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We all know what war is. Also, some of us have experienced the effects of war. However, although we all know what…
Nikos Raptis
Nikos Raptis was born in Athens, Greece, in 1930. He is a civil engineer. For the last 40 years he has been writing on social matters for papers and magazines (mainly) in Greece. He is the author of "Let Us Talk About Earthquakes, Floods and...the Streetcar" (1981) and "The Nightmare of the Nukes"(1986), both in Greek. He, also, translated into Greek and published Noam Chomsky's "Year 501", "Rethinking Camelot" and translated Michael Albert's "Parecon: Life After Capitalism". Also, he was a contributor to the book "The Media and the Kosovo Crisis", edited by Philip Hammond and Edward S. Hermam. He lives in Athens, Greece.
As for the Rumsfelds and the Kissingers of the world, of the last century, we, all of us, should be ashamed for allowing them to do what they did
A ZNet Commentary from 16 years ago
The dominant theme of the story is the corruption of the official Justice
This extremely potent instrument of Religion is used by the Trumps of the world for their personal benefit
Given that violence must not be used, then there is only one solution to our problem. The solution is found in our numbers. Not even a single loaf of bread can be produced if we, the 60% to 70%, decide to act
[Note: Here is a brief connection to Parts 1 and 2: Bernt Engelmann (1921 – 1994) wrote a book, ‘In Hitler’s Germany”,…
The Nazi monstrosity gave birth to a unique positive development: the Nuremberg Tribunal, the idea that all the people of the entire planet should judge and punish the Nazi-type criminals
So, on the basis of my experience on Nazis and on assorted dictators, my guesstimate as to the number of Nazis and crypto-Nazis in any given population is: around 30 %
It is not an exaggeration to say that the only music that is recognisable and liked by almost all the people of our planet is the ‘Hallelujah’ chorus of Handel’s ‘Messiah’.