Germany

Palestinian President Abbas’ Holocaust Remark and German Hypocrisy

August 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Europe, Germany, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Peter Schwarz, published on World Socialist Website, August 18, 202 A statement by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas comparing Israeli massacres of Palestinians with the Holocaust has provoked from German media outlets and politicians a storm of indignation that would be hard to beat for its mendacity. At a joint press conference with Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday, Abbas[…]

Germany’s Military-Academic Complex Publishes War Manifesto

July 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Germany

by Gregor Link, published on the World Socialist Website, July 30, 2022 The pressure on Germany towards militarization and aggression against Russia is enormous. However, the economic realities stand in direct opposition to this call to war. We shall see where they go from here. [jb] On July 20, the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) published a guest article[…]

What Germany’s Rearmament Means for World Peace

May 18, 2022 UNAC Editor Germany, NATO, War and Weapons, Weapons Sales

by Michael Makowski, published by The Progressive, April 27, 2022 Three days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stood before the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, in an emergency gathering to announce the biggest change to German foreign policy since World War II. “Wir erleben eine Zeitenwende,” he said. “We are experiencing a Zeitenwende.” The Zeitenwende—a watershed moment, a[…]