Monatsarchive: Januar 2020

Anthony Zurcher: It was inevitable that the fallout from the US airstrike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani would spill into presidential politics. Everything spills into presidential politics these days, and this is without a doubt a major story. The … Weiterlesen →

New York Times: A half-dozen people of Iranian descent who were held for additional questioning in Washington described extensive questioning about their family and background, even though, like Ms. Hekmati, many were American citizens. One woman said she was asked … Weiterlesen →

Guardian: Reminds me of threats to bomb North Vietnam’s dikes. What to much of the world is quite obviously a war crime is to many Americans just another option to be considered.

The aide said that guys like me were „in what we call the reality-based community,“ which he defined as people who „believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.“ I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles … Weiterlesen →

One factor here is that the arenas of distributional conflict have become ever more remote from popular politics. The national labour markets of the 1970s,with the manifold opportunities they offered for corporatist political mobilization and inter-class coalitions, or the politics … Weiterlesen →

Over the last couple years I’ve periodically experienced a very real, physical wave of relief at being out of northern California. Recom­men­da­tions can so easily be self-maiming: „I know of no better…“ can be read as an apology, a confession, … Weiterlesen →

Guardian: Trump tweeted earlier that Iran “is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets” in response to Suleimani’s death. But he said the US had “targeted 52 Iranian sites” and that some were “at a very high level & … Weiterlesen →

But what political weight does revulsion carry, without power? —M.R.D. Foot, Resistance, (London: Biteback Publishing Ltd, 2016), 138

The Justice Department launched a series of raids on January 2, 1920, with follow up operations over the next few days. Smaller raids extended over the next 6 weeks. At least 3000 were arrested, and many others were held for … Weiterlesen →