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JB Pritzker im Porträt - Lebemann und Hotel-Erbe
Wird der nächste US-Präsident schon wieder ein Milliardär? Doch stopp! Wenn es nach JB Pritzker, dem amtierenden Gouverneur des Bundesstaats Illinois geht, ist der aktuelle Präsident Donald Trump gar nicht mal Mitglied des Klubs der Superreichen.
«Waffe gegen Bürger»: Jacob Siegel war US-Nachrichtendienstoffizier im «Krieg gegen den Terror». Jetzt warnt er: Die westlichen Regierungen nutzen heute dieselben Methoden, um die eigene Bevölkerung und die Meinungsbildung zu steuern
Die Kommentare auf weltwoche.ch/weltwoche.de sollen den offenen Meinungsaustausch unter den Lesern ermöglichen. Es ist uns ein wichtiges Anliegen, dass in allen Kommentarspalten fair und sachlich debattiert wird. Das Nutzen der Kommentarfunktion bedeutet ein Einverständnis mit unseren Richtlinien. Scharfe, sachbezogene Kritik am Inhalt des Artikels, an Protagonisten des Zeitgeschehens oder an Beiträgen anderer Forumsteilnehmer ist erwünscht, solange sie höflich vorgetragen wird.
Nach dem Attentat auf Charlie Kirk - Droht jetzt ein Bürgerkrieg in Amerika?
Der ermordete Charlie Kirk in West Palm Beach, Juli 2024 / Der amerikanische General und spätere Präsident Ulysses S. Grant in einer historischen Fotomontage vor Bürgerkriegskulisse / Fotos: dpa / Imago Das Attentat auf den konservativen Trump-Unterstützer Charlie Kirk könnte den Kulturkampf in den USA zum Siedepunkt bringen. Inzwischen wird sogar über einen Bürgerkrieg spekuliert; Donald Trump schwört das Militär inzwischen auf einen „Krieg von innen“ ein. Ist solch ein Szenario realistisch?
Nach dem Mord an Charlie Kirk - Droht jetzt ein Bürgerkrieg in Amerika?
Ich lebe nun schon seit etwas mehr als zehn Jahren in den USA, diesem anarchischen und unberechenbaren Land, von dessen alltäglicher politischer Shitshow die Welt ihre Augen nicht abwenden kann. Und gelegentlich schreibe ich auch über die USA.
Unruhen in Los Angeles - „Trump will ein Signal senden - was ist daran auszusetzen?“
Gewalttätige Demonstranten setzen in Los Angeles Autos in Brand / picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Jill Connelly Trumps Abschiebeoffensive ist im Einklang mit dem Gesetz, sagt die konservative Kommentatorin Heather Mac Donald im Cicero-Interview. Auch dürfe der Präsident die Nationalgarde aktivieren, wenn Bundesgesetze nicht durchgesetzt werden können, so die Juristin. Das sei in LA der Fall gewesen. Heather Mac Donald ist Thomas W.
Sahra Wagenknecht's insider revolution
AfDBSWEuropeGermanyPoliticsWagenknecht When Sahra Wagenknecht founded her new âLeft-conservativeâ BSW party earlier this year, it seemed as if it might fill a gaping void in Germanyâs political spectrum. In the UK, Maurice Glasman famously branded this combination âBlue Labourâ â but until Wagenknecht broke from Die Linke to launch her alliance, nothing of the sort had existed in the Federal Republic this century.
Has Sahra Wagenknecht already peaked?
EuropeGermanyPoliticsPopulismSahra Wagenknecht Yesterday, as the dust settled on another regional election in East Germany, commentators were quick to highlight yet another strong performance by the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW). In Brandenburg, the Left-populist upstart secured 13% of the vote ‚ÄĒ which was less than the Social Democrats (on 31%) and AfD (29%), but more than the Christian Democrats (12%). Not a bad result for a party that was founded exactly a year ago.
How the AfD revolution ends
AfDEuropeFar RightGermanyPoliticsSahra Wagenknecht Have the worst fears of the Berliner establishment finally come to pass? As soon as the curtain fell on Sunday‚Äôs elections in Thuringia and Saxony, the predictable reactions took centre stage. The Alternative f√ľr Deutschland‚Äôs (AfD) strong showing in the eastern states was seen as a threat to both the nation‚Äôs democracy and economy. Vladimir Putin was the real winner.
What’s the Matter With Germany?
Foreign Affairs What’s the Matter With Germany? Are we experiencing the last days of Germany’s rule by the transatlanticist center? A scandal has shaken Germany and threatens to split apart the ruling coalition of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party, and the free-market liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP).
'Ukraine Today Is Not a Democracy': An Interview with Former Ambassador Jack Matlock
Jack F. Matlock, Jr. served from 1987 until 1991 as the US ambassador in the Soviet Union and from 1981 until 1983 in Czechoslovakia. Es served in the National Security Council under President Reagan and participated in several arms control summits, including in Reykjavik in 1986. In total he served 35 years in the US Foreign Service, from 1956 until 1991. From 1996 until 2001 he served was the George F. Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
Government-Funded NGOs, Linked To NATO, Are Interfering In European Elections
Last week, Public reported that European politicians are waging a disinformation campaign aimed at smearing their political opponents as linked to Russia. The current effort appears related to a disinformation operation by the French military.
Warum Donald Trump die US-Wahl gewinnt – 11 Gründe
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Warum Donald Trump die US-Wahl gewinnt – 11 Gründe
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Europe After America Original
Maximilian Krah, 46, is part of the national leadership of the German political party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) and is a member of the E.U. parliament. During the July 2023 nominating convention of the AfD, he was elected to be the party’s lead candidate for next year’s elections to the E.U. parliament. He is the author of the book Politik von rechts. Ein Manifest (Antaios, 2023).
The Left-wing maverick who could stop the AfD
“The future of The Left is a future without Sahra Wagenknecht.” Despite the rapid rise of the Right-wing party AfD in Germany, which secured 18% of the vote in this weekend’s Hessian election, the Leftist party Die Linke wants nothing to do with one of Germany’s most popular politicians.
Europe, Interrupted
Foreign Affairs Europe, Interrupted The destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines brings an end to Europe’s latest attempt to free itself from American tutelage. (Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images) If Gerhard Schröder, Germany’s former chancellor, is to be believed, Europe may just have let its “last chance” to develop a sovereign foreign policy slip—sovereign and independent from the United States, that is.
“Order” Prevails in Berlin
After the results of the federal election were announced, the German Social Democrats’ candidate for chancellor appeared defiant. Under no circumstances would he lead his party into another “grand coalition” with the Christian Democrats. Big words for someone who had just earned his party the worst election result of the postwar era. The candidate was Martin Schulz, the year 2017, and his words were a legendary exercise in hollow grandstanding.
Certainly the End of Something or Other
In the summer of 1989, RAND Corporation functionary and Bush-era State Department director Francis Fukuyama declared that world history, finally, was over.
A New Progressive Era?: A Conversation with Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett
MARCH 3, 2021 ROBERT PUTNAM’S SCHOLARSHIP SHOWS that a rigorous data-driven approach need not come at the expense of a sincere and profound interest in bringing about positive social change. This had been his aim in writing the now-classic study Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2000).
Nonliberal Capitalism: The Exception or the Rule?
REVIEW ESSAY Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World by Branko Milanović Belknap, 2019, 287 pages Branko Milanović’s Capitalism, Alone is not a thick book, but its title and subtitle hint at its ambition. Epigraphs from Aristotle, Plato, Marx, Adam Smith, and Max Weber do the same. Milanović varyingly plays the unsentimental historian, the scientific-minded economist, the policy wonk, the sociologist, and the moralist.
A New Cultural Cold War?
With or without Covid-19, the United States and China were headed for a clash. The economic fallout from the pandemic will merely accelerate developments that had already been set in motion by the rise of China as a strategic and technological rival. Nor does this seem likely to end when Trump leaves office, whether that is in a few months or in a few years (this article was written before the election).
Regime Change with Chinese Characteristics
REVIEW ESSAY Just Hierarchy: Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World by Daniel A.
Tom Cotton: Clumsy, Out of Context, But Not Entirely Wrong
But he is on shaky ground when he says the 1619 Project should be banned from public schools. UNITED STATES - MAY 19: Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is seen in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday, May 19, 2020.
What the Marxist Zeitgeist Has Wrought
We are tasting the bitter fruits of more than a half-century of the “zeitgeist” – the Marxist theory of history – reigning supreme in our public schools. This pedagogy replaced the “Great Man” approach, which teaches that history is catalyzed by individuals of unusual personal strength and rare attributes.
Protest or Revolution? The Historical Crossroad at Which We Sit
It appears that propaganda, not education, is officially the aim of America’s higher education institutions.
One NBA Player's Controversial Economic Message
The NBA is considering allowing players to use personalized statements on jerseys to promote social justice causes. The season, which has been halted due to the coronavirus, is expected to restart July 30 in Orlando, Florida.
Unbiased Research on Race Becoming Taboo in Academia
It is now dangerous for an academic to conduct or even discuss research that shows an absence of racial bias in the criminal justice system.
Abolishing Museums Springs From Progressive Education
Identity politics has reached a new level of inanity. The latest demand calls for the abolition of, no, not law enforcement agencies, but museums. “It’s critical that we move past identity politics,” Decolonize This Place organizer Marz Saffore told CNN, “It’s not enough to hire an Indigenous curator. It’s not enough to have one Black person on your board. Museums as we know them have to be abolished.
What Royal Fashion Teaches About Compromise
It all came down to hosiery. While the world was preoccupied with COVID-19 and the protests sweeping America, a minor royal mystery was solved. News outlets had long reported that a few days before her 2018 wedding to Britain’s Prince Harry, Meghan Markle made Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, cry over something. The spat took place during a bridesmaid dress fitting for Kate’s young daughter, Princess Charlotte, but its exact origins were unknown.
COVID-19 Is a Nursing Home Pandemic
Over the last week, many governors have reinstituted coronavirus policy implementations which had been in various phases of cessation. Why? This is because of an alleged “spike” in new COVID-19 infections. Other states have abbreviated their phased lifting of lockdowns. This is despite the fact that current U.S. deaths from COVID-19 are now 90 percent off their peak. Washington State is considering criminalizing the refusal to wear a mask.
‘Tyranny Without a Tyrant’: Hannah Arendt on the Root and Growth of Violence
It's funny how peaceful all this recent protesting for change has been. In fact, it’s so peaceful that average Americans, trying to go about their lives as normally as possible, are simply surrounded by love and feelings of euphoria. I speak tongue-in-cheek, of course, for the exact opposite seems to be the case. The video of a Black Lives Matter protest in Utah is only the latest, high-profile example.
No Safety in Silence
Silence is golden. Only, however, if it is the right kind of silence. Silence in the face of personal attacks or public crusades may be wise. Our collective guppy-like span of attention means that for many causes du jour or even du moment it is often best to simply say nothing and wait it out. Many of them are silly and will be revealed to be so immediately. But silence in the face of many of the persistent causes of our time is not wise nor good for the body politic.
Supreme Court Hands Huge Victory to Families on School Choice
In a 5-4 decision Tuesday, the Supreme Court held that families have a right to seek the best educational opportunities for their children, by preventing states from blocking the participation of religiously affiliated schools in state school choice programs. In Espinoza v.
Hillary Was Right About BLM
Remembering a forgotten conversation when the Democratic frontrunner got the better of two activists. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, you may have noticed that some of your white friends and family members engaged in an odd ritual: They filled their social media pages with confessional screeds acknowledging their white privilege and vaguely promising “to do better,” to listen more, and so on and so forth ad nauseam.
Hillary Was Right About BLM
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, you may have noticed that some of your white friends and family members engaged in an odd ritual: They filled their social media pages with confessional screeds acknowledging their white privilege and vaguely promising “to do better,” to listen more, and so on and so forth ad nauseam.
How Woke Politics Keeps Class Solidarity Down
Anti-racism as an ideology serves a perfect function for corporations that ultimately take workers for granted. Former injured Amazon employees join labor organizers and community activists to demonstrate and hold a press conference outside of an Amazon Go store to express concerns about what they claim is the company's "alarming injury rate" among warehouse workers on December 10, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
Leftists Cheer On Destruction of Minority Neighborhoods
Those who egged on the riots will not have to pick up the pieces.
Leftists for carnage
Those who egged on the riots will not have to pick up the pieces. Share Topics Politics USA In his 2016 inaugural address, President Trump spoke of the ‘carnage’ that had befallen American society. Deindustrialisation, wage stagnation, crime, and the opioid epidemic were lowering the life expectancy of Americans across all population groups. His election opponent Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, had run on the platform that America was ‘already great’. Things had been trending up since then.
Class War Returns to America
An interview with Michael Lind on the new populism, COVID-19, and the future of American politics Gregor Baszak: After the Brexit referendum and Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential elections, you argued in a widely noted essay in the journal American Affairs, which you have since expanded into a book, that a “transatlantic class war” had broken out between neoliberal managerial elites and working-class populists.
Stop snarking at those Illinois protesters
We should all be wary of the authoritarian consequences of lockdown. Share Topics Politics Science & Tech USA The spectre of Communism seemed to haunt the ‘Re-Open Illinois’ rally in Chicago, Illinois last week. Hundreds gathered to protest against the 30-day extension of the stay-at-home order issued by Governor JB Pritzker, which is intended to stop the further spread of Covid-19. Hundreds more were reported to have gathered in front of the state capitol in Springfield.
The Myth of the “Sixties”
The 1960s, argues art historian James Meyer in The Art of Return: The Sixties and Contemporary Culture, is “the beginning of the time we are in.” By this Meyer means that our ongoing fascination with that turbulent decade serves, whether positively or negatively, as an index of our disappointment with our own era.
In defense of caucuses
Politics US Politics We need more civic engagement in democracy, not less Pete Buttigieg Campaigns For President Across Iowa (Getty) Asked the morning after the chaotic Iowa caucuses to render judgment about the Hawkeye State’s voting system, Illinois senator Dick Durbin called it ‘a quirky, quaint tradition which should probably come to an end’.
In defense of caucuses
Politics US Politics We need more civic engagement in democracy, not less Pete Buttigieg Campaigns For President Across Iowa (Getty) Asked the morning after the chaotic Iowa caucuses to render judgment about the Hawkeye State’s voting system, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin called it “a quirky, quaint tradition which should probably come to an end.” Why would “people who work all day, pick up their kids at daycare” head to a caucus site to spend their evening at a stuffy high school gym with a...
On Michael Lind’s “The New Class War”
JANUARY 28, 2020 A FEW DAYS AFTER Donald Trump’s electoral upset in 2016, Club for Growth co-founder Stephen Moore told an audience of Republican House members that the GOP was “now officially a Trump working class party.” No longer the party of traditional Reaganite conservatism, the GOP had been converted instead “into a populist America First party.” As he uttered these words, Moore says, “the shock was palpable” in the room.
Jeffrey Epstein: Four Things You Need to Know
On July 6, New York billionaire Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in New Jersey on charges of “sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors.” U.S. District Judge Richard Berman has delayed his bail decision and will announce Thursday whether or not Epstein can post bail. Because of Epstein’s previous convictions as well as his connections to those in high places, this case is already being closely followed. Here are four things you need to know.
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