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Posted by unbrand on 9 November 2002
What to write in a week in that American politics made an almost complete shift to the right, getting us ready for decades of conservative agenda-pushing? Since Tuesday’s election, the disappointment has turned into disgust, and I’m trying hard to not be too scared of the oily wars and undermining of the constitution to come ‘cause of course that’s exactly what I’m supposed to be. More...
Posted by unbrand on 27 October 2002
The fear culture is thriving on TV and has been for some time. More...
Posted by unbrand on 27 October 2002
Yesterday we went to the anti war demonstration in San Francisco, one of the two main events in the US (the other one was in Washington DC) of an international day of protest against the government’s campaign for a war in Iraq. More...
Posted by unbrand on 14 October 2002
The Carlyle Group, the investment group run by Reagan/Bush folks (including former Secretarty of State James Baker, former Secretarty of Defense Frank Carlucci, former UK Prime Minsister John Major, and George H. More...
Posted by unbrand on 11 October 2002
Speaking of Blue Angels: I still associate the words “Blue Angel” first and foremost with Marlene Dietrich and Berlin in 1930. More...
Posted by unbrand on 11 October 2002
Here’s a letter I emailed to Senator Diane Feinstein after I found out she voted on October 10, 2002 for the resolution to allow Bush unprecedented power to pre-emptively attack Iraq. More...
Posted by unbrand on 6 October 2002
It’s needless to spell out why, for a German filmmaker, it’s still pretty gutsy to create a movie that shows how easily regular citizens can turn into accomplices of an authoritarian environment who not only quickly buy into preserving this structure, but start enjoying their newly gained power and using/abusing it when pressure seems to justify it. More...
Posted by unbrand on 5 October 2002
It doesn’t happen a lot in these war-horny times that you browse the news and you come across a piece that makes you pause and think, “damn!”, and in a good way. More...
Posted by unbrand on 4 October 2002
Sibylle and I just got back from a backpacking trip in the Sequoia National Park. More...