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Fear for Erdoğan

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Guestspeaker

Turkey is still very far from being a possible bridge builder between East and West and between Russia and NATO countries, and the 2023 Turkish elections showed us that Turkey is driving away from democratic values. Continue reading →

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Posted in Economy, News and Politics, Welfare and Health, World | Tagged Anti-Erdogan Turks, Bashar al-Assad, Belgium, Continental Europe, Dictatorial government, European mainland or Continental Europe, European Union, European Union (EU), Fear for Erdoğan, Fear to talk, Freedom of expression, Freedom of speech, Gender inequality, Islam, Islamisation, Judeo-Christian Heritage, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, NATO, NATO and the West, Nato member(s), Oppression of women, Persecution, Political dictatorship, Pro-Erdogan Turks, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Sexism, Social media, to Talk openly, Turkey, VRT (Flemish Radio and Television), Women in Turkey | 2 Comments

The good reason to have retired people around and a reason why to protest for the French pension reform

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Marcus Ampe

Against all those anarchists who tried to undermine the MAY 1 marches in several cities in France, go-getters tried to clarify what it really is about and how to act today to safeguard both democracy and to protect residents’ pension rights. Continue reading →

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Posted in Economy, News and Politics, Poverty, Welfare and Health, World | Tagged Adolf Daens, Antoine Eveillo, Denial of democracy, Denis Latulippe, Disengagement, Firefighter(s), France, French people, Invocation of article 49.3, Le Havre, Marine Le Pen, May 1968 revolt, Mouvement des gilets jaunes = Yellow vests, Pénibilité = burden or hardship, Pension reform, Pensioners, Pieter Daens, Private pension fund(s), Rassemblement national, Rassemblement National = National Rally, Régimes spéciaux = special regimes, Retirement, Retirement age, Retiring, starvation wage, to Contribute to society, Volunteering, Work life | 1 Comment

Why, in Belgium, not so many youngsters are protesting these days

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Marcus Ampe

Looking at today’s youth, all interviewees of the protesters of yesteryear felt that today’s youth are far too meek or scared. Continue reading →

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Posted in B4Peace, Economy, Environment and Ecology, History, News and Politics, Welfare and Health, World | Tagged 1970s, 1980s, Anti-Establishment voices, Baby Boomers, Belgium, Corona period, Environmental activist(s), Establishment, Exploitation, Freedom, Golden Sixties, Nuclear Weapons, Protest, protest march(es), Protester(s), Protesting, Protestor(s), Rebellious time(s), to Act against the establishment, to Squat, Young people, Youth | 2 Comments

How many people do not dream of a grand place to live in

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Marcus Ampe

In my dreams, there is still a place for a beautiful house with a nice large garden somewhere in a warm country. Who knows …. One day, dreams come true. Continue reading →

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Posted in Ballet + Dance/Dans, Culture, Dagboek = Diary, Economy, Education, Religion, Welfare and Health | Tagged Acolyte, Bank crisis., Courses for Ukrainians, Daily Prompt, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1845, Dream house, Elder (church leader), Great Recession (2007-2009), kangaroo house, Lego bricks, Non-solvable, Priest, to Buy a house, Voluntary Work | 3 Comments

Underpaid health care workers with hands in their hair

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Marcus Ampe

Corona, the potentially deadly disease spread rapidly in Britain and demanded a lot of the nursing staff. Months later it looks like the public and the government have forgotten all their hard work. For years, the UK government has been reluctant to invest in healthcare, leaving Britain with a serious problem. Continue reading →

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Posted in Economy, News and Politics, Welfare and Health, World | Tagged Ambulance worker(s), Belgium, Brexit, Brexiteer(s), Britain, Corona crisis, Corona period, Cost of living, Cost-of-living crisis, Energy costs, Food prices, Health service, Health service walkout, Health worker(s), Johnson government, Keir Starmer, NHS, NHS Providers, Nurse(s), Nursing staff, Pat Cullen, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Saffron Cordery, Sharon Graham, Steve Barclay, Unite (Br. union), United Socialist Party (UK), Vaccination | Leave a comment

By far the top-earning ballet in America

Posted on December 22, 2022 by Marcus Ampe

Christmastime in the theatre in many countries also means The Nutcracker ballet. Performances of The Nutcracker account for nearly half the annual revenue of American ballet companies.

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Posted in Ballet + Dance/Dans, Culture, Economy | Tagged American ballet companies, annual revenue Ballet companies, Christmastime, The Nutcracker | 2 Comments

A slap in the face of the European Union

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Marcus Ampe

In the past week, two astounding and unrelated criminal investigations have come to light in Europe. Both raise troubling questions for democracy. The European Union already has a hard time making itself useful and credible to the people at large. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Economy, News and Politics, World | Tagged Andrea Cozzolino, Confidence in the European Union, Daniel Freund, European institutions, European Parliament, European Union (EU), Eva Kaili, Francesco Giorgi, Iratxe García Pérez, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Marc Tarabella, Maria Arena, Maria Spyraki, Nea Dimokratia party - European People's Party (EPP), New Democracy party, Nicholas Aiossa, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Pietro Bartolo, Qatar, Qatari citizen(s), Roberta Metsola, Ursula von der Leyen, Vice-president of the parliament | Leave a comment

Significant results of investigations concerning election preference in the UK

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Marcus Ampe

After twelve years of Tory rule, the only concrete achievement it can point to is that it “got Brexit done”, by allowing its members to tell a lot of lies to the British people and stepping in the tril of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Crisis, Economy, Enquête, History, News and Politics, Welfare and Health, World | Tagged Boundary Commission for England, Brexit, Brexit Party, Brexiteer(s), British politics, British Tories, Centre-left, Conservative Party, Eastern Europe, Economic crisis, Euroscepticism, Fuel shortage, Greed, Greedy world, Jack Holmes, Nigel Farage, People Polling data, Post-Brexit, Public First Poll, Reform UK (Br. right-wing pop. party), Richard Tice, Right wing politicians, Right-wing parties, Right-wing populism, Rishi Sunak, Russia-Ukraine War (2022), Selfishness, Social conservatism, Social market economy, Survey(s), Ukip (UK Independence party), Wealth, Western Europe, William Clouston, YouGov survey | 3 Comments

Emerging voices from choked society

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Marcus Ampe

Since the Covid outbreak, China has done everything possible to limit the damage to the population, but their draconian measures are quietly starting to turn against the government’s policies. Continue reading →

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Posted in Economy, History, News and Politics, World | Tagged 1989, 2021, 2022, Airport, Anti-vaxxer(s), Belgium, Bourgeois liberalism, Central quarantine facilities, Chen Duxiu, Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese national anthem, Corona measures, Covid restriction(s), CoViD-19, CoViD-19 pandemic, Cultural Revolution (Ch. pol. mov.), Economic depression, Economic Growth, Economic life, Economic reform(s), Elon Musk, Export, Gay, Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution = Wuchanjieji Wenhua Dageming = Wu-ch’an Chieh-chi Wen-hua Ta Ke-ming, Guizhou = Kuei-chou = Kweichow (prov. S.W. China), Hu Yaobang = Hu Yao-pang, Hyper-capitalism, IKEA Shanghai, Jiang Zemin, Jilin = Kirin = Chilin province (formerly Manchuria - N.E. China), Li Dazhao, Lockdown, Mao Zedong = Mao Tse-tung, Medical operation, Nanjing = Nan-ching = Nanking (cap. city - Jiangsu sheng prov. - E.C. China), Netherlands, Omicron virus, Pacific island nations, Patriotism, People’s Republic of China (PRC) = China, Political Reforms, Pro-democracy protest(s), Prosperity, Protester(s), Protestor(s), Revolutions of 1989, Shanghai = Shang-hai (city municipality - E.C. China), Shanghai Disney, Shenzhen = Shen-chen (city -S-C Guangdong sheng prov. - SE China), Sitong Bridge (N. 4th Ring Road - N. Beijing), Social Life, Social Living, Soviet communist regime, Supply chains, Tesla Inc. (Am. com.), Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Square incident (1989), Tianjin = T’ien-ching = Tientsin (city - Tianjin prov. - N. China), Tianjin province = T’ien-ching = Tientsin (province N. China), Urumqi = Wulumuqi = Wu-lu-mu-ch’i = Ürümchi (cap. city - Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang - N.W. China), Wuhan lockdown, Xi Jinping, Xi’an = Hsi-an = hist. Chang’an (cap. city - Shaanxi sheng prov. N-C China), Zero-Covid policy, Zhao Ziyang = Chao Tzu-yang | 4 Comments

On the highway to climate hell

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Marcus Ampe

Leaders from poor countries have good reason to criticise wealthy governments and oil companies for driving global warming, and demand that those polluting countries shall pay repairments fees to the suffering poor countries. Continue reading →

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Posted in Economy, Environment and Ecology, Milieu, News and Politics, Poverty, Warning, Welfare and Health, World | Tagged Angela Rayner, António Guterres, Bangladesh, Boris Johnson, Capitalist countries, Caroline Lucas, Clean energy, Climate activist(s), Climate change, Climate chaos, Climate Crisis, climate hell, Climate-change denial, Climatologist(s), Climatology, COP26, COP27, Developed country, Droughts, Earth, El Niño (oceanic + climatic phen.), Energy crisis, Flooding, Forest fire(s), Fossil fuel subsidies, geopolitical situation, Glacier, Glacier melting, Global Center on Adaptation, Global Warming, Green Party of England, Greenhouse gas emission(s), Hannah Cloke, Heat waves, Industrial countries, Industrialised countries, Jennifer Francis (Am. scientist), Jeremy Corbyn, La Niña, La Niña (oceanic + climatic phen.), Liz Truss, Marc Champion, Nicola Sturgeon, Patrick Verkooijen, Petteri Taalas, Political agreement(s), Polution, Poor countries, Rishi Sunak, Russia-Ukraine War (2022), Salma El Wardany, Sameh Shoukry, Sea level, Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), Sohanur Rahman (Bangladesh polit.), Weather condition(s), Western Europe, Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC), Woodwell Climate Research Centre (Cape Cod), World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) | 5 Comments

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