This article reads fluently if you substitute USA organizations & names:
" A recent open letter to French president, Emmanuel Macron, signed by almost 50 retired army generals so far and more than 24,000 (predominantly former) servicemen, was occasion for many on the French left to raise the alarm, believing a coup d’état was either in the making or a future possibility. The top-brass signatories, led by generals Antoine Martinez and Christian Piquemal, say the country is on the verge of collapse because of immigration and crime, as well as Islamism and the support it gets from some on the left. They are angry at “cancel culture” and at any intellectual attempt to criticise the country’s colonial past. These generals warn that if the situation worsens, their fellow soldiers on active duty may choose to intervene and take control.
Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right Rassemblement National party, endorsed the generals’ call. A survey by Harris Interactive, which found that 58% of respondents agreed with the open letter’s statements, stoked further fear. This gives the impression that the far right is stronger than ever. Some political pundits go as far as to say that while Macron is predicted to win another term in 2022 against Le Pen, there’s a very real possibility that Le Pen will win by a small margin, sending a thunderstrike across the world."
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Fears of a coup in France are exaggerated, but a far-right president is a real possibility
Many people support an open letter raising the spectre of a military coup. Marine Le Pen is one of them
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Private schools' curriculum downplays slavery, says humans and dinosaurs lived together
By Leslie Postal, Beth Kassab and Annie Martin
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Jun 01, 2018 at 5:00 AM
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I knew a man who wore lashing scars on his back from his time in the Hitler Youth. The Nazis had a profound effect on him when as a 6 year old he was forced to watch a synagogue burn.
Othmar Carli devoted his life to restoring places of worship. He is a true hero.
Othmar Carli made a series of lithographs of Konrad Adenauer as a grotesque monster like man. I always wanted to know why. In “Learning From The Germans Race and the Memory of Evil” I am learning that Konrad Adenauer wanted to bring a sanitized form of the Nazi Party & autocratic dictatorship back in West Germany.
Germany is just beginning Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung and the acceptance that all Germans, not just the ones who were hanged at Nuremberg & later Eichmann in Israel, share blame and shame from the horrible 12 years. Some want to go back.
It’s more interesting that Americans have not yet accepted the genocide of Native Americans, that the United States was founded as a white supremacist nation and physically built by slave labor.
Othmar Carli Obituary (2020) - York, PA - York Dispatch
"Othmar Carli
Celebrated world-wide for his artwork, sculptures, and restoration work, Othmar Carli left a magnificent legacy. His tremendous talents can be seen in his restoration of the Union League in Philadelphia, the Ceremonial Courtroom in the Adams County Courthouse in Gettysburg, Radio City Music Hall and Grand Central Terminal in NY, Hall of Mirrors in Graz, Austria, and the Shobhabazaar Palace in Calcutta, India, among many others. His artwork and sculptures are included in prestigious collections around the world. Locally, in a lobby at York College is a large Sgraffito relief entitled "The World of Learning" which showcases some of the unique techniques that he used to create visual interest and to better interpret the deep meaning of much of his original artwork.
Born in Graz, Austria in 1933, he survived the ravages of World War II and the numerous bombings that left him homeless several times resulting in him seeking refuge in museums and schools. It was here that he felt at home because as a child he spent days and evenings watching and learning from artists working on objects of art. While creating theater designs in Europe, he met a young American opera singer, Margaret Moul, fell in love, married, and moved to the U.S. His international art career expanded as he received awards from the United Nations, as well as several nations, states, and art organizations. He shared his knowledge and skills by teaching in Europe, Japan, India, Korea, and several colleges and universities in PA. He was the founder of the Carli International Institute for the Arts in Elizabethtown, PA where he shared techniques and the use of products that he formulated to safely clean and restore historic treasures. He trained artists from across the globe. In the field of restoration, his films and writings are still used and studied by professionals around the world.
Othmar leaves behind his wife of 59 years, Margaret Moul Carli and two children: Peter Carli and his wife Kelly, and Marianne Hanford and her husband Keith. Grandchildren Amanda Coldiron and husband."
WATCH "Exterminate all the Brutes" on HBO. It's a game changing mind opener:
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