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Capodistrias and the Aegina Active Citizens’ Association

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The Aegina Active Citizens’ Association’s active involvement with Capodistrias as a pioneer of European integration began on November 22, 2008, with a conference at the Danae Hotel in Aegina, entitled “Capodistrias-Spinelli-Europe.” http://www.enouranois.eu/enouranois/european_integration/synedrio.htm   The conference was attended by such prominent figures such as the ambassadors of Switzerland and Ukraine, the deputy director of the European Parliament Office in Greece, the Greek historian Andreas Koukos, the Swiss historian Michelle Bouvier-Bron, not to mention the then president (and current Vice-President) of the Association, Stratos Pantavos. To quote from the local press coverage of the time (by Marilena Giannouli): https://www.enouranois.eu/enouranois/english/european_integration/Marilenagiannouli.htm “Starting from the 18th century through Capodistrias, moving into the 20th century through Spinelli, and outlining the elements of today’s European dialogue, a dialogue was opened on the necessary future developments in Europe, using the ideas of these two historical figures as a starting point, benchmark, and model. It is significant that such a dialogue began in Aegina. Altiero Spinelli played a leading role in the founding of the European Federalist Movement and exerted a powerful influence on the early decades of European integration following World War II. Later, he contributed to the relaunching of the integration process He served as a member … Continue reading →

Henry Nowak and “cultural Marxism”

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https://www.ourcivilisationalmoment.com/p/henry-nowak-is-britain?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=8584620&post_id=201679147&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3pqxhe&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email I am aware of a lifelong debt to “cultural Marxism) (i.e. Marcuse, Adorno, Lukacs, Hegel) for emancipating me from the conventional wisdom of Cold War anti-communism (and reaction against it) and providing the beginnings of an intellectual way forward in life. In today’s conjuncture, where the role of China has come to predominate, the “cultural Marxist” outlook, if this kind of analysis is given its due https://halva.proboards.com/post/2726, remains a guide for adequate intellectual and practical orientation. The caricaturing so beloved for people of conventional right-wing views, then, now, and always (?) continues to distract more superficial mentalities: ‘a cultural Marxist ideology that teaches that white people are by definition racist, and even that non-whites cannot actually be racist. Anti-racism emphasises systemic and institutional racism as well as “unconscious bias”. I don’t recall ever reading anything so vulgar in the “cultural Marxist” texts I read back then in the heyday of the post-de Gaulle and post-May 1968 explosion of “cultural Marxism”. … Continue reading →