Archiv des Autors: Michael Wehle

I was, and remain, a voracious reader, of all kinds of books, on all subjects, written from disparate, sometimes even abhorrent, perspectives. At that time, I was preoccupied with processing what I had seen in Iraq. I read Sun Tzu’s … Weiterlesen →

My intellectual and political life can be divided into pre- and post-Proposition 8. It made me think long and hard about my blind faith in nationalism. —Chelsea Manning, README.txt, (London: The Bodley Head, 2022), 91.

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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 →