Daily Archives: 8. Dezember 2014


08.12.2014 - 22:39 [ Common Dreams ]

There Is No Future in War: Youth Rise Up, a Manifesto

Once again, US politicians and pundits are beating the drums of war, trying to get our nation involved in yet another conflict. A few years ago it was Iran, with “all options on the table.” Last year it was a red line that threatened to drag us into the conflict in Syria. This time it’s Iraq.

We, the youth of America, have grown up in war, war war. War has become the new norm for our generation. But these conflicts—declared by older people but fought and paid for by young people—are robbing us of our future and we’re tired of it.

There is no future in war.

We, the youth of America, are taking a stand against war and reclaiming our future.

War does not work. Period.

08.12.2014 - 20:09 [ ABC ]

NASA‘s New Horizons Probe Wakes Up for Pluto Encounter

After a journey stretching 3 billion miles, NASA‘s New Horizons probe has awakened from hibernation just in time to prepare for a cosmic rendezvous with Pluto.

The spacecraft came out of hibernation on Saturday after being prompted by a computer command that was pre-programmed in August. About 90 minutes after New Horizons woke up, it began transmitting back to Earth.

08.12.2014 - 18:29 [ German Foreign Policy ]

Treibende Kraft für die EU-Armee

„Wir als Sozialdemokraten wollen in Europa die treibende Kraft auf dem Weg zu einer parlamentarisch kontrollierten europäischen Armee sein“, heißt es in einem Positionspapier der Fraktions-„Arbeitsgruppe Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik“, das deren verteidigungspolitischer Sprecher Rainer Arnold letzte Woche vorgelegt hat. Die EU sei – vor allem aufgrund ihrer Wirtschaftsmacht – „ein globaler Akteur“, erklären die Autoren;

08.12.2014 - 17:26 [ Junge Welt ]

Von Geistern und Robotern

Redaktionen ohne Redakteure, Texte ohne Verfasser – der Phantasie der Verleger wachsen Flügel. Ist das die Zukunft der Printmedien?