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by Michael von der Schulenburg*
(21 December 2023) This article is based on a speech given at the “Never again war – lay down your arms” rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate on 25 November 2023.
Today, we live in a world that is increasingly caught in the stranglehold of armed conflicts and wars. How will we get out of this quagmire and what kind of world do we want to live in?
An essay by Hans-Christof von Sponeck,* Germany
(21 December 2023) War – War was part of the first years of my life. I have felt war. My father was executed in 1944, my grandfather died as a prisoner of war, my half-brother lost his life on the eastern front, my mother escaped from an internment camp, and my grandmother and I saw the end of the war in a hide-out at what became the border between two Germanies.
by Prof Paul Vogt MD,* Switzerland
(21 December 2023) The Covid-19 pandemic has been abused politically, economically, and financially. But the long overdue reappraisal is not taking place. Neither the limited effect of the vaccines nor the privileged status of the Gavi vaccination alliance are being discussed.
by Jonathan Cook,* Israel
(21 December 2023) How do politicians, diplomats, the media and even the human rights community keep us politically ignorant, docile and passive – a collective mindset that prevents us from challenging their power as well as the status quo they benefit from?
Press release by the “Society for Education and Knowledge”*
(14 December 2023) (Frankfurt am Main, 22 November 2023) More than 40 leading scientists from various disciplines have joined forces with paediatricians and adolescent physicians to call for a moratorium on digitalisation in schools and pre-school educational institutions.
Among the first signatories are leading experts such as Professor Klaus Zierer (University of Augsburg), Professor Manfred Spitzer (Ulm University Hospital) and Professor Thomas Fuchs (Jaspers Chair at the University of Heidelberg) as well as media educator Professor Ralf Lankau (Offenburg University of Applied Sciences).
by Stefan Hofer,* Basel
(14 December 2023) Since January 2013, a man named Marcus Matthias Keupp has been working as a lecturer in military economics at the ETH Zurich Military Academy, where the career officers of the Swiss Armed Forces are trained. In November 2013, this PD Dr M. M. Keupp was awarded the ETH Zurich’s “Golden Owl” in recognition of outstanding achievements in teaching.
What about the ability of this “Golden Owl” decorated military academy lecturer to analytically assess the military balance of power, the opportunities and risks of military operations and the capacities of a defence industry?