Archiv des Autors: Michael Wehle

The media about this is sobering to read. Wagenknecht is criticised for the scandalous statement „Putin nicht so sei, wie er im Westen dargestellt werde: ‚ein durchgeknallter Nationalist‘.“ Here Wagenknecht very much agrees with what I’ve read over the years … Weiterlesen →

Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s: Every year on the first of December, the Committee to Protect Journalists publishes its global prison census, documenting the number of journalists behind bars around the world. The 2022 edition set a grim record: 363 jailed journalists. … Weiterlesen →

Pretty happy to have this.

Die Zeit: Pre-Covid discussions of European autonomy, including that of a Macron-advocated independent European defense force, seem very far away indeed, as does any public recognition of the pre-invasion state of corruption in Ukraine. Ray McGovern describes Olaf Scholz’s relation … Weiterlesen →

SZ:

To fix citizenship in a future Polish state to the category of „Polishness“ alone was highly irrational anyhow, and not only because of the impossibility of clearly defining it, but also because this would have meant to either disenfranchise or … Weiterlesen →

Christoph Ruf, nd: Borniertheit, die Unfähigkeit, wirklich zu diskutieren, sind aber leider ebenso im Trend wie die panische Abwehr des Gedankens, dass manche Themen sehr komplex sind, um sie in richtig/falsch- oder dämlich/clever-Kategorien einzusortieren. Ω Ω Ω Was ich von der Außenministerin … Weiterlesen →