Month: November 2022

In remarks to a party event on Nov. 5, the chairman of the SPD’s parliamentary group, Rolf Mützenich, noted that he had been put on the “terror list” of Kiev’s CCD (Center for Countering Disinformation), for “advocating a cease-fire in Ukraine”. Being targeted, he added, led to “secondary threats” against those named. Our readers are well aware of the existence […]

In February of this year, the Swiss government adopted the EU sanctions against Russia, thus breaking a 500 year-long tradition of neutrality in foreign policy. One consequence of that choice is that Switzerland is no longer in a position to mediate the conflict or offer a venue for negotiations. The overwhelming majority of the Swiss population, on the contrary, is […]

The Trans Afghan Railway Corridor is a long-overdue project that could transform the economy of Afghanistan. Starting in Uzbekistan, in the border town of Termez, which is already a rail depot center, the line is planned to stretch to Mazar-i-Sharif in the northern Afghan Balkh Province, then on to Kabul, and from there, to Peshawar, in North-Western Pakistan. There, the […]

What effect would a nuclear war have on our planet’s climate? If that were the central issue to be addressed at the Climate Change Conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, it would be a useful event for the future of life on Earth. But since it’s not, this year’s COP27 promises to be just as much a waste of time […]

The Schiller Institute will hold an online conference on the above theme this coming Saturday, November 12, from 15:00 to 20:00 Central European time, at https://schillerinstitute.com/. We quote from the invitation to the event: “In this time of great political tumult, of controversy concerning the positive role of human technological progress, and of the growing danger, whether through design or […]

A massive aerial and maritime drone attack was launched Oct. 29 against Russian ships in Sevastopol, on the Crimean peninsula. The drones reportedly used the special “security zone” reserved for grain deliveries, and were also aimed at ships protecting the grain corridor. In a statement describing it as a “ terrorist attack,” the Russian Defense Ministry charged that it had […]

In the run-up to the Nov. 8 Congressional elections, anxiety is spreading among Democrats. They are facing an increasingly restive public, angry over the failure of the Biden Administration to address the nation’s economic woes. Food, energy and housing prices have forced families to make major sacrifices, while concern grows that the President lacks the mental fitness to tackle the […]

The official narrative: the EU is no longer dependent on Russian gas, the ECB has aggressively moved to fight inflation and the Russian economy is collapsing under EU sanctions. The real picture: the EU still depends onRussian gas, inflation is out of control, and the Russian economy is performing better than expected while the EU economy is sinking. Energy. As […]

On the eve of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to China on Nov. 4, the mainstream media are full of attacks on continued economic cooperation with the Chinese, arguing that Germany must not repeat the “mistake” of over-dependence, as in the case of Russia. In 2021, China accounted for 9.5% of Germany’s total foreign trade, with exports amounting to about €103.7 […]

Unnoticed by the public, the German Bundestag passed a law on the evening of Oct. 20, that will severely curtail the freedom of speech and penalize the expressing of views that differ from official “narratives”. With next to no parliamentary debate and lumped together in an “omnibus bill” with a completely unrelated law, this amendment provides for punishing anyone who […]