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“Chernobyl Was Transparent Compared to Fukushima”: Harvey Wasserman on Ongoing Crisis
Nuclear power expert Harvey Wasserman talks with GRITtv about the ongoing Fukushima catastrophe, the dearth of information there, irradiated tuna and the terrifying prospect of Tokyo Electric Power removing …
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Germany Says No to Weaponized Drones
Germany has now said nein, nein, and hell nein to killer flying robots.
European Progress Toward a Financial Transactions Tax
Federal election results virtually have assured that Germany will adopt a financial transactions tax. Where Germany leads, the rest of the EU is likely to follow, notwithstanding UK resistance.
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German Expose of America’s “Secret War” Attracts Quick, Strong US Rebuttal
The US Embassy calls German allegations of privacy breach false and visa versa in the latest political mud slinging debacle caused by the NSA surveillance scandal.
How Europeans Are Opposing Drone and Robot Warfare: An Overview of the Anti-Drone Movement in Europe
So far only three countries are known to have used armed combat drones to carry out attacks: Israel, the US, and the UK. But this could soon change.
Does Germany’s New Law About “No Gender” Babies Go Far Enough?
Germany has become the first country in Europe to allow parents to register a newborn who shows characteristics of both sexes as being neither male nor female.
Threats of Violence and Hopes for Votes
With the new problem of joblessness (currently at 11.7 percent in Berlin), more and more people left to hunt work in other parts of Germany or elsewhere.
Greg Palast: Why Are the Greek People Agreeing to Their Own Destruction?
“To me, Greece is a crime scene,” says Greg Palast in this Truthout interview.
Greece and the Crisis of Europe: Which Way Out?
There hasn't been enough attention paid to Greece's full range of options to turn around its economic crisis.
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Imperial Germany and the Pillage of Europe’s Indebted Mediterranean Region
In today's neoliberal, antidemocratic and German-dominated European Union (EU), the pillage of wealth from the periphery to the core of the euro zone takes place through bailouts and bail-ins.