In der Vergangenheit war der Heldenplatz am 8. Mai stets in der Hand der schlagenden Burschenschaften, die mit Fackeln des Endes des Zweiten Weltkriegs gedachten. Die Aufmärsche wurden meistens von heftigen Protesten begleitet, die Polizei war im Großeinsatz. Mit Rückendeckung der Regierung und der Stadt Wien wurde vor elf Jahren der Spieß umgedreht. Auch heute findet zum 8. Mai in Wien wieder ein „Fest der Freude“ statt.
Archiv: Jahrestage / anniversaries
The End of World War II
On May 8, 1945, World War II in Europe came to an end. As the news of Germany’s surrender reached the rest of the world, joyous crowds gathered to celebrate in the streets, clutching newspapers that declared Victory in Europe (V-E Day). Later that year, US President Harry S. Truman announced Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II. The news spread quickly and celebrations erupted across the United States. On September 2, 1945, formal surrender documents were signed aboard the USS Missouri, designating the day as the official Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day).
Readout of President Joe Biden’s Call with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel
(06.05.2024)
President Biden updated the Prime Minister on efforts to secure a hostage deal, including through ongoing talks today in Doha, Qatar. The Prime Minister agreed to ensure the Kerem Shalom crossing is open for humanitarian assistance for those in need. The President reiterated his clear position on Rafah.
50 Jahre Nelkenrevolution in Portugal
Am 25. April 2024 wird Portugal zum fünfzigsten Mal seine so genannte friedliche Revolution feiern. Von den damaligen Errungenschaften ist fast nichts geblieben. (…)
Das Kapital eroberte sich Schritt für Schritt seine Macht zurück. Die Landreform wurde zurückgenommen. Bei der Rückgabe von Ländereien kam es zu bitteren Szenen und Prügeleien. Kleinbauern verloren die Früchte ihrer Arbeit und das gerade bestellte eigene Land. Den verbleibenden Kooperativen – Versammlungsstätten und kulturelle Wohnzimmer der Dörfer, in denen sich die Bewohner gegenseitig versorgen und ihre Produkte lokal anbieten konnten – wurden die steuerlichen Vergünstigungen und damit die Arbeitsgrundlage genommen. Damit ging ein Herzstück der Revolution verloren.
Der Westen hatte gesiegt. Dem portugiesischen Volk wurde der Beitritt zur EU 1986 als Weg zu Sicherheit und Wohlstand verkauft.
War on Gaza: Pro-Palestine marches held in European cities on Land Day
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators have taken to the streets in several European cities on Saturday, including London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen and Amsterdam, as well as elsewhere.
Marches called for allowing aid into the besieged Gaza Strip and demanded a ceasefire, as they also commemorated the 48th anniversary of Land Day.
World BEYOND War Celebrates 10th Anniversary
The #GenocideConvention & Universal Declaration of #HumanRights have been adopted on 9 & 10 Dec 1948. 75 years later, the two remain closely interlinked, as explained by @UNHumanRights Chief @volker_turk who joined the #GenocideConvention75 marking with a special message
75th Anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide
Every 9 December, the Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide marks the adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide – a crucial global commitment that was made at the founding of the United Nations, immediately preceding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. By General Assembly Resolution A/RES/69/323 of 29 September 2015, that day also became the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime.
This year‘s event to mark the 75th anniversary of the Genocide Convention will focus on the theme of „A Living Force in World Society: The Legacy of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide“ . It will seek to highlight some of the achievements that emanate from the Convention, showcasing its legacy and reminding of the efforts which led to its drafting and adoption. The event will also reflect on the challenges that remain for its effective implementation. Genocide is still a threat in the world today. Around the world, populations remain at risk of this crime. The need to invest in prevention as envisaged by the Convention drafters 75 years ago remains as relevant as ever.
60 Jahre später: Warum das Kennedy-Attentat bis heute nachwirkt
(22.11.2023)
Die Schüsse kamen aus dem sechsten Stock des Schulbuchlagers an der Dealey Plaza, abgefeuert vom 24-jährigen Lee Harvey Oswald – so hat es die Warren Commission, die staatliche Untersuchungskommission in ihrem Abschlussbericht zehn Monate nach dem Attentat festgestellt.
Dass Oswald der alleinige Täter war, glaubt auch Joe Carter, allen Verschwörungstheorien zum Trotz…
Kennedy assassination remembered 60 years later by surviving witnesses to history
Just minutes after President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot as his motorcade rolled through downtown Dallas, Associated Press reporter Peggy Simpson rushed to the scene and immediately attached herself to the police officers who had converged on the building from which a sniper‘s bullets had been fired….
On the anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, I delve into my vault of archive reporting to reflect on his legacy as a martyr for peace.
You can watch The Amanpour Archive on my new show #TheAmanpourHour on @CNN every Saturday at 11am ET.
Today marks the anniversary of former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination by a right-wing extremist who opposed the Oslo Accords. It was a watershed moment. 28 years later, the views of Rabin’s assassin are more powerful in Israel & peace farther away than ever.
Leonardo supplies Israel with Apache Helicopters and parts for their F-35 fighter jets, used to bombard Gaza. Today, we’re shutting them down in London!
Palestine Action Strike Britain’s Foreign Office and Occupy Leonardo On Balfour 106
Today, on the 106th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, activists from Palestine Action targeted Britain’s foreign office and are currently occupying the weapons firm Leonardo at their London HQ. Leonardo’s London offices have been covered in red paint, to symbolise the Palestinian bloodshed by their weaponry, whilst one activist remains on top of the company’s front overhang. Elsewhere, the Foreign Office in London was sprayed in messages including ‘Britain Guilty’ and ‘Fuck Balfour.
Chile and the United States: Declassified Documents Relating to the Military Coup, September 11, 1973
(September 11, 1998)
Since the coup, however, few U.S. documents relating to Chile have been actually declassified- -until recently. Through Freedom of Information Act requests, and other avenues of declassification, the National Security Archive has been able to compile a collection of declassified records that shed light on events in Chile between 1970 and 1976.
These documents include:
– Cables written by U.S. Ambassador Edward Korry after Allende‘s election, detailing conversations with President Eduardo Frei on how to block the president-elect from being inaugurated. The cables contain detailed descriptions and opinions on the various political forces in Chile, including the Chilean military, the Christian Democrat Party, and the U.S. business community.
– CIA memoranda and reports on „Project FUBELT“–the codename for covert operations to promote a military coup and undermine Allende‘s government. The documents, including minutes of meetings between Henry Kissinger and CIA officials, CIA cables to its Santiago station, and summaries of covert action in 1970, provide a clear paper trail to the decisions and operations against Allende‘s government
– National Security Council strategy papers which record efforts to „destabilize“ Chile economically, and isolate Allende‘s government diplomatically, between 1970 and 1973.
– State Department and NSC memoranda and cables after the coup, providing evidence of human rights atrocities under the new military regime led by General Pinochet.
– FBI documents on Operation Condor–the state-sponsored terrorism of the Chilean secret police, DINA. The documents, including summaries of prison letters written by DINA agent Michael Townley, provide evidence on the carbombing assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt in Washington D.C., and the murder of Chilean General Carlos Prats and his wife in Buenos Aires, among other operations.
These documents, and many thousands of other CIA, NSC, and Defense Department records that are still classified secret, remain relevant to ongoing human rights investigations in Chile, Spain and other countries, and unresolved acts of international terrorism conducted by the Chilean secret police. Eventually, international pressure, and concerted use of the U.S. laws on declassification will force more of the still-buried record into the public domain–providing evidence for future judicial, and historical accountability.
Wie die Diktatur in Chile sich auf deutsche Nazis im BND verlassen konnte
Die von Zeugen geschilderten höchstrangigen Zugänge von Rauff in der Hierarchie der Diktatur sowie sein Auftreten und seine Anordnungen zeigten seine wichtige Rolle im „System der chilenischen inneren Sicherheit“. Die Schilderungen lassen erkennen, dass der deutsche Nazi für die Verfolgung der Opposition, die Schulung in Verhörtechniken und bei der Perfektionierung des spurlosen Verschwindenlassens von gefolterten und getöteten Oppositionellen dem Repressionsapparat wertvolle Mitarbeit bot.
Die Doku belegt frühe Begegnungen zwischen Rauff und Pinochet in Ecuador, die eine langjährige Bekanntschaft begründeten. Pinochet soll Rauff angeregt haben, nach Chile überzusiedeln, was dieser laut CIA-Erkenntnissen 1958 tat. Zwischen 1960 und Februar 1962 hielt Rauff sich mehrfach zur Schulung durch den BND in der BRD auf. Der bundesdeutsche Haftbefehl von 1961 bildete kein Hindernis.
50. Jahrestag des faschistischen Militärputsches in Chile
Am 11. September 2023 jährt sich zum 50. Mal der Tag des faschistischen Militärputsches gegen die demokratisch gewählte Regierung der Unidad Popular unter Salvador Allende in Chile. Diesen Tag wollen wir zum Anlass nehmen, um an den 50. Jahrestag des Putsches zu gedenken.
‚The other 9/11‘: As US marks attack anniversary, another infamous milestone looms
The other 9/11 happened in 1973, when Chile‘s government was overthrown by a military coup d‘état led by Augusto Pinochet and encouraged by the United States. It was the beginning of a 17-year dictatorship that saw the deaths and disappearances of at least 3,065 people, the brutal torture of thousands more and a child-trafficking system that stole babies from poor mothers and adopted them out in the U.S. and other nations.
Taliban Sign Multibillion-Dollar Afghan Mining Deals
(August 31, 2023)
Shahabuddin Dilawar, the Taliban minister of mines and petroleum, said the seven contracts cover the extraction and processing of gold, copper, iron, lead and zinc in four Afghan provinces — Takhar, Ghor, Herat and Logar.
The nationally televised signing ceremony occurred as the de facto Afghan authorities marked the second anniversary of the withdrawal of all U.S.-led NATO troops from the country after nearly 20 years of war with the then-insurgent Taliban.
N. Korea visit by Russian, Chinese delegates show support for unlawful weapons programs: state dept.
North Korea‘s state media reported earlier that a Russian delegation led by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and a Chinese delegation led by Li Hongzhong, a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, arrived in Pyongyang this week to take part in events marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.
Earlier reports said the North held a massive military parade in Pyongyang late Thursday (Korea time) to mark the day that is celebrated in the country as Victory Day.
Nordkorea: Kim und Schoigu nehmen Militärparade ab
Dass eine ranghohe russische Delegation unter Führung von Schoigu an der Parade im Zentrum Pjöngjangs teilnahm, weckt weltweit Sorgen über eine verstärkte militärische Kooperation zwischen Russland und Nordkorea. Neben Schoigu schaute sich auch Li Hongzhong, Mitglied des chinesischen Politbüros, die Militärparade an, wie staatliche nordkoreanische Medien weiter berichteten.
Bereits am Mittwoch hatten Nordkorea und Russland verkündet, dass sie in Fragen der Verteidigung enger zusammenarbeiten wollen.
Herzog receives formal White House invitation, with PM still waiting on invite
US President Joe Biden on Thursday formally extended an invitation for President Isaac Herzog to visit the White House on Tuesday, July 18, in an embrace of Israel’s head of state as Washington’s ties with the current government in Jerusalem remain icy.
Herzog will be in Washington to give an address on Wednesday to a joint session of Congress in honor of Israel’s 75th anniversary.
Russia‘s war against Ukraine to end with Ukraine‘s EU membership – Scholz
„A bitter chapter in the history of our continent… will end with a free Ukraine becoming a full member of the European Union,“ Scholz said at the celebration of the 160th anniversary of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
He said the SPD must clearly side with Ukraine in the conflict. The Chancellor recalled former Chancellor Willy Brandt‘s detente policy, due to which the principles of the non-use of force, inviolability of borders, the territorial integrity of states and the right of peoples to self-determination operate in Europe.
אין מרגש ונכון יותר מאשר לחגוג יחד עם עשרות אלפי אחיותנו ואחינו את 56 השנים לשחרור ירושלים ואיחודה. בעזרת השם ובאהבת חינם, נחגוג יחד לעוד שנים רבות, ארוכות ובטוחות ונאמר אמן! עם ישראל חי, וליבו – ירושלים המאוחדת לעד!
Israeli crowds chant racist slogans, taunt Palestinians during Jerusalem Day march
Thousands of Jewish nationalists, some of them chanting “Death to Arabs” and other racist slogans, paraded on Thursday through the main Palestinian thoroughfare of Jerusalem’s Old City, in an annual display that caused new friction between Jews and Palestinians in the tense city.
The marchers, who were overwhelmingly male Orthodox teens and young men, were celebrating “Jerusalem Day,” which marks Israel’s capture of the Old City 56 years ago.
Jerusalem Day‘s Flag March: A Cruel Celebration of an Occupied City
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U.S. delegation meets with Israel‘s PM during tense Memorial Day week
The group discussed “the need to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, the Abraham Accords, and the opportunities for expanding the circle of peace with additional countries.”
Netanyahu then thanked Jeffries and members of the delegation for their support for the State of Israel, emphasizing the important relationship between Israel and the United States.
Later this week, Netanyahu will meet with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Collateral Murder
5th April 2010 10:44 EST WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad — including two Reuters news staff.
Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-sight, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers. Two young children involved in the rescue were also seriously wounded.
20 years ago the Iraq War began: Julian Assange‘s commitment to transparency lifted the lid on numerous war crimes and human rights abuses, for which he now faces a 175 year sentence if extradited #FreeAssangeNOW #Journalismisnotacrime
UPCOMING DATES: 19 March: 20th Anniversary Iraq invasion 24 March-8 April: States of Violence exhibition [London] 5 April: Anniversary Collateral Murder Release 11 April: 4 year Anniversary Julian Assange detained in UK on US extradition request for publishing
On 7 March 2017 WikiLeaks began publishing #Vault7 detailing the #CIA‘s use of malware, viruses, trojans and malware remote control systems to spy on televisions, phones and computers Julian #Assange faces a 175 year sentence if extradited to the US for his truthful reporting
16 Years ago WikiLeaks was born and with it Julian Assange‘s desire to provide the public with the truth Today, after 12 years of being detained in one form or another for his journalism, the calls for his release from all quarters grow louder: Free Julian Assange
Live: Russia and Ukraine trade blame over Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant shelling
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of shelling Europe‘s biggest nuclear power plant in the Zaporizhzhia region as the world on Saturday marked the 77th anniversary of the first atomic bomb attack in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, with UN chief Antonio Guterres warning against nuclear arms build-up amid fears of another such attack in the context of war in Ukraine. Follow FRANCE 24‘s live coverage of the crisis.
Gegenseitige Schuldzuweisungen : Ukrainisches AKW Saporischschja beschossen
Das Atomkraftwerk liegt im von Russlands Truppen besetzten Teil der Südukraine – bereits mehrfach kam es dort in den vergangenen Kriegsmonaten zu brenzligen Situationen.
Am Freitag war eine Hochspannungsleitung des russisch besetzten Kernkraftwerks durch Artilleriebeschuss beschädigt worden. Daraufhin hat der ukrainische Betreiber einen der Reaktoren vom Netz genommen. Während der Energieversorger Energoatom russische Truppen für den Beschuss am Freitag verantwortlich machte, wiesen Russland und die örtliche, von Russland eingesetzte Stadtverwaltung dem ukrainischen Militär die Verantwortung zu. Die Angaben konnten nicht unabhängig überprüft werden.
Moment of Silence / Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony on the 77th Anniversary of the A-bombing
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We bring you coverage of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, marking the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing.
UN-Chef bei Hiroshima-Gedenken : Guterres: Spiel mit geladener Waffe
UN-Generalsekretär António Guterres hat bei der Zeremonie zum 77. Jahrestag des Atombombenabwurfs auf Hiroshima vor der anhaltenden Gefahr durch Atomwaffen gewarnt. „Die Menschheit spielt mit einer geladenen Waffe“, sagte Guterres an diesem Samstag bei einer Gedenkveranstaltung in der japanischen Stadt.
Atomwaffen garantierten keine Sicherheit, sondern „nur Tod und Zerstörung“, sagte Guterres bei der Zeremonie im Friedenspark Hiroshimas.
PLA is not afraid to fight for defending sovereignty and security: Global Times editorial
The Chinese army has not fought a war for nearly 40 years. Such a long period of peace has been won by the joint efforts of the Party, the government, the PLA and all Chinese people. It has created basic conditions for China‘s comprehensive and rapid development and is worthy of being cherished and safeguarded.
But at the same time we need to keep reminding ourselves to maintain distance and vigilance against the naive mind-set that wishes for absolute pacifism. We must avoid the situation in which people no longer know how to fight after living in peace for so long. For a major country like China, the consequence of having a relaxed mentality on national defense construction is unthinkable.
China‘s military marks 95th anniversary as US Speaker‘s potential Taiwan visit looms
„We would like to tell the United States once again that China is standing by, the Chinese People‘s Liberation Army will never sit idly by, and China will take resolute responses and strong countermeasures to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity,“ he said during a regular press briefing.
As to what exactly the measures will be, the world should „wait and see“, he added.
Over the weekend, various nationalistic commentators had alluded to supporting a military response.
Parade and pageant highlights final day of Queen‘s Platinum Jubilee
The fourth and final day of the Queen‘s Jubilee is underway in London.
Putins Rede zum Ukraine-Krieg
In einer Rede auf dem Roten Platz in Moskau während der Feierlichkeiten zum Gedenken an den Sieg über Nazi-Deutschland im Zweiten Weltkrieg zog Putin am Montag Parallelen zwischen dem Kampf der Roten Armee gegen die Nationalsozialisten und dem Vorgehen der russischen Streitkräfte in der Ukraine.
Der Kremlchef betonte zudem, es handele sich bei der russischen Invasion um einen präventiven Schritt, der dazu diene, das „Vaterland“ vor der „inakzeptablen Gefahr“ zu verteidigen, die das vom Westen unterstützte Nachbarland für Russland darstelle.
G7 Leaders’ Statement
1. Today, on 8 May, we, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), alongside Ukraine and the wider global community, commemorate the end of the Second World War in Europe and the liberation from fascism and the National Socialist reign of terror, which caused immeasurable destruction, unspeakable horrors and human suffering. We mourn the millions of victims and offer our respect, especially to all those who paid the ultimate price to defeat the National Socialist regime, including the western Allies and the Soviet Union.
2. Seventy-seven years later, President Putin and his regime now chose to invade Ukraine in an unprovoked war of aggression against a sovereign country. His actions bring shame on Russia and the historic sacrifices of its people. Through its invasion of and actions in Ukraine since 2014, Russia has violated the international rules-based order, particularly the UN Charter, conceived after the Second World War to spare successive generations from the scourge of war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to visit Kyiv on May 9, the day Russia marks the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in World War II.
Jahrestag der Massendeportation polnischer Bürger
Die Abschiebung wird von Historikern als ein Schlag gegen die Eliten des polnischen Staates bezeichnet. Laut Schätzungen des Instituts des Nationalen Gedenkens (IPN) sind in insgesamt vier Massendeportationen 320-330 Tausend Polen von den Sowiets nach Sibirien verschleppt worden, darunter 18 Tausend Offiziere. Die meisten Offiziere wurden auf Stalins Befehl im Frühling 1940, unter anderem in Katyń, ermordet.
Es wird davon ausgegangen, dass jeder dritte Deportierte das Exil nicht überlebt hat.
Professor E. Sylvester Vizi: „Die Ungarische Revolution im Jahr 1956 war der europäischste Moment der jüngsten Vergangenheit“
Das ungarische Volk hat in seiner tausendjährigen Geschichte seine Freiheitsliebe mehrmals bewiesen, doch war dies während der Revolution im Jahr 1956 beispiellos, als sich Ungarn „als ein kleines Land, aber als eine große Nation“ dem Sowjetimperium entgegenstellte.
Watch Live: CBS News‘ coverage of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
CBS News is broadcasting its coverage of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks Saturday morning in a CBS News Special Report that began at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. „CBS Evening News“ anchor and managing editor Norah O‘Donnell is leading coverage from Ground Zero in New York City.
The 9/11 photos we will never forget
Her photo, seen above, ran on the front pages of newspapers all over the world the next day. Some cropped the photo or used a sequence of two or three images, showing the plane exploding into the South Tower.
“But to me,” she said, “it is the full frame image that tells the story: the perfect blue sky, the classic NYC skyline and a black plane, frozen in time, a second before the world changed.”
Biden touts ‚national unity‘ in prerecorded 9/11 message to America
In a video released Friday, President Biden reflected on the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in America, insisting that „national unity“ is America‘s „greatest strength.“
Folgen von 9/11: Mit Sicherheit weniger Freiheit?
Die Folgen der verheerenden Terroranschläge in den USA vom 11. September 2001 waren und sind weitreichend. Im Bereich der inneren Sicherheit erhielten Polizei und Geheimdienste im Kampf gegen den Terror in den vergangenen 20 Jahren immer neue Befugnisse. Auf weitere Anschläge auch in Europa folgte regelmäßig der Ruf nach schärferen Gesetzen. Dabei werde nicht ausreichend überprüft, kritisieren Datenschützer und Bürgerrechtlerinnen, ob die vielen Gesetzesverschärfungen überhaupt nötig waren und ob die Balance zwischen Freiheits- und Sicherheitsinteressen noch gewahrt sei.
America‘s response to 9/11 was as damaging as the attack. It‘s not too late to change course
So, what is the straight line that I see drawn from there to here? As others have asked, was 9/11 a day, a moment, or a whole era-defining shift in America‘s understanding and vision of itself at home and abroad? Did the response to 9/11 do as much damage as the attack itself?
I have concluded the answer is yes. My own question is if 20 years on this can be recalibrated, or whether bin Laden‘s attack was actually the beginning of the end of American empire.
9/11-Jahrestag: Westen hat die falschen Schlüsse gezogen
Der Westen habe aus den Terroranschlägen vom 11. September 2001 falsche Lehren gezogen, meint Torsten Teichmann. Mit dem „Krieg gegen den Terror“ seien letztendlich Freiheit und Werte beschädigt worden.