Archiv: looking to the future


19.11.2024 - 00:00 [ theNation.com ]

Yes, Antony Blinken Should Resign. But He’s Not the Only One.

(September 27, 2024)

The day is dark, the forces arrayed are tenacious, but as the late Nation editorial board member Toni Morrison wrote “No! This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”

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Onwards,

Katrina vanden Heuvel
Editorial Director and Publisher, The Nation

15.11.2024 - 16:10 [ CNN ]

Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his Department of Health and Human Services secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a choice that would add to Trump’s list of provocative picks whose confirmation processes will test the loyalty of Senate Republicans.

Trump on Thursday announced the selection, confirming CNN’s earlier reporting, saying he was thrilled to share the pick.

06.11.2024 - 19:00 [ The Daily Show / Youtube ]

Jon Stewart’s Election Night Takeaway | The Daily Show

(12 hours ago)

Jon Stewart shares his takeaways from Election Night 2024: A glimpse into the fate of the presidency and the mistakes that‘ll be made all over again. #DailyShow #JonStewart #Trump

25.09.2024 - 16:00 [ UN Web TV ]

UN Secretary-General Addresses General Debate, 79th Session

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25.09.2024 - 15:52 [ United Nations Secretary-General ]

Secretary-General‘s remarks at the Opening of the General Debate of the Seventy-ninth Session of the General Assembly ..

Many have said that the differences and divisions today are just too great.

That it is impossible for us to come together for the common good.

You proved that is not true.

The Summit of the Future showed that with a spirit of dialogue and compromise, we can join forces to steer our world to a more sustainable path.

It is not the end.

It is a start of a journey, a compass in the whirlwind.

Let‘s keep going.

Let‘s move our world towards less impunity and more accountability …. less inequality and more justice … less uncertainty and more opportunity.

The people of the world are looking to us – and succeeding generations will look back on us.

Let them find us on the side of the United Nations Charter … on the side of our shared values and principles … and on the right side of history.

18.09.2024 - 17:22 [ JillStein2024.com ]

In response to the ICJ ruling, Stein calls for international coalition for immediate Gaza aid, ceasefire, and end to US aid for Israel

(Friday, January 26th, 2024)

The US must immediately cease all military assistance to Israel, both financial backing and weapons supplies. The US must stop providing diplomatic cover for Israel‘s genocidal war on Gaza, particularly by ending use of its veto power to block UN Security Council resolutions calling for a ceasefire that have been backed by the vast majority of nations and peoples of the world. The US must convert all military operations in the region to preparations for humanitarian assistance, in broad coalition with other nations, in order to prevent further atrocities against the Palestinian people.

The United States should immediately join together with the nations of the world, under the auspices of the United Nations, in a broad coalition to act on the Responsibility to Protect the Palestinian people from genocide.

18.09.2024 - 13:30 [ Arablit.org ]

Elias Khoury on Writing

“Literature speaks in many ways. It speaks to the present, of course, and to the future, if it is good literature. But literature is also a way for the writer to make a dialogue with the dead. This is the power of literature. It is not like religion: religion gives you the feeling that you are eternal. Here, there is no eternity at all, but it opens the possibility of dialoguing with the dead.”

03.09.2024 - 19:33 [ Caitlin Johnstone ]

There’s No Good News In The Unfolding Of Armageddon

Every species eventually hits an adaptation-or-extinction juncture at some point, where it must adapt to changing conditions on this planet or vanish into the fossil records. Humanity is arriving at such a juncture today. We’ll either awaken the potential which rests dormant within all of us to become a truly conscious species, or we will go the way of the dinosaur. We have the freedom to go either direction.

11.04.2024 - 23:15 [ United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs ]

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2222 (XXI). Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

(19. Dezember 1966)

Article III

States Parties to the Treaty shall carry on activities in the exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, in accordance with international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, in the interest of maintaining international peace and security and promoting international co-operation and understanding.

Article IV

States Parties to the Treaty undertake not to place in orbit around the earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction, install such weapons on celestial bodies, or station such weapons in outer space in any other manner.

The moon and other celestial bodies shall be used by all States Parties to the Treaty exclusively for peaceful purposes. The establishment of military bases, installations and fortifications, the testing of any type of weapons and the conduct of military manoeuvres on celestial bodies shall be forbidden. The use of military personnel for scientific research or for any other peaceful purposes shall not be prohibited. The use of any equipment or facility necessary for peaceful exploration of the moon and other celestial bodies shall also not be prohibited.

11.04.2024 - 23:10 [ Tass ]

Russia, US in touch on non-deployment of nuclear weapons in space — MFA

„This (US accusations – TASS) is nothing more than another attempt to find pretexts to smear Moscow‘s policies. We repeat once again for those who have not yet memorized this, that Russia is fully committed to its obligations under multilateral agreements, including those related to outer space,“ Ryabkov said. „These agreements speak for themselves. We will also continue to promote initiatives concerning the prevention of an arms race in outer space and no first placement of weapons in space.

07.04.2024 - 22:28 [ NewArab.com ]

Gaza onslaught ‚betrayal of humanity‘, UN humanitarian chief says, after six months of Israel war

In a statement on the eve of the six-month anniversary of the war, Martin Griffiths, the outgoing under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief, called for a „collective determination that there be a reckoning for this betrayal of humanity.“

„Each day, this war claims more civilian victims,“ said Griffiths, who will leave his post at the end of June due to health reasons.

„Every second that it continues sows the seeds of a future so deeply obscured by this relentless conflict.“

13.03.2024 - 21:00 [ +972 Magazine ]

Strangled by Israel for decades, Gaza’s future must begin with free movement

The catastrophic situation today must be understood within the context of Israel’s pre-October 7 policies, including vis-à-vis Palestinians’ freedom of movement between Gaza, Israel, and the West Bank. Over more than half a century, the violence of Israel’s ongoing occupation, repeated military assaults, and “separation policy” between Gaza and the West Bank have created a broken and bleeding stretch of land. These policies have manufactured and maintained a humanitarian disaster; separated Palestinians in Gaza from those in Israel and the West Bank; and promoted Israel’s illegitimate political and demographic objectives.

14.02.2024 - 15:10 [ Gibiru.com ]

UN-mandated ground troops from South Africa marching into Palestine to secure the free and fair vote for a Constitutional Assembly, following a popular vote and elections

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14.02.2024 - 14:12 [ White House ]

Remarks by President Biden and His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan After a Meeting

We must make sure the horrors of the past few months since October 7th are never repeated nor accepted by any human being.

We must together, along with Arab partners and the international community, step up efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and immediately start working to create a political horizon that leads to a just and comprehensive peace on the basis of the two-state solution — an independent, sovereign, and viable Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital but living side by side with Israel in peace and security. This is the only solution that will guarantee peace and security for the Palestinians and the Israelis, as well as the entire region.

14.02.2024 - 14:07 [ Times of Israel ]

Jordan’s King Abdullah: October 7 attacks cannot be accepted by any Muslim

“As I have previously stressed, we must make sure the horrors of the past few months since October 7, are never repeated, nor accepted by any human being.”

“We must together, along with Arab partners and the international community, step up efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and immediately start working to create a political horizon that leads to a just and comprehensive peace” on the pre-1967 lines, he says.

14.02.2024 - 13:59 [ New York Times ]

A Palestinian Exile Champions an Arab Vision for Gaza

Mohammed Dahlan, an adviser to the president of the United Arab Emirates, outlined one under which Israel and Hamas would hand power to a new and independent Palestinian leader who could rebuild Gaza under the protection of an Arab peacekeeping force.

While such plans face steep challenges, the leaders of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Emirates are open to supporting processes that are part of efforts leading to a Palestinian state, said Mr. Dahlan, who also has close ties to Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

29.01.2024 - 09:50 [ Bundestag.de ]

Bundeswehreinsatz in Irak

(18. Oktober 2023)

Beschlussempfehlung des Auswärtigen Ausschusses (3. Ausschuss) zu dem Antrag der Bundesregierung Fortsetzung des Einsatzes bewaffneter deutscher Streitkräfte – Stabilisierung sichern, Wiedererstarken des IS verhindern, Versöhnung in Irak fördern (Drucksache. 20/8341 und 20/8797)

Abstimmungsergebnis…

04.01.2024 - 18:10 [ Sam Husseini / Twitter ]

Was interesting listening to Nasrallah today. He basically said international law is BS. We get what we get because we have weapons because the world refused to listen to us when we talked about what was right and wrong. If the ICJ doesn‘t do the right thing, Nasrallah will be right and the ICJ will have no legitimacy.

25.12.2023 - 22:50 [ VaticanNews.va ]

Papst erteilt feierlichen Weihnachts-Segen – Ruf nach Frieden

Eindringlich rief der Papst in seiner Urbi-et-Orbi-Botschaft dazu auf, sich für Frieden einzusetzen. „Er komme bald in Israel und Palästina, wo der Krieg das Leben dieser Völker erschüttert. Ich umarme sie alle, insbesondere die christlichen Gemeinschaften in Gaza und im gesamten Heiligen Land. Ich trauere im Herzen um die Opfer des verabscheuungswürdigen Angriffs vom 7. Oktober und erneuere meinen dringenden Appell für die Freilassung derjenigen, die noch immer als Geiseln festgehalten werden. Ich flehe darum, dass die Militäroperationen mit ihren entsetzlichen Folgen unschuldiger ziviler Opfer eingestellt werden und dass man etwas gegen die verzweifelte humanitäre Situation unternimmt, indem man das Eintreffen der Hilfslieferungen ermöglicht.“

Franziskus richtete den Scheinwerfer aber über das aktuelle Gaza-Drama hinaus auf die Zukunft der Menschen und Völker im Nahen Osten. „Man schüre nicht weiter Gewalt und Hass, sondern führe die palästinensische Frage zu einer Lösung, und zwar durch einen aufrichtigen und beharrlichen Dialog zwischen den Parteien, der von einem starken politischen Willen getragen wird und von der Unterstützung der internationalen Gemeinschaft.“ Der Vatikan wirbt für eine Zwei-Staaten-Lösung Israel/Palästina und für einen international garantierten, freien Zugang zu den Heiligen Stätten.

25.12.2023 - 22:28 [ VaticanNews.va ]

Pope: May Christmas bring peace to our world and turn sorrow into joy

Following the birth of the Saviour came the slaughter of the innocents, the Pope recalled, and he remembered the innocents, the „little Jesuses“ of today, who are victims „in their mothers’ wombs, in odysseys undertaken in desperation and in search of hope, in the lives of all those little ones whose childhood has been devastated by war.“

We must say „yes“ to peace and „no“ to war the Pope decried, as every war marks „a defeat without victors, an inexcusable folly.“ He also called for a „no“ to weaponry given that with human weakness we can often end up using it for war sooner or later.

Peace is even more difficult, he observed, „when arms production, sales, and trade are on the rise“ and public funds spent on arms can come at the expense of bread for the hungry. He decried „the interests and the profits that move the puppet strings of war.“ And these must be brought to light, „talked about and written about,“ he emphasised, since many have no idea how much of their public funds are being spent on weapons, whereas they should be informed.

28.11.2023 - 08:24 [ @Schorsch_Riedel / Twitter ]

Dienstag 28. November 2023 Einen guten Morgen wünsche ich meinen 487 Followern! Euch und alle X er, denen das zukünftige Schicksal ihrer Mitmenschen und Nachkommen nicht gleichgültig ist bitte ich: Retweetet und/oder teilt meinen täglichen Aufruf an den Weltsicherheitsrat #UNSC!

Unterschiedliche, selbst erarbeitete Begründungen, habe ich der Aufforderung hinzugefügt.

Wir bewegen uns auf eine Katastrophe zu, die nur noch durch eine weltweit umspannende Solidargemeinschaft abgewendet werden kann!

Wir sind jetzt gefordert, im Rahmen unserer Möglichkeiten etwas tun, damit das Weltgeschehen uns wieder Raum für unbeschwert positives Denken lässt.

Niemand darf kommentarlos und untätig bleibend zuschauen, wenn sich Menschen gegenseitig töten, misshandeln und/oder verletzen!

Man kann abends besser einschlafen mit dem Bewusstsein, wenigstens etwas getan zu haben. wenn das Engagement auch utopisch anmutet, den Weltsicherheitsrat #UNSC aufzufordern, das Veto-Recht abzuschaffen, damit Friedensmissionen durch die #UN möglich sind.

Allein die Weltgemeinschaft kann dauerhaft anhaltenden Frieden schaffen, ihn sichern und bewahren!

26.11.2023 - 07:20 [ The White House / Twitter ]

As we look to the future, we need to renew our commitment to pursue a two-state solution where Israelis and Palestinians can live with equal measures of dignity and freedom.

(November 24, 2023)

20.09.2023 - 05:00 [ White House ]

Remarks by President Biden Before the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly | New York, NY

But upgrading and strengthening our institutions, that’s only half of the picture. We must also forge new partnerships, confront new challenges.

Emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, hold both enormous potential and enormous peril. We need to be sure they are used as tools of opportunity, not as weapons of oppression.

Together with leaders around the world, the United States is working to strengthen rules and policies so AI technologies are safe before they are released to the public; to make sure we govern this technology — not the other way around, having it govern us.

And I’m committed to working through this institution and other international bodies and directly with leaders around the world, including our competitors, to ensure we harness the power of A- — artificial intelligence for good, while protecting our citizens from its most profound risk.

It’s going to take all of us. I’ve been working at this for a while, as many of you have. It’s going to take all of us to get this right.

20.09.2023 - 04:53 [ Fox News ]

President Biden warns UN to ‚make sure‘ AI does not ‘govern us’

President Biden warned the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday that the world needs to make sure it governs artificial intelligence and „not the other way around, having it govern us.“

Biden, speaking in New York City, said „emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence hold both enormous potential and enormous peril.“

20.09.2023 - 04:47 [ Sony Pictures / Youtube ]

GATTACA (1997) – First 10 Minutes

Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin and Jude Law star in this engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection.

16.07.2023 - 17:18 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Seine Exzellenz der Android

Der Eindruck, den Lars machte, war durchaus der eines Mannes von Geltung. Er saß bequem im Lehnstuhl, hielt Zeitung und Zigarre in den Händen, lächelte mit dem zuvorkommenden Lächeln, das ihm Andersen beigebracht hatte, und erwiderte auf alle Fragen je nach den Stichworten. Frithjof gewann die Überzeugung: Sein Android war gelungen, ganz Mensch! Er unterschied sich durch nichts von den anderen als durch den Mangel von Herz und Gemüt. Und vielleicht nicht einmal dadurch.

03.07.2023 - 09:54 [ Nobelprize.org ]

Harold Pinter – Nobel Lecture: Art, Truth & Politics

(2005)

When we look into a mirror we think the image that confronts us is accurate. But move a millimetre and the image changes. We are actually looking at a never-ending range of reflections. But sometimes a writer has to smash the mirror – for it is on the other side of that mirror that the truth stares at us.

I believe that despite the enormous odds which exist, unflinching, unswerving, fierce intellectual determination, as citizens, to define the real truth of our lives and our societies is a crucial obligation which devolves upon us all. It is in fact mandatory.

If such a determination is not embodied in our political vision we have no hope of restoring what is so nearly lost to us – the dignity of man.

18.08.2021 - 13:23 [ Radio Utopie ]

U.S.-Kongress: Kriegsvollmacht vom 14. September 2001 wackelt

(17. Mai 2013)

Barbara Lee. Allein für alle, allen voraus.

04.08.2021 - 13:29 [ The People’s Party / Twitter ]

Nina‘s unfortunate loss is further proof that working with the Democrats is a dead end road for folks seeking to challenge the status quo. Democrats will spend millions of dollars (at a time like this!) and pull out all the stops to undermine candidates fighting for the people.

01.08.2021 - 08:30 [ Radio Utopie ]

Was allein Verhandlungen über ein neues internationales Iran-Abkommen bedeuten würden

(25. April 2018)

Aber nehmen wir mal an, es lassen sich Putin, Xi Jinping in China, die E.U., die Ewige Kanzlerin Angela Merkel (die am Freitag in Washington Platz und Rolle mit Emmanuel eintauschen wird), Macron, Theresa May und Trump auf die Nummer ein und verlangen nun vom Iran nochmal Verhandlungen. Über noch ein Abkommen.

Dann gibt es drei Möglichkeiten wie sich die Staatsführung des Iran entscheidet.

1. der eher liberale iranische Präsident Hassan Rohani, der so dumm war in Russland einen Verbündeten zu sehen, bricht selbst das Atomabkommen J.C.P.O.A. (was unklug wäre)

2. Rohani sagt „Nein!“ zu dieser internationalen Erpressung und dieser weiteren pathologischen Sonderbehandlung eines souveränen Staates wegen irgendwelchen Fantasmagorien faschistischer Lügner und Imperialisten (was klug wäre)

3. Rohani sagt „Ja…“ zu dieser internationalen Erpressung und dieser weiteren pathologischen Sonderbehandlung eines souveränen Staates wegen irgendwelchen Fantasmagorien faschistischer Lügner und Imperialisten (was sein Untergang wäre).

Nehmen wir nun also an, Rohani sagt Ja, auf Drängen seines guten Freundes im Kreml, zum Beispiel. Und nehmen wir mal an, es würden tatsächlich nochmal Verhandlungen mit allen Parteien begonnen.

Dann passiert Folgendes:
– die Verhandlungen ziehen sich genauso endlos hin wie der bald siebzehnjährige weltweite Terrorkrieg
– die gesamte Kriegslobby, überall, fährt weiter gewaltige Profite ein
– alle Staats- und Regierungschefs, mit Ausnahme natürlich von Rohani, stärken ihre innenpolitische Position und können vielleicht sogar ihre Wiederwahl sichern (Trump, Merkel, May, Macron, Trump, bei Xi gibt es sowieso keine mehr)
– im Iran bekommen die dortige Kriegslobby und die klerikal-autoritären Kräfte, die ihren Kumpanen in Tel Aviv und Washington regelmäßig zu Hilfe kamen und sich nichts sehnlicher wünschen als ihren 11. September, wieder die Initiative und letztlich die Oberhand
– Rohani wird in absehbarer Zeit entweder gestürzt oder abgewählt
– das Raketenprogramm der iranischen Militärs und Kriegslobbyisten wird forciert
– die Monarchie Saudi Arabien, wie alle anderen mit dem Iran konkurrierenden Monarchien in der Region, reden über Atomwaffen, eigene Atomwaffen und besorgen sich diese (wenn sie diese nicht schon längst haben)

…..

23.07.2021 - 05:52 [ Jim Nielson / Youtube ]

Deactivation of Hal 9000

2001: A Space Odyssey

Released: 1969

20.07.2021 - 08:03 [ Politico.eu ]

5 things to know about EU’s Fit for 55 climate package

(21.07.2021)

It‘s the first time that a major economy is radically overhauling its climate rules, and is being watched around the world.

The Fit for 55 package will be announced on July 14.

20.07.2021 - 07:59 [ europarl.europa.eu ]

Legislative train: Fit for 55 package under the European Green Deal

The following initiatives were announced for second quarter (Q2) of 2021. The Commission has announced a postponement of the initial batch to 14 July 2021:

– Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), including maritime, aviation and CORSIA as well as a proposal for ETS as own resource
– Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and a proposal for CBAM as own resource
– Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR)
– Revision of the Energy Tax Directive
– Amendment to the Renewable Energy Directive to implement the ambition of the new 2030 climate target (RED)
– Amendment of the Energy Efficiency Directive to implement the ambition of the new 2030 climate target (EED)
– Reducing methane emissions in the energy sector
– Revision of the Regulation on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF)
– Revision of the Directive on deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure
– Revision of the Regulation setting CO₂ emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles

The following initiatives are announced for fourth quarter (Q4) of 2021:

– Revision of the energy performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
– Revision of the Third Energy Package for gas (Directive 2009/73/EU and Regulation 715/2009/EU) to regulate competitive decarbonised gas markets