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Why They Want to Cancel the Anniversary of the Victory Over Nazism

by Manlio Dinucci,* Italy

(30 May 2023) A major political-media operation is underway at an international level to cancel the Anniversary of the Victory over Nazism. President Putin’s speech at the May 9 Military Parade in Moscow, on the 78th Anniversary of the Victory, was presented in the West as a low-key speech without revealing its real content. In Latvia and other eastern countries, the police identified and even arrested those who paid tribute to those killed in the war against Nazism. In Ukraine, in the commemoration of the Anniversary of the Victory over Nazism, an absolute ban and threat of arrest or worse has been imposed.

Federal vote on 18 June 2023

Swiss Federal Office of Public Health in tow of WHO

Also for this reason: NO to the Covid-19 Act

by Sabine Vuilleumier-Koch, MD

(30 May 2023) Notwithstanding the social upheavals and the numerous scientific controversies surrounding the federal government’s measures to “combat Covid-19” over the past three years, in December 2022 the Swiss parliament extended the legal basis for certain measures until mid-2024. Thanks to a successful referendum, Swiss voters will now vote on this parliamentary decision on 18 June.

Background and elements of the war in Ukraine

“This crisis shows us the weakness of our society”

Jacques Baud* in an interview with “Swiss Standpoint”

(30 May 2023) On the occasion of a trip to Strasbourg, Luxembourg and Brussels, two members of the editorial board of “Swiss Standpoint” had the following conversation with the Swiss military analyst Jacques Baud. He talks about the causes of the war, the current situation of Ukrainian and Russian troops and the influence of the USA on events in the region. In a second part, questions of international trade relations and Switzerland's loss of trust and credibility abroad are also discussed.
WHO reform

Warning and criticism from legal experts

“International Pandemic Treaty” and “International Health Regulations”

by Thomas Oysmüller,* Austria

(23 May 2023) (Edit.) From 21–30 May 2023, the 76th Annual Session of the World Health Assembly – the supreme decision-making body of the WHO – will take place in Geneva. Planned reforms offer much explosive material and endanger the sovereignty of the 194 member countries. The following article describes the current situation based on the results of the previous Geneva negotiations of February 2023.
Pedagogy

Competence orientation?

Competence without education

by Béatrice Di Pizzo,* Zurich

(23 May 2023) Swiss primary schools are dominated by competence orientation, self-organised learning and inclusive support. The humanistic educational ideal falls by the wayside.

Sudan conflict

The new geopolitical battlefield between East and West?

by Matthew Ehret,* Canada

(23 May 2023) The potential outbreak of a civil war sparked by a factional fight within Sudan's military government poses a destabilization threat beyond the nation's borders – into Africa, West Asia, and the emerging multipolar order. This suits the west just fine.