QUESTION Please read the attached newspaper article which appeared in the German newsmagazine DER SPIEGEL ONLINE and assess the probabilities between 0 and 100% of the following statements: 1) The article is factually incorrect. 2) The article is Israeli propaganda, also known as hasbara. Please identify any elements of the article which indicate that the…
Introduction As DER SPIEGEL (Online) is still Germany’s most popular online news magazine, the latest article by Sascha Lobo [1] should not go unnoticed. Using known Israeli propaganda outlets, such UN Watch and HonestReporting (sic!), in one’s argumentation brings down the credibility of German media to new depths. The article contains multiple distortions about Israel…
People and Politicians remind me of a person who has a dog which is very sick and needs expensive surgery. The dog owner has only money for the surgery or his vacation. So, a man comes along telling the owner: “I will shoot the dog for a fraction of the costs.” However, the owner feels…
Die Sprachwahl deutscher Medien, zB in der DER SPIEGEL , zur Beschreibung des US-israelischen Mehrfrontenkrieges (Gaza, Libanon, Syrien, Yemen, …), ist wie aus einem Propaganda-Lehrbuch [1-4]: Sprachliche Stilmittel: Passive Sprachwahl ohne den Aggressor “Israel” explizit zu nennen Reframing eines Konflikts so dass dieser mit einer Aggression des Gegners beginnt Darstellung von Aggression von Israel als…
1. Summary On Oct 14, 2022, “Just Stop Oil! ” activists threw tomato soup on van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting in the National Gallery in London. They used art as a focal point of attention in human society to illustrate the impact of the climate emergency (“No art on a dead planet!”). By this highly controversial…
Note: The following blog is taken from the Dandelion Hub website (https://dhub.global) which decommissioned its IRC server. The blog intends to preserve the documentation and intends to make the IRC server at https://dhub.chat available as long as feasible. (WI-2024-09-21) 1. Dandelion Hub Chat (DHub Chat), Simple Use 1.1 Overview Click on the logo below to…
The Christian Social Union (CSU), the sister party of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Bavaria, has had significant influence over Germany’s transport policy, including the railway system, for much of the past two decades. Several of its federal transport ministers, or Bundesverkehrsminister, have held key positions shaping the country’s infrastructure policies. Many critics argue…
The responsibility for the issues with Deutsche Bahn (DB), Germany’s national railway company, is multi-faceted and shared across several levels, including political, management, and operational factors. Some of the key entities responsible for the poor service are: 1. German Government (Owner) Ownership: The German government is the sole owner of Deutsche Bahn through the Federal…
Although any political discussion should not only analyze a problem, but also try to find solutions, I think discussions around climate “hope” (aka “hopium”) are dangerous. First, it frames the climate crisis as something beyond one’s agency. For example, I do not “hope” that I will go for a jog tomorrow morning, because it is…
Introduction After a weekend with intensive discussions with friends, I have compiled important sources of information to support my political views on a broad variety of current political issues with a focus on high-quality, non-mainstream, progressive authors and media comprising authors, news sources, (scientific) articles and books (printed, audio, and video). To understand current developments,…
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