by Frieder Wagner,* Germany
Speech given on the German peace manifestation in Cologne, 26 November 2023
(29 December 2023) Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, on 6 March this year, the British Secretary of State Annabel Goldie declared that the Challenger 2 tanks announced by the British government would also be delivered to Ukraine including uranium shells. What does that mean?
by Dr Liselotte Staub PHD*, Switzerland
(29 December 2023) 18-year-old Sabine lives with her mother and has started an apprenticeship as a commercial trainee during the coronavirus crisis. Now she sits opposite her family doctor and asks for a sick note. She can no longer sleep and is therefore constantly tired. She often cries, can’t concentrate at work and is no longer happy about anything. She is at the end of her tether and often thinks it would be better if she were no longer alive. The family doctor writes Sabine off sick and refers her to psychotherapy with a suspected case of depression.
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.
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).