Tag: Germany
V-E Day plus 75
The “new times” upon which the nation has now embarked will pose their own distinctive challenges, as the Covid-19 pandemic makes unmistakably clear.
Thousands of activists stage protests at three German coal mines to...
"We want to show with our protest today that this mine needs to be shut down permanently."
Dangerous levels of plastic found in children’s bodies finds new study
"It can't be that every fourth child between three and five years old is so heavily burdened with chemicals that long-term damage cannot safely be ruled out."
Protesters hear echoes of the past in Germany’s new police laws
The hollowing out of this constitutional firewall represents a weakening of a legal structure born directly out of the German experience of state fascism.
Germany to put ‘massive restrictions’ on Monsanto weedkiller
"I am planning a regulatory draft as a first building block in the strategy to minimize use of glyphosate."
Germany and the rise of a ‘Fascist International’
Germany funds foundations for its political parties. If the far right gets one, we're one step closer to globalizing the alt-right.
Germany blazes past US, setting new record for renewable energy production
Germany is the champion among industrialized economies in going green.
Germany bans meat at all official functions to combat climate change
Because animal agriculture is responsible for a large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions, Germany’s Federal Minister for the Environment recently banned meat from being served at official functions.
World’s First Wind-Hydro Farm Supplies Power Even When There’s No Wind
GE has decided to work with the German construction company, Max Bög, in developing the very first wind farms.
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Trump boat bombings draw murder accusations from Amnesty and lawmakers
A widening human rights crisis emerges as new disclosures reveal orders to kill shipwrecked survivors.
The ‘perfect’ Equal Opportunity Oppressor – Don the Con pulls off the impossible: ‘grievances...
Right or left, east or west, small-town/rural or city dwellers, blue collar or middle-class, who knows anyone (but the affluent) not paying through the teeth for the insufferable Trump Clown Show?
Supreme Court takes up Trump attack on birthright citizenship
A clash over the 14th amendment heads to the justices with consequences for millions of families.
The Trump Corollary
U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro.
Clinton blames young people and social media for opposition to Gaza genocide
A speech at a far right Israeli publication’s summit sparks criticism over claims that youth are misinformed rather than responding to documented atrocities.