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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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In this video, acTVism Munich asks former MI5-Officer, Annie Machon, and Paul Jay, founder of the Real News Network, whether social media is safe for people to use given what was revealed to the public in the wake of Snowden’s revelations in 2013.
State or corporate media outlets are driven by profit-maximization, or in some countries like Germany force citizens to pay a monthly fees, which some consider unconsitutional as they claim that access to a wide range of information
Online TV Program April 2016: Noam Chomsky, Snowden, Greenwald, Varoufakis, TTIP and DiEM25
Antonis Schwarz is the co-founder of Vouliwatch, a digital platform that engages Greek citizens with legislative politics and grants them with the opportunity to communicate, evaluate and hold elected representatives in the Greek and the European Parliament (MPs & MEPs) accountable.