Author Archives: Michael Wehle

Wikipedia: That night the prisoners were awakened and driven in carts on a road leading to the village of Siniachikha, some 18 kilometres (11 miles) from Alapayevsk, where there was an abandoned iron mine with a pit 20 metres (66 feet) deep.[82][83] Here they halted. … Continue reading →

I found myself watching this scene a number of times and thinking about the ARA in Minsk only a few years later. Shortly after there is a wall in another scene with a decree from this body. Until recently I’ve … Continue reading →

Abdaljawad Omar, equator: The facts of Palestine are spoken, and increasingly by Palestinians themselves, but they are met by a refusal to listen, by ears that prefer the drone of implausible denial to the unbearable weight of fact. This structure … Continue reading →

I am discovering it is difficult to find forums where Russian politics may be discussed with Russians in English. What is especially interesting is the extent to which the prohibition on discussion is also not explicit. I’ve had various posts … Continue reading →

Some of these things I just want to capture. I don’t know what to say about them. It’s just weird stuff. I imagine all the Federal employees involved with these things, the military people trying to execute policy. I continue … Continue reading →

Yanis Varoufakis: Scientifically speaking, all that goes on is that microscopic perturbations yield macroscopic consequences. Their proliferation, or extinction, is an indirect by-product of that dynamic — nothing more. Causality abounds, but teleology, intent or consciousness do not. … What … Continue reading →

I’m telling you: if I had 35 hours a week of paid employment I’d be all for these deep strikes in Russia with German missiles, but what with my hours being cut back I just don’t know about this whole … Continue reading →

Tagesspiegel: Ein Polizeisprecher sagte dem Tagesspiegel, dass es sich bei der morgendlichen Aktion nicht um eine angemeldete Versammlung gehandelt habe. Die Behörde habe „körperlichen Zwang“ anwenden müssen, um ein Blockieren des Firmengeländes zu verhindern. Zum Einsatz seien „Tritte, Schläge sowie … Continue reading →

Volkspark Humboldthain. This is a couple hundred people organizing against a Rheinmetall weapons factory in Wedding. I sat in the blue and white tent for 20 minutes or so and listened to discussion. Really nice group. Everybody, literally, speaking or … Continue reading →