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Threatened by the law

America never liked the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Den Hague much. Right at the beginning George W. Bush declared they would come and get out any American soldier indicted by this court. Now Donald Trump even considers the ICC an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the national security of the United States.1 Above all […]

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Tacky, Mr. Bolton

As customary another ex-politician, Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton, has written a book. Little surprisingly, too, he takes a good swipe at the man he once considered a great president – at least publicly. But why has he held his tongue for so long? This information would have greatly fuelled Trump’s impeachment. If […]

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Notes from a strange country

–      A white policeman in Buffalo, New York fiercely pushes a peaceful old man, because he feels harassed. Or did he fear for his life behind his visor, with his gun and his 60-cm baton? Or did he just give vent to his frustration over citizens being allowed to protest? Or did he simply have […]

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Dawn

My, my, something’s happening in democratic slumberland. Black protests, that far too often are bludgeoned down, with the participation of the occasional white – that’s nothing really new. But at least at present you can get the impression that this time the movement is broader, that it is also borne by a larger and growing […]

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The Wind You Sow

Is anybody really surprised about what is happening in the States at present? I rather wondered for quite a while, why this had not happened earlier, because, Obama or not, nothing ever really changed regarding the structural racism in the USA (https://www.myview-wolfgangmebs.de/the-times-they-are-achanging/). But George Floyd seems to be the straw that broke the camel’s back. […]

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THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGING ?

THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGING ? America’s not-so-surprising development Wolfgang Mebs, 15.12.2019 America’s policies today raise many an eye-brow the world over, in particular in Europe. What is happening to and in this country? Is it still our ally? How could a man like Trump become President? How could this happen? In America! This place […]