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New proof that von der Leyen ignored Israel’s acts of genocide
New evidence suggests that Ursula von der Leyen ignored complaints that Israel was inflicting massive destruction on Gaza. In February 2024, the European Commission’s president received an appeal from the governments of Ireland and Spain. Continue reading
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Angela Merkel’s Revelation: The Minsk Agreements Were Not Intended To Be Pursued
The former German chancellor Angela Merkel sparked controversy with her candid reflections on the Minsk agreements. These accords were ostensibly negotiated to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine after Russia’s accession of Crimea in 2014 as a result of a referendum by its residents and the subsequent outbreak of hostilities by the Ukrainian army and the Azov… Continue reading
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Obama's Second Term: Following Angela Merkel in the Oval Office? By Ingo Schmidt
In order to keep discussions of budget policy out of the campaign, the Republicans and the Democrats agreed on a pact earlier this year, which increased the debt ceiling of the federal government to the point that drastic spending cuts or tax increases could be postponed until after the election. Continue reading
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His Master’s Voice By William Bowles
The imperial line is clear: wait it out and in the meantime try to engineer a ‘solution’ favourable to the Egyptian people but one that doesn’t alter status quo, especially in the Region, an almost unlikely outcome but one that depends on the passage of time for it to have the best chance of success.… Continue reading
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Victor Grossman, “SPD — Buridan’s Ass?”
It recalled ancient Greek tragedies. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), founded in the 19th Century, is the country’s oldest party, and now its saddest one. On September 27th it suffered its worst election defeat since 1897, losing six million former voters and ending up with only 23 percent of the vote. It had… Continue reading
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New NATO: Germany Returns To World Military Stage, Part 1 by Rick Rozoff
Far from issuing in an era of disarmament and a Europe free of military blocs – or even of war – the merging of the two German states and the simultaneous fragmentation of the Eastern Bloc and, a year later, the USSR was instead followed by a Europe almost entirely dominated by a US-controlled global… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 