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Topic: For Fatherland and Freedom


  
  The Omnipotence of the State
Fatherland continued to be the negation of the freedom of the individual, in the republic as it had been in the monarchy.
Submerged and drowned the freedom of the individuals in such a torrent of unlimited and omnipotent public power, it results that the tyranny of the Fatherland, omnipotent and all-embracing, is performed in the name of a patriotism under which the freedom of the individual remains eclipsed; this is the patriotic freedom par excellence.
Thus, the soldier was the champion of the freedom against the foreigner, considered as the natural enemy of the independence of the Fatherland; human glory consisted of the triumphs in the fight maintained for the defense of the freedom of the Fatherland against all outside domination.
www.fff.org /comment/com0402j.asp   (7664 words)

  
 Prophet of Doom - Islamic Clubs - Basque Fatherland and Freedom - ETA
Their sole purpose was to combat the Basque Fatherland and Freedom organization known as ETA.
Basque Fatherland and Freedom is a nationalist organization dedicated to a separate nation-state for the Basque people, an ethnic group inhabiting areas of northern Spain and southwestern France.
Basque Fatherland and Freedom is usually referred to by its Euskara acronym, ETA.
www.prophetofdoom.net /Islamic_Clubs_Basque_Fatherland_and_Freedom.Islam   (687 words)

  
 Freedom Monument Riga | Latvia - Riga Life
The Freedom Monument, so-called because of its dedication to "Fatherland and Freedom" marked by the friezes around the base, signals the beginning of Brivibas street in the centre of Riga.
The monument proves that size indeed does matter, as at 42 metres high the monument is visible from many angles in the Central District, guiding the lost tourist to Brivibas.
In perhaps Latvia's prime example of tragic optimism, the statue was unveiled in 1935 during the very brief period of the nation's actual freedom.
www.riga-life.com /culture/culture_details/65-Freedom_Monument   (142 words)

  
 Translated German Cases
In criminally sanctioning an action that may be covered by the guarantee of freedom of art, there is the added danger that the negative effects for the exercise of this freedom, which is unconditionally guaranteed due to its special significance, could resonate beyond the case at issue.
In accordance with its wording and sense, this protected freedom is principally comprised of an objective basic-rights norm regulating the relationship of the arts to the State.
However, the resulting reach of the Constitution's guarantee of freedom of art and what this means in detail cannot be defined by a term equally valid for all forms in which artistic activity is expressed and for all types of art (cf.
www.utexas.edu /law/academics/centers/transnational/work/german-cases/print_bverg.shtml?17jul1984   (3324 words)

  
 Some Freedom Definitions & Notes - Transcription from old Leitz file - File: FreedomDefinitions
FREEDOM and AGGRESSION: Freedom is the absence of aggression.
FREEDOM and AGGRESSION: The restraint of the aggressor is the freedom of the sufferer.
FREEDOM and PANACEAS, PANARCHISM: I agree that freedom is not a panacea.
www.butterbach.net /slogans.htm   (17198 words)

  
 Fatherland -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Use of the word "fatherland" (or rather, its cognates in languages like German and Russian--though Russia also has "motherland") certainly does not by itself imply that anyone using it is an ethnic nationalist or even slightly supports ethnic nationalist views.
''Fatherland'' is a 1992 thriller novel by the English writer and journalist Robert Harris which doubles as a work of virtual history and postulates a world in which Nazi Germany was triumphant in World War II.
Fatherland's Home (''Dom Ojczysty'') is a small political group in Polish parliament, MPs elected from the Liga Polskich Rodzin electoral committee.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/53/fatherland.html   (1243 words)

  
 1993 Human Rights Report: SPAIN
The fundamental rights of freedom of speech, assembly, press, religion, movement, and participation in the political process are provided for in the Constitution of 1978 and are respected in practice.
The Basque Fatherland and Freedom Separatist Group (ETA) continued to wage a protracted campaign of terrorism, although the number of incidents declined in 1993.
Freedom of Speech and Press Freedom of speech and the press are provided for in the Constitution, and the Government observes these provisions.
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/democracy/1993_hrp_report/93hrp_report_eur/Spain.html   (4173 words)

  
 Latvia 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Following the procedures outlined in the 1922 Constitution (which was readopted in 1993), the legislature’s legal committee considered concept proposals from a parliamentary special committee and the Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK party, which was a member of the governing coalition.
Latvian political parties believe that consensus among factions is required for constitutional amendments, and so despite allegations of bias and protests from the Russian-speaking minority, they accepted the state language provision in return for Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK’s support for the human rights chapter.
The 100-member Saeima failed on several occasions to achieve the necessary 2/3 quorum for a constitutional amendment; on October 15, 1998, quorum was achieved and the amendments passed 76-0.
www.wws.princeton.edu /pcwcr/reports/latvia1998.html   (290 words)

  
 Communism and Fatherland
The oppressed nations identified (heir fatherland with their national community, longing to liberate it and form a national state, either by seceding from the old state, or by creating federal relationships, based on national equality with the other nations of the said state.
Opposed to the bourgeois "nation" and its fatherland is the "nation" and fatherland of the working people, headed by the proletariat, the most progressive class of contemporary society.
The love of the working people for their fatherland is love for its future which is to emerge from the revolutionary struggle of the working masses themselves.
www.marxists.org /subject/yugoslavia/ziherl/communism-fatherland/ch02.htm   (1305 words)

  
 English information about the Deutsche Burschenschaft
Above all, it means the voluntary duty to support the non-material aims which are laid out in the union's slogan - honour, freedom, fatherland.
On the moral basis of honour, freedom is the aim towards which the behaviour of a Burschenschaft is directed.
Personal, political, and academical freedom cannot be reached without freedom of mind and independence and freedom of thoughts.
www.burschenschaft.de /portrait/portrait_englisch.htm   (1121 words)

  
 Freedom Monument
The idea of this monument, situated on the border of the Old Riga and the new city is very simple and really deep at the same time "To Fatherland and Freedom".
The author of this monument is Kârlis Zâle (1888-1942), a well-known and genius Latvian sculptor, who gained his education at Kazan Art School (Russia), later as the first of the Latvians studied at the Academy of Arts in St.Petersburg, but in the 20-ties he lived in Berlin where the representatives of modern art gathered.
Freedom Monument consists of several sculptural groups symbolizing different values - Labor, Strength of the Nation, Spiritual Strength, Freedom, Family; relief on the lowest block represents historical events; the central statue of Mother Latvia and the Liberty statue - a woman with three stars symbolizing regional parts of Latvia: Kurzeme, Vidzeme and Latgale.
ai1.mii.lu.lv /kultura/angl30.htm   (183 words)

  
 9 March   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM (7.5%), Union of Greens and Farmers (6.4%), the union of Latvia's Way and Latvia's First Party (5.8%) and The Concord Centre (5%) would also pass the required 5 per cent barrier.
However, 25.2 % of the respondents said that they have not decided which party they would give their vote, while 11.2 % consider not going to vote at all.
The Saeima’s faction For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM (FF/LNIM) is preparing draft amendments to the Citizenship Law.
www.humanrights.org.lv /html/monitor/28661.html   (188 words)

  
 Latvia, a new emerging economy
In an unprecedented move, the nationalist, For Fatherland and Freedom party, pulled out of government negotiations on Dec. 1, a day after it had agreed to a large ministerial portfolio and just hours after its close ally, New Era, also decided to join.
However, as soon as For Fatherland and Freedom leaders learned that New Era had changed its mind and would join the coalition after all, the right-wing party pulled out of the deal.
Nevertheless, For Fatherland and Freedom's seven votes are unlikely to be missed, and the party has agreed to cooperate with the government on many issues.
www.newnations.com /archive/2005/January/lv.html   (1264 words)

  
 MINELREL-L Archive (08281998-11:01:20-10355)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
But while the last provision was supported by the Fatherland and Freedom party, which is the largest party in the parliament, it did not meet the OSCE recommendation that children born in Latvia be automatically granted citizenship, regardless of language proficiency.
Prime Minister Guntars Krasts of the Fatherland and Freedom Party, who signed the referendum petition just days before the signature-collecting campaign ended, argues that the amendments were passed without a broad public debate and that the best way to judge public opinion is through a popular vote.
The Fatherland and Freedom Party, meanwhile, has made it clear that it wants the referendum to take place at the same time as the elections.
www.arts.uwaterloo.ca /minelres/archive/08281998-11:01:20-10355.html   (1376 words)

  
 Riga Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide
Paid for by public donations, the Freedom Monument was erected in 1935 where a statue of Peter the Great had once stood.
In the late 1980s and early '90s it was a focus of the Latvian independence movement and is still an unofficial centre for animated political debate.
During the Soviet years the Freedom Monument was off-limits, and a statue of Lenin, facing the other way down Brīvības iela, was placed two blocks east.
www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/europe/latvia/riga?poi=1000069251   (215 words)

  
 Latvia POLITICAL PARTIES
The Latvian Popular Front, established in 1988 to unite proindependence forces, split apart after independence was achieved, giving way to a number of new parties, many defined by their stance on the status of the country's Russian-speaking population.
Following the October 1998 elections the 100 seats in the Saeima were distributed as follows: People's Party, 24; Latvian Way Union, 21; Fatherland and Freedom/Latvian National Conservative Party, 17; Popular Harmony Party, 16; Latvian Social Democratic Alliance, 14; and New Party, 8.
Repse was named prime minister, leading a coalition of New Era, Latvia's First Party, the Alliance of Greens and Farmers, and the For Fatherland and Freedom Party.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Europe/Latvia-POLITICAL-PARTIES.html   (142 words)

  
 Redrawing the Boundaries:
The nationalists’ response to external pressures was to mount a challenge in the form of a referendum and a doggedly nationalist general election campaign.
Following a month-long signature campaign, during which Fatherland collected a requisite number of signatures (one-tenth of all registered citizens), the stage was set for a referendum on whether or not the OSCE-recommended amendments should be passed.
As early as 1996, Aigars Jirgens, a leading MP of For Fatherland and Freedom, was inveighing against the OSCE’s involvement in citizenship affairs.
www.acs.ucalgary.ca /~innovate/issues/99final.htm   (6046 words)

  
 Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Riga Crowd Commemorates Latvian SS Unit
This year their organization said they would not stage the procession for fear of possible provocations that may have an adverse effect on Latvia's bid for NATO membership, but the decision did not prevent others from marking the date anyway.
The crowd that today gathered at the Freedom Monument in Riga centre, one of Latvia's national symbols and the traditional venue for commemoration ceremonies, sang the Latvian anthem and other patriotic songs.
Several patriotic youth organizations are staging a procession to the Freedom Monument to lay flowers there in memory of the legionnaires.
www.fsumonitor.com /stories/031802Latvia2.shtml   (597 words)

  
 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
The driving force behind the initiative is Krasts's Father and Freedom party, which is opposed to the amendment whereby all children born after August 1991 will be granted citizenship without having to demonstrate proficiency in the Latvian language.
According to BNS, Fatherland and Freedom was the only party he found acceptable to join.
Krastins is a former member of the Latvian National Independence Movement, which he left in protest when it merged with the Fatherland and Freedom party.
www.rferl.org /newsline/1998/08/3-CEE/cee-170898.asp   (1428 words)

  
 The Globalist | Global Music -- Beats, Not Bombs, for Spain
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna — or "Basque Fatherland and Freedom" — was formed in 1959, during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
The album is sung entirely in Euskara, but it takes the continuing aspirations of all people who feel marginalized in their struggle for freedom and justice as its main themes.
The site also noted that Muguruza was pressed by Spanish journalists on the question of whether he was supporting ETA and the violence that it has perpetrated to achieve its goals.
www.theglobalist.com /DBWeb/printStoryId.aspx?StoryId=3828   (942 words)

  
 Riga, Latvia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Many parts of the old town have been made traffic-free and, in fact, Brivibas bulvaris (Freedom Boulevard) is a pedestrian walkway that separates this section of town from the newer areas.
Another beacon separating the two parts of town is the Freedom monument, also marking the very center of Riga and conceptually the center of Latvia.
The inscription at the base reads, "For Fatherland and Freedom." Erected in 1935, Milda, as she is known popularly, is a sort of Latvian statue of liberty and the focal point of nationalistic demonstrations to 1991 when she came to symbolize the country's aspirations for complete and permanent independence.
www.romartraveler.com /RomarPages/Riga_Latvia.html   (1800 words)

  
 Central Europe Review - Latvia: Stability Still Not in Style   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
However, coalition partner For Fatherland and Freedom campaigned strongly against Gorbunovs because of his past: for years he was the Chairman of the Latvian Supreme Soviet, as well as a functionary and ideologue in the Communist Party.
The credentials of the For Fatherland and Freedom candidate, Janis Priedkalns, were strong.
The low-man on this round was Janis Priedkalns (For Fatherland and Freedom) with 17 votes.
www.ce-review.org /authorarchives/amber_archive/amber39old1.html   (1032 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Fatherland: Books: Robert Harris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Fatherland's plot revolves around Xavier March, a former U-boat skipper who has joined the German police, which has been under SS control since the mid-1930s.
On a rainy April morning, March has been called to investigate what seems to be a routine incident: a corpse has been found in the Havel River near the area where high Nazi party officials have their mansions.
The obvious comparison is to Orwell's "1984," yet this is even more mundane; these characters make lip service to desiring freedom or democracy or whatever, but their actual motivation seems to be self-interest and the restless pursuit of a good life their neurotic minds will not allow them.
www.amazon.com /Fatherland-Robert-Harris/dp/0061006629   (1922 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Freedom of speech is protected by law and is generally respected in practice.
In November 2005, the national court began hearing appeals by journalists of the Basque-language daily Euskalunon Egunkaria who were charged in December 2004 by lower court judge Juan Del Olmo with creating an "illegal association" and some of them with "membership of a terrorist group" as well.
In 2003, the newspaper was shut down under suspicion of collaborating with the Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA, or Basque Fatherland and Freedom).
www.freedomhouse.org /inc/content/pubs/pfs/inc_country_detail.cfm?country=7061&year=2006&pf   (355 words)

  
 Latvia’s 13th government takes a seat
For Fatherland and Freedom representative Roberts Zile said he did not see “antagonistic contradictions for cooperation among parties.” Rather, he added, the party could help the coalition tackle issues concerning individual income tax and property tax.
During its parliamentary campaign, the right-wing For Fatherland and Freedom Party proposed to place a freeze on the integration of Latvia’s 400,000 noncitizens and force all parties to speak Latvian during faction meetings.
Meanwhile, For Fatherland and Freedom is carrying along with governmental housekeeping.
www.baltictimes.com /news/articles/16758   (945 words)

  
 Freedom for Martha Beatriz!
A landmark document and the foundation for international human rights law, the UDHR was adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948.
It was the first international document that outlined the rights and freedoms of individuals in detail and recognized that these rights and freedoms belong to all people.
Part of what is known as the International Bill of Human Rights, the UDHR is “a common statement of mutual aspirations and a shared vision of a more equitable and just world.” Today, it remains a springboard for human rights activism throughout the world.
www.marporcuba.org /marthabeatriz/asambleaeng.htm   (879 words)

  
 Link2exports - Export Country Profiles - in association with the British Chambers of Commerce
The CEE accession countries will not be allowed the same right to freedom of movement already enjoyed in EU countries.
The decision, which will prevent citizens of these countries from working in most of the EU (exceptions are Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK) for an initial period of two years, is based on fears of an unmanageable influx of immigrants from the CEE region.
The Latvian electorate did not seem to mind that Repše, a former governor of the Lativijas Banka (Bank of Latvia) and members of the government were politically inexperienced.
www.link2exports.co.uk /regions.asp?lsid=1969&pid=1425   (2944 words)

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