Das ist ja mal dreist, was mir am Wochenende in Dahlem aufgefallen ist. Da gibt es doch in dem einen Kopierladen an der S-Bahnhaltestelle Dahlem-Dorf das obige Faxdienstangebot. An sich ja ganz nett, nicht jeder hat ein Fax zu Hause stehen, und manchmal braucht man’s halt doch. Aber wie diese Preiszusammensetzung zu Stande kommt, ist mir schleierhaft. Wieso kostet ein Fax ins nahe Polen bedeutend mehr als ins entfernte Portugal? Warum zahlt man wesentlich mehr nach Ljubljana als nach Athen? Und um’s noch deutlicher zu sagen, ein Fax nach Prag kostet also genauso viel (wobei ich viel ausdrücklich betonen muss) wie nach Wellington… Née, née! Da stimmt was nicht!
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Labour day in Eastern Germany
Labour day is traditionally a very active day for all the associations that support the worker’s rights. And since the town of Chemnitz was called Karl-Marx-Town during the socialist part of Eastern-german history one would think that it would be a very special day there, too.

One only thinks! In fact it was sobering to see that the worker city, which is from time to time also called Saxon Manchester, has lost it’s reactive spirit. Now I’m not really attributable to all these socialist movements but I believe in the idea that everybody should stand in for their beliefs and be active in society, no matter which political direction they point at. And honestly I also had a keen interest in learning what they think about Europe. Sadly enough – Europe didn’t take place.
From all the parties and association they were only two mentioning Europe: the Social Democats (SPD) and attac. (Latter only in their fight against the Bolkestein Directive, and SPD comparing minimum wages across Europe.) That is frustrating and shows once more that we really need to bring Europe and European issues closer to the people.
At least there was a crêpes and a lángos stall. And people liked that! :)


