The tsarist autocracy is still waging its bloody war against the people of Ukraine. And our government is still holding back on support.
I had expected much better from the ruling Social Democrats. Still, they are unfazed in their allegiance to Russia, even though they suffered a massive defeat in the last state elections.
Especially our chancellor seems to be utterly tone-deaf to the needs of the Ukrainian people and public support for them in Germany.
But this is only one of the three crises we currently face: There is the climate emergency and the fossil fuel lobby that is trying to reverse the course towards renewable energy and the 1.5-degree goal. And Covid-19 is far from over, as the current spread of monkeypox shows.
We staged a state-wide rally this Saturday to pressure our politicians to address all three crises, stop importing energy from Russia, and secure a future for our planet.
(NRW rally, Roncalli Platz, 5/21/22)
