Bomb for bomb

Bomb for bomb Israel has entered into open war with Iran with air strikes. What is behind this? By Pajam Masoumi [This article posted on 6/17/2025 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.akweb.de/politik/bombe-fuer-bombe-israel-iran-angriff-atomprogramm/.%5D No military target: on Sunday, the Israeli army bombed oil refineries. Photo: picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Vahid Salemi […]

Double standards? by Bernd Mueller 6/14

Double standards? Germany supports Israel’s violation of international law by Bernd Müller [This article posted on 6/14/2025 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.telepolis.de/features/Doppelmoral-Deutschland-unterstuetzt-Israels-Voelkerrechtsbruch-10446832.html.%5D According to experts, Israel’s attack on Iran is a clear violation of international law. But Germany is backing the action. A commentary. In recent years, it seemed that international […]

How international law is being destroyed: with thunderous applause by Bernd Mueller, 6/19

by Bernd Müller [This article posted on 6/19/2025 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.telepolis.de/features/So-geht-das-Voelkerrecht-zugrunde-mit-donnerndem-Applaus-10452693.html.%5D Politicians and the media are cheering Israel’s attack on Iran, which violates international law. This weakens the position of the West. A commentary. This year marked the 20th anniversary of the film “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge […]

Ten Years After the Financial Crash by Rudolf Hickel (2018)

US economic statistics are dubious since financial markets are based on financial products and money out of nothing. Tax havens, micro-second betting, stock buybacks, and corruption through lobbying are market- distorting and cause revenue shortfalls. TEN YEARS AFTER THE CRASH. THE RISKS OF A NEW FINANCIAL MARKET CRISIS ARE HIGH!By Rudolf Hickel[This article published in […]

BASE EROSION AND PROFIT SHIFTING (BEPS) Planned Measures against Aggressive Tax Planning By Olesya Kazantseva BASE EROSION AND PROFIT SHIFTING (BEPS) Planned Measures against Aggressive Tax Planning By Olesya Kazantseva [This 2015 Master’s thesis is translated abridged from the German on the Internet, http://www.grin.com/de/e-book/310328/base-erosion-profit-shifting-beps-geplante-massnahmen-zur-bekaempfung.%5D In the last years, both public and academic interest in the […]

Neoliberal Indoctrination by Marc Batko (2021)

Neoliberal Indoctrination Marc Batko 10 min read · Jun 30, 2021 Neoliberalism serves as social indoctrination. It tells the poor and weak they are responsible for their misery. It does its utmost to prevent the true extent of social poverty from reaching the general public. The health system despite ever greater expenditures becomes increasingly inhuman, […]

Trumponomics and Wall Street Rejoices by Rudolf Hickel and Lukas Hermsmeier

Trumponomics and Wall Street Rejoices by Rudolf Hickel and Lukas Hermsmeier Economics should be a part of life, not a steamroller crushing creativity and self-determination. The state should, serve the public interest, reduce poverty, shrivel the financial sector and expand the public sector. Instead, private or special interests are in the driver’s seat. Trumnponomics is […]

The System Question as a Survival Question by Tomasz Konicz (2021)

THE SYSTEM QUESTION AS A SURVIVAL QUESTION by Tomasz Konicz [This article published on April 21, 2018 is translated from the German on the Internet, http://www.streifzuege.org.] Some time or other, life will collapse. Some time or other — in a few weeks, months or years — the states will not succeed any more in the […]

Tomasz Konicz on the Financial Crisis

Tomasz Konicz on the Financial Crisis Marc Batko 22 min read · Jun 30, 2021 TOMASZ KONICZ ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS 1. FROM REAL ESTATE SPECULATION TO FINANCIAL BUBBLE CAPITALISM Short History of the Worldwide Economic Crisis, Part 3 By Tomasz Konicz [This article published in the German-English cyber journal Telepolis 12/17/2008 is translated from […]

We live in a time of radical counter-enlightenment

by Rainer Mausfeld https://marcbatko.medium.com/we-live-in-a-time-of-radical-counter-enlightenment-by-rainer-mausfeld-51b06b638a1c We Live in a Time of Radical Counter-enlightenment by Rainer MausfeldENT By Rainer Mausfeld Psychologist Rainer Mausfeld is interviewed about the illusion of being informed, “contempt for the people” and journalists and intellectuals [This interview published on October 2, 2018 is translated from the German on the Internet, http://www.heise.de.] Mr. Mausfeld: […]