Social issues

Press release 8 October 2025

“Lay down your arms” Peace prize for 2025 is awarded Francesca Albanese

(17 October 2025) The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories is the person who, in accordance with Alfred Nobel’s will, has

“done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations and for the abolition or reduction of standing armies as well as for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”.

Francesca Albanese has forcefully and unwaveringly worked against Israel’s full-scale war on the occupied Palestinian territories, in particular Israel´s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.

The Nobel ‘Peace’ Committee awards US military regime change policies

by Jan Oberg,* Sweden

(17 October 2025) On October 10, 2025, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado. The citation praised her “tireless work promoting democratic rights.”

But Ms Machado has openly called for U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, stating on CBS:

“The only way to stop the suppression is by force—U.S. force.”

The Digital Services Act and Switzerland

– or what is happening to freedom of expression in the EU

by Ursula Cross*

(10 October 2025) Through the informal influence of the EU, Switzerland is also increasingly falling under the spell of an authoritarian surveillance mentality that is gaining ground worldwide. In many areas, we unquestioningly adopt political and constitutional views and attitudes from the EU. Notably not a democratic entity. In the EU, the Digital Services Act (DSA) has become a powerful instrument for monitoring opinion.

«A strategy of peace»

Commencement address at American University, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1963

(3 October 2025) (CH-S) 1963 marked the height of the Cold War. The two power blocs, NATO and the Warsaw Pact, were locked in irreconcilable opposition, threatening each other with weapons capable of wiping out humanity. In this seemingly hopeless situation, American President John F. Kennedy presented his vision for peace and disarmament at a time of intense global tension. He showed that it is possible and necessary to engage in dialogue with the hated enemy and to create peace despite differing views and opinions.

“Why world peace depends on Germany”

Assessments by Hauke Ritz, publicist and philosopher, Berlin

by Marita Brune*

(12 September 2025) Attentive observers of world affairs have long wondered why European countries, especially Germany, not only fail to support Trump’s peace initiatives, but even seek to undermine them. This is particularly true of Germany, a country whose politicians have blindly followed everything that has been dictated by the US for decades. Has Germany suddenly discovered that it could act independently? It is impossible to ignore the fact that Europe is doing everything it can to prolong the terrible war in Ukraine. Is Europe, is Germany now possibly responsible for an escalation of this war, which could lead to a world war?

All “disinformation”?

How the state interferes with freedom of expression and freedom of the press

by Dr Jonas Tögel*

(12 September 2025) (CH-S) In the following article, Jonas Tögel describes the dramatic deterioration of freedom of expression and freedom of the press in Germany and the EU, and the methods being used to further destroy them. Most EU states today face accusations of treating their citizens in a despotic manner, patronising them and treating them as compliant subjects.