[Hints] Voices from the Blätterwald - 2019-03-04

War made easy (A Documentary On War Propaganda)





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The Propaganda Multiplier

It is one of the most important aspects of our media system – and yet hardly known to the public: most of the international news coverage in Western media is provided by only three global news agencies based in New York, London and Paris.
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source: swiss propaganda research



The Brexit Debacle

You can't understand the chaos of Brexit without understanding the fundamentals of the European Union.
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source: jacobin magazine



South Korea and US to end large-scale war games

The US and South Korea have confirmed they will no longer hold large-scale joint military exercises which have always infuriated North Korea.
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source: bbc



Case Billy Six in Venezuela - German journalist to be tried before civil court

German journalist Billy Six has been detained in Venezuela for months. Now comes movement in the case: The reporter should be put in a civil court. And he has a lawyer - for the first time.
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source: tagesschau translate
source: tagesschau
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Billy Six



What the official number of unemployed keeps silent: 3.29 million people without work

In February, the Federal Employment Agency reports just under 2.37 million unemployed. However, the total number of people without work does not reflect the official figure. Because around 919,000 de facto unemployed are not included in the unemployment, but in the separate underemployment statistics.
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source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt translate
source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt



6.6 million people live on unemployment benefits or Hartz IV (minimum welfare subsidy) benefits

There were just 2.21 million unemployed in December 2018. But at around 6.6 million, three times as many people in Germany were living on unemployment benefits or Hartz IV benefits, including almost two million children and adolescents. Because only a part of those who need state support, is also considered unemployed in the sense of statistics.
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source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt translate
source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt



French massively against return of jihadists to face justice

A new survey shows that a large majority of the French population does not want French jihadists captured in Syria, including around 80 children, to return. A trial in Iraq could expose some of them to the death penalty.
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source: rfi source: odoxa translate source: odoxa fr



Student Strikes to the Climate - Minister of Justice Barley for reduction of voting age

Justice Minister Katarina Barley is impressed by the student protests on the climate. The SPD politician praised the commitment of the young people and called for a right to vote from 16 years.
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source: spiegel translate source: spiegel source: tagesspiegel translate source: tagesspiegel



One in four young Germans is bothered by mosques

According to a survey, many young people do not like it when Islamic places of worship are built in Germany: A quarter of the under-25s said they had problems with new mosques in Germany. More than half complains about a linguistic taboo.
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source: haz translate source: haz



Constitutional protectors (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz/BfV) threaten consequences in AfD contacts

The secret protection officer of the protection of the constitution warns the employees to be careful: Anyone who is an AfD member or has contacts with the party should report this. Conflicts of interest threaten consequences - up to the transfer.
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source: welt translate source: welt
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Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution



Ten percent tend to anti-Semitism

An anti-Semitism study commissioned by Parliament sees Austria as having a "core dregs" of ten percent. The anti-Semitism among Turkish or Arabic-speaking people is more widespread, according to the Institute IFES.
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source: orf translate
source: orf



Return agreements - So far, eleven migrants have been sent back

In the summer of 2018, the Federal Government concluded readmission agreements with Spain and Greece. So far eleven migrants have been sent back for seeking asylum in one of the two countries.
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source: tagesschau translate
source: tagesschau



Violence behind bars: Attacks on staff are increasing

Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - More and more often in the prisons in the southwest to heavy attacks on judicial staff. Last year, the Ministry of Justice counted 34 attacks on 44 employees in the country's asylum centers - the highest since at least the year 2010. This is the result of a response from the Ministry to a request from AFD member of parliament Lars Patrick Berg, who acceded to the German press. Agency is present.
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source: sz translate
source: sz
source: justiz-bw translate
source: justiz-bw