Die Coronavirus-Krise hat die Universitäten verändert: Online-Konferenzen ersetzen die Präsenzlehre, die Hochschulen werden immer mehr zu Fernunis. Diese Entwicklung ist nicht nur für die Unis selbst gefährlich, sondern auch für die Städte, in denen sie stehen, argumentieren vier Forscher in einem Gastbeitrag.
Daily Archives: 14. Juni 2020
Minneapolis hosts another round of rallies as protesters seek changes after George Floyd‘s death
Today
Drastisches Urteil für BAYER ProtestlerInnen
„Mit dem überzogenen Urteil zeigen sowohl die Staatsanwaltschaft als auch das Gericht, dass sie auf der Seite der Konzernmacht stehen. Diese Entscheidung ist ein Skandal, ein klarer Angriff auf Widerstand gegen BAYER.
Corona: Göttingen ordnet weiteren Massentest an
Die Stadtverwaltung habe zudem entschieden, dass alle Bewohnerinnen und Bewohner des Gebäudekomplexes getestet werden sollen, so Broistedt. Die Tests sollen ihr zufolge am Montag und Dienstag, 15. und 16. Juni, vor Ort durchgeführt werden. Dabei komme erstmals ein mobiles Testzentrum mit Bussen zum Einsatz, welches der Krisenstab auf Basis der jüngsten Erkenntnisse entwickelt hat.
Strafanzeige gegen SIG Sauer wegen illegaler Waffenexporte – nach Mexiko, Kolumbien und Nicaragua
Anzeigeerstatter Jürgen Grässlin erklärt: „Dieser Vorgang ist einmalig in der bundesdeutschen Rüstungsexportgeschichte und zeugt von einer nie da gewesenen Skrupellosigkeit: Denn die Bewährungsstrafen durch das Landgericht Kiel im Fall der illegalen Pistolenexporte nach Kolumbien beruhten auf der Annahme, dass die Verurteilten von SIG Sauer nie wieder illegal Waffen exportierten würden…
SIG Sauer wegen Waffenexporte nach Kolumbien, Mexiko und Nicaragua angezeigt
Hinter der Kampagne „Aktion Aufschrei – Stoppt den Waffenhandel!“ steht ein Bündnis von über hundert Organisationen der Antikriegsbewegung.
Österreich unterstützt IStGH gegen Drohungen Trumps
Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof muss seine Ermittlungen unabhängig und unparteiisch sowie ohne Druck von außen durchführen.“
In the span of a few days, both Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch were found hanging from trees in Southern California cities about 50 miles apart. There must be full and immediate investigations into their deaths.
Malcolm Harsch Victorville death: Man found hanging from tree
San Bernardino County Sheriff‘s Department says the body of Malcolm Harsch was discovered on May 31 near a homeless encampment.
Investigators say foul play is not suspected but that the cause and manner of death are under investigation.
Thousands protest in Palmdale over the death of Robert Fuller
Many at Saturday’s memorial expressed anger and frustration at Robert Fuller’s death and what they see as a rush by authorities to label it a suicide.
LIVE UPDATES: Officer who shot Rayshard Brooks has been fired, police say
Atlanta Police Spokesman Carlos Campos confirmed to ABC News early Sunday morning that the officer who shot Brooks has been fired. The officer has been identified as Garrett Rolfe. The other officer, Devin Bronsan, has been placed on administrative duty.
Rayshard Brooks shooting: Police bodycam footage from Wendy‘s shooting released
This is a five-minute portion of the 1 hour, 23 minute video from the body cam of Officer Devin Bronson.
Earlier today, I visited the #CHAZ and met Marcus Henderson, the person behind the new community garden popping up in Cal Anderson Park. Read more about Marcus and the work that’s gone into creating the gardens:
Residents of CHAZ Respond to the President
(11.06.2020)
Our President thinks „ugly Anarchists“ and „Domestic Terrorists“ have taken over Capitol Hill. In case you somehow missed it, here are the tweets:
Livestream courtesy of SeattleProtest2020
An overhead view along the outskirts of the zone. From here you can see a few of the street barricades as well as the main staging area for protests.
Fox News removes manipulated images from coverage of Seattle protests
Fox removed the edited images in response to an article in the Seattle Times, telling the outlet in a statement, “We have replaced our photo illustration with the clearly delineated images of a gunman and a shattered storefront, both of which were taken this week in Seattle’s autonomous zone.” The image of the shattered storefront, however, was not captured this week in the autonomous zone.
Fox News runs digitally altered images in coverage of Seattle’s protests, Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
On Saturday, Fox apologized in an editor’s note posted to stories about CHAZ on its website, sayings its home-page photos “did not clearly delineate” the splicing together of multiple images from different locations. The editor’s note also acknowledged the erroneous use of the Minnesota rioting photo to illustrate Seattle news. “Fox News regrets these errors,” the note stated.
The network’s misleading and faked images were published as the Capitol Hill zone — quickly labeled CHAZ — became a political flashpoint for conservatives nationally and a target of tweets by President Donald Trump, who has branded the demonstrators “domestic terrorists” and threatened federal action unless local officials “take back” the area.
LIVE: Protests erupt around metro Atlanta after black man shot and killed by Atlanta Police
LIVE UPDATES: Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed engulfed in flames
On Saturday night, protesters congregated at the site where Brooks was killed, setting the Wendy’s on fire and blocking the highway for hours.
Protesters amass on Downtown Connector in Atlanta
A crowd gathered at the scene off of University Avenue near Interstate 75/85 in southwest Atlanta Saturday to protest the fatal shooting.
Rayshard Brooks | Family attorneys speak after man shot by Atlanta police in Wendy‘s parking lot
Atlanta police have identified a man killed in an officer-involved shooting outside a Wendy‘s restaurant late Friday night.
A crowd gathered at the scene off of University Avenue near Interstate 75/85 in southwest Atlanta Saturday to protest the fatal shooting.
Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields resigns after shooting death of Rayshard Brooks
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields has resigned following the death of a black man at the hands of an Atlanta police officer last night.
Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot and killed after a confrontation with police outside an Atlanta Wendy’s. Video released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation appears to show Brooks take a Taser from an officer, run from police and then fire it at them before he was shot.
GBI released video that shows the moment Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by an Atlanta Police officer at a Wendys on University Ave last night. Police say Brooks had taken an officer‘s taser and pointed it at the officer as he ran.
Atlanta police shoot, kill suspect after struggle
A man reported to police for sleeping in a car blocking the drive-thru lane of a fast food restaurant was shot and killed in a late night struggle with Atlanta officers after he failed a field sobriety test and resisted arrest, Georgia authorities said Saturday.
At Least 17 Killed In Attacks Across Afghanistan
There was no claim of responsibility for the series of attacks on June 13.
Trump stresses ending endless wars to West Point graduates
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday in his remarks to graduates of the United States Military Academy that his country is „ending the era of endless wars.“
„We are ending the era of endless wars. In its place is a renewed, clear-eyed focus on defending America‘s vital interests,“ Trump said before more than 1,000 cadets of the academy also known as West Point.
UK supports international court after Trump approves sanctions
The U.S. sanctions approved by Trump target ICC employees involved in an investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
International Criminal Court oversight chief ‘deeply regrets’ US decision to target officials investigating Afghanistan war crimes
The decision, announced on Thursday by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, defence secretary, Mark Esper and attorney general, William Barr, targets ICC officials investigating war crimes allegedly committed in Afghanistan by all sides, including the US, and will also see visa restrictions imposed on their families.