Women power: Lysistrata and her modern daughters
Sex is the elixir of life, the basis for procreation, but also a means of brutal subjugation. Women on almost all continents have therefore used sex strikes as a weapon of peaceful resistance. More here.
The blockade of Gaza and a historical precursor
While I’m enjoying the picture-perfect scenery at Flathead Lake in Montana, I watch horror scenarios from around the world on YouTube. The reports about the starving population in Gaza remind me of a war crime during World War II. Committed by Germans against Russian civilians. More here.
5th anniversary of George Floyd’s death
Police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the neck of George Floyd for nine minutes until he suffocated. Since then, Floyd has been regarded by some as a martyr and by others as a drug-addicted criminal who left his five children to their mothers. More here.
On the 100th birthday of the human rights activist Malcolm X
Malcolm X was one of the most prominent figures of the US Black rights movement. He preached separatism and resistance against whites. It was only shortly before his death in 1965 that he adopted a more conciliatory tone. What traces did Malcolm X’s ideas leave behind? More here.
80 years atomic bombs: International Uranium Film Festival
2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the first atomic bomb explosion in the US state of New Mexico and the subsequent nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The International Uranium Film Festival is dedicated to the entire spectrum of this topic. From May 17 to 31 in Rio de Janeiro.
May 11: belated remembrance of two violent deaths
A side effect of traveling by bus or train is the many hours I have at my disposal on the way from A to B. While browsing Facebook and X, I found out about two violent deaths that both occurred on May 11. More here.
A critical commentary by Ernst Wolff on the role of the USA
From World War I and the rise of the National Socialists to the Marshall Plan. The content does not automatically reflect the opinion of the blog operator. More here.
Bombs on Yemen and a journey into the past
A group of US politicians order bombings in Yemen via cell phone. The TV images remind me of my two trips to the architecturally and scenically fascinating country. And of a similar wiretapping scandal in Germany a year ago. More here.
Raped women and their children in eastern Congo
While the world looks to Ukraine and the Middle East, to Donald Trump, Elon Musk and, most recently, to Germany, the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is once again sinking into a nightmare. The M23 “rebels” are marauding again. They murder, loot and rape – and have been doing so for three decades. More here.
Searching for clues at birthplace of the black human rights activist
Malcolm X was a charismatic speaker and became known worldwide as one of the leaders of the black movement “Nation of Islam”. With his radical views, he was seen by many as an opponent of Martin Luther King, who advocated non-violence. More here.
