which knows no peace! War is horrible. It always has been and always will be. Only too many people have forgotten what war means since they were told fairy tales by the war propaganda of their own governments. Stories of “peacekeeping”, military interventions in “weak regions”, strikes against supposed terrorists, technological wars without “civilian victims” …
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The undesirables
10 years of deportation center at Findel Ten years ago, the undesirables were transferred from the prison in Schrassig, to the prison at Findel. In 2011, the first deportation center in Luxembourg opened. There, so-called illegal migrants (who are either in the country “without authorization” or whose asylum application has been rejected) are locked up …
With data centers against the ‘climate crisis’?
While the effects of environmental destruction are becoming more and more obvious, because the staes of the Global North are also increasingly affected, capital is trying to paint itself green and use the ‘climate crisis’ to open up new markets. However, all the new (electric) technologies and “alternative” energies are not only about selling a …
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A housing crisis in which 20,000 apartments are vacant?
The housing situation in Luxembourg has been coming to a head for years. Demand exceeds supply, but above all there is a lack of affordable housing. An apartment or a house has become a luxury good. The commodity “real estate” continues to be the lucrative investment for top earners and millionaires in Luxembourg, with a …
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[Poster] Isolation
Isolation is one of the most powerful weapons of capitalism. It serves to subject everything, society and interpersonal relationships, to the dictates of the commodity. In doing so, the existing society turns out to be a community of consumption, from social media to nightlife. Not only “goods” are commodified, but also people – and (one’s) …
Abolish the Police!
A contribution to a discussion that does not (yet) exist in Luxembourg Summary: The police embody the power of the state and makes him real and touchable. Thereby, the police is the legitimization of the monopoly of violence, which the state grants to itself — otherwise the legitimization would be merely imaginary. The primary purpose …