Monday, October 21, 2019

People's Vote Marchers: ‘Brexit Is Not Done by a Long Way’


From morris dancers to a man dressed as death and everyone inbetween: the Guardian follows anti-Brexit protesters in London on Saturday as they march to demand a fresh referendum. Organisers of the march said the turnout was comparable to the previous second referendum rally six months ago, when a million people gathered in central London

Sunday, October 20, 2019

Brexit Delay: Boris Johnson Sends Opposing Letters to EU | DW News


UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he's determined that the UK will leave the European Union by October 31, despite a letter he was forced to send Brussels asking for a delay, which he sent without his signature. Johnson was required by law to ask for the delay after parliament voted to postpone ratifying his Brexit deal. The prime minister also sent a second letter to the EU, which he did sign, saying he was against an extension.

Saturday, October 19, 2019

Super Saturday: MPs Debate Boris Johnson’s New Brexit Deal – Watch Live


The prime minister summoned MPs for an emergency Saturday parliament session to decide Brexit fate

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Eric Trump Defends Emoluments Violations Then Claims They Aren’t Happening


Eric Trump is trying to defend the fact that his father is profiting greatly off the presidency while simultaneously claiming that his father is losing money on the president. It takes a special kind of stupid to believe that both things are true, but that’s what we get with the Trump kids. The truth is that Eric and his brother Donald, Jr. are both running interference for their father, and the whole family is cashing in on this administration. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

Daniel Kawczynski MP Speaks in a Westminster Hall Debate on LGBT Acceptance and Education


'It Was News I Was Scared to Tell': Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski Calls for Understanding of Same-sex Relationships


SHROPSHIRE STAR: Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski has told about the nerves he suffered when 'coming out' to his constituency association - as he led a Westminster debate on LGBT issues.

Mr Kawczynski revealed how he had travelled back to Shrewsbury from Parliament, with some big news for his constituents.

"It was news I was scared to tell, even to my closest supporters in the local Conservative Association – so much so that I was quietly praying the train would break down so I would not have to impart it. The news was that I was now in a same sex relationship."

The MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham will this year enter into a civil partnership with his long-term partner Fernando. And he says the supportive reaction he got from his constituency party six years ago will stay with him all his life.

"Full of apprehension, I looked up at the faces of the people I had spoken to, 50 of the most senior members of my local party and awaited their reaction," he recalls.

"Almost immediately, a gentleman in the front row stood up and said, 'I think that’s marvellous news, well done' and began clapping. » | Mark Andrews, Shrewsbury | Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Divorced Conservative MP: 'I’ve fallen in love with a man’ »

EU's Juncker Says Brexit Deal Agreed


European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announces new Brexit deal between Britain and the European Union. The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has announced that Brussels had come to an agreement with Britain on a Brexit withdrawal agreement to be presented to EU leaders. "Where there is a will, there is a deal - we have one! It's a fair and balanced agreement for the EU and the UK and it is testament to our commitment to find solutions," Juncker tweeted. "I recommend that EUCO endorses this deal," he said, referring to the European Council of the leaders of member states that was to meet later on Thursday. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "We have a great new deal that takes back control." Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports.

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

What Neo-Nazis Have Inherited from Original Nazism | DW Documentary | Neo-Nazi Documentary


What resemblance do today’s ethnonationalistic ideologies bear to those which surged during the rise of the Nazis in the Weimar-era? Quite a lot, this documentary shows. Germany’s far-right neo-nazi scene is now bigger than at any time since National Socialism.

History may not repeat itself, but one can still learn from it. The years of the Weimar Republic were scarred by post-war trauma, political extremism, street fighting, hyper-inflation and widespread poverty. But they also saw economic boom, the establishment of a liberal democratic order and a parliamentary party system. Nobody could really imagine that the Nazis would brush aside the achievements of this young democracy just a few years later. But there were signs, warnings even that all was not well.

So how does that resonate today? How do today’s right-wing populist movements and parties achieve their political aims? Which slogans, images and stereotypes played a role then, and which ones are playing a role now?

The film also looks beyond Germany’s borders. How has Europe changed in the last few years and how have far-right movements been able to gain such influence? In the interwar period, democracies across the continent collapsed one after the other like a house of cards. What about today? Riding on the coat-tails of the political party the Alternative for Germany (AfD) the far-right has become a factor in both national and state parliaments, united by nationalist and often racist ideologies directly linked to those of the 1930s. At that time, global economic crisis and mass unemployment drove people straight into the fascists’ arms. So what will happen if crisis strikes now? Are our democracies and their achievements today any more stable than they were in the years before the Second World War?


Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Monday, October 14, 2019

Überfall auf die Sowjetunion | Vernichtungskrieg | Geschichte


tagesschau 20:00 Uhr, 14.10.2019


Themen der Sendung: EU ruft Mitglieder zum Einstellen der Waffenverkäufe an Ankara auf, Politische Aufarbeitung des Anschlags in Halle, Queen verliest Regierungserklärung von Johnson, Parlamentswahl in Polen: Klare Mehrheit für Regierungspartei PiS, Oberstes Gericht in Spanien verurteilt neun katalanische Separatistenführer zu langjährigen Haftstrafen, Kais Saied wird neuer Präsident von Tunesien, Hauptstadt von Ecuador wird nach gewalttätigen Protesten aufgeräumt, Wirtschaftsnobelpreis geht an drei Armutsforscher, Gewerkschaft UFO ruft Flugbegleiter von Lufthansa zu Warnstreiks auf, Saša Stanišić erhält Deutschen Buchpreis 2019, Das Wetter

Democracy Now! Top US News & World Headlines — October 14, 2019


Réduit National: Ein Film über die Schweiz im zweiten Weltkrieg


Maturaarbeit von Marco Grünenfelder und Jan Baumgartner an der Kantonsschule Zug

Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs | Geschichte Hitlers Blitzkrieg


History File: Life in Nazi Germany


The Unlikely Romance of a Black Nurse and a German POW in World War II


In this edition of Maryville Talks Books, author Alexis Clark and host Paul Schankman have a conversation about her remarkable new "stranger than fiction" book, Enemies in Love, which tells the true story of a black nurse and a German Prisoner of War, who fell in love during World War Two, and eventually married. Though their story began more than 70 years ago, it feels very relevant today as America continues to wrestle with issues of racism and hate.


Enemies in Love: A German POW, a Black Nurse, and an Unlikely Romance »

Sunday, October 13, 2019

Pete Buttigieg: I Would Keep Troops in Syria If Needed


During an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, 2020 Democratic candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg responded to President Trump's decision to pull troops out of northern Syria, a move Buttigieg says "makes America worse off."