1. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    benefit from the principle of “use instead of restrictions”... * Asylum | Migration | Immigration Arguing about migrants doesn't solve a single problem. While politics gets tangled up in populist migration debates, the real problems in Germany remain unsolved. And in the end even the AfD is happy. There is currently an astonishing political consensus in Germany: all parties...

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

    Appeal: “We don't have any more time!” [...] The issue of glyphosate is currently coming up again. The EU will vote on a new approval of the total herbicide for ten years. What do you think about the debate? I think there is enough research to say: we should act according to the precautionary principle in the EU. This means that from the moment there are doubts about the safety of a substance,...

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

    If the rhetorical effect of exaggerations and strings of declarative phrases is abused to convey exclusion in terms of content, any democratic debate threatens to be dominated by populism and ultimately destroyed. I don't fully understand it. Could you clarify the distinction between popular and populist with an example? Paul Sailer-Wlasits: On...

  4. Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread

    * Denmark | Asylum seeker | Refugee Europe's strictest asylum policy How Denmark has reduced its refugee numbers Refugees and migrants are increasingly dominating the debate in Germany. The focus is on Denmark. Compared to the rules here, the country treats immigrants very strictly. Plans to carry out asylum procedures in Rwanda are now off the table....

  5. Newsletter XXXVII 2023 - September 10th to 16th - News+ How Germany is ruining the climate with billions in gifts to industry

    Federal Agency for Civic Education Climate Justice What does justice mean in the context of the climate crisis? This is both politically and ethically controversial. The debate as to who should bear how much responsibility for the climate crisis plays a central role. [...] While European and US governments are financially able to cope with the increasingly common...

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

    for future conflicts with the nuclear industry and the fight against agro-industrial devastation. The upcoming 500th anniversary of the Peasants' Wars aroused in the first evaluative debates a desire for new protests with reference to rural rebellion. For Pierrot, the camp was a “clear statement against the nuclear industry and the final storage agency ANDRA, which has provided the districts with millions...

  7. Newsletter XXXV 2023 - August 27 to September 2 - News+ Historic victory: Ecuador becomes the first country to say no to oil

    Sailors. Offshore wind power is now also competing for the increasingly scarce space, so far primarily with conservationists. When it comes to the German coast these days, the political debate mostly revolves around the planned liquefied natural gas terminals - whether they are all needed and also how the fossil infrastructure pollutes the environment. It almost went unnoticed that Germany's coasts were now...

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

    an escalation "Taurus" cruise missiles for Ukraine: The risk that NATO will become a warring party is increasing. There must also be an end to the hostilities for humanitarian reasons. The debate over the delivery of "Taurus" cruise missiles to Ukraine is heating up, while at the same time Kiev is apparently increasingly attacking targets in Russia. Attacks with Western weapons on...

  9. Newsletter XXXI 2023 - July 30th to August 05th - News+ Brussels buys more fire-fighting aircraft to fight forest fires

    announced that the location will not be determined in 2031 as stipulated by law, but rather in 2046 at the earliest. Another scenario even envisages a time corridor until 2068. Opponents of nuclear power say the debate falls far short. They are concerned about the fate of low- and medium-level radioactive waste - and therefore want to bring the issue more into focus. Dealing with this...

  10. Newsletter XXX 2023 - July 23-29 - News+ Chomsky: What happens when orders from Washington are not followed?

    the AfD worked together, things are probably no different in cities and communities. Even well-meaning critics agreed that it was clumsy to say the least. Merz unnecessarily sparked a new debate about the CDU's dealings with the AfD... * Earth Overload Day | Resources | CO2 emissions Earth Overload Day 2023 As early as August 2nd, the world has exhausted its ecological resources for the entire year...

  11. Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson

    When Hartz IV became citizen's money, it wasn't the system that changed, but rather the name. The SPD in particular wanted to get rid of trauma without really changing anything. Nevertheless, a debate has broken out about how unfair it is that the unemployed receive so little support. Even after crises and strong price increases. This is unfair to the “hard working”...

  12. Newsletter XXVIII 2023 - July 9-15 - News+ Bulgaria wants to sell Russian reactors to Ukraine

    But this is not yet certain, even if an important hurdle has been overcome with the parliamentary vote... * Climate policy | heat wave | Texas Despite deadly heat waves: Texas refuses any debate on climate policy The US state of Texas is suffering from deadly heat waves, but refuses to have a public debate about the climate crisis. The Republican government promotes fossil fuels and rejects...

  13. Newsletter XXVII 2023 - July 2nd to 8th - News+ Is nuclear power experiencing a renaissance? There are also military interests behind it

    must also be personally liable for their actions. For the failed car toll, the federal government must pay damages amounting to 243 million euros to the intended operating companies. This has revived the debate about whether politicians should be held personally liable for their decisions. Yes, with certain restrictions, says Tim Szent-Ivanyi. Berlin. The...

  14. Newsletter XXV 2023 - June 18th to 24th - News+ US war machine: Many knew, only he disagreed

    could fire with it are currently in Germany... *** June 23rd Fossil energies | Climate protection | Energy transition Remember: The big corporations have known about climate change for 50 years. In debates about climate protection, the focus is often on the responsibility of the individual - in one way or another. And in any case, it is a good thing if you avoid meat , Dear...

  15. Newsletter XXII 2023 - May 28th to June 3rd - News+ Political style in Germany Please, strengthen the AfD

    switched off, most of them in Great Britain... * Freedom for the press and art, Julian Assange and Roger Waters... Freedom for Roger Waters! Hardly anyone notices how bizarre the debate about the Pink Floyd founder is. And what dangers it poses. A Telepolis editorial. It's about a flying pig, a leather coat on stage, an armband with crossed...

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

    mehr blockieren. Diese Art von Protest ist eine Steilvorlage für jene, die keinen Klimaschutz wollen. Sie können mit dem Ärger, den die Blockaden bei vielen Menschen erzeugen, ablenken von der Debatte, die wir wirklich führen müssten... * Klimawandel | Letzte Generation | Polizei Razzia TV-Professor sieht „rote Linie“ überschritten Harald Lesch solidarisiert sich mit Letzter Generation: „Ihr...

  17. Newsletter XVIII 2023 - April 30 to May 6 - News+ Everything green? Energy Colonialism through Hydrogen Cooperation

    Sharing electricity, does energy sharing really make a difference? The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) presented an analysis of this in a debate on sharing at the Berlin Energy Days. Because energy sharing is not yet legally possible in this country, the ISE researchers took their lead from the Austrian “Renewable Energy Community”. Since 2017...

  18. Newsletter XVII 2023 - April 23rd to 29th - News+ Faulty SPD, self-deception at 1,5 degrees and war as a climate destroyer

    USSR April 26, 1986 (INES 7 | NAMS 8) Chernobyl nuclear power plant, USSR * We are looking for current information. If you can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de April 29th Climate Debate | FDP | CDU are igniting and doubting climate protection: Union and FDP are adding fuel to the fire Union and FDP are fanning the already heated climate debate - with proposals that are not...

  19. Newsletter XVI 2023 - April 16th to 22nd - News+ Poisons for eternity - Uranium and its radioactive relatives

    Re-entry for "three, four, five years" is necessary... April 21st Last generation | activists | Climate protest calls for objectification 1.400 experts support climate protests The debate is developing in the wrong direction, warn representatives of science. The protests are legitimate as a “last resort” The climate protests of the last generation, the...

  20. Newsletter XV 2023 - April 9th ​​to 15th - News+ Traffic light climate, Switzerland as a role model and the better alternative to e-fuels

    "The nuclear power Russia supplies, among other things, uranium for nuclear fuel rods and stores radioactive waste. We have to become more independent of Russia across the EU, said Habeck... * Debate nuclear phase-out | EnBW | Renewables EnBW boss on nuclear phase-out: " Surprised by public discussions" This Saturday the last reactors will be taken off the grid, but the debate about nuclear power...

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