Tag: Germany
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German TKMS expands submarine business with new vessels also for Israel – Netanyahu soon to be questioned over the deal
With the former cultural diplomat Andreas Görgen, the German Thyssenkrupp subsidiary TKMS is expanding its submarine business worldwide. Meanwhile, an Israeli commission investigating corruption allegations is due to question Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time this autumn. Last week, the…
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Following the “Iuventa” script: Right-wing campaign in Italy, France and Germany against “Sea-Watch 5”
Right-wing conservative media were leaked a Frontex video showing a Sea-Watch crew rescuing 90 migrants, as five masked men on board the small boat sped off back to Libya. The images are now being used to stir up sentiment against…
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Police was called to assist paramedics in Cologne – and then brutalized a psychiatric patient into a coma
Pedro Corona’s lawyer has evidence of brutal police violence: the victim tried to de-escalate but suffered a heart attack while restrained and pinned down with knees. “Why should I come out? Why do I have to open the door? Can…
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Suppressed summit protests 2001: Heavy repression against activists in Gothenburg and Genoa, but no police officer served a sentence
With protests across Europe, international left-wing radicals wanted to build on Seattle and Prague in 2001. In Genoa this escalated into unprecedented police violence Buoyed by the momentum of the large and militant protests against the WTO summit in Seattle…