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A day in the woods with kindergarteners
by Barbara Roth
(25 June 2021) The kindergarten teacher Barbara Roth describes a project she carried out with her children. In contrast to what is common today under keywords such as “experiential education”, this project exemplifies how to guide children and at the same time lead them towards independent activity. It shows how they learn eagerly and with joy and gain valuable experience.
by Toni Brunner*
(18 June 2021) It was during the last financial crisis in 2008/2009. The USA was looking for money and new sources of income and so the then US President Barack Obama attacked banking secrecy and with it Switzerland.
Our Federal Councillor for Eastern Switzerland, Hans-Rudolf Merz, said at the time: “You will have a tough time on our banking secrecy but you will not succeed!" In the summer of 2009, the big bank UBS delivered thousands of client data to the USA, and banking secrecy was eliminated.
by Wolfgang Effenberger*
(18 June 2021) An unscrupulous “elite” of NATO strategists, global financial and economic oligarchs is plunging Europe and Russia into war. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO has expanded more and more towards Russia, contrary to the agreements made. The culmination of this expansion was the 2014 coup in Ukraine, which was clearly engineered by the United States to the tune of five billion dollars.
by Diana Johnstone,* Paris
The German Green Party has a chance to join a ruling coalition in September’s election, after turning its back on its roots, to root for Washington.
by M. K. Bhadrakumar*
(18 June 2021) Ten months after the first meeting of the foreign ministers of China and the five Central Asian states, Beijing has followed through with a second session on May 11 at a gathering in Xi’an, China, hosted by Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Matthias Platzeck's courageous attitude
by Marita Brune-Koch
(18 June 2021) “We need a new Eastern Policy” - this is the title of Matthias Platzeck's new book1 and this was also the title of the author reading he gave at an online conference on 6 May this year. But you can't really call the event a “reading”. Platzeck, who tirelessly campaigns for good relations with Russia, spoke freely on the topic. The conference was organised by the “German-Russian Forum”.