Tag: Cold War
Nationalism: The old evil is back
After the Cold War, nationalism was considered defeated. But now new nationalistic obsessions are developing new forces of decomposition even in free Europe. What role do they play in the…
Writer Eugen Ruge against Biermann’s appeal on Ukraine culture
It is probably undeniable that the peace movement from its inception was a movement at odds with those in power. Intellectuals, artists and scientists sat down in the USA as…
Azorian Project: The US and the Russian Nuclear Submarine Society
It was shortly after midnight on June 20, 1974 when an unusual ship left the port of Long Beach, California, in the dark of night. the Hughes Glomar Explorer is…
Arms Policy: China’s Nuclear Arsenal and Deterrence – Opinion
China, Russia, America: many countries are arming in order to intimidate their opponents. It’s almost like the Cold War, the logic of horror is back. But the world used to…
Alice Hornung met Picasso in Nice as a teenager. A memory – culture
Recently appeared an interview with the curator Julia Friedrich in the SZ, which presented a new Picasso exhibition at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. Next to the text is a…
Picasso exhibition in the Museum Ludwig in Cologne – Culture
On November 13, 1953, Bertolt Brecht wrote a short note to his “dear comrade” Pablo Picasso. In it he asked for the artist’s approval to use the “wonderful poster design”…
“A day in August” on ZDF: The protagonists tell – the media
Every turning point is unexpected. August 12, 1961, a Saturday, is a perfectly normal day. Ingrid Taegner and her husband and child visit friends who have fled to West Berlin.…
ZDF documentary about the Berlin Wall: The protagonists tell – media
Every turning point is unexpected. August 12, 1961, a Saturday, is a perfectly normal day. Ingrid Taegner and her husband and child visit friends who have fled to West Berlin.…