Social issues

Who is more crazy, the pacifist or the warrior?

by Christian Campiche,* Lausanne

(18 October 2022) Official Switzerland insists – it will buy the American F-35 aircraft. What for?

At the same time, the Swiss army’s budget is being increased by 2 billion francs. Who is offering more? The only advice I would give to federal councillor Mrs. Amherd and to all members of the Swiss General Staff is to read the life story of the Swiss apostle of peace, Max Daetwyler. What an extraordinary person! And I am not in the habit of indulging in eulogies.

“War is obsolete” – uphold human rights

Lack of mechanisms to penalise preparation and conduct of wars

by Thomas Scherr

(18 October 2022) There is a lot of talk about human rights. That is a good thing. There are arguments about freedom of expression, migration, poverty, and so on. There is outrage about the observance or non-observance of various human rights. All this is appropriate and important.

Ukraine and the collapse of Western values

by Guy Mettan,* freelance journalist

(3 October 2022) Timothy Snyder, one of the most prominent academic representatives of the Western establishment, describes the stakes of the Ukraine war in the September issue of the American magazine Foreign Affairs.1

Reclaiming peace, protecting the economy and the population from damage

Rally of craftsmen’s guilds in Dessau-Rosslau

Opening speech by Karl Krökel, District Master Craftsman,Head Master Metal Guild, Dessau-Rosslau

(28 September 2022) (Edit.) The economic situation in Germany is coming to a dramatic head as a result of the sanctions against Russia. Especially in eastern Germany, strong protests are rising from the middle class against the policies of the German government. Thus, on 28 August 2022, a rally of craftsmen’s guilds took place on the market square in Dessau. Here we publish the opening speech of Karl Krökel. He is the district master craftsman, head of the metal guild of Dessau-Rosslau.

Is Karl May’s Winnetou a “cultural appropriation”?

by Marita Brune-Koch

(19 September 2022) The “Ravensburger Verlag” has removed books by Karl May from its program. The reason: Karl May was accused of “cultural appropriation” as well as of trivialising the suffering of the indigenous American population, of trivialising the colonisation of America and the oppression and extermination of the native peoples there. The “Karl May Publishing House” contradicts the accusations and keeps the books in its program.

Germany

Chambers of trade alarmed

Open letter from the master craftsmen and women of the region of Leipzig to the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Minister President of the Free State of Saxony