Erfurter Manifest über Absolute Armut und Globale Gerechtigkeit
Eine internationale Gruppe von Ökonomen, Juristen,
Moralphilosophen, Entwicklungsexperten, Politikwissenschaftlern und Theologen
traf sich zu einem wissenschaftlichen Kolloquium der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG) über „Absolute Armut und Globale Gerechtigkeit“ an der Universität Erfurt
und veröffentlichte Ende Juli 2008 ein Manifest, das Sie in deutscher und
englischer Sprache im Anhang finden.
A couple of days ahead the opening of the Sommer Olympic Games in China it becomes more and more clear, that the question of promised free media exchange and internet access for foreign journalists are impossible. All free journalism is prohibited and technically as well as politically hindered. The IOCsurrenders in a unbelievable kotow to the Chinese regime. So far only one thing is clear: business. The IOC even goes so far to instruct the participants from all over the world, to do only sports und keep their mouth shut! The motto of the games, "One World, One Dream", is juxtaposed in a scandalous way! This is NEWSPEAK culture! Gustav Schwedinger, July 30, 2008
Ira Chernus, Will Culture War Overshadow Real War in 2008?
All agree that this is (or should be) the year of the Democrats. But with candidate Barack Obama still leading, on average, in national polls by only about two to five percentage points, depending on the day, and the media proclaiming "oil" now a "Republican" issue, there's certainly a long way to go to that prospective Democratic victory on November 4th. Still, in retrospect, this last week may be seen as the one in which Senator McCain's campaign concluded that this might not only be the year of the Democrat, but of the Obamacrat as well, and went for the jugular.
Gustav Schwedinger collected some video news in Youtube an the hot issue of censorship by Chinese authorities.
The general hope that the Olympic Games would have an liberalizing effect on the upcoming superpower is, obviously, an illusion. Cina is far away of an society with free exchange of opinions and criticism. It's still held under tough control and information suppression. And all this despite a worldwide acceptance of the Chinese regime.
Eine internationale Gruppe von Ökonomen, Juristen,
Moralphilosophen, Entwicklungsexperten, Politikwissenschaftlern und Theologen
traf sich zu einem wissenschaftlichen Kolloquium der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG) über „Absolute Armut und Globale Gerechtigkeit“ an der Universität Erfurt
und veröffentlichte Ende Juli 2008 ein Manifest, das Sie in deutscher und
englischer Sprache im Anhang finden.
A couple of days ahead the opening of the Sommer Olympic Games in China it becomes more and more clear, that the question of promised free media exchange and internet access for foreign journalists are impossible. All free journalism is prohibited and technically as well as politically hindered. The IOCsurrenders in a unbelievable kotow to the Chinese regime. So far only one thing is clear: business. The IOC even goes so far to instruct the participants from all over the world, to do only sports und keep their mouth shut! The motto of the games, "One World, One Dream", is juxtaposed in a scandalous way! This is NEWSPEAK culture!
