by Thomas Scherr
(18 October 2022) There is a lot of talk about human rights. That is a good thing. There are arguments about freedom of expression, migration, poverty, and so on. There is outrage about the observance or non-observance of various human rights. All this is appropriate and important.
by Guy Mettan,* freelance journalist
(3 October 2022) Timothy Snyder, one of the most prominent academic representatives of the Western establishment, describes the stakes of the Ukraine war in the September issue of the American magazine Foreign Affairs.1
Opening speech by Karl Krökel, District Master Craftsman,Head Master Metal Guild, Dessau-Rosslau
(28 September 2022) (Edit.) The economic situation in Germany is coming to a dramatic head as a result of the sanctions against Russia. Especially in eastern Germany, strong protests are rising from the middle class against the policies of the German government. Thus, on 28 August 2022, a rally of craftsmen’s guilds took place on the market square in Dessau. Here we publish the opening speech of Karl Krökel. He is the district master craftsman, head of the metal guild of Dessau-Rosslau.
by Marita Brune-Koch
(19 September 2022) The “Ravensburger Verlag” has removed books by Karl May from its program. The reason: Karl May was accused of “cultural appropriation” as well as of trivialising the suffering of the indigenous American population, of trivialising the colonisation of America and the oppression and extermination of the native peoples there. The “Karl May Publishing House” contradicts the accusations and keeps the books in its program.
Excerpts from a speech of Vladimir Putin at the Conference “Strong Ideas for a New Time”1
(18 August 2022) (Edit.) On July 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a short speech to the Plenary session of the conference “Strong Ideas for a New Time”, which received wide attention in Russia. In it, he characterized Western society from the Russian perspective. This description is also shared by large parts of the world. However, it hardly finds its way into the debates in our western media. We reproduce here a key section of the speech.