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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Cimon retaliates, Ephialtes murdered
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 19 February 2012 DEMOCRACY ABOLISHED IN GREECE Democracy has been officially abolished in Greece, the cradle … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Germany, Greece, Literature, Politics, USA
Tagged Areopagus, Boule, Cimon, Ephialtes, Milton, New Democracy, Pasok, Wordsworth
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Homo politicus est
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 18 February 2012 MAN A SOCIAL ANIMAL “ἄνθρωπος φύσει πολιτικὸν ζῶιον………‘ο δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ … Continue reading
Where Engels Fears to Tread
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Posted in Literature, Politics
Tagged Brian Howard, Café Royal, Christ Church, Communist Party, Cyril Connolly, Eton, Margaret Thatcher
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The Holocaust and the Palestinians
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 16 February 2012 Technical note: we are currently having difficulty connecting to the internet. Until the … Continue reading
War and the USA
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 15 February 2012 We continue the process – started on 30 January 2012 – of publishing … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Military, Politics, Torture, UN, USA
Tagged Abu Ghraib, capital punishment, My Lai, Obama
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Fair Play Flouted
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 14 February 2012 Editorial note: we are currently having difficulty connecting to the internet. Until the … Continue reading
Playing with Greek fire
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 13 February 2012 The Isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Germany, Greece, Literature, Politics
Tagged Boule, Byron, Francisco Franco, New Democracy, no pasarán, Pasok
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Что делать? What is to be done? (Part 2)
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 12 February 2012 FROM EPICURUS TO KARATZAFERIS Что делать? What is to be done? That … Continue reading
Что делать? What is to be done? (Part 1)
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 11 February 2012 A RUSSIAN QUESTION: CHERNYSHEVSKY, TOLSTOY AND LENIN Russians seem to spend a … Continue reading
Posted in Russia
Tagged Chernyshevski, Dostoevsky, Gide, Lenin, Tolstoy, Tressell, Turgenev
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Chopping logic – a fishy business!
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 10 February 2012 Chuang Tzu and Hui Tzu were strolling along the dam of the Hao … Continue reading
Posted in China, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Chuang Tzu, fish, Han Dynasty, logic, Taoism
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