Monthly Archives: May 2012

Mr Micawber

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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 May 2012   GREECE Income Yesterday 10 May 2012 bankupt Greece received a bailout … Continue reading →

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Arsonists putting out fires

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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.   8 May 2012 Apologies to readers outside Europe, but we continue to blog on the Greek … Continue reading →

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Splitism

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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.  9 May 2012 Since the birth of socialism in the mid-19 C, the left has been … Continue reading →

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Age: drachma 3000 years, euro 10

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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.   8 May 2012 Two leftwing political parties in two different European countries have garnered unprecedented popular … Continue reading →

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Come back, Ephialtes!

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Socialists win presidential poll in France

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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.   6 May 2012 Paris, 8pm French time Announcement of the result of the French presidential election … Continue reading →

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Justifiable apathy

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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.   5 May 2012 VOTER BOYCOTT The voter apathy in the UK local elections on Thursday 3 … Continue reading →

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Local and global

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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.   4 May 2012 Do countries exist in a globalised word? This is the question posed by … Continue reading →

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International law = imperialism

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Parsnips

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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.    2 May 2012 Fine words butter no parsnips. This is the contemporary version of a … Continue reading →

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