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Why Friedrich Ebert is still relevant today Born 150 years ago today, Germany's first democratically elected head of state is still very present in the public eye. The Mustache of the Nation The distinctive mustache, the short, arched eyebrows and the stern look: This is the Friedrich Ebert most German schoolchildren know. The social democrat was the first president of Germany's fledgling democratic republic in 1919, and this bust in the Weimar City Museum captures his statesman-like bearing at a critical juncture of German history. Birthplace of the Weimar Constitution Ebert left a memorab...

Citing Jan. 6 storming of US Capitol, Canada’s parliament demands banning of far-right Proud Boys Canada’s parliament unanimously adopted a non-binding motion Jan. 25 that calls on the Liberal government to declare the far-right Proud Boys a terrorist group. The initiative was spearheaded by the New Democratic Party, which is promoting the dangerous illusion that right-wing extremism can be fought through the Canadian capitalist state—the very same state that covers up the activities of far-right members of the military and collaborated with the fascistic ex-president Donald Trump throu...

Putsch Comes To Shove Never underestimate the beginnings of things, no matter how insignificant; the bad and the good are often indistinguishable in their embryonic stage. But all the more reason to pay close attention to them, because the bad ones may lead to the destruction of what was once seen as indestructible. A nano-sized virus from a sick critter (or laboratory) has thrown America into deathly chaos. And, under the cover of chaos, emboldened hordes scaled the walls of the Capitol. It had all the visual impact of a medieval tableau, minus the molten tar pouring down on the mob from the...

The mobs attacking the Capitol were terrifying, but they aren't the greatest danger to American democracy.

Let me tell you a bit about Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler. The terror machinery of Nazi Germany and its attempt to implement the " Endlösung" led to the deaths of six million Jews and ten million Slavs. This systematic slaughter was paralleled only by Mao Zedong and Josef Stalin and led to the coining of the term genocide ( genos means "race" in Greek, cide means "killer" in Latin). The Jews call it simply "Destruction"; the Romas "Devouring". It was undoubtedly one of the most evil acts perpetrated by man and the Lord willing he shall never forget it. It came from a regime which was, in...