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A Defense of the Ugliest Building in Paris! The Tour Montparnasse Has Never Been Loved.

— By Colin Marshall | August 1, 2023

The Tour Montparnasse, at left, is shown with the Panthéon in the foreground. The tower offers the most expansive view of Paris from above—and the only such view that doesn’t show the tower itself. Photograph by Etienne Laurent/Getty Images

The sole skyscraper in central Paris celebrated its fiftieth anniversary recently, though “celebrate” may not be le mot juste. When the city’s official Twitter account wished the Tour Montparnasse (“Montparnasse Tower”) a happy birthday, the responses were hostile even by the standards of that platform, ranging from “Quelle horreur” to “La pire chose qui soit arrivée à Paris depuis les Nazis” (“The worst thing to happen to Paris since the Nazis”) to simply “Non.” Since I happened to be in town, I went to visit Paris’s least beloved building for the commemoration of its first half century. Nothing was out of the ordinary for a quiet Sunday afternoon: Falun Gong members sat in cross-legged protest on the concrete plaza; rough sleepers huddled against the walls and stairways of the complex’s shopping center; T-shirted tourists went straight up to, and came straight down from, the fifty-sixth floor.

That floor is occupied by a panoramic observation deck, which offers the most expansive view of Paris from above—and, more important, the only such view that doesn’t show the Tour Montparnasse itself. That oft-heard half-joke repurposes a similarly waspish remark attributed to the playwright Tristan Bernard about the Eiffel Tower, which, despite his resentment, has become a globally beloved symbol of French civilization. It’s a rare Paris postcard that fails to include the older tower, and a rarer Paris postcard still that fails to exclude the newer one. (Even the hooded sweatshirts for sale in the Tour Montparnasse’s own gift shop bear the image of the Eiffel Tower.) Nowhere else has such a physically conspicuous building arguably made so little obvious cultural impact; if, after fifty years, Parisians no longer ignore the Tour Montparnasse, that may be because they no longer see it in the first place.

One can hardly deny feeling something un-Parisian, even anti-Parisian, exuded by the dark, Kubrickian slab rising out of its nineteenth-century surroundings. But nor, on closer inspection, can one deny the traces of élan in its design. In “La Tour Montparnasse 1973-2013,” the French journalists Sylvie Andreu and Michèle Leloup’s history and collection of reflections published for the building’s fortieth anniversary, the late architect Michel Holley, who was initially involved in the project, praises “the fissures that lighten its shape and its oval character, along with the lateral indentation.” Another deceased peer, Claude Parent, adds that “it wasn’t quite the modern American skyscraper, the glass parallelepiped, but something different, a European flavour, with ledges. They showed a certain quest for form in the vocabulary of the parallelepiped: that touch of visible architecture with its lateral folds, which straighten it and give it its verticality. It is intelligent, this tower, and if it was deliberate . . . so much the better!”

Many of those quoted in the book who express appreciation for the Tour Montparnasse belong to the architectural professions. This will hardly come as a surprise to detractors who file it alongside Boston’s brutalist City Hall as structures only an architect could love. Boston City Hall and the Tour Montparnasse were once ranked the ugliest and second-ugliest building in the world, respectively, but, apart from standing over the kind of plaza invariably described as “windswept,” the two have little in common. The standard rebuttal to enthusiasts of Boston City Hall is that, however intensely they may appreciate its aesthetics, they don’t have to spend their days inside it. If the Tour Montparnasse lacks brutalism’s raw-concrete sublimity, it also lacks that style’s propensity to practical dysfunction. In the words of the architect and urban designer Virginie Picon-Lefebvre, one of the main experts called to comment on the building’s fiftieth anniversary, “it was really comfortable to work there.”

Indeed, the Tour Montparnasse was conceived as a means of introducing high-tech modernity into postwar Paris, which, though spared widespread bombing, had nevertheless fallen over time into a state of general dilapidation. This function secured the building a perhaps unexpected supporter: André Malraux, the novelist, art theorist, and decorated Resistance member, who was appointed as France’s first-ever Minister of Cultural Affairs under Charles de Gaulle, in 1959. A somewhat contradictory figure, Malraux was both aesthete and public official (a combination difficult to imagine outside France), and also an advocate for both preservation and modernization. Out of the former impulse came, among other projects, the restoration and subsequent architectural lockdown of the once aristocratic, now trendy district of Le Marais; the latter enabled the construction of the Tour Montparnasse, as part of a neighborhood-wide development scheme that necessitated eliminating not just several streets but also forty-four hundred homes that constituted “îlots insalubres” (“unsanitary islets”).

In “La Tour Montparnasse 1973-2013,” Jean Digne, then the president of the now defunct Musée du Montparnasse, relates having heard that seven hundred artists’ studios were also destroyed in the process. This must have underscored definitively that Montparnasse was no longer the bohemian paradise of the interwar period, when it had been the quarter of choice for Picasso, Dalí, Modigliani, Hemingway, Beckett. Even in their day, the neighborhood’s infrastructure strained to accommodate its population: the rail station Gare Montparnasse, from 1852, was put forth as a candidate for replacement in the nineteen-thirties. More than twenty years passed before that project began in earnest, by which time it had expanded to include a set of residential buildings, a commercial center, and the tower. Just as Chaillot hill has the Trocadéro, the Place de l’Étoile the Arc de Triomphe, Montmartre the Sacré-Cœur, and Mount Saint-Geneviève the Panthéon, Malraux reportedly proclaimed in the late fifties, “Montparnasse will have its landmark!”

Only after nearly a decade of political squabbling and financial difficulty (cleared up thanks to the bracingly pragmatic intervention of the American real-estate developer Wylie F. L. Tuttle) did the project’s building permit come through. The Tour Montparnasse opened on June 18, 1973, fifteen years after it was first proposed. By that time, it looked less like a bold declaration about the future than a faintly embarrassing relic of the past. Eugène Beaudouin, Urbain Cassan, Louis de Hoÿm de Marien, and Jean Saubot, the architects who had collaborated on the building’s design, were hardly youthful revolutionaries in the first place. (Beaudouin and Cassan were born in the nineteenth century.) Les Trente Glorieuses, France’s thirty-year period of rapid postwar economic growth, was running its course. “The party was over and architecture was screwed,” Parent says in “La Tour Montparnasse 1973-2013.” “The momentum of the 1950s, exciting for everyone, even the public, was fading.”

Nor did any appetite remain for tall buildings. In 1977, a thirty-seven-metre height limit was imposed within Paris, exiling high-rises to outlying districts like the business center of La Défense. (In 2010, at the behest of then mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, the limit was raised to a hundred and eighty metres for offices and fifty metres for housing in specific areas.) “The new skyscraper on the Boulevard du Montparnasse is almost an accident,” Saul Bellow wrote, after a visit in the early nineteen-eighties, “something that had strayed away from Chicago and come to rest on a Parisian street corner.” Unremarkable though it would look in a major American city, the Tour Montparnasse is made ridiculous by its isolation in Paris. A few politicians have proposed knocking it down (easier said than done, given the three-hundred-way division of the complex’s ownership), but the problem of its supposed ugliness could just as well be solved by changing its context: surrounding it with a cluster of other towers, or even punctuating the whole of the city—tastefully, bien sûr—with skyscrapers.

Such solutions assume that the lessons of the Tour Montparnasse have been learned. Observers bemoan everything from its height to its interruption of the line of perspective down Rue de Rennes (an objection that may strike Americans as a parody of French fussiness) to its gray-brown color, which, as the journalist and architect Philippe Trétiack says, in “La Tour Montparnasse 1973-2013,” “has a touch of the nicotine stain about it.” Several of the book’s contributors identify the tower’s truly unforgivable sin as the fact that it is built atop a broad concrete base. Trétiack calls this design element, a common feature of skyscrapers of the sixties and seventies, “a rupture in the urban fabric,” framing it as an expression of a classic French tendency in the organization of space: “It is our Versailles side, our yearnings for power that force everyone to climb flights of stairs to access the ‘thing,’ to penetrate the building.”

This aspect of the Tour Montparnasse reminds me of another building of the nineteen-seventies, albeit one designed by a thoroughly American architect. When I lived in Los Angeles in the early twenty-tens, I would pass through John Portman’s Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, enchanted by its futuristic atrium lobby, with its concrete banquettes cantilevered above extravagantly spurting water features. Like the seedy shopping mall at the Tour Montparnasse’s complex, whose Galeries Lafayette department store closed in 2019, the Bonaventure’s retail area had clearly fallen on hard times. What spaces weren’t sitting vacant were occupied by off-brand eateries and haphazardly stocked gift shops, the result of a lack of foot traffic exacerbated by the difficulty of navigating the looping floor plan. But another factor is the hostility of the building itself to the street, which the hotel meets with a blank four-story concrete podium.

Atop that podium stands a quintet of cylindrical glass towers whose appearances in countless Hollywood movies have made the Bonaventure one of Los Angeles’s few recognizable architectural signifiers. The Tour Montparnasse has a patchier résumé in French cinema, beginning with Luis Buñuel’s “The Phantom of Liberty,” from 1974, in which a gunman on the high-rise’s still-empty thirtieth floor picks off passerby in the streets below (and, in a characteristically Buñuelian satirical turn, becomes a celebrity after his capture). The building has a larger role in “La Tour Montparnasse Infernale,” a slapstick action-thriller parody in which the comic duo Éric Judor and Ramzy Bedia play a pair of dim-witted window-washers who get caught up in a terrorist attack on the building. Given this subject matter, it was the film’s good luck to come out in early 2001.

Had they not been destroyed on 9/11, the Twin Towers, too, would have marked their fiftieth anniversary this year. But, as a work of architecture and a presence in the city, would that design now be much better regarded than the Tour Montparnasse? Minoru Yamasaki’s World Trade Center also drew criticism from the beginning, and for similar reasons: their inordinate scale, their separation from their environment, their essentially technological nature. On a more basic level, colossal form clashed with mundane purpose: both the Twin Towers and the Tour Montparnasse were conceived as nothing more than large office buildings. In “La Tour Montparnasse 1973-2013,” the landscape architect Pierre-Marie Tricaud says, “What I find shocking is that before it, only public buildings—political or religious—stood out from the urban fabric; there is an association between form and function, and you wonder why it is this structure that has taken over the sky.”

The Tour Montparnasse, the World Trade Center, and the Westin Bonaventure Hotel went up during the long postwar push for “urban renewal,” which involved scraping “blighted” neighborhoods off the map in order to build privately owned megastructures meant to replicate attractions of the urban environment in an enclosed, controlled space. The effects of this ethos are most lamented in U.S. cities, where the slick, vertiginous kitsch of Portman’s signature atrium hotels has become emblematic of the era. But the practice arguably began a century earlier, in Paris, through which Baron Haussmann plowed his wide boulevards to create those lines of perspective so vigilantly maintained today. Aberrations like the Tour Montparnasse only underscore how much Paris remains Haussman’s city, its core frozen in a nineteenth century whose built environment can be restored, and in some cases discreetly renovated, but which—so the severity of the restrictions implies—can never fundamentally be improved upon.

Architectural fashion treasures hundred-and-fifty-year-old structures but derides fifty-year-old ones; hence the works of brutalism that have faced the wrecking ball in recent years. “The destruction of brutalist buildings is more than the destruction of a particular mode of architecture,” Jonathan Meades says, in his television documentary “Bunkers, Brutalism and Bloodymindedness: Concrete Poetry.” “It is like burning books. It’s a form of censorship of the past, a discomfiting past, by the present. It’s the revenge of a mediocre age on an age of epic grandeur.” In “La Tour Montparnasse 1973-2013,” Picon-Lefebvre takes a similar perspective on the high corporate style of the sixties and seventies, exemplified by the Tour Montparnasse: “We have very unfairly erased those years and their architects, who demonstrated an optimism and a momentum we have completely lost.” But, she says, “young people today are fascinated by that period, and many of them want to work on renovating its buildings.”

The Tour Montparnasse is set to undergo its own long-discussed renovation, originally scheduled to finish by the time of Paris’s Olympic Games next year. But the work shows no signs of having begun, and, perhaps in anticipation of its replacement, the tower’s exterior has been allowed to fall into a state of mild dereliction, with several windows on each of its faces covered by what look like pieces of wood. The project will involve making the now dark glass walls transparent while installing vegetation-filled spaces, including a rooftop greenhouse, in order to achieve what the renovators, a group formed by three French architecture firms, call “a complete sustainable ‘green’ makeover of the façade.” Just like the original, this is a design wholly of its time—our time—when the idea of “sustainability” plays much the same role that“modernity” did in the nineteen-fifties.

It was in environmental terms that Daniel Libeskind, who worked on the design of the Twin Towers’ even taller successor, One World Trade Center, defended the Tour Montparnasse. “Parisians reacted aesthetically, as they are wont to do, but they failed to consider the consequences of what it means to be a vital, living city versus a museum city,” he told T, the style supplement of the Times, in 2015—and, what with “the carbon footprint, the waste of resources, our shrinking capacity, we have no choice but to build good high-rise buildings that are affordable.” The officialdom of Paris seemed to accept this, approving the construction of a new skyscraper, the Tour Triangle, that same year. Though it will be shorter than its predecessor, the Tour Triangle has already outdone the older skyscraper in another respect, having inspired, while still under construction, enough outcry to cause the reimposition of the thirty-seven-metre height limit. As the acclaimed architect Jean Nouvel put it in a recent documentary about the Tour Montparnasse, “In France, we are beheading champions.” ♦

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New Movies To Watch This Week: ‘Malcolm & Marie,’ ‘Falling’ And A New Studio Ghibli

February is shaping up to be something special. In response to a pandemic-extended awards season, the sort of films that used to crowd the release calendar just before New Year’s in an effort to Oscar-qualify while also still maintaining some measure of last-minute/latest-thing freshness are now arranging to come out over the coming weeks.

Think of that as a teaser of such upcoming films as “Minari” and “Nomadland” more than a reflection of this week’s lineup, although a couple of this week’s releases feature elements the marketing departments would be happy to hear described as “Oscar worthy.”

The first is Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut, in which he plays a gay man dealing with his father’s dementia (featuring a raging performance by Lance Henriksen). The second is Sam Levinson’s resourceful two-hander “Malcolm & Marie,” made during the pandemic and featuring two terrific, on-fire performances from John David Washington and Zendaya. (Variety critic Joe Leydon also floated the suggestion that Brian Dennehy’s performances as a spiteful Klansman in the Spike Lee-produced “Son of the South” is deserving of posthumous attention.)

Here’s a rundown of those films opening this week that Variety has reviewed, along with information on where you can watch them. Find more movies and TV shows to stream here.

New Releases on Demand and in Select Theaters

Falling (Viggo Mortensen)Distributor: Quiver DistributionWhere to Find It: In theaters, on digital and on demandDrawing on his own upbringing while touching on universal themes of family and loss, Mortensen reimagines the relationship with his parents — doting mother, difficult father — through the protective filter of fiction. In the process, the actor reminds that his best work comes from a place of emotional vulnerability. Dad was clearly a piece of work, portrayed here as a scorpion-tempered patriarch who dominated his family for decades, growing even more difficult with the onset of dementia (as seen in the present, where Lance Henriksen brings the hellfire). — Peter DebrugeRead the full review

A Glitch in the Matrix (Rodney Ascher)Distributor: Magnolia PicturesWhere to Find It: In theaters and on demandThere are words, and many metaphors, one could use to describe simulation theory: the belief, popularized two decades ago by “The Matrix,” that the life we’re living — the people we know, the experiences we have, what we see, touch, think, and feel — is literally an illusion, an artificial façade orchestrated by minds far more developed than our own. … “A Glitch in the Matrix” gives each of those metaphors a workout. The movie takes the pulse of how science fiction has merged with our imaginations. — Owen GleibermanRead the full review

Little Fish (Chad Hartigan)Distributor: IFC FilmsWhere to Find It: In theaters and on demandWith COVID-19 still raging around the world, a melancholy love story about a 2021 viral pandemic that ravages people’s relationships, romances and sense of self is perhaps not the easiest sell at the moment. Such timeliness proves both a blessing and a curse for “Little Fish,” writer-director Chad Hartigan’s heartfelt tale about a couple struggling with a global epidemic of memory loss. A portrait of life’s impermanence, it’s a bittersweet small-scale saga whose occasional sluggishness is offset by its sensitivity. — Nick SchagerRead the full review

Rams (Jeremy Sims)Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn FilmsWhere to Find It: In theaters and on demandNearly six years ago, “Rams,” a touching humanist drama from Iceland directed and written by Grímur Hákonarson, won hearts — and prizes — at the Cannes Film Festival. Now, in trots an Australian remake. Adapted with winning cultural specificity by former newsman Jules Duncan, it’s longer and more broadly comic than the Icelandic version and boasts a tacked on, feel-good ending. Beloved Antipodean stars Sam Neill and Michael Caton play the two estranged brothers who must pull together to save what is dearest to them: their sheep. — Alissa SimonRead the full review

The Reckoning (Neil Marshall)Distributor: RLJE Films and ShudderWhere to Find It: In theaters, on digital and on demandMarshall returns to his traditional horror roots with “The Reckoning,” an uneven melodrama about an innocent young widow accused of witchcraft during the Great Plague of London, 1665. Striving to be a rousing tale of female empowerment in the face of brutal patriarchy and religious extremism, “The Reckoning” has some powerful moments but relies too heavily on fantasy sequences to deliver scares, and its credibility is significantly compromised by the heroine consistently emerging from extreme torture sessions with barely a hair out of place or a smudge on her makeup. — Richard KuipersRead the full review

Son of the South (Barry Alexander Brown)Distributor: Vertical EntertainmentWhere to Find It: Available on demandAlthough he occasionally uses a broad brush dipped in primary colors while fashioning his admiring portrait of Bob Zellner, the grandson of a Ku Klux Klansman who improbably evolved into a civil rights activist during the early 1960s, Brown shrewdly and intelligently avoids most of the “white savior” clichés common to such scenarios. His well-crafted and period-persuasive biopic strikes a dramatically sound and emotionally satisfying balance between the moral awakening of its white protagonist and his relationships with sometimes encouraging, sometimes skeptical Black leaders and foot soldiers. — Joe LeydonRead the full review

Two of Us (Filippo Meneghetti)Distributor: Magnolia PicturesWhere to Find It: Available in theaters and on demandNeither a hot-blooded tale of sexual discovery like “Blue Is the Warmest Color” nor a coolly alluring bauble like “Carol,” Meneghetti’s debut feature “Two of Us” is an entirely unique and uniquely vital lesbian love story. The tale of two older women whose decades-long secret relationship is threatened after tragedy strikes covers emotional and thematic ground that transcends the sexual preferences of the two main characters. This often-moving film is an affirmation of our universal desire for emotional intimacy and how the right connection can overcome all social and physical limitations. — Mark KeizerRead the full review

Bliss Courtesy of Amazon Studios

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Bliss (Mike Cahill)Where to Find It: Amazon PrimeThe biggest challenge of discussing “Bliss” lies in describing its premise without making it sound considerably wilder and more interesting than it actually is. In short, the film stars Owen Wilson as a sad-sack office drone who, after accidentally killing his boss, is rescued by an intense, shamanistic homeless woman played by Salma Hayek, who not only informs him that they are soulmates, but also that they are among the few flesh-and-blood humans inhabiting a complex computer simulation. See? Sounds intriguing enough, doesn’t it? — Andrew BarkerRead the full review

Earwig and the Witch Courtesy of GKIDS

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Earwig and the Witch (Goro Miyazaki)Distributor: GKIDSWhere to Find It: In select theaters and HBO MaxErica Wigg, the main character of Goro Miyazaki’s made-for-TV feature “Earwig and the Witch,” is both a brat and an orphan. Those two traits seldom go together in children’s stories, and the combination provides a modest starting point for this intermittently amusing CG entry from Studio Ghibli — back in business but a shadow of its former glory. While the story doesn’t feel terribly original, Erica’s attitude manages to set her apart from such relatively well-behaved orphans as Harry Potter and Roald Dahl’s Matilda. — Peter DebrugeRead the full review

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Malcolm & Marie (Sam Levinson) CRITIC’S PICKWhere to Find It: NetflixWhile not nearly as ambitious as “Eyes Wide Shut” in theme or technique, Levinson’s feature feels every bit as raw and honest in exploring the fissures in a relationship with a bit of wear on its tires. Not too shabby for a film dashed off and shot during the pandemic. It’s “the biggest night of my life,” Malcolm believes, and we observe as they alternately appreciate and abuse one another, making love and war as they test and tentatively reestablish where they stand. The result is like Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” minus the booze and the cruel mirror a second couple provides. — Peter DebrugeRead the full review

Strip Down, Rise Up (Michèle Ohayon)Where to Find It: NetflixThe class at the heart of “Strip Down, Rise Up,” upends expectations. So does Ohayon’s cinema verité movie. Debuting on Netflix (where the subject might attract the wrong kind of audience, or precisely those who’d connect with it most), the doc is poignant, surprising and deftly reawakens questions about “patriarchy” — not by being a pole-dancing polemic but by foregrounding its characters’ experiences. The film isn’t concerned with strip clubs and their habitués [but rather what the class instructor] calls a “feminine lifestyle practice.” — Lisa KennedyRead the full review

Life in a Day 2020 Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival

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Life in a Day 2020 (Kevin Macdonald)Where to Find It: On YouTube Feb. 6It’s been precisely a decade since the first edition of “Life in a Day” debuted at Sundance, though in internet years, that amounts to several eons. So, what can “Life in a Day 2020” now bring to the table? Nothing groundbreaking, certainly. Macdonald’s followup collage neatly matches its predecessor in form and function, serving another enjoyable but unavoidably surface-level survey of how the other half lives. Videos flood in from Mongolian livestock farmers, Eastern European high-rise dwellers and American suburbanites alike, connected by little more than their access to a smartphone Cell Phone Belt Holder .

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EL PAPEL DEL CAPITAL EN LAS ELECCIONES DE ESTADOS UNIDOS

Por Leonid Savin

Traducción del inglés de Juan Gabriel Caro Rivera

El dinero juega un papel clave en las campañas electorales estadounidenses. Se gasta en la publicidad, los salarios de los consultores y las empresas de relaciones públicas. Además, la estrategia de los demócratas muestra que la financiación se destina a protestas callejeras. Dado que este enfoque de confrontación se adopta de antemano e implica provocar a la gente a protestas masivas, es una técnica que también requiere una inversión seria.

Exploraremos los diferentes mecanismos de recaudación de fondos para campañas electorales y los intereses de varios grupos financieros (individuos).

Comités de acción política

Desde 1976, los comités de acción política (PAC) se han utilizado en los Estados Unidos para recaudar fondos para publicidad y propaganda durante las campañas electorales. Después de 2010, cuando la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. eliminó las restricciones a las donaciones políticas, comenzaron a surgir nuevas versiones de estos comités llamados Super PAC que son diferentes a los comités de acción política convencionales, que no pueden aceptar contribuciones de más de $ 5,000 de un solo individuo y las contribuciones de corporaciones o sindicatos son ilegales, pero los súper PAC pueden aceptar contribuciones ilimitadas. Los súper PAC también participan activamente en la lucha contra la propaganda y la desinformación contra sus oponentes políticos.

Más de 2.000 Super PAC se registraron en las anteriores elecciones presidenciales de EE.UU. en 2016. Este es el mecanismo de recaudación de fondos más transparente, ya que las autoridades reguladoras realizan un seguimiento de cada centavo.

El Super PAC de Trump se llama America First Action, mientras que el de Joe Biden se llama Priorities USA.

El Super PAC del senador de la República Seth Moulton también ha estado activo durante la actual campaña electoral (1).

Woman Vote, que está completamente orientado a la mitad femenina del electorado, está trabajando para los demócratas (2).

También hay otros PAC y Super PAC involucrados en estas elecciones para ambos lados.

Los donantes de Trump y Biden

Desde principios de 2019 hasta julio de 2020, Trump logró recaudar alrededor de $ 1.1 mil millones, de los cuales $ 800 millones ya se gastaron en septiembre (3). En julio, Trump reemplazó a Brad Parscale, su ahora exgerente de campaña, por Bill Stepien, y le indicó que trabajara de manera más eficiente y gastara menos dinero.

Según la revista Forbes, el 9 por ciento de los multimillonarios estadounidenses, que juntos valen un total de 210.000 millones de dólares, han donado dinero para cubrir los gastos de campaña de Trump de 2020, ya sea directamente o a través de su cónyuge (4). En total, Trump ha recibido el apoyo de alrededor de cien multimillonarios.

Más de la mitad de los donantes de Trump viven en tres Estados: Florida, Nueva York y Texas. Tres cuartas partes de ellos se han hecho a sí mismos; el resto heredó pequeñas fortunas y las convirtió en fortunas aún mayores. Su negocio está relacionado con bienes raíces, energía, deporte, etc. Una quinta parte de los donantes se enriqueció con las finanzas y las inversiones. Este grupo incluye a personas como el director ejecutivo de Blackstone, Stephen Schwarzman, el propietario de fondos de cobertura John Paulson y el exjefe de Franklin Templeton, Charles B. Johnson. Alrededor del 10 por ciento de los donantes ganaron su dinero en bienes raíces, incluido el multimillonario neoyorquino Richard LeFrak de Trump.

El banquero de Texas Andrew Beal ha dado más que nadie al Comité de la Victoria de Trump. Los propietarios de casinos y los hermanos Lorenzo y Frank Fertitta también han donado millones a este comité.

Joe y Marlene Ricketts (TD Ameritrade) han donado más de $ 1 millón. No dieron nada en 2016.

Andrew Beal ha dado aproximadamente la misma cantidad. Dennis y Phyllis Washington (cuyo negocio es la minería y la construcción) han donado $ 1 millón. Diane Hendricks (construcción) ha donado poco menos de $ 1 millón. Kenny y Lisa Troutt (telecomunicaciones): 925.000 dólares. Jeffery y Melinda Hildebrand (petróleo) - $ 775,000. Isaac y Laura Perlmutter (cómics de Marvel): 721.000 dólares. Peter Thiel de Palantir - 250.000 dólares. Cabe señalar que Peter Thiel tiene participaciones en Facebook y donó la misma cantidad a la campaña de Trump de 2016.

Es interesante que algunos multimillonarios donaron cantidades bastante pequeñas de miles e incluso cientos de dólares.

Un donante importante que solía donar regularmente a los republicanos, el magnate de Las Vegas, Sheldon Adelson, se ha negado a respaldar a Trump.

Biden cuenta con el apoyo de Wall Street (5) y Silicon Valley. También ha recaudado una gran cantidad de dinero gracias a pequeñas aportaciones. En términos de la cantidad de donantes ricos que ofrecen apoyo, Biden ha superado a Trump, recibiendo dinero de 131 multimillonarios (6).

El donante más grande de Biden ha sido George Soros, quien ha gastado más de $ 8 millones durante todo el ciclo electoral (para cubrir diversas necesidades). Los nuevos patrocinadores de Biden incluyen a Sean Parker y Dustin Moskovitz de Facebook, el cofundador de Twitter Ev Williams y el CEO de Twilio, Jeff Lawson.

Jeff Skoll de eBay ha estado invirtiendo dinero tanto en Biden como en los demócratas en el Senado. Mark Pincus, quien está involucrado en juegos en línea, ha donado $ 626,000. Barry Diller, quien ganó su dinero en los medios en línea: $ 620,000.

Los donantes de Biden también incluyen a Nicole Shanahan, esposa de Sergey Brin de Google (25.000 dólares), y Merryl Zegar, esposa de Charles Zegar (Bloomberg LP).

En septiembre de 2020, Biden logró recaudar un récord de $ 383 millones (7). El récord anterior fue de menos de $ 200 millones, recaudado por Barack Obama en septiembre de 2008.

Sin embargo, no todos los representantes de Silicon Valley apoyan a los demócratas.

Bill Gates apoya a Donald Trump. Es una elección pragmática. Hace un tiempo, la Administración de la Casa Blanca ayudó a Microsoft a ganar una licitación para crear servidores para respaldar al Pentágono, aunque Amazon, que anteriormente había obtenido un contrato de la CIA para servidores en la nube, también luchó por la licitación. La disputa provocó un escándalo en el Departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos en 2019.

Elon Musk también ha brindado su apoyo a Trump, citando la demencia de Biden. Además, Trump cuenta con el respaldo del fundador de Oracle, Larry Ellison.

Aquí se debe mencionar un detalle importante: hay señales de un profundo cisma en la sociedad estadounidense que ha afectado no solo a la élite financiera, sino también a las relaciones familiares. Por ejemplo, el exdirector ejecutivo de Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, ha apoyado a Trump, pero su esposa Connie ha donado 500.000 dólares a un Super PAC para Biden.

La industria de defensa estadounidense y la influencia indirecta

Tradicionalmente, el ejército estadounidense se mantiene al margen de las campañas electorales, aunque Donald Trump ha apoyado activamente al ejército desde el comienzo de su presidencia. Es significativo que, en uno de sus discursos, Joe Biden habló sobre la posibilidad de incrementar el gasto militar, lo que fue considerado como un intento de influir en las preferencias de las fuerzas de seguridad.

Sin embargo, además de los intentos de los candidatos de ganarse a los militares, hay un mecanismo interesante que vale la pena señalar que refleja ciertos intereses contrarios de los militares y los think tanks, cuando estos últimos sirven a grupos políticos.

El hecho es que el complejo militar-industrial de EE.UU. (es decir, los principales fabricantes de sistemas de armas y productores relacionados, a menudo civiles, así como estructuras del Departamento de Defensa) financia a varios think tanks de EE.UU. de manera continua.

Los cinco principales donantes son Northrup Grumman, Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin y Airbus. Junto con estos contratistas, también se transfiere dinero del Departamento de Defensa, el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, el Departamento de Estado, la Fuerza Aérea de los EE.UU. y el Ejército de los EE.UU. Cada año, se entregan alrededor de $ 1 mil millones a varios centros para programas e investigación. Los think tanks que se ocupan de cuestiones de defensa, seguridad y estrategia militar son los destinatarios habituales. Sin embargo, la lista también incluye una serie de organizaciones que están en el espectro globalista, como el Council of Foreign Relations y el Stimson Center.

Los diez mejores centros que recibieron subvenciones entre 2014 y 2019 (inclusive) son (8):

RAND Corporation – $1,029,100,000;

Center for a New American Security (CNAS) – $8,956,000;

Atlantic Council – $8,697,000;

New America Foundation – $7,283,828;

German Marshall Fund of the United States – $6,599,999;

CSIS – $5,040,000;

Council on Foreign Relations – $2,590,000;

Brookings Institution – $2,485,000;

Heritage Foundation – $1,375,000; and

Stimson Center – $1,343,753.

Además del conocido Consejo de Relaciones Exteriores, esta lista también incluye el CNAS (9), que en realidad es un centro pro-demócrata. Fue establecido por la ex Subsecretaria de Defensa (2009-2012) Michèle Flournoy y el exsubsecretario de Estado para Asuntos de Asia Oriental y el Pacífico (2009-2013) Kurt Campbell. Ambos representan al Partido Demócrata.

La New America Foundation se posiciona ideológicamente como un grupo de expertos liberal y de centro izquierda (10). Eric Schmidt ocupó una vez uno de los puestos más importantes allí. Su actual presidenta y directora ejecutiva es Anne-Marie Slaughter, quien se desempeñó como directora de planificación política en la administración Obama.

Es revelador que esto incluya al centro que lanzó la 2020 Matching Campaign (11) para recaudar fondos con el propósito de reorganizar el sistema político del país. La campaña finaliza el 30 de octubre, justo antes de las elecciones presidenciales.

El Atlantic Council es el grupo de expertos de la OTAN.

De hecho, los donantes mencionados también están financiando indirectamente la propaganda política, ya que están pagando por las actividades de estos centros y, como expertos "independientes" en diversos temas, sus empleados hablan en televisión y escriben artículos en los principales periódicos y revistas. Por lo tanto, dan forma a la opinión pública.

Financiamiento de la protestas callejeras

Dado que los demócratas se han basado en protestas masivas, un factor importante para ellos es la búsqueda de fondos para estimular varios grupos de apoyo.

Antifa, BLM y varias organizaciones de izquierda, incluidos los antiglobalistas, son importantes grupos de protesta para los demócratas.

Los Antifa están relacionados con los trotskistas. En febrero de 2016, el Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional publicó un comunicado que decía: “El nuevo movimiento contra la guerra debe ser anticapitalista y socialista, ya que no puede haber una lucha seria contra la guerra excepto en la lucha para acabar con la dictadura del capital financiero y el sistema económico que es la causa fundamental del militarismo y la guerra. Por lo tanto, el nuevo movimiento contra la guerra debe, por necesidad, ser completa e inequívocamente independiente y hostil a todos los partidos políticos y organizaciones de la clase capitalista” (12).

Los trotskistas de todo tipo, incluido el especulador financiero George Soros, apoyan activamente a los grupos radicales de Antifa en todo el mundo. En julio de 2017, sus recursos ayudaron a movilizar a más de 100.000 antiglobalistas y miembros de Antifa para las protestas en Hamburgo durante la cumbre del G20 (13).

Pero dado que los Antifa han sido reconocidos como una organización terrorista en los EE.UU., están imitando con éxito recientemente fusionarse con el movimiento Black Lives Matter (BLM) para evitar problemas con las autoridades.

BLM se presenta en los medios globales como un movimiento por los derechos de las personas negras en los Estados Unidos que son víctimas de la brutalidad policial, el racismo institucional, etc. Sin embargo, la realidad es algo diferente. La expresión #BlackLivesMatter apareció por primera vez en forma de un hashtag de Twitter en 2013. Se cree que el movimiento fue organizado por los activistas radicales de izquierda Alicia Garza (14), Patrisse Cullors y Opal Tometi. El eslogan "¡Manos arriba, no disparen!" fue popularizada por la activista negra Nelini Stamp, una de las organizadoras del movimiento “Occupy Wall Street” (financiado por George Soros), tras el asesinato de Michael Brown en agosto de 2014. También representó al Partido de las Familias Trabajadoras, que fue uno de los fundadores de la organización Dream Defenders. La Junta Asesora de Dream Defenders incluye a Angela Davis, exlíder del Partido Comunista de EE. UU.

Alicia Garza (15) también tiene vínculos con la Alianza Nacional de Trabajadoras del Hogar, Personas Organizadas para Ganar Derechos Laborales (POWER), la Escuela de Unidad y Liberación (SOUL), la Alianza por el Derecho a la Ciudad y Forward Together, todos los cuales han sido apoyados por varios donantes.

BLM también recibe fondos indirectamente, a través de varias estructuras, de Democracy Alliance (16), un fondo especial creado en 2005 para “construir una sociedad progresista” en los Estados Unidos, incluido el apoyo a las minorías sexuales y las personas de color. Se considera que el fondo es el club de donantes liberales más poderoso del país, y fue financiado inicialmente por George Soros, el empresario Peter Lewis y el desarrollador de software gay Tim Gill. Además de la participación directa de Soros, el club también incluye al multimillonario Tom Steyer.

Sin embargo, el dinero no se gasta solo en la enseñanza y la construcción pseudocientífica de nuevos "valores". Se utilizan técnicas típicas de revolución del color para alentar a sus activistas de primera línea y movilizar al BLM. Una de las formas más efectivas es el financiamiento directo de los participantes de la protesta. Se sabe que a los manifestantes callejeros se les pagaba 5.000 dólares al mes para incitar y mantener disturbios civiles en Ferguson (17). Aquí también hay una conexión con el establecimiento de la élite. Una de las organizaciones involucradas en la financiación de los disturbios civiles en Ferguson en 2014 fue Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE), una antigua rama de la Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), que quebró en 2010. Barack Obama solía trabajar para ACORN y lo representó en la corte como abogado (18).

Aunque los medios de comunicación limitan la información sobre Black Lives Matter a las protestas contra la violencia policial y la lucha por los derechos de los afroamericanos, los objetivos del movimiento son en realidad mucho más amplios. BLM busca reemplazar las piedras angulares fundamentales de la sociedad estadounidense: 1) abolir el concepto judeocristiano de la familia nuclear tradicional, que es la unidad social básica en Estados Unidos; 2) abolir la policía y desmantelar el sistema penitenciario; 3) incorporar lo transgénero y deslegitimar la llamada heteronormatividad (la creencia de que la heterosexualidad es la norma); y 4) abolir el capitalismo (una economía libre) y reemplazarlo por el comunismo (una economía controlada por el gobierno) (19).

Los demócratas también cuentan con el apoyo de anti-globalistas de perfil relativamente alto. Entre otros, Naomi Klein ha pedido que la gente se una a la lucha contra Trump (20). Sin embargo, esta paradoja - que los Antifa y los anti-globalistas están trabajando para los intereses de los globalistas - no está siendo reportada por los medios conservadores de Estados Unidos.

En el ámbito de los medios, Biden cuenta con el apoyo de la organización de noticias The Intercept (21).

Inicialmente fue creado y financiado por el fundador y propietario de eBay, Pierre Omidyar, a través del Omidyar Network Fund.

The Washington Post, propiedad de Jeff Bezos de Amazon, también se pone del lado de los demócratas al criticar constantemente a Trump. Sin embargo, ni Jeff Bezos ni Mark Zuckerberg de Facebook respaldan abiertamente a Trump o Biden. Algunos creen que están financiando a ambos en secreto (22).

La complejidad de las predicciones

Es difícil hacer una predicción precisa en esta elección, ya que los demócratas están pidiendo una votación por correo. Aunque el servicio postal de EE.UU. es una agencia gubernamental, este método es altamente vulnerable al fraude en los EE.UU. Y no existe un mecanismo adecuado para verificar y controlar el proceso en sí. El equipo de Trump ya advirtió sobre el riesgo que representa este elemento del sistema de votación.

Según los datos más recientes basados en las calificaciones promedio de Cook Political Report, Inside Elections y Sabato's Crystall Ball, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Carolina del Sur, Pennsylvania y Wisconsin se consideran actualmente los Estados que determinarán en gran medida el resultado de la elección.

Notas:

1. https://serveamericapac.com/

2. https://womenvoteproject.org/

3. https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-09/Why-are-billionaires-dumping-Trump--TCP7JM0ZLa/index.html

4. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2020/04/17/here-are-the-billionaires-backing-donald-trumps-campaign/

5. https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/08/09/new-york-times-wall-street-backs-joe-biden/

6. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2020/08/08/biden-pulls-away-in-race-for-billionaire-donors/#2599feb83b62

7. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-383-million-fundraising-record-2020-election_n_5f87a9cbc5b6e9e76fba0373

8. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/swamp-report-top-50-u-s-think-tanks-receive-over-1b-from-gov-defense-contractors/

9. https://www.cnas.org/

10. https://www.newamerica.org/

11. https://www.newamerica.org/2020-matching-campaign/

12. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/02/18/icfi-f18.html

13. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article166435531/Die-hohlen-Erklaerungen-der-Antifa.html

14. https://aliciagarza.com/

15. https://capitalresearch.org/article/blm-roots/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=ce2d22c6151a6eb9a88549dfb1b361aa61b8decb-1601384582-0-AWrnPV3jDI07_k0PL-N7TBNj_az8p3ptjjtjuTzuXyhh4SYOSdzdmpMKbCRrmwZPHW-zXMIkwCjZJyJOjBhrZ3H1I581bond8XF-TlNqSxn-tyoL_a_BKzE3psT7v25X4qMAfxZNJr6aifamaK8lnUP10xKcJVem42JoUlfw8Ygg0VPmS3HyQzm9vfp6HxPi2jGKj-V6jAyWIKZatn0wTfsgk-vk0wiVKYEXvm6ozRvfiRYCRuSqf8sU_RW8C81ugo78e1iFxgIZREiRv5GNXgNDmDheDb1E6xxn3TSeysxH7LH0OvrqDAObUm3m3e7eBPy2VhT5yEViqfvC2Gil_MkQdAeYLuHlMqxHorNP-6jK

16. https://democracyalliance.org/

17. https://archives.frontpagemag.com/fpm/ferguson-rent-mobs-exposed-matthew-vadum/

18. https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/10/is_acorn_behind_violent_unrest_in_ferguson.html

19. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16181/black-lives-matter

20. https://theintercept.com/2020/01/22/bernie-sanders-movement-solidarity/

21. https://theintercept.com/

22. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/9/30/21492411/tech-billionaires-endorsements-trump-biden

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Alvin Lucier : "Heartbeats to the Moon" (2018) – Palais de Tokyo (gratuit sur présentation du billet d'entrée) 26. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (aka Lichens) + Lucy Railton – église Saint-Merry 26. Hey Colossus + Pratos – Le Klub 26. Joe Colley – tbc 26. The Horrorist + Philipp Gorbachev + Fernanda Arrau + Militant Cheerleader on the Move + Monsieur Nobody + Pussycious + Aubry b2b F/cken Chipotl – La Station 27. Killing Joke – Cabaret sauvage 27. CAR + Sentimental Rave – Petit Bain 27. Silent Front + Le Mal des ardents + La Coupure – tba 27. CJ Bolland + 999999999 + 747 + Jibis + JKS b2b Mayeul + Jaquarius – La Machine 27. Anetha + Headless Horseman + Nur Jaber + Parfait + Phase fatale – tba 27. Sina + Hash + Moody b2b Size Pier + Panzer b2b BLNDR – rue Cartier-Bresson (Pantin) 28. Sir Richard Bishop + Sylvain Darrifourcq – La Dynamo 30. David Eugene Edwards & Alexander Hacke + Wovenhand – La Maroquinerie 30. Mariachi & Maria Bertel + Rafael Toral – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 31. Acid Mothers Temple + Bambara (Le Beau fest. off) – Glazart 31. Thierry Balasse joue Pierre Henry – La Gaîté lyrique 31. Terrine + Regalec + Victime – La Pointe Lafayette 31. Marie Davidson + Oktober Lieber – Petit Bain 31. Ensemble Economique + Jeremiah Cymerman – Le vent se lève 31. Archetype + Ujjaya (Sleep Concert) – Les Miroirs de l'âme 31. Phill Niblock & Thierry Madiot + Trio Grands Lacs – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 31. Operant + Panzer b2b X + Resonant Pole + 9hz (Unhuman b2b Sinus O) + Ahxat – tba (gratuit avant 00h30)

Novembre 01. Elysian Fields – La Maroquinerie 01. Casual Hex + Hyäne – La Pointe Lafayette 01. Kiku, Blixa Bargeld & Black Cracker – Petit Bain 01. John Maus + Mac DeMarco + The Voidz + Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever + Étienne Daho... (Pitchfork Music fest.) – Grande Halle de La Villette 02. [Fever Ray : ANNULÉ] + Blood Orange + Chvrches + Chromeo + Bagarre + Car Seat Headrest + Dream Wife + Lewis OfMan + Boy Pablo + Kaytranada... (Pitchfork Music fest.) – Grande Halle de La Villette 02. Arne Vinzon + Lem + Bertrand Désert – bar du Grand hôtel Amour 02. Perc + Hermann b2b Sentimental Rave – Rex Club 03. Bon Iver + dj Koze + Jeremy Underground + Stephan Malkmus & The Jicks + Unknow Mortal Orchestra + Avalon Emerson + Snail Mail + Daniel Avery + Muddy Monk... (Pitchfork Music fest.) – Grande Halle de La Villette 02. Emma Ruth Rundle + Jaye Jayle – Petit Bain 03. Cheb Gero + Ko Shin Moon + Kink Gong – musée Guimet (gratuit) 04. Peaches Christ Superstar – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 04. Crack Cloud + Escape-Ism – Olympic café 04. Deena Abdelwahed – Concrete 05. Colin Stetson – Café de la danse 05. Echo & The Bunnymen – Bataclan 05. David Byrne – Zénith 06. Soft Kill – Olympic café 06. Agnostic Front + Fishing With Guns + Blackened – Gibus 07. M.A. Beat! + Domotic – Olympic café 08. Cold Cave + Choir Boy – Petit Bain 09. Le Syndicat – Centre d'animation Vercingétorix 09. Words & Action – Le Klub 09. Rendez-Vous + Prurient + Silent Servant + Poison Point + Crave + Low Jack b2b Moyo + Clara 3000 & Coni – La Machine 09. Regis + Vatican Shadow + Samuel Kerridge + December – Rex Club 09. AZF – Concrete 09. The Hacker – Badaboum 09>11. Baba Commandant & The Mandigo Band + Senyawa + Brothers Unconnected (Alan & Richard Bishop) + Porest Group + King Gong + Robert Millis & Jesse Paul Miller – théâtre Berthelot (Montreuil) 11. Bo Ningen + Cassels – Point FMR 13. Hot Snakes – Point FMR 13. MellaNoisEscape + Puts Mary – Petit Bain 13. Sophie Agnel, Joke Lanz & Michael Vatcher – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 14. Cocaine Piss – Supersonic (gratuit) 14. Peter Murphy & David J jouent "In the Flat Fields" – Bataclan 14. Jerusalem In My Heart + Good Luck In Death + Florian Abou Yehia – Petit Bain 15. Father Murphy + Le Jour du seigneur & Kaïto Winsé + Arnaud Rivière – Les Nautes 15. Méryll Ampe + Emmanuelle Bouyer + Anne Flore Cabanis + Matthieu Crimersmois + Frédéric Mathevet + Colin Roche + Anton Mobin... (Extended Score #2) – Le Cube (Issy-lès-Moulineaux) 16. Frigs + Plomb – Supersonic (gratuit) 16. Parquet Courts – Elysées Montmartre 16. Jasss + Nkisi + Bonaventure (Biennale Némo) – La Gaîté lyrique 16. Ellah A. Thaun + Love Coffin + Bryan's Magic Tears – La Station 16. Noir Boy George + Officine – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 17. The Damned – Elysées Montmartre 18. Ensemble Links : « Drumming » de Steve Reich – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 19. U.S. Girl – La Maroquinerie 21. The Breeders – Le Trianon 21. Lydia Lunch & Ian White – Espace B 21. Ekafaune + Badbad – Le cirque électrique 22. Société étrange + Pyjamarama – Le Zorba 22. Scout Niblett + Miles Oliver – Petit Bain 22. Cookies + Trotsky nautique + Guns'n'Ganseblumchen – La Pointe Lafayette 22. Tomoko Sauvage - tba 22. Serge Teyssot-Gay, Christian Vialard & Éric Arlix : Hypogé – Le Cube (Issy-lès-Moulineaux) 23. Michael Nyman : "War Work: 8 Songs with Film" – Salle Pleyel 23. Ennio Morricone – Bercy Arena 23. Kollaps + Trepaneringsritualen + Verset Zero – Gibus 23. Le Mystère des voix bulgares – église Saint-Eustache 23. Saravah revisité (Areski, The Recyclers, Arlt, Bojan Flames...) + Hyperculte + Waltraud Blischke (dj) (BBmix fest.) – Carré Bellefeuille (Boulogne-Billancourt) 23. Tommy Four Seven + AnD + Stephanie Sykes + VSK – Concrete 23>25. Anne-James Chaton & Manuel Coursin : L'Affaire La Pérouse – La Pop 24. Geometric Vision + Solveig Matthildur – Supersonic (gratuit) 24. Seefeel joue "Quique" + Insides – Petit Bain 24. Endless Boogie + Pan American + Facs + Von Limb + Waltraud Blischke (dj) (BBmix fest.) – Carré Bellefeuille (Boulogne-Billancourt) 24. Frustration + Twin Arrows – Rack'am (Brétigny/Orge) 25. Satan + Kill + Necrodancer – Espace B 25. Evan Crankshaw & The Dead Mauriacs + The Mauskovic Dance Band + Waltraud Blischke (dj) (BBmix fest.) – Carré Bellefeuille (Boulogne-Billancourt) 27. Mudhoney – Trabendo 27. Etienne Jaumet – New Morning 28. Andy Moor & Anne-James Chaton – Cité de l'architecture (gratuit) 28. Adult. – Petit Bain 28. Borja Fames + Eloïse Decazes + Èlg – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 28. Ensemble IRE : “Nexus Entropy” d’Ulrich Krieger (fest. Bruits blancs) – Anis gras (Arcueil) 29. Interpol – Salle Pleyel 29. Esben & The Witch – Point FMR 29. CHDH + Mariachi + Lårs Akerlund + Sten Backman (fest. Bruits blancs) – Le Cube (Issy-lès-Moulineaux) 30. Mick Harvey – Petit Bain

Décembre 01. Deux boules vanille + Jeff Mills + Molécule + Renart + Nicolas Horvath joue P. Glass, T. Riley et J. Adams + Ensemble Links : "Music for 18 Musicians" de S. Reich (fest. Marathon!) – La Gaîté lyrique 02. Beak> + Le Comte – Café de la danse 03. Idles + John – Bataclan 03. Pardans – Olympic café 05. Julia Holter – Petit Bain 05. Sudden Infant + Massicot – Centre culturel suisse 06. La Tène avec Jacques Puech, Louis Jacques, Guilhem Lacroux & Jérémie Sauvage – Centre culturel suisse 06. The KVB + M!R!M – Badaboum 07. Antoine Chessex + Nina Garcia + Francisco Meirino – Centre culturel suisse 08. Père Ubu – Théâtre Berthelot (Montreuil) 08. The Horrorist + Federico Amoroso – L'Officine 08. Jean Benoît Dunckel + NSDOS + CloZee + Kiddy Smile (Inasound fest.) – Palais Brongniart 09. Panteros666 + Matt Black + Erol Alkan + Kiasmos (Inasound fest.) – Palais Brongniart 09/10. Moriarty – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 12. Nova Materia – La Maroquinerie 14. New Model Army – Trabendo 14. Carol Robinson, Bertrand Gauguet, Julia Eckhardt & Yannick Guedon : "Sequel to Occam Ocean" (2018) d’Éliane Radigue – Palais de Tokyo 14. Hangman's Chair + Jessica93 + Revok – Les Cuizines (Chelles) 15. Gaspar Claus – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 15. AZF – Rex Club 18. Drab Majesty – Point FMR 22. Yan Wagner + Il est vilaine + Magnüm + Mayerling – La Maroquinerie

2019

Janvier 18. Francis Dhomont (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 19. Armando Balice + Ingrid Drese + Jérôme Noetinger + Loïse Bulot + Robert Hampson (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 20. Catherine Bir + Raphaël Mouterde + Francisco Meirino + Roland Cahen + Yoko Higashi & Lionel Marchetti (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 22. Emmanuelle Parrenin & Dominique Regref – La Ferme du Buisson (Noisiel) 26. Chloé – Elysée-Montmartre

Février 02. The Residents – Gaîté lyrique 02. Shabazz Palaces + Dälek (fest. Sons d'hiver) – théâtre de la Cité internationale 06. Brendan Perry – Petit Bain 07. VNV Nation – Le Trabendo 09. The Ex : "Ethiopian Night" (fest. Sons d'hiver) – salle Jacques-Brel (Fontenay-sous-Bois) 16. Anthony Braxton + Dave Douglas & Bill Laswell (fest. Sons d'hiver) – théâtre Jacques-Carat (Cachan) 21. Mlada Fronta + Absolute Valentine + Neoslave – Petit Bain 22. Nils Frahm – Le Trianon

Mars 20. Oomph! – La Machine 22. Delia Derbyshire (diff.) + Lettera 22 + Evil Moisture + Caterina Barbieri + Drew McDowall : "Coil's Time Machines" (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 23. Pierre Boeswillwald (diff.) + Max Eilbacher + Andrea Belfi + Sarah Davachi + Willima Basinski & Lawrence English (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 24. Warren Burt (diff.) + Mats Erlandsson + Okkyung Lee + Low Jack + BJ Nielsen (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 29. Perturbator – Le Trianon 30. Marc Almond – Le Trianon

Avril 14. Arnaud Rebotini joue la BO de "120 Battements par minute" – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 27. She Past Away – La Machine 27. Chloé : Lumières noires – Le 104

Mai 10/11. Dead Can Dance – Grand Rex 11. Christina Vantzou + Eiko Ishibashi + Jan Jelinek + NPVR (Nik Void & Peter Rehberg) – Le 104 12. Massimo Toniutti + François Bayle – Le 104 17. Philip Glass : Études pour piano – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie 18. Bruce Brubaker & Max Cooper : Glasstronica – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 31. François Bonnet + Knud Viktor + Jim O'Rourke + Florian Hecker (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio

Juin 01. Eryck Abecassis & Reinhold Friedl + Hilde Marie Holsen + Anthony Pateras + Lucy Railton (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 02. Bernard Parmegiani + Jean Schwarz (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 26. Magma – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie

Juillet 11. Masada + Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman + Mary Halvorson quartet + Craig Taborn + Trigger + Erik Friedlander & Mike Nicolas + John Medeski trio + Nova quartet + Gyan Riley & Julian Lage + Brian Marsella trio + Ikue Mori + Kris Davis + Peter Evans + Asmodeus : John Zorn's Marathon Bagatelles – Salle Pleyel

Septembre 13. Rammstein – La Défense Arena (Nanterre)

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Diversity as a Revenue Engine: What 16+ Studies Reveal

“What’s the business case for DEI?” is one of the most common questions we hear. Investing in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) leads to cost savings through reduced attrition and absenteeism, and faster, less expensive recruiting; it also contributes to the top line as well. Dozens of studies from respected sources have revealed the business benefits related to DEI so we’ve compiled 16+ studies that show why DEI is a revenue engine.

McKinsey’s 2020 report: Diversity Wins: How Inclusion Matters analysts found that, “Companies in the top quartile for gender diversity on their executive teams were 25 percent more likely to experience above-average profitability than companies in the fourth quartile,” as well as “36 percent likelihood of outperformance on EBIT margin for ethnic and cultural diversity.”

The World Economic Forum’s report Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 4.0 suggests that companies with diverse employees have “up to 20% higher rate of innovation and 19% higher innovation revenues.”

A frequently cited study by Catalyst found that Fortune 500 companies with three or more women board directors attained markedly higher financial performance, on average, than those with the lowest representation. Those with the highest percentage of women achieved 53 percent higher return on equity, 42 percent higher return on sales, and 66 percent higher return on invested capital.

The Center for Talent Innovation found that employees in firms with above average diverse leaders are 60 percent more likely to see their ideas developed, 75 percent more likely to see their innovation implemented, 70 percent more likely to have captured a new market in the past year, and 87 percent more likely to feel welcome and included in their teams.

According to PwC’s 20th annual CEO survey (2020), diversity and inclusion was the top priority for global CEOs, with 83 percent agreeing that they promote diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Per the diagram below, the Berkeley University Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership has found that DEI drives five key levers of financial performance.

Berkeley University Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership

The Center for Equity, Gender and Leadership has found that companies with a higher proportion of women in their executive committees possessed stronger financial performance, including a 41% increase in Return on Equity on average, and those in the top 25% for gender diversity are 15% more likely to possess financial returns above national industry means.

A 2016 Credit Suisse study reported that firms with 25% female senior leadership outperformed peers at a 2.8% compound annual growth rate. This annual growth rate number increased to 4.7% for companies with 33% female senior leadership and 10.3% for companies with 50% female senior leadership.

A 2018 Harvard Business Review article states that firms in the top quartile for racial and ethnic diversity and inclusion are 35 percent more likely to have financial returns above their respective national industry medians and that diversity overall improved profitable investments at the individual portfolio-company level and overall fund returns. Teams that shared the same ethnicity experienced a lower success rate for investments: 26.4%, compared to 32.2% for diverse teams.

A HBR article reports that employees of firms with diverse leadership are 45% likelier to report a growth in market share over the previous year and 70% likelier to report that the firm captured a new market. This article also demonstrates that when members of a team have traits in common with a client, such as ethnicity, they are 152% likelier than another team to understand that client, and that leaders who emphasize inclusion, by giving diverse voices equal airtime, are nearly twice as likely as others to unleash value-driving insights, and employees in a “speak up” culture are 3.5 times as likely to contribute their full innovative potential. Where diversity exists without equity and inclusion, these results are rarely achieved.

A study by the Center for Talent Innovation reports that ideas from women, people of color, LGBTs, and Gen-Ys are less likely to win the endorsement they need to go forward because 56% of leaders don’t value ideas they don’t personally see a need for. The data strongly suggest that homogeneity stifles innovation.

Leaders should also bear in mind that changing demographics are causing the buying power of people of color to increase much more quickly than that of White Americans and that already a majority of youths under 18 are of color. By 2030 a majority of young workers will be people of color, and by 2040, people of color will be the majority across the US as a whole.

Bear those numbers in mind when you consider that a recent Glassdoor survey found that 67% of job seekers evaluate a company’s diversity practices before accepting a job offer.

Moreover, employees with the highest level of engagement perform 20% better and are 87% less likely to leave the organization, according to a survey by Towers Perrin.

And, according to LinkedIn, turnover costs employers half of an entry-level person’s salary and up to 250% of a senior executive’s salary. As you tap diverse networks for critical talent like data scientists, sales specialists and engineers, imagine the costs of losing and having to replace them, let alone the costs and difficulty of recruiting them if your firm is not already known as a great place for diverse talent to work.

Performance Excellence Network compiled an up-to-date and compelling list of financial and business reasons for DEI:

The same article states that firms with above-average DEI measured by six dimensions – migration, industry, career path, gender, education, age – had 9% points higher EBIT margins, on average.

The top quartile of diverse companies are more likely to financially outperform their national industry means – 35% for ethnic diversity and 15% of gender diversity (McKinsey)

Diverse management teams deliver 19% higher revenues from innovation (defined as new products within three years) compared to their less diverse counterparts; in other words, they produce better ideas (BCG)

Companies with a diverse workforce enjoy 2.3 times higher cash flow per employee, and smaller companies as much as 13 times higher cash flow (Bersin)

Employees in highly diverse and inclusive organizations show 26% more team collaboration and 18% more team commitment than those in non-inclusive organizations (CEB/Gartner)

Teams that follow an inclusive process make decisions two times (2X) faster with half the meetings, and decisions made by diverse teams delivered 60% better results (Forbes)

Inclusive companies are three times (3X) more likely to retain Millennials for more than five years (Deloitte)

According to a national study, those who experienced discrimination at work were twice as likely as those who have not to report illness, injury, or assault which impacts productivity, engagement, and overall workforce effectiveness (NCBI)

CHCI weaves over a decade of DEI expertise into all of our core offerings. If you want to determine your company’s DEI strengths, opportunities for growth, and actionable next steps, check out DEI360, our new online assessment tool. We’d love to help.

Recommended Reading

Laura Tyson, Jeni Klugman, Genevieve Smith, Business Culture & Practice As A Driver For Gender Equality & Women’s Economic Empowerment, org

Mark Misercola, Higher Returns with Women In Decision-Making Positions, Credit Suisse, March 2016

Girls Rule, Forbes, October 2010

Rocio Lorenzo, Martin Reeves, How and Where Diversity Drives Financial Performance, Harvard Business Review, June 2018.

Paul Gompers, Silpa Kovvali, The Other Diversity Dividend, Harvard Business Review, July/August 2018.

Vivian Hunt, Dennis Layton, Sara Prince, Why Diversity Matters, McKinsey & Company, 2015 Why DEI Matters, Catalyst, June 2020

Rocío Lorenzo, Nicole Voigt, Miki Tsusaka, Matt Krentz, Katie Abouzahr, How Diverse and Inclusive Leadership Teams Boost Innovation, The Boston Consulting Group, June 2018

Paul Gompers, Silpa Kovvali, The Other Diversity Dividend, Harvard Business Review, July/August 2018.

Vivian Hunt, Dennis Layton, Sara Prince, Why Diversity Matters, McKinsey & Company, 2015 Why DEI Matters, Catalyst, June 2020

Rocío Lorenzo, Nicole Voigt, Miki Tsusaka, Matt Krentz, Katie Abouzahr, How Diverse and Inclusive Leadership Teams Boost Innovation, The Boston Consulting Group, June 2018

Rocío Lorenzo, Nicole Voigt, Karin Schetelig, Annika Zawadzki, Isabell M. Welpe, Prisca Brosi, The Mix That Matters: Innovation Through Diversity, The Boston Consulting Group, April 2017

Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Melinda Marshall, Laura Sherbin, How Diversity Can Drive Innovation, Harvard Business Review, December 2013

Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Melinda Marshall, Laura Sherbin, and Tara Gonsalves, Innovation, Diversity, and Market Growth, Center for Talent Innovation, 2013

Muhammad Ali, Isabel Metz, Carol T. Kulik, Retaining a Diverse Workforce: The Impact of Gender-Focused Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management Journal, vol. 25, no. 4 (2015): p. 580–599.

Dana Kabat-Farr, Lilia M. Cortina, Sex-Based Harassment in Employment: New Insights into Gender and Context, Law and Human Behavior, vol. 38, no. 1 (2014): p. 58–72

Lindsey Joyce Chamberlain, Martha Crowley, Daniel Tope, Randy Hodson, Sexual Harassment in Organizational Context, Work and Occupations, vol. 35, no. 3 (2008): p. 262–295.

Cary Funk and Kim Parker, Women in STEM See More Gender Disparities at Work, Especially Those in Computer Jobs, Majority-Male Workplaces, Pew Research Center, January 2018

Society for Human Resource Management, Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement: The Doors of Opportunity Are Open: Executive Summary(2017): p. 2.

Angela Glover Blackwell, Mark Kramer, Lalitha Vaidyanathan, Lakshmi Iyer, Josh Kirschenbaum, The Competitive Advantage of Racial Equity

Brian S. Lassiter, The ROI of DEI: Still Much Work To Do, Performance Excellence Network, March 2021

Ronadso Hardey, The Role of DEI. Credit Union Times, Credit Union Times, March 2020 Leave a comment below, send me an email, or find me on Twitter. Subscribe To Our Newsletter

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ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2017, Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR) / Anders Jaeger (NOR), Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT, Citroën C3 WRC, WP 1 Saarbruecken (SSS)

ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2017, Hayden Paddon (NZL) / Sebastian Marshall (GBR), Hyundai Motorsport, Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, Servicepark

Die ADAC Rallye Deutschland wird ein großartiges Rallye-Fest!” • Interview mit ADAC Rallye Deutschland Markenbotschafterin Jutta Kleinschmidt München. Neben den WRC-Stars wie Sébastien Ogier oder Thierry Neuville dürfen sich die Fans der ADAC Rallye Deutschland in diesem Jahr auf einen weiteren Superstar des Rallye-Sports freuen: Jutta Kleinschmidt, die erste und bislang einzige weibliche Siegerin der legendären Rallye Dakar, unterstützt den deutschen WM-Lauf, der vom 16. bis 19. August im Saarland und den umliegenden Regionen stattfindet. Im Interview spricht sie über ihre neue Tätigkeit als Markenbotschafterin der ADAC Rallye Deutschland, über die Besonderheiten der Veranstaltung und ihre Erwartungen.

Frau Kleinschmidt, wie gestaltet sich bislang Ihre Tätigkeit als Markenbotschafterin der ADAC Rallye Deutschland? Welche Aufgaben konnten Sie bereits wahrnehmen? Das ist mein erstes Jahr als Markenbotschafterin des deutschen WM-Laufs – insofern ist alles für mich noch etwas neu und ich lerne viel dazu. Das Organisationsteam ist großartig, eine eingespielte Truppe, die mich sehr herzlich aufgenommen hat. Ich durfte bei der offiziellen Streckenvorstellung in Saarbrücken mitwirken und konnte mich schon bei einigen Vor-Ort-Terminen einbringen. Erst kürzlich haben wir uns das Gelände am Bostalsee angeschaut, wo sich der AUTODOC Servicepark befinden wird. Darüber hinaus nutze ich jede Gelegenheit, um die ADAC Rallye Deutschland zu vertreten – zum Beispiel bei der “FIA Women In Motorsport Commission”, der ich angehöre.

Wie sieht Ihr Plan für die vier Rallye-Tage aus? Wo werden Sie anzutreffen sein? Meine Programmpunkte während der Rallye stehen noch nicht im Detail fest. Das konkretisiert sich in den nächsten Tagen und Wochen. Aber soviel ist sicher: Ich möchte mich an so vielen Stellen wie möglich einbringen. Hinter den Kulissen werde ich die Organisation unterstützen. Daneben möchte ich auch viel Zeit draußen an den Strecken verbringen – mit den Fans und den Medien sprechen und im Kontakt mit den Teams sein. Mir wird sicher nicht langweilig!

Worauf freuen Sie sich am meisten? Auf das Gesamtpaket. Ich freue mich darauf, bei der ADAC Rallye Deutschland viele gute Bekannte aus dem internationalen Rallye- und Motorsport wiederzusehen – zum Beispiel Michèle Mouton, die auch vor Ort sein wird. Natürlich bin ich auch sehr gespannt auf die Rallye an sich: Der Start in St. Wendel mit der anschließenden ersten Wertungsprüfung wird sicher ein Highlight. Die Action in den Weinbergen, das Spektakel auf der Panzerplatte, das neue Finale am Sonntag – und dazu die vielen begeisterten Fans und die tolle Stimmung. Das wird ein großartiges Rallye-Fest!

Als Dakar-Siegerin kennen Sie sich mit extremen Aufgaben aus. Was sind die größten Herausforderungen, denen sich die Teilnehmer beim deutschen WM-Lauf stellen müssen? Die Strecke der ADAC Rallye Deutschland ist sehr anspruchsvoll. Die größte Herausforderung ist es, sich auf den permanenten Wechsel einzustellen. Von Wertungsprüfung zu Wertungsprüfung – aber zum Teil auch innerhalb der gleichen WP – variieren die Anforderungen. Fahrbahnbeläge wechseln, das Tempo ändert sich. Mal zirkelt man durch schmale Weinbergwege, mal brettert man über breite Landstraßen. Und nirgendwo ist Platz für Fehler. Anders als auf der Rundstrecke kann man sich an die Bedingungen ja nicht Runde für Runde herantasten – hier muss alles auf Anhieb passen. Noch schwerer wird es, wenn auch das Wetter wechselhaft ist. Das hat schon bei so mancher ADAC Rallye Deutschland für Überraschungen gesorgt.

Welche Fähigkeiten muss ein Rallye-Pilot haben, um den deutschen WM-Lauf zu gewinnen? Neben dem vielseitigen fahrerischen Können ist vor allem der Kopf gefragt. Der ständige Wechsel, wie er für die ADAC Rallye Deutschland typisch ist, fordert die mentalen Kräfte. Fahrer und Beifahrer müssen sehr gut eingespielt sein. Gerade lange Prüfungen wie die WP Panzerplatte oder auch die WP Grafschaft am Schlusstag sind ein Marathon für die Konzentration. Natürlich sind auch Team und Technik entscheidend – das Setup, die Reifen. Aber am Ende macht der Fahrer den Unterschied: Er muss Vertrauen in sich und sein Fahrzeug haben, um die richtige Balance aus Angriff und Vorsicht zu finden.

Für die WRC-Stars ist die ADAC Rallye Deutschland die erste Asphalt-Rallye nach vier Stationen auf Schotter. Worauf gilt es bei der Umstellung zu achten? Natürlich hat jeder Pilot seine Vorlieben, aber den Top-Fahrern bereitet die Umstellung meist keine großen Probleme. Trotzdem ist die Vorbereitung akribisch: In der Regel testen die Top-Teams vor der ADAC Rallye Deutschland noch einmal auf Asphalt, um das beste Setup zu entwickeln. Auf Asphalt ändert sich das komplette Grip-Verhalten, man kann schneller durch die Kurven fahren und die generelle Fahrwerksabstimmung ist härter.

Wie beurteilen Sie als ausgebildete Ingenieurin die Technik heutiger WRC-Boliden? Welche Fahrzeugkomponenten sind bei der ADAC Rallye Deutschland besonders gefordert? Zwar bin ich selbst noch kein World Rally Car der neuesten Generation gefahren, aber die Technik ist schon faszinierend. Das sind sehr effiziente Hochleistungsmaschinen, die nur bedingt vergleichbar sind mit meinen Wüsten-Boliden von damals. Ich denke, dass in Deutschland vor allem Reifen, Fahrwerk und Bremsen sehr gefordert sind. Ich freue mich auf jeden Fall darauf, dass ich mir das bei der ADAC Rallye Deutschland noch genauer anschauen und mit den Technikern der Teams sprechen kann. Das wird super interessant für mich!

Zum Abschluss noch Ihr Tipp: Wer gewinnt die ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2018? Ich freue mich für die Fans, dass die Weltmeisterschaft mit Neuville an der Spitze und Ogier in der Verfolgung gerade so spannend ist. Das ist großartig für den Rallye-Sport. Auf einen Favoriten für die ADAC Rallye Deutschland möchte ich mich gar nicht festlegen. Wir werden sehen, wie gut die Top-Fahrer in ihren Rhythmus kommen. Wer sich dann über die vier Tage hinweg als stärkster Pilot erweist, hat auch den Sieg verdient. Ich gönne es jedem!

Jetzt Rallye-Pässe und Tagestickets im Vorverkauf sichern Tickets für die ADAC Rallye Deutschland gibt es im offiziellen Online-Ticketshop: Unter http://www.adac.de/rallye-deutschland (Rubrik: Tickets) sind sowohl Rallye-Pässe (für alle vier Tage) als auch Tagestickets (Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag oder Sonntag) erhältlich. Vorbesteller von Rallye-Pässen profitieren von ermäßigten Preisen und einem attraktiven Paketangebot, bei dem das offizielle Veranstaltungsmagazin bereits inbegriffen ist. Wie im Vorjahr beträgt der Preis für das Rallye-Pass-Paket im Vorverkauf 70 Euro (für ADAC Mitglieder 65 Euro). Das Tagesticket ist zum Preis von 35 Euro ausschließlich im Vorverkauf erhältlich. Während der ADAC Rallye Deutschland beträgt der Preis für den Rallye-Pass an den Verkaufsstellen vor Ort einheitlich 80 Euro.

Der Rallye-Pass beinhaltet: • Zugang zu allen Wertungsprüfungen an allen Tagen • Zugang zum AUTODOC Servicepark an allen Tagen • Zugang zum Shakedown am Donnerstag • Spectator Map mit den wichtigsten Informationen rund um das Rallye-Geschehen • ADAC Rallye Deutschland-Ticketband • ADAC Rallye Deutschland-Aufkleber • ADAC Rallye Deutschland Magazin Infos zur ADAC Rallye Deutschland: Die ADAC Rallye Deutschland hat weltweit einen einzigartigen Ruf. Die Mischung aus engen Weinberg-Prüfungen, harten Pisten auf dem Truppenübungsplatz Baumholder sowie schnellen Asphalt-Straßen stellen die Teams und Fahrer vor große Herausforderungen. Hier sind Können und Vielseitigkeit gefragt. Ständige Abwechslung, hochklassige Action und große Fan-Nähe machen den deutschen Weltmeisterschaftslauf auch bei den Zuschauern so beliebt. Jahr für Jahr lockt die Großveranstaltung ein begeistertes Publikum aus ganz Europa an, das der ADAC Rallye Deutschland zudem ein spezielles internationales Flair verleiht.

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Military Quietly Prepares for a Last Resort: War With North Korea

By Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbons-Neff And John Ismay, NY Times, Jan. 14, 2018

WASHINGTON--Across the military, officers and troops are quietly preparing for a war they hope will not come.

At Fort Bragg in North Carolina last month, a mix of 48 Apache gunships and Chinook cargo helicopters took off in an exercise that practiced moving troops and equipment under live artillery fire to assault targets. Two days later, in the skies above Nevada, 119 soldiers from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division parachuted out of C-17 military cargo planes under cover of darkness in an exercise that simulated a foreign invasion.

Next month, at Army posts across the United States, more than 1,000 reserve soldiers will practice how to set up so-called mobilization centers that move military forces overseas in a hurry. And beginning next month with the Winter Olympics in the South Korean town of Pyeongchang, the Pentagon plans to send more Special Operations troops to the Korean Peninsula, an initial step toward what some officials said ultimately could be the formation of a Korea-based task force similar to the types that are fighting in Iraq and Syria. Others said the plan was strictly related to counterterrorism efforts.

In the world of the American military, where contingency planning is a mantra drummed into the psyche of every officer, the moves are ostensibly part of standard Defense Department training and troop rotations. But the scope and timing of the exercises suggest a renewed focus on getting the country’s military prepared for what could be on the horizon with North Korea.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and General Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both argue forcefully for using diplomacy to address Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions. A war with North Korea, Mr. Mattis said in August, would be “catastrophic.” Still, about two dozen current and former Pentagon officials and senior commanders said in interviews that the exercises largely reflected the military’s response to orders from Mr. Mattis and service chiefs to be ready for any possible military action on the Korean Peninsula.

President Trump’s own words have left senior military leaders and rank-and-file troops convinced that they need to accelerate their contingency planning.

In perhaps the most incendiary exchange, in a September speech at the United Nations, Mr. Trump vowed to “totally destroy North Korea” if it threatened the United States, and derided the rogue nation’s leader, Kim Jong-un, as “Rocket Man.” In response, Mr. Kim said he would deploy the “highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history” against the United States, and described Mr. Trump as a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard.”

Mr. Trump’s rhetoric has since cooled, following a fresh attempt at détente between Pyongyang and Seoul. In an interview last week with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Trump was quoted as saying, “I probably have a very good relationship with Kim Jong-un,” despite their mutual public insults. But the president said on Sunday that The Journal had misquoted him, and that he had actually said “I’d probably have” a good relationship if he wanted one.

A false alarm in Hawaii on Saturday that set off about 40 minutes of panic after a state emergency response employee mistakenly sent out a text alert warning of an incoming ballistic missile attack underscored Americans’ anxiety about North Korea.

After 16 years of fighting insurgents in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, American commanding generals worry that the military is better prepared for going after stateless groups of militants than it is for its own conventional mission of facing down heavily fortified land powers that have their own formidable militaries and air defenses.

The exercise at Fort Bragg was part of one of the largest air assault exercises in recent years. The practice run at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada used double the number of cargo planes for paratroopers as was used in past exercises.

The Army Reserve exercise planned for next month will breathe new life into mobilization centers that have been largely dormant as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have wound down. And while the military has deployed Special Operations reaction forces to previous large global events, like the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, those units usually numbered around 100--far fewer than some officials said could be sent for the Olympics in South Korea. Others discounted that possibility.

At a wide-ranging meeting at his headquarters on Jan. 2, Gen. Tony Thomas, the head of the Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla., warned the 200 civilians and service members in the audience that more Special Forces personnel might have to shift to the Korea theater from the Middle East in May or June, if tensions escalate on the peninsula. The general’s spokesman, Capt. Jason Salata, confirmed the account provided to The New York Times by someone in the audience, but said General Thomas made it clear that no decisions had been made.

The Army chief of staff, Gen. Mark A. Milley, in several recent meetings at the Pentagon, has brought up two historic American military disasters as a warning of where a lack of preparedness can lead.

Military officials said General Milley has cited the ill-fated Battle of the Kasserine Pass during World War II, when unprepared American troops were outfoxed and then pummeled by the forces of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel of Germany. General Milley has also recently mentioned Task Force Smith, the poorly equipped, understrength unit that was mauled by North Korean troops in 1950 during the Korean War.

In meeting after meeting, the officials said, General Milley has likened the two American defeats to what he warns could happen if the military does not get ready for a possible war with North Korea. He has urged senior Army leaders to get units into shape, and fretted about a loss of what he has called muscle memory: how to fight a large land war, including one in which an established adversary is able to bring sophisticated air defenses, tanks, infantry, naval power and even cyberweapons into battle.

Speaking in October at the annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army, General Milley called Pyongyang the biggest threat to American national security, and said that Army officers who lead operational units must prepare to meet that threat.

“Do not wait on orders and printed new regulations and new manuals,” General Milley told the audience. “Put simply, I want you to get ready for what might come, and do not do any tasks that do not directly contribute to increasing combat readiness in your unit.”

His concerns have drifted down to the Army’s rank and file. And troops at bases and posts around the world routinely wonder aloud if they will soon be deployed to the Korean Peninsula.

But unlike the run-up to the Iraq war, when the Pentagon had already begun huge troop movements in 2002 to prepare for the invasion that began in 2003, military officials insist that this is not a case of a war train that has left the station.

There have been no travel warnings advising Americans to stay away from South Korea or Japan, and no advisories warning American businesses to be cautious.

It is unlikely that the Pentagon would launch military action on the Korean Peninsula without first warning Americans and others there, military officials said--unless the Trump administration believes that the United States could conduct a one-time airstrike on North Korea that would not bring any retaliation from Pyongyang to nearby Seoul.

Some officials in the White House have argued that such a targeted, limited strike could be launched with minimal, if any, blowback against South Korea--a premise that Mr. Mattis views with skepticism, according to people familiar with his thinking.

But for Mr. Mattis, the planning serves to placate Mr. Trump. Effectively, analysts said, it alerts the president to how seriously the Pentagon views the threat and protects Mr. Mattis from suggestions that he is out of step with Mr. Trump.

“The military’s job is to be fully ready for whatever contingencies might be on the horizon,” said Michèle A. Flournoy, a top Pentagon official in the Obama administration and co-founder of WestExec Advisors, a strategic consultancy in Washington.

“Even if no decision on North Korea has been made and no order has been given,” Ms. Flournoy said, “the need to be ready for the contingency that is top of mind for the president and his national security team would motivate commanders to use planned exercise opportunities to enhance their preparation, just in case.”

In the case of the 82nd Airborne exercise in Nevada last month, for instance, Army soldiers practiced moving paratroopers on helicopters and flew artillery, fuel and ammunition deep behind what was designated as enemy lines. The maneuvers were aimed at forcing an enemy to fight on different fronts early in combat.

Officials said maneuvers practiced in the exercise, called Panther Blade, could be used anywhere, not just on the Korean Peninsula. “Operation Panther Blade is about building global readiness,” said Lt. Col. Joe Buccino, a public affairs officer with the 82nd Airborne. “An air assault and deep attack of this scale is very complex and requires dynamic synchronization of assets over time and space.”

Another exercise, called Bronze Ram, is being coordinated by the shadowy Joint Special Operations Command, officials said, and mimics other training scenarios that mirror current events.

This year’s exercise, one of many that concentrate on threats from across the world, will focus extensively on underground operations and involve working in chemically contaminated environments that might be present in North Korea. It will also home in on the Special Operations Command’s mission of countering weapons of mass destruction.

Beyond Bronze Ram, highly classified Special Operations exercises in the United States, including those with scenarios to seize unsecured nuclear weapons or conduct clandestine paratrooper drops, have for several months reflected a possible North Korea contingency, military officials said, without providing details, because of operational sensitivity.

Air Force B-1 bombers flying from Guam have been seen regularly over the Korean Peninsula amid the escalating tensions with Pyongyang--running regular training flights with Japanese and South Korean fighter jets that often provoke North Korea’s ire. B-52 bombers based in Louisiana are expected to join the B-1s stationed on Guam later this month, adding to the long-range aerial firepower.

But unlike the very public buildup of forces in the run-up to the 1991 Persian Gulf war and the 2003 Iraq war, which sought to pressure President Saddam Hussein of Iraq into a diplomatic settlement, the Pentagon is seeking to avoid making public all its preparations for fear of inadvertently provoking a response by Mr. Kim, North Korea’s leader.

It is a balance that Mr. Mattis and senior commanders are trying to strike in showing that the military, on the one hand, is ready to confront any challenge that North Korea presents, even as they strongly back diplomatic initiatives led by Mr. Tillerson to resolve the crisis.

An exchange this month illustrated perfectly the fine line the Pentagon is walking, as an Air Force three-star general caught her colleague emphasizing military prowess perhaps a tad too much, and gently guided him back.

During a briefing with reporters on Capitol Hill, Lt. Gen. Mark C. Nowland was asked whether the Air Force was prepared to take out North Korean air defenses.

“If you’re asking us, are we ready to fight tonight, the answer is, yes, we will,” General Nowland, the Air Force’s top operations officer, responded. “The United States Air Force, if required, when called to do our job, will gain and maintain air supremacy.”

The words were barely out of his mouth when Lt. Gen. VeraLinn Jamieson, the Air Force’s top intelligence officer, interrupted.

“I’ll also add that right now, the Defense Department is in support of Secretary of State Tillerson, who’s got a campaign to be the lead with North Korea in a diplomatic endeavor,” General Jamieson said.

General Nowland quickly acknowledged in a follow-up question that the military was in support of Mr. Tillerson’s diplomatic push.

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The Petrolhead Corner – Busted! Caught Cheating at Racing – Part 3

Here it is, the bonus chapter in this diptych-turned-tryptic Petrolhead Corner episode covering cheaters and frauds in racing. So far we’ve seen cheating with fuel capacity, illegal ballast in water-tanks, turbocharging, bribery and even espionage. For this final chapter, we once again uncover the facts of one the most infamous F1 scandals, and a story on Audi illegally swapping parts between cars during a World Rally Championship stage.

Sporting events and cheating often go hand-in-hand; the desire to win is so strong that it can blur ethical considerations. Doping scandals in cycling, biting down on your opponent’s ear during a boxing match, overlooking the hands ball rule during a football match or, as we’ve now seen, tampering with the rules in racing, cheating will always be part of a competitive environment. The question is, do you manage to get away with it or end up caught red-handed?

Rally – swapping parts between cars

The art of rally racing is to go as fast as possible in extreme conditions and varying terrains. Whether it’s tarmac, snow, gravel or rocky roads, the goal remains the same; put in faster times than your rivals, and win! The stresses on the car vary from stage to stage and surface to surface, resulting in a car breaking down regularly as it is pushed to the limit. This is part of the sport and very much a factor to be reckoned with every single stage of the race.

The beast, the Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2 – source: Reinhold Möller for Wikimedia

During the mid-1980s, the Audi team dominated the scene after introducing its all-wheel-drive “Quattro” cars in Group B rallying. The Quattro became an absolute legend in all guises, from the Audi Sport Quattro A2 Group B to the wild winged monsters like the Audi Sport Quattro S1 and S1 ‘Pikes Peak’. Prior to Audi’s efforts with all-wheel-drive, the rally world was dominated by rear-wheel-drive cars. Subsequently, all manufacturers switched to all-wheel drive in an attempt to keep up with and beat Audi. Behind the wheel of the German cars were drivers like Hannu Mikkola, Stig Blomqvist, Walter Rhörl and one female driver, Michèle Mouton.

Michèle Mouton was able to bring the fight to the boys and even compete for the occasional win. In 1985 she competed in the Rallye Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) in Africa as part of the World Rally Championship for drivers (not manufacturers) that year. Rally events in Africa were always extra gruelling on cars due to the extreme conditions, as evidenced by the 1972 Rallye Côte d’Ivoire, where 45 cars started and none managed to reach the finish line.

After one of the stages, Michèle Mouton suffered a technical issue with her Audi Sport Quattro S1 and her #2 car was seen belching white smoke. Despite this, she lined up for the next stage with another Audi Quattro following. Michèle Mouton’s #2 car abandoned the route to assess if the issue could be fixed, something that was allowed to a certain extent at the time. The #11 support car joined her, and eventually, Michèle managed to get her car going, seemingly running like clockwork again. Audi stated that a faulty oil pump was the culprit, which was swapped from the #11 support car. Suspicions rose and several of Audi’s competitors believed the team had swapped every single body panel between the two cars to send off Michèle Mouton in the healthy #11 car, now dressed as her own #2 car.

Even though this was never proven, and Audi was never penalised or even formally investigated, images from the event following the miraculous comeback revealed a different windshield (something to do with the anti-fog system going off according to Audi) and even hood-mounted fog lights that seem to jump between the two cars! Michèle eventually withdrew from the rally as she claimed her car was falling apart and deemed it unsafe to continue. This was another surprise as her original #2 car featured a specially strengthened chassis which the #11 car didn’t.

Petrolicious included it in its “6 Unbelievable Rule-Bending Stories from Rally” article.

Formula 1 – Crashing on purpose, Senna vs. Prost

When cars take corners at breakneck speed, racing only inches from each other, crashes are inevitable. And yes, Formula 1 has had its fair share of horrific crashes, freak mishaps, and sadly even lethal accidents over the years. But Formula 1 has also seen drivers crashing on purpose, whether on one’s own or deliberately turning into a rival driver.

The most famous example perhaps is the clash between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost during the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka in 1989 and 1990. In 1989 the two men were teammates, both contenders for the title. During that season the relationship between the two rivals turned sour, which culminated in a crash in the closing stages of the Japanese Grand Prix. Senna attempted a late overtake, surprising Prost. Prost turned in to the chicane, the two men collided and came to a stop. Prost immediately got out but Senna urged marshals to push-start his car and continue the race. After the race, Senna would be disqualified for missing the chicane which granted Prost the championship.

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A year later, with Alain Prost now at Ferrari and the two men competing for the title once again, it was déjà vu at Suzuka. Senna was leading the championship and could clinch it at the Japanese Grand Prix if his title rival failed to score any points. In interviews leading up to the race, Senna mentioned that he wouldn’t yield if Prost attempted an overtake. Senna put his car in pole position, with Prost lining up beside him in second. At the start, despite being in pole, Prost had the upper hand and jumped into the lead. Senna would have none of it and rammed the Frenchman. Both men spun off, ended up in the gravel and were out. Senna kept his word and as such became the 1990 driver’s champion. Later Senna admitted that the way the 1989 and 1990 seasons ended tarnished both titles. Eventually, both men buried the hatchet after finishing on the podium together at the 1993 South African Grand Prix.

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Formula 1 – Crashing on purpose, Schumacher vs. the Williams team

Fast-forward a few years and we have similar incidents between Michael Schumacher on one end, and Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve on the other. During the 1994 season title hunt, both Damon Hill, driving for Williams, and Michael Schumacher in the Benetton were title-candidates. At the season finale in Adelaide, Australia, the German driver was in the lead with just a single point over Damon Hill. Both men took off at the start and left pole position man Nigel Mansell in the second Williams behind.

Hill shadowed Schumacher for the first half of the race until the German driver made a rare error and opened the door. Damon Hill immediately took the opportunity and tried to pass Schumacher on the inside in one of the slower 90-degree corners the Aussie track is known for. Schumacher turned in regardless, and hit his rival, ended up almost flipping his Benetton and crashing out in the process. Damon Hill could venture on but his car seemed too badly damaged and he also had to give up. The crash was labelled as a racing incident and thus Michael Schumacher had his first-ever title in yet another very tumultuous and sadly tragic season (both Ayrton Senna and Ronald Ratzenberger had fatal crashes during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix weekend at the Imola track). Some drivers and insiders claim that Schumacher’s move was a deliberate one, to take out his rival or at least not let him past in the most aggressive way possible. Since he wasn’t penalised for it, it isn’t technically cheating but still a remarkable incident.

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To make Schumacher’s case a little worse, and I am by no means chastising him for his actions as the man is truly an F1 legend, he pulled the same trick on another championship rival three years later. This time around, the tables were turned and Schumacher was the trailing man behind Villeneuve in the championship standings. The title was up for grabs by both men in the final Grand Prix of the year, at Jerez (Spain). Leading Villeneuve for most of the race, Schumacher seemed in control. Three quarters into the race he began to struggle and Villeneuve was ready to pounce. Prior to the race, the Williams team, including Villeneuve himself, reminded everyone about the clash at the 1994 season finale in a not so subtle way. When Villeneuve finally found a gap and sent his Williams to the inside of Schumacher’s Ferrari, disaster struck yet again, as the German turned into Villeneuve, damaging both cars. Schumacher ended up in the gravel and was out. Villeneuve limped on with a damaged car but was able to finish the race, yielding to the McLaren boys and crossing the line in third place, enough to win the championship.

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Formula 1 – Crashing on purpose, Renault’s “master” plan

The most recent and renowned incident, where a team thought it could manipulate the outcome of a race by deliberately crashing one of its cars, took place during the 2008 Singaporean Grand Prix. In 2008 the Renault team was struggling for wins as Ferrari and McLaren dominated the season. The entire season was split between Ferrari with 8 wins, McLaren with 6 wins, Toro Rosso winning at a very wet Monza, BMW-Sauber picking up a win, and surprise back-to-back wins for Renault at Singapore and Japan.

The Singapore track is the stage of one of the biggest scandals in Formula 1’s history, even eclipsing the 2007 Spygate scandal we covered last week. The biggest difference is the fact that the personal safety of one of the drivers was put at risk. During qualifying, Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr. got their Renault cars ranked in a disappointing 15th and 16th place. With little fuel in his car and in an attempt to make up a few places in the opening stint of the race, Alonso was the first to pit. Pitting on lap 12, he rejoined the race somewhere at the back of the pack. Three laps later, his teammate Piquet crashed his car into a wall. Since Singapore is a street circuit if you crash anywhere you pretty much end up on the track at all times. As unfortunate as his crash was, Nelson Piquet Jr. managed to crash in a place where there was no crane readily available, so clearing the track of debris would take a while. A safety-car period saw most drivers pitting for tyres and fuel and ending up behind Alonso as he had already pitted.

After regaining the lead in the later stage of the race, Alonso eventually managed to win. The misfortune of his teammate helped him to victory, and a few eyebrows were raised but the season went on without too much of a fuss.

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A year later, after the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, Nelson Piquet Jr. was sacked by Renault. Furious with this decision, especially as it was in the middle of the season with no chance of scoring a seat with another team, Piquet Jr. blew the whistle on the 2008 Singaporean win. He claimed he was ordered to crash his car in that spot on purpose. After weeks of speculation throughout the paddock, Renault was officially charged with conspiracy and cheating. Vigorously denying all claims at first, just days before the final hearing the team made a statement not contesting the outcome of the procedures and announcing that managing director Flavio Briatore and executive director of engineering Pat Symonds had both quit.

Renault was eventually disqualified from F1 and was banned from competition for two years. Fernando Alonso kept his race win as he had no part in all this and was just a bystander. Briatore was banned indefinitely while Symonds received a five-year ban. Although both sentences were eventually overturned, the men had already agreed not to work in Formula 1 ever again as part of a later settlement with the FIA.

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