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On the 23rd of April 2016 a coalition of 20 activist networks organized a demonstration under the banner “Stop TTIP & CETA” in Hanover (Germany) against so called transnational free trade agreements such as TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) – a day before the arrival of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama, who will be opening the Hanover exhibition together with the aim of promoting these agreements.
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Saudi Arabia Threatens to Blackmail U.S. If Congress Passes 9/11 Bill (The following text appeared originially on Democracy Now!) “Saudi Arabia is threatening to sell off $750 billion in U.S. Treasury securities if Congress passes a law to allow the families of the victims of the September 11 attacks to sue the Saudi government for […]
Today on the 15th of April, 2017, the German government led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel granted authorization to the prosecutor’s office in Mainz to go after ZDF comedian and moderator Jan Böhmermann. His alleged crime is that he performed a poem in which he insulted the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who filed a criminal complaint with the state prosecutor in Mainz, where ZDF is based.
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In this interview we talk to the former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis, and philosopher, activist and author, Srecko Horvat. Together they launched the Democracy in Europe Movement 25 (DiEM25) on the 9th of February, 2016, in Berlin.
In this video MIT professor, anarchist, political philosopher and renowned linguist, Noam Chomsky, discusses the impacts of German arms and weapons exports into Saudi Arabia and Israel.
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In this video former finance miniser of Greece and founder of the Democracy in Europe 25 Movement (DiEM25), Yanis Varoufakis, explains why the European Union lacks democracy and why there is a fundamental need to implement it on all levels. Varoufakis also addresses whether corporations need to be reformed in order to improve the economic situation in Europe.