International - Geopolitics
Year: 2024
European Union
CPAC Hungary - a major event of the international right in Budapest, end of April and powerful speech by Eva Vlaardingerbroek
3000 participants and 500 foreign guests in Budapest On 25 and 26 April 2024, CPAC HUNGARY took place, a major international event organised by the 'Center for Fundamental Rights'. [...]
Society and politics
Society and politics
"Fighting words against the opposition" - Part 2
Contents Part 1 "Conspiracy theory": Origin of a term and its useWhere does the term "conspiracy theory" come fromWho are conspiracy theorists and who are their enemiesWhat is labelled a conspiracy theory todayWhat favours the emergence of conspiracy theories Part 2Conspiracy theory, conspiracy theorists, fake news - the origin of the term? [...]
Society and politics
"Fighting words against the opposition" - Part 1
The frequently used terms "conspiracy theory" or "fake news", "hate speech" are systematically used to cast criticism or the views of opposition-minded citizens in a bad light. The use of certain terms serves to devalue people and their views and certain theories. Here we explain where certain terms come from and how they are used to marginalise people. [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...]
International - Geopolitics
"Full Spectrum Dominance" - strategies of domination by the USA and NATO
Presentation at the conference "Peace without NATO" on 25 and 26 November 2023 in Cologne A presentation in full The following text reproduces a presentation given by the German author Wolfgang Effenberger at the aforementioned conference. [...]
Rule of law - state powers
Federal Republic of Germany at a crossroads - No constitutional state without separation of powers - Part 3
by K. Mader - March 2024 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3: Arrogance or ignorance? - The behaviour of German politicians Statements or actions by some politicians can give cause for concern. Citizens here [...]
International - Geopolitics
Peace initiative and background information on the UKRAINE war
Letters and explanations from Major General off duty, Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof - Appeal for peace negotiations, against further fuelling of the war On 24 December 2023, Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof wrote to the party chairmen, general secretaries of the parties, parliamentary group chairmen in the German Parliament [...]
Rule of law - state powers
Federal Republic of Germany at a crossroads - No constitutional state without separation of powers - Part 2
by K. Mader - March 2024 to Part 1 to Part 3 Part 2: View of the Federal Republic of Germany with regard to the separation of powers Separation of powers and the rule of law today As a thesis, the Federal Republic of Germany can be characterised as lacking a separation of powers. [...]
Rule of law - state powers
The Federal Republic of Germany at a crossroads - No constitutional state without separation of powers - Part 1
by K. Mader, March 2024 Introduction The new ideas of John Locke and Baron Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, known as Montesquieu for short, have influenced political and social developments in [...]