Monatsarchive: Oktober 2022

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My aunt’s bookshelves were filled with histories of World War II and the Civil War—as my father’s had been—and so I read about troop movements, battalions, tactics, strategy. And I spent a lot of time playing combat video games, like … Weiterlesen →

I was thrown into despair over something much more ordinary, a series of professional disappointments. I was passed over, twice, for an assistant manager position I’d been promised at Starbucks. —Chelsea Manning, README.txt, (London: The Bodley Head, 2022), 52.

On the club scene, everyone but me seemed to have a great job—State Department, the diplomatic corps, careers I saw as a path to a bigger life, one of stability and significance. I tried for a year, and it just … Weiterlesen →

I got a job at Starbucks to pay tuition. The benefits were good—health care!—but the work was exhausting. As a barista, you’re expected to be chipper and outgoing all the time. People want you to recognize them, to know their … Weiterlesen →

„It’s very serious…I’m not gonna tell you not to worry…we are still very much at this very critical precipice of fascism in this country. And that’s very very real.“

Ingar Solty: Russlands Ukraine-Krieg ist der wesentliche Katalysator einer neuen Weltordnung. Sie löst den kriselnden neoliberal verfassten globalen Finanz­markt­kapitalismus ab. Noch ist vieles offen, aber es zeichnet sich eine neue Blockkonfrontation ab. Ω Ω Ω Eine Studie des Kiel Instituts für Weltwirtschaft (IfW Kiel) … Weiterlesen →

SZ: Steinmeier sagte, ihm sei es wichtig, „gerade jetzt, in der Phase der niederträchtigen russischen Luftangriffe im ganzen Land, ein Zeichen der Solidarität an die Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainer zu senden“. Seine Botschaft an die Menschen in der Ukraine sei: „Ihr … Weiterlesen →