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The activist and author David Bollier tells Deutsche Welle why what he calls the Commons will change the way we live our lives and our system of politics. DW: Can you define in a nutshell what you mean by the…

Deutsche Welle, Press Release Elmar Brok, member of a European Parliament fact-finding delegation currently in Washington D.C. over the NSA scandal, told Deutsche Welle (DW) that US spying operations in Europe have damaged transatlantic relations. Asked what message the delegation…

Deutsche Welle, Press Release The interview in full length is available at: http://www.dw.de/brzezinski-syria-strategy-is-a-well-kept-secret/a-1704580 In a DW interview, former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski denounces what appears to be imminent military action against the Assad regime and says the Obama…

The Global Media Forum in Bonn concluded with an appeal from the participants to the government in N’Djamena for the immediate release of three journalists who have been imprisoned in Chad for weeks. Among the detainees is DW correspondent Eric…

Deutsche Welle Press Release A group of leading international broadcasters said today that media freedom faces its greatest challenge since the Cold War with Internet blocking, satellite jamming and the return of shortwave jamming. The statement issued on behalf of…

A systems test in a Soviet graphite reactor goes out of control. The ensuing explosion releases enormous quantities of radioactive material, much of which spreads across huge swathes of Europe. Not only the surrounding region in Ukraine is contaminated, wind…