1. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    Jahres veröffentlicht, also vor der jüngsten Verschärfung im Zuge der militärischen Schläge von Israel und dem Iran. [...] Deutsches Militärbudget: Steigerung um 90 Prozent Der deutsche Verteidigungshaushalt wurde im Vergleich zu den Budgets der anderen Ministerien in den letzten Jahren am stärksten aufgestockt, von 38,5 auf jetzt 51,95 Milliarden Euro. Dazu kommen noch 20 Milliarden aus dem...

  2. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    If, which hopefully doesn't happen, Putin would need a lot of soldiers to permanently occupy the neighboring country. At the same time, Russia would have to continue to arm itself because NATO is now also investing in its defense. The Russian war economy will never end - but the country is too poor for that. * Weapons shipments | Killing Israel-Gaza war Nancy Pelosi calls for a stop to US arms deliveries...

  3. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    Beg the authority to please, please punish their opponents even more harshly? That's bad. When journalists themselves become claqueurs of the authoritarian turn, they can no longer be relied on to defend democracy. * Armor | Mines | ICBL | Handicap International eV "Dad, are you a murderer?" How a mine builder became a mine clearer For a long time, Vito...

  4. Newsletter VII 2024 - February 11th to 17th - Current+ super election year in the crucial climate decade

    fulfills its human rights obligations in the Gaza Strip. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) was in Jerusalem yesterday. There she once again emphasized Israel's right to self-defense, but warned that international law should be respected. The people in Rafah must be adequately protected. (The German government continues to supply weapons to Israel, see below, and...

  5. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    the commander had to drop the bomb in order to land the plane safely. It is one of eleven missing US nuclear weapons... Wikipedia en Broken Arrow incidents The US Department of Defense has officially recognized at least 32 "Broken Arrow" incidents between 1950 and 1980. Examples of these events include: 1950 British Columbia B-36 crash 1956 B-47 disappearance 1958...

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

    Freedoms and our democratic processes are at risk. We must not take anything for granted. Only a vigilant and informed citizenry can ensure that our vast defense industry cooperates with a peace policy that preserves our security and freedom. The Unstoppable Power of the CIA Even Eisenhower failed to...

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

    The judges explained that the situation there would improve. Israel must report to the UN within a month. [...] Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock explained, "There are also rules when it comes to the right to self-defense and international humanitarian law also applies to the fight against terrorists." Israel must adhere to these rules “even in a difficult environment” “in which Hamas follows all the rules...

  8. Newsletter II 2024 - January 7th to 13th - News+ SMR: US developers of mini-nuclear power plants under pressure - class action lawsuit by shareholders against NuScale Power

    ban | Anti-Semitism | Defensive democracy Party ban process: Can the AfD be banned? A cumbersome instrument with extremely strict criteria, but also a sharp sword for defending democracy: What speaks for and against initiating ban proceedings against the AfD - also for current reasons. The year 2024 could be the year of the AfD. In Thuringia,...

  9. Newsletter L 2023 - December 10th to 16th - News+ The tail wags the dog and those on the right lead us by the nose ring “Back to the Future”

    As Ukraine drags on and violence flares up in the Middle East, venture capital is betting on armaments. In fact, U.S. venture capital investments in defense startups have doubled in four years. Venture capital companies (VCs) based in the USA invested around $2019 billion in 16,...

  10. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    If we have to save billions of euros in the budget, this criticism really hurts. The Federal Audit Office criticizes “wrong priorities” when purchasing new weapons by the Federal Ministry of Defense. “The Bundeswehr has been purchasing machine guns since 2014, the majority of which it will not be able to use as planned for years,” says a letter to the federal government, which...

  11. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    approach; attack) is a hostile attacking behavior of an organism. It is a behavioral pattern biologically anchored in animals (and including humans) to defend or obtain resources and to cope with potentially dangerous situations. These ultimate causes are triggered in humans by proximate causes in the personality or the environment,...

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

    because there are no so-called “hot cells” in the Ahaus interim storage facility and this work could only be carried out in the Jülich research center... * Israel | Terror | Hamas | self-defense | Palestine Debate on Israel and Gaza: Against herd instinct and geopolitical platitudes Hamas is not a liberation movement. Now an open letter shows courage for clarity among...

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

    poses a threat to the Russians. There are also irrational points of view. I don't want to deny that. The Russians responded with a mix of both: fear and forward defense. That's why no one in Poland, the Baltics, and certainly not in Germany - all NATO members, by the way - has to believe they are in danger. The Russians would not go to war with any NATO member...

  14. Newsletter XLI 2023 - October 8th to 14th - News+ India - Flood and destruction - the last generation is right

    go into secrecy, but there was a warning. I think the question was at what level." One can speculate whether the warning was conveyed to the Netanyahu government, especially Netanyahu himself and his defense minister, whether it got stuck somewhere as implausible or was deliberately pushed aside. because a conflict or war with Hamas is caused by...

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

    Newsletter XL 2023 October 1st to 7th *** 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 made public through official channels, so this information is only made available to the public in a roundabout way...

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

    Paul Sailer-Wlasits: Yes, populists use this kind of language all the time; I call it the “verbal radicalism of the gentle word”. An example we remember: the verbal defense of Christianity during the European refugee crisis. From the identity populist side, all immigration was initially recoded as a threat from outside. Then this became...

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

    Newsletter XXXVII 2023 September 10th to 16th *** 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 industry . Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...

  18. Reactor failure THTR - problems

    fed from a variety of sources. The public budgets, both national and regional, the areas of research and education, health, economy, energy and defense, etc., all contributed and continue to contribute their part to this day. So it's no wonder and actually no secret at all; There is a lack of money everywhere, what we see are dilapidated streets, schools,...

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

    de la Terre (Revolts of the Earth). The reason given was that this incited “sabotage and damage to property, including through acts of violence.” The movement was guilty “under the guise of defending the environment.” At issue is, for example, an action in which activists sabotaged the facilities of a cement manufacturer. The legal basis for the ban will not be until mid-2021...

  20. Newsletter XX 2023 - May 14th to 20th - News+ Heat waves hit poor neighborhoods particularly hard

    became clear. The power plant builder EDF, which has since had to be completely nationalized again, also admitted this for the new building in Hinkley Point, Great Britain... * NATO | Defense | military-industrial complex Stoltenberg demands more money from Germany for defense The NATO Secretary General sees two percent of the gross domestic product for defense...

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