Roger Waters V. the Machine: Inside the Pink Floyd Frontman’s Battle For Free Speech in Germany

After being blacklisted as “anti-Semitic,” Roger Waters has embarked upon a legal battle against German authorities over his support for BDS, criticism of the Israeli government and support for the Palestinian people.

Jessica Buxbaum
By Jessica Buxbaum
Roger Waters Germany Feature photo

Roger Waters is facing pushback from Germany. City authorities have canceled his upcoming concert over claims the Pink Floyd frontman is anti-Semitic. Yet activists say his experience is not an isolated incident when it comes to support for Palestine. In February, Frankfurt’s City Council canceled Waters’s concert scheduled for May 28, stating

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Defense Sectary Visits Hawkish Atlantic Council to Announce US Troop Buildup on Russia Border

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper visited the notorious Atlantic Council, funded by a who’s who of weapons makers and despotic regimes, to announce that the US would not, indeed, be withdrawing troops from Germany but sending them to Russia’s border instead.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Troop Withdrawal Germany

The United States was supposed to be sending thousands of troops home from Germany. But Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced yesterday that they would instead be redeployed eastwards, right on the Russian border in some cases, supposedly to deter “growing Russian and Chinese threats.” “It’s common sense,” the senior Trump administration

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US Threatens European backers of Nord Stream 2 Pipeline, NATO in DC’s Crosshairs

The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is nearing completion despite all the best efforts by the U.S. to stop its construction, causing a rift between Washington and its largest European ally and the potential end of NATO.

Raul Diego
By Raul Diego
Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Feature photo

The U.S. is starting to fret about the imminent completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the second of two underwater gas pipelines running from the Russian Baltic city of Ust-Luga to Greifswald, Germany, and has begun issuing informal threats of repercussions to companies who are backing the nearly-finished project.  According to unnamed

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Germany Allocates $62m to Development Projects in Palestine

“Germany wants to continue to contribute to stability in living conditions for the people in the Palestinian territory.”

Middle East Monitor
By Middle East Monitor
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Germany allocated €55 million ($62.5 million) to be dispersed to Palestinian development projects in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip in 2019. Klaus Kramer, the head of division in the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, told reporters in Ramallah that it was agreed, in coordination with various ministries in

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Recent Istanbul Summit on Syria Shows Just How Many Wildcards Remain

The proxy war in Syria is not ending, rather its morphing into the diplomatic war that lies ahead, which of course will be keenly fought, given the divergent interests of the foreign protagonists.

Melkulangara Bhadrakumar
By Melkulangara Bhadrakumar
Syria Summit Istanbul

The four-nation Turkey-Russia-Germany-France summit on Syria on October 27 in Istanbul had an impressive outcome. All participants – each with own interests – has some ‘takeaway’ from the summit, which itself is a measure of the success of the event. This is also important because the participants now have a reason to work together. Such an

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US Accuses Russia of Trying to Seize Syria’s Oil

Pentagon officials have charged that Russia, in its efforts to begin the reconstruction of Syria, really wants to “seize” Syria’s oil and gas resources. 

ZeroHedge.com
By ZeroHedge.com
Syria Russia Oil

Russia is attempting to woo European countries like Germany into a program of reconstruction cooperation in Syria, where broad swaths of the country have been destroyed through seven years of grinding proxy war; however, Pentagon officials have charged Russia with wanting to "seize" Syria's oil and gas resources. This comes as the United States

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