Digital Edge: Freedom of Expression 2016
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CETA TTIP Demonstration
Demonstration against CETA and TTIP: "People should be the focus of considerations and not global economic interests."
The Last Re-Run?
Let's have a look into the future. It's 2018. Presidential Election. - Election experts no longer speak about election fatigue but rather election sleep.
Stop the Police State-Protection Law
On October 1st in the studio house of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (formerly Semperdepot) a panel discussion organized by AK Vorrat took place, concerning the Police State-Protection Law (Polizeiliches Staatsschutzgesetz PStSG) currently under review.
Greece – A homegrown Tragedy
With the following commentaries I don’t intend to deny Greece’s transgressions of the past 40 years in any way. They happened and remain the major cause for today's condition. But contrary to the dominantly published opinion there is another…
US elections – expect the unexpected?
A few months before the presidential elections in the United States, some experts met at the Concordia Press Club to explore likely outcomes, but also to question the American electoral system
Ukraine caught between stagnation and awakening
The move away from the formal republic towards a presidential republic is the most central change in Ukraine, according to Alexej Jakubin. But two-thirds of Ukrainians are not satisfied with the current government's work. This is partly because the oligarchs continue…
Ewald Scheucher & Christof Tschohl from Ak Vorrat about third-appeal by FPÖ and Grüne
Today FPÖ and Grüne presented their complaint against the Police State-Protection Law. It will be introduced in the name of both parties at the Austrian Constitutional Court and targets the complete repeal of this surveillance law. Authors are the lawyers…
Brex(Sh)it happens
For many - including myself - it came as a surprise after all. I went to sleep on Thursday night during the first by-election survey, according to which 52 per cent of Britons supposedly voted for remaining in the EU. The…
Elections in Spain – a view from the outside
On June 26th 2016, elections will be held in Spain, since after the latest ballot in December, no coalition has shaped because the Podemos supporters rejected a coalition agreement. With a high voter turnout of 73 percent, thirteen parties made…
Populism and political speech
In the crowded Concordia Press Club, former MEP Dr. Swoboda discussed the importance of language in politics with German communication psychologist Dr. Wehling and university professor Dr. Ötsch.
State of the union
It was a very illustrious group tonight, discussing the EU’s state and current problems before a relatively small audience. As expected, Britain’s forthcoming referendum (“Brexit” – meaning the termination of Britain’s membership of the European Union) figured prominently.