Libel Tourism – the law as a whore
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This essay from the London Review of Books gets to the heart of 'lawfare' - the use of wealth against democracy
by Peter Geoghegan, editor-in-chief,...
Veteran AEJ writer publishes first novel
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Vienna, September 25, 2022
Honorary President Otmar Lahodynsky writes here about the just-published first novel by his colleague in Brussels:
Wolfgang Böhm, an AEJ member...
Colleagues in the news, media stuff maybe worth listening to
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Vienna, September 17, 2022
by Edward Steen, S-G
Legendary German tv journalist Fritz Pleitgen, "Mr WDR," was for decades one of the most familiar and trusted...
What’s going on in Vlad’s head?
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es Vienna, August 29, 2022
Political philosophy has rarely been a strong selling point for Europe's "red-top" boulevard press. So the article below in Austria's...
Dying to kill: Russian neo-Nazis fighting for “denazification” of Ukraine
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Mark Porter, Cannes, 18/08/22
Throughout the six months of conflict, Vladimir Putin has insisted that Ukraine is run by neo-Nazis. For his part, Ukraine’s (Jewish)...
Redrawing the Iron Curtain
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Tim Marshall is the author of The Power of Geography and Prisoners of Geography, published by Elliott & Thompson.
This article appeared in last Saturday's...
Ukraine: the painful path that must be taken
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by Anna Yavorska
Since the Revolution of Dignity* eight years ago, my country and all its people embarked on a historic journey. Those who subsequently...
A Czech with balance – Johnny Krčmář
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A Czech with balance
by Edward Steen, Vienna, May 21, 2022
My old (actually oldest) friend, “Johnny” died a few days ago. Today I am already...
Space Oddity: Russian cosmonauts arrive at cosmos control station wearing Ukrainian flags
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Three Russian cosmonauts arrived smoothly at the International Space Station last night in flight suits made in the yellow and blue of the Ukrainian...
After Putin, the German hegemon?
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ANALYSIS
by Anthony Robinson, former Moscow bureau chief, Financial Times. London, March 15, 2020
Once the truth about Ukrainian resistance and the magnitude of Russia’s economic...