Nuclear Weapons for Iran?

Here is an article from 2008 to shed light on the quality of the nuclear weapons discussion emerging in the light of Trump’s diplomacy towards Iran. Disinformation about “nuclear deterrence” has becοme a central item in present-day “European” nonsense-mongering, with a pronounced element of cluelessness not only at the popular level, but also among “professional” politicians and opinion makers. www.enouranois.eu/enouranois/english/antinuclear/indexNuclear.htm NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR THE UNDERDOG Wayne Hall In an article last February in the English-language German newspaper “The German Times”, Christopher Bertram, former head of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, said that the United States could carry out nuclear disarmament unilaterally without seriously undermining its own security. “However,” he then asked, “will others not aspire to the bomb precisely in order to protect themselves against American superiority? And will the other nuclear weapons states that have invested so much to attain that status be willing to lose it again?” This is a post-Cold-War justification for nuclear weapons: nuclear weapons for the underdog. It is an unpleasant reminder of what has been lost with the disappearance from the scene of the state-sponsored mass peace movements of the Communist era. During the Cold War no West German spokesperson would … Continue reading

The trajectory since 2010

To Giannis Triantafillidis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVW6wJ7MYDM https://main.cse-initiative.eu/?p=1504 https://main.cse-initiative.eu/?p=1502 Erik I was more than a little surprised to see the Greek version published here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1732553860325411/ Then https://cairnsnews.org/2026/04/17/war-hero-ben-roberts-smith-granted-conditional-bail-sydney-local-court/ Scroll down to comments (Heroic 1b, etc.) Then check this: https://halva.proboards.com/thread/1117/diem25-after ack, including Erik and an unsuccessful organizational attempt: https://main.cse-initiative.eu/?p=496 Wayne Hall … Continue reading

After Orban

The electoral defeat of Victor Orban and the indescribable behavior of Trump lead to the conclusion that the political potential of populist right wingers is limited and a better theoretical basis is required for the “Freedom movement”. Greece experimented with a bicameral parliamentary system but finally opted for a unicameral alternative. The demands of universal suffrage can be satisfied if only one of the two (or more?) parliamentary chambers is based on universal suffrage but the possibility of this is obviously dependent on the institution of at least two parliamentary chambers. There are many disadvantages to universal suffrage and historically it has  not applied everywhere in the parliamentary system. Experience during the COVID “pandemic” suggests that most people want to follow the dictates of what they perceive as “authority” and in many cases also to target their fellow-citizens who are perceived (by “authority”) to be defying authority.  This applies as much to the Left as to the Right, because the Right want the Left to be “opposition” and the Left want to be seen as “relevant players” and not as conspiracy theorists or something unacceptable like that. Ιt should not be taboo to see all these as simple matters of … Continue reading