Category Archives: Literature

Neither politicians nor soldiers

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Organise!

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 January 2013 THERE IT IS And if we don’t fight 
if we don’t resist 
if … Continue reading

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Last resting-place

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 January 2013   Wo?   Wo wird einst des Wandermüden Letzte Ruhestätte sein? Under Palmen … Continue reading

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Homer v. chick lit

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Hitting the sack

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Anglo-Saxon nightbird

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.  30 December 2012 In our post “A butterfly existence” on 22 December 2012, we quoted the … Continue reading

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Cultivate your garden

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.  27 December 2012 KEEP OUT OF POLITICS AND CULTIVATE YOUR GARDEN This was the advice of … Continue reading

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You get the government you deserve

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.  23 December 2012 “Venalis populus, venalis curia patrum” “The government are shits, but so are the … Continue reading

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A butterfly existence

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.  22 December 2012   “The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that … Continue reading

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A Christmas carol…sort of

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 December 2012 Coronemus nos rosis antequam marcescant   Let us drink and be merry, dance, … Continue reading

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