can no longer believe anything?

    Newsletter IX 2024 February 18th to March 2nd *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

  5. Newsletter V 2024 - January 28th to February 3rd - Current news + US foreign policy: Profit over peace?

    Newsletter V 2024 January 28th to February 3rd *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

  6. Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?

    Much stronger. And better connected with the rest of the right-wing extremist scene. She is much more dangerous. There are many arguments against ban proceedings circulating at the pub and kitchen table, in the Bundestag and also among lawyers. The most important thing: the hurdles are high, the evidence is difficult. Also because the AfD, strategically clever, does not include sentences like Höcke's in its programs. For this reason...

  7. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    | Basic Law | Party ban Debate about AfD ban The time is now In the discussion about a ban on the AfD, skepticism predominates in politics. There are good arguments for this. But in times of constant breaking of taboos, civil society cannot solve the problem alone. The former President of the Constitutional Court, Hans-Jürgen Papier, is against it, as is...

  8. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    In three countries, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies it as definitely right-wing extremist. The ideological closeness of German right-wing terrorists in recent years to this party has been widely documented. The arguments for a ban are weighty. It's not a sham debate because, as Merz claims, you "can't simply ban" a party that gets 30 percent in polls. It is one...

  9. Newsletter XLVIII 2023 - November 26th to December 2nd - Current News+ Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals

    Newsletter XLVIII 2023 November 26th to December 2nd *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, leaving this information to the public...

  10. Newsletter XLVII 2023 - November 19th to 25th - News+ Spectacular setback for the development of small nuclear reactors in the USA - The dead horse

    had approved the raids in advance. The Munich I Regional Court has now confirmed this: There is an initial suspicion that the Last Generation is a criminal organization. The regional court has two central arguments for this: On the one hand, the commission of criminal offenses - especially road blockades - is one of the purposes of the last generation. There is also a “significant risk” for...

  11. Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?

    make the world a better place if we push together” (p.11). The consequence of this statement will be provided immediately: It is no longer enough to simply lead by example or to promote nature and climate protection with good arguments; We are more dependent than ever on enforcing law and order in court. This results in the decisive, current core sentence of the book, the...

  12. Newsletter XLIV 2023 - October 29th to November 4th - News+ Uranium exports from Lingen to Russia violate EU law - study by the Greens justifies the possibility of a ban

    California state court in San Diego awarded a 57-year-old a total of $332 million in damages on Tuesday. Bayer said it was convinced it had strong arguments to prevail in an appeal. Bayer had won nine US cases before losing three. It was only on Monday that the company announced...

  13. Newsletter XLIII 2023 - October 22nd to 28th - News+ Municipal utilities are leaving the Future Gas lobby association

    In order to be able to make decisions in the overall interest of society, politicians must inform themselves about highly complex issues and content. In doing so, they rely on well-prepared information and arguments from various interest groups. Vice versa, interest groups enter into dialogue with politicians in order to influence political decision-making processes. It is critically noted that...

  14. Newsletter XL 2023 - October 1st to 7th - Current news + FDP proposal for industrial electricity price relief is spot on

    Companies warned and demanded that the expansion of renewable energies as an alleged electricity price driver must be slowed down in order to reduce electricity prices. Even back then, the industry's arguments were wrong. Electricity prices in Germany were quite competitive compared to other countries. From 2013 onwards, the attacks - including from the BDI - led to the collapse of the expansion of...

  15. Newsletter XXXIX 2023 - September 24th to 30th - News+ “Populist, verbally radical, ethnic” – and no end in sight

    Newsletter XXXIX 2023 September 24th to 30th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 News+ Background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of civil and military nuclear power industry . Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...

  16. Newsletter XXXVI 2023 - September 3rd to 9th - News+ Scientist predicts brutal “population correction” later this century

    Bulgaria, Sweden and the Czech Republic have postponed the planned phase-out and in some cases have launched new construction plans for nuclear power plants instead. [...] Nuclear critics agree that there are many arguments against Sizewell C that still need to be examined. Nuclear energy critic Paul Dorfman from the University of Sussex also believes that the current government, but also...

  17. Newsletter XXXIV 2023 - August 20th to 26th - News+ The sun will shine for another 4,5 billion years

    and decision-makers. This can also be observed in Germany. Failed climate policy is often explained by social inertia or other, almost fatalistic arguments. But climate misinformation does not spread by itself, but is the result of global campaigns by various interest groups. One example is the conservative US think tank...

  18. Reactor failure THTR - problems

    drive the operating costs of a nuclear power plant to dizzying heights. That's why there isn't a single nuclear power plant in the world with even remotely adequate insurance. See: History#Arguments 3. Insurance * 4. Bullying of internal warnings in research and in the operations of the nuclear industry The internal critics of the nuclear industry, instead of taking their suggestions seriously and...

  19. Newsletter XXI 2023 - 21 to 27 May - News+ World Biodiversity Day: Will the plan to restore Europe's biodiversity fail?

    Newsletter XXI 2023 May 21st to 27th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 News+ Background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a non-exhaustive list of known incidents and releases of radioactivity... Excerpt for this month: May 1, 1968 (INES 4 | NAMS 4,6) Sellafield nuclear factory, GBR May 1, 1962 (French....

  20. Newsletter XIX 2023 - May 7-13 - News+ Is the West turning Ukraine into a nuclear battlefield?

    May 11th CDU CSU | Fearmongers | fossil heating | Heating law Campaign against heating replacement The Union's fear-mongering is shabby The CDU is collecting signatures against the ban on fossil fuel heating using crude arguments, the CSU is putting Robert Habeck close to serious criminals: The Union is losing its sense of proportion when it comes to wooing voters. Instead of taking citizens' concerns seriously, it stirs up fears...

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