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  II Journal: Germany's Uncertain Stability
Despite widespread fears about the character of reunified Germany, the outcome of the recent parliamentary elections seemed to affirm the Federal Republic's traditional image as a stronghold of political stability.
In Germany, however, the coalition between chancellor Helmut Kohl's Christian Democrats and the smaller Liberal Party was able to enjoy its fourth electoral victory since 1982.
Germany's Nazi past, normally referred to in the context of fears of a possible revival, might still work as a barrier against antidemocratic forces, hindering them from gaining the status of normality.
www.umich.edu /~iinet/journal/vol2no2/v2n2_Germanys_Uncertain_Stability.html   (2060 words)

  
 Germany
Germany is bounded on the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; on the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; on the south by Austria and Switzerland; and on the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Germany is located in the middle of other industrial nations whose air and water pollution come into the country with the wind and rain, and in the rivers.
Germany has developed a number of measures to address environmental problems of various sorts, ranging from controls on industrial emissions to identification of additives in food to smog control devices on vehicles.
members.tripod.com /sdapts/WAF/Countries/germany.htm   (5067 words)

  
 Germany travel guide - Wikitravel
Germany is a federal republic consisting of 16 states (so-called "Bundesländer" or, shortened to, "Länder").
While relatively small by world standards, Germany's attractions tend to be bigger than in the surrounding European neighbour countries, which is no surprise as Germany is the biggest country in Central Europe, runs Europe’s biggest economy, and has the largest population on the continent (excluding Russia).
Germany is part of the European Union and the Eurozone; as such it replaced German marks with the euro (symbol: €) in the year 2002.
wikitravel.org /en/Germany   (12202 words)

  
  Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Germany's social welfare system has deep roots to the early industrialization, to the strong bonds between individual and state/society that followed Reformation and later signified the Prussian revival after the 30 Years War and remain one of the aspects of the German society most Germans are the most proud of.
Germany stretches from the high mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 m) in the south to the shores of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea in the north.
Germany is today often regarded as an open and tolerant country, although conservative politicians have voiced strong criticism against the Islamic minority after the murder of the Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh, and said the multi-cultural idea have failed.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/G/Germany.htm   (3954 words)

  
 Fascism in Germany today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Racist violence in east Germany reached a highpoint in late September 1991 in a sustained assault on a refugee and guestworker accommodation block in the Saxon town of Hoyerswerda.
This has been the case in Germany recently, where unions in the west achieved partial victories in wages campaigns early in 1992, action by unions in the east has secured improvements in wages and groups of workers across the country have resisted shutdowns and redundancies with different degrees of success.
Drawing on the experience of the struggle against fascism in Germany during the late 1960s and the 1970s, Stoppt die Nazis rejects this position and argues that it is possible both to confront the fascists publicly and politically and draw wider sections of the population into activity around defence of their own interests.
www.anu.edu.au /polsci/rick/fasger.htm   (6782 words)

  
 Germany
Antisemitism in Germany before the First World War involved a rejection of liberalism, modernism and Jewish emancipation, and was closely connected to the growth of German nationalism and racism.
In what may be Germany's last Nazi war crimes prosecution, Danz was expected to face trial for the murder of a young girl in a concentration camp in the final weeks of the war.
Germany has consistently resisted efforts to alter its strict citizenship law dating back to a 1913 imperial edict that bases nationality on blood lines rather than birthplace.
www.axt.org.uk /antisem/archive/archive2/germany/germany.htm   (7758 words)

  
 Italy and Germany 1936 to 1940
As Germany had left the League of Nations in 1933, so Mussolini left the League in 1937 after the League had imposed economic sanctions on Italy for the invasion of Abyssinia.
In 1938, Germany occupied Austria in the Anschluss (forbidden by Versailles).
He feared that Germany might get all the spoils of war as she was completely successful up to this date.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk /italy_and_germany_1936_to_1940.htm   (914 words)

  
 Hillsborough: Republicans criticize tactics of overtime rules protesters
The group of Republicans - which included County Commissioners Ronda Storms, Ken Hagan and Jim Norman - held a press conference behind the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign office on Platt Street and said the Democratic party and its presidential candidate, John Kerry, were to blame for the protest.
The Republicans said they were willing to listen, but that they won't put up with the protesters' brutish methods.
Republicans called on the AFL-CIO, Democratic Party and the Kerry campaign to issue an apology for the protest or to denounce it.
www.sptimes.com /2004/10/07/Hillsborough/Republicans_criticize.shtml   (605 words)

  
 The 1930s: Nazis Parading on mainstreet: Nazis, Republicans and Elections.
The Republican State Committee adopted many of Furholzer's proposals in 1928, and four years later, when Hoover's chances were dismal; Furholzer's help was gladly accepted.
Thus, as early as 1934, the Republican Party was collaborating with Nazis and pro-fascist groups at a high level.
While the total amount of Nazis funds spent on the Republican 1940 campaign may never be known with any certainty, from the funds recovered in the embassy raid it is clear that at least $2 million was spent from the slush fund alone.
www.spiritone.com /~gdy52150/1930sp2.html   (4255 words)

  
 Young Republicans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Republicans are club run by some of the wealthiest 1% whose interests are to maintain their "old money" wealth or for upper middle class people, to get richer.
Republican media pundits have successfully demonized "liberals" to such an extent that "liberals" are vilified in the news media as being "unpatriotic anti-American traitors who hate America and want to destroy America".
Republican congressman speak against "socialized medicine" for the people, then they vote themselves huge government paid for medical services for themselves and huge subsidies for drug companies that have contributed to their election campaigns.
www.anycities.com /andyhifi/news/youngrepublicans.htm   (6188 words)

  
 Unchained Eagle: Germany after the Wall - Scrapbook 1989
Schoenhuber told reporters the Republicans were moving into the role of prospective coalition partner for the CDU.
He forecast the Republicans would receive 20 per cent or Kohl told reporters the election result was "a severe setback for us" but said he was pleased the CDU and its Bavarian wing, the Christian Social Union, remained the strongest party grouping.
The Republicans' success helped push the CDU down to 35.2 per cent from the 42.2 per cent it received in 1984.
mapage.noos.fr /heneghan/book/th8930.html   (772 words)

  
 List of political parties in Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of political parties in Germany.
Germany has a multi-party system, with two large parties, three substantial smaller parties, and a number of minor parties.
Feminist Party of Germany (Feministische Partei - DIE FRAUEN)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Germany   (461 words)

  
 Radical Republicans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Some members of the Republican Party were not only in favour the abolition of slavery but believed that freed slaves should have complete equality with white citizens.
Reverend George F. Noyes, was a supporter of the Radical Republicans and on 4th July, 1862, preached a sermon to the Union Army based at Fredericksburg, Virginia.
It means, as understood by honest Republicans, just this much, and no more: every man, no matter what his race or colour; every earthly being who has an immortal soul, has an equal right to justice, honesty, and fair play with every other man; and the law should secure him those rights.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USASradical.htm   (3123 words)

  
 Opinion: A New Republican Era? | Germany | Deutsche Welle |
Despite this, the Republican party may well be on the verge of a new era of dominance as the "natural majority party" according to chief Bush strategist Karl Rove.
While some commentators and Republicans note that the defeat of the Democrats in the last election wasn't exactly decisive, it nonetheless gave rise to an internal struggle that may take years to resolve.
While the massive Republican campaign to malign all government-backed, tax payer-funded social systems was largely successful, if Bush actually manages to push through his plans for privatizing the pension system, nothing will hinder the current American social fabric from unravelling.
www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,1564,1463021,00.html   (1099 words)

  
 sfbg.com
Even in Germany, no Green candidate for federal office would ever be able to get more than 50 percent of the votes.
Also, ideological TV advertising is illegal in Germany; the only exception is allocated ad slots for political parties during election season.
The United States liberated Germany from the Nazi regime and supervised and mentored the emerging Federal Republic of Germany on its path toward democracy.
www.sfbg.com /37/07/x_oped.html   (610 words)

  
 German Immigration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It is claimed in 1880 the majority of members of of the Socialist Labor Party had been born in Germany.
After being forced out of Germany and Britain, Johann Most, arrived in 1882 and soon emerged as the leader of the movement in the United States.
I would prefer the civilized, cultured, Germany to America if it were still in its former orderly condition, but as it has turned out recently, and with the threatening prospect for the future of religion and politics, I prefer America.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAEgermany.htm   (3592 words)

  
 Germany
Political life in 1996 continued to be dominated by increasing dissatisfaction with the faltering economy and the prevailing social-market model, giving rise to wide-ranging debates over social welfare costs, tax rates, industrial relations and corporate governance, as well as to increased levels of protests and strikes by public sector workers and the trade unions.
In September, at a Germany vs. Poland football match in the southern Polish town of Zabrze, German hooligans held up banners with antisemitic and anti-Polish slogans: "Welcome to the Schindler-Jews" and "We are in Poland to belt the Jews".
Ignatz Bubis, chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said the advertisement, which compared Germany's treatment of Scientologists today with the Nazi persecution of Jews and included an imperial eagle and swastika, was "an insult to victims of the Holocaust".
www.axt.org.uk /antisem/archive/archive1/germany/germany.htm   (7970 words)

  
 Spanish Civil War
By July 21 the rebels had achieved control in Spanish Morocco, the Canary Islands, and the Balearic Islands (except Minorca) and in the part of Spain north of the Guadarrama Mountains and the Ebro River, except for Asturias, Santander, and the Basque provinces along the north coast and the region of Catalonia in the northeast.
The Nationalists and Republicans proceeded to organize their respective territories and to repress opposition or suspected opposition.
Germany and Italy sent troops, tanks, and planes to aid the Nationalists.
history-world.org /spanish_civil_war.htm   (912 words)

  
 Council Debate: The Future of U.S.-German Relations - Council on Foreign Relations
Republicans like to think it all would have been different, had only [Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union candidate] Edmund Stoiber been elected Germany’s chancellor last September.
Germany may be somewhat less central than in the past because the problems we face have changed.
There was an eruption of national pacifism in Germany and, sadly, numerous key opinion makers seemed to revel in all this, long after federal elections had come and gone last September.
www.cfr.org /publication/6093/council_debate.html   (2784 words)

  
 Comment: Democrats Wage War; Republicans Play Badminton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
So, while Democrats lob 80 mm mortar rounds at them, Republicans reply with a feathery barrage of shuttlecocks.* Needless to say, carnage runs wild through the GOP ranks, while the only discernible effect among the Dems is an occasional sniffle in those who are allergic to feathers.
Facing them were a corporal's guard of confused Republicans outflanked and outwitted by a foe without regard for decency, honesty, the law or, for that matter, the future of this republic, which they have made the laughingstock of the world.
In heavily Democrat Broward County, for example, the only Republican on the canvassing board was 70 years old and had to bow out because he couldn't handle the 15-hour days required of board members as they went about the tedious job of hand-counting or mangling ballots.
www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2000/11/21/174230.shtml   (776 words)

  
 Rage, Hubris, and Regime Change by Ken Jowitt - Policy Review, No. 118   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Second, internal transitions to democracy such as in Meiji Japan or Imperial Germany in the nineteenth century are often “arrested.” They stop short of creating a “constitution of liberty” and remain dangerously unstable political, military, and economic hybrids.
In this regard, the reconstruction experiences of Germany and Japan (as well as Korea and even the Philippines) are considered pertinent or exemplary.
With the onset of the Cold War, Japan and Germany became integral parts of a Western Castle: the Western side of the moat (or “Iron Curtain”) separating the West from the Soviet Empire.
www.policyreview.org /apr03/jowitt_print.html   (3532 words)

  
 UNCG College Republicans
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The UNCG College Republicans have received national media attention for the controversy surrounding their conservative events on the extremely liberal UNCG campus.
Previous functions have included an "affirmative-action bake sale" in 2004, the display of a one-ton Ten Commandments monument in 2005, and a Fall 2006 lecture by Iraqi General Georges Sada, one of the General's first university speaking engagements in the United States.
www.uncg.edu /student.groups/gop   (427 words)

  
 Republicans Abroad Germany
Since the election of 1860 (President Lincoln) … the Republican Party has had a special calling - to advance the founding principles of freedom and limited government and the dignity and worth of every individual.
In broad terms, Republicans believe the private sector and/or the individual are better suited than the government to control their own lives.
In his 1981 Inaugural Address, Republican President Ronald Reagan summed up his qualified belief in limited government when he said, "In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." Read more»
www.republicansabroad.de   (328 words)

  
 Religious Intolerance in Germany
In Germany, this fear seems to have promoted the federal government to actively persecute members of the Church of Scientology.
Gypsies in Germany have a long history of persecution, and they continue to face prejudice and hatred." At the time, Germany had developed a plan to pay Romania to take back Roma émigrés.
Germany's Interior Minister, Manfred Kanther, announced in 1997-JUN that "All means available to the state" will be used to monitor Scientology's 30,000 members in that country, because the government believes that the church is a threat to democracy.
www.religioustolerance.org /rt_germa.htm   (3546 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Germany
Republicans also are under pressure from one of their core constituencies: fundamentalist Christians.
The shift has given fresh hope to lawmakers such as Senators John McCain, an Arizona Republican, and Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut Democrat, who are co-sponsors of legislation to limit carbon emissions.
Gore wants to persuade more Republicans and the general public about the dangers of climate change next month when Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures releases ``An Inconvenient Truth,'' a documentary about his campaign to get Americans to take global warming seriously.
www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=atNDDfPMAanE&refer=germany   (1168 words)

  
 Germany Info: Government&Politics
Well, America told us, our European friends told us, we cannot provide security without Germany, which is a big country in Europe, so rethink your position, well, we did that and a couple of years ago in the wake of 9/11 we decided to participate.
It is very important that America remains a power in Europe, a European power committed to the process of European integration, committed to the process of growing harmony among European nations, to – as President Bush’s father called it 14 years ago to a “Europe whole and free”.
And not rejected personally or because of beliefs, because in Germany it was an electorial decision, because somebody was afraid to lose elections.
www.germany.info /relaunch/politics/new/pol_bo_cspan_8_2004.html   (3114 words)

  
 USNews.com: Opinion: Michael Barone: Barone Blog: Republicans more pro-Israel than Democrats
And remember that it was Republican President Dwight Eisenhower who stepped in and shut off Israel's offensive in the 1956 war.
Diplomacy--the construction of alliances to deter Hitler--proved not to be enough either, especially after the Soviet Union made its nonaggression pact with Germany on Aug. 23, 1939, one of the most evil dates in history.
The Changing Republican Race: The possible entry of Fred Thompson into the Republican presidential race seems to have changed the standings.
www.usnews.com /usnews/opinion/baroneblog/archives/060804/republicans_mor.htm   (1022 words)

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