https://michael-hudson.com/2024/03/china-in-charts/
China in ChartsConversation with Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai and Mick Dunford3/26/2024 – 1 hour
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NATO and the new Cold War by Volker Brauch
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/03/20/18864359.php In the period between 1999 and 2023, 14 states of the former Warsaw Pact were admitted to NATO in several stages: an increasing threat to the Russian Federation due to the ongoing shift of NATO’s eastern borders to Russian territory. In 2018, Trump terminated the Arms Control Treaty, the …
Why anti-fascism? by Tomasz Konicz (1/27/24)
Capitalism is not in a position to solve the social and ecological crisis that it is causing. An open-ended transformation of the system is inevitable, and a struggle for transformation will be waged – especially against the fascist threat. Conscious reflection on the systemic crisis is the best antidote to …
NATO and the new Cold War by Volker Brauch, 3/1/2024
In the period between 1999 and 2023, 14 states of the former Warsaw Pact were admitted to NATO in several stages: an increasing threat to the Russian Federation due to the ongoing shift of NATO’s eastern borders to Russian territory. In 2018, Trump terminated the Arms Control Treaty, the Intermediate-Range …
The difference between wanting to and being able to by Peter Wahl, co-founder of Attac, 2/20/2024
The difference between wanting to and being able to War in Ukraine By Peter Wahl [This article posted on February 20, 2024 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://makroskop.eu/06-2024/vom-unterschied-zwischen-wollen-und-konnen/.] Two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kiev’s highly anticipated offensive has not only failed, but the Russian …
Voices of the Times – 2022
The dark side of GodBy Klaus Mertes[This article posted in 2022 is translated from the German on the Internet, Die dunkle Seite Gottes | Stimmen der Zeit.] Not only is evil returning, as Stefan Kiechle noted in the editorial of our May issue, but also talk of the “dark side …
Voices of the Times – 2019
Translated Jesuit articles from the 150-year old journal “Stimmen der Zeit” can help us understand fundamentalism, immigration, spirituality, sexual abuse, secularization, the role of the state and war and peace Looking at the planetBy Klaus Mertes[This article posted in 2019 is translated from the German on the Internet,https://www.herder.de/stz/hefte/archiv/144-2019/12-2019/den-planeten-anblicken/.] A year …
Voices of the Times – 2019-20
Advent in fearsBy Klaus Mertes[This article posted in 2020 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.herder.de/stz/hefte/archiv/145-2020/12-2020/advent-in-aengsten/.] Illness is not only an individual problem, but also a social one. In ancient times, this was particularly evident in the case of leprosy. This disease was inevitably associated with social exclusion. …
Voices of the Times – 2023-4
Civil disobedience: A philosophical reflection Is the civil disobedience of the Last Generation justified in terms of democratic theory? The activists are pushing for political change in the face of the catastrophic consequences of climate change. In doing so, they are shaking up an authoritarian-legalistic understanding of the state that …
Voices of the Times – 2023
The challenge of secularizationBy Bernhard Grom[This article posted in 2023 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.herder.de/stz/hefte/archiv/148-2023/4-2023/die-herausforderung-der-saekularisierung/.] The survey results published by the Religion Monitor 2023 show not only a strong trend towards dechurching, but also a lack of interest in religion in general. One in four church …