Author Archives: Antigone1984.com

Semper aliquid novi

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: (1) If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our posts in context. (2) Not all the views expressed in this blog necessarily have the imprimatur of Antigone1984. Sometimes, … Continue reading →

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Tables turned

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

8 July 2012 We reproduce, without comment, a letter from a reader which appeared in the UK’s Guardian newspaper on 6 July 2012: “Protesters spray Ukrainian riot police with teargas” (Report, 5 July). Can we not have more uplifting stories … Continue reading →

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Liars

Posted on July 7, 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.    7 July 2012 I The London Institute of Applied Research Science (L.I.A.R.S. for short) has … Continue reading →

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Eurocrats against Grexit

Posted on July 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 July 2012 Economist Jonathan Tepper, in his submission for the Wolfson economics prize,  proposes that … Continue reading →

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Identity theft

Posted on July 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 July 2012 FALSE PROPHET What the bourgeosie….produces, above all, is its own grave-diggers. Its fall … Continue reading →

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Capitalism in practice

Posted on July 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 July 2012 Just two fresh examples to remind those of you with short memories of … Continue reading →

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Shunning the rat race

Posted on July 3, 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.   3 July 2012 “I’m a failure,” he murmured, “I’m unfit for the brutality of the struggle … Continue reading →

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The end justifies the means

Posted on July 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 July 2012 “I think it is well for the man in the street to realise … Continue reading →

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States Still Warring

Posted on July 1, 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.   1 July 2012 “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye … Continue reading →

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Art and Money

Posted on June 29, 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.  Technical note: we take a short break after the post below. No further posts here till … Continue reading →

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