German Publishers and Booksellers Association awards its annual “Peace Prize” to US war hawk Anne Applebaum

On June 25, the German Publishers and Booksellers Association (Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels), which organises the world’s biggest annual book fair (in Frankfurt), announced it was awarding its annual “Peace Prize” to US journalist and author Anne Applebaum.

German Publishers and Booksellers Association awards its annual “Peace Prize” to US war hawk Anne Applebaum

The Finnish government plans to criminalize communist symbols

TheFinnishBolshevik

On August 31st 2023 the Finnish government released a rather confusing document advocating the banning of communist symbols. The completely outlandish document is called a “Government statement to Parliament on promoting equality, gender equality and non-discrimination in Finnish society”. What does a document with such a title have to do with communism?

The Finnish government plans to criminalize communist symbols