Category Archives: COUNTRIES/INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Banking on goulash democracy

Posted on January 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 January 2012   The Hungarian Government is reported to have taken steps to lessen … Continue reading →

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It’s that man Orwell again: celebrating the centralisation of localism

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Cops and robbers

Posted on January 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.  We enjoyed this joke in the Guardian newspaper yesterday 3 January 2012. A bit early for … Continue reading →

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Employing arsonists to put out the euro bonfire

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Lessons from Mencius for Warring States

Posted on January 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.  Antigone1984.com                                                                             Paris, 1 January 2012 WARRING STATES       We begin the year 2012 with … Continue reading →

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Subjecting police to democratic control

Posted on December 27, 2011 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.  The row over the plan by UK Tories, the majority party in the country’s current coalition … Continue reading →

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The Common Market 50 years on: how we got into this mess in the first place

Posted on December 26, 2011 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.  THE ECONOMIC ORIGINS Today’s European Union (EU) was the brainchild of a former brandy salesman, Jean … Continue reading →

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Free speech denied in France, the home of Voltaire

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Antigone1984.com

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The European Union or War

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Antigone1984.com

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Friendly fire: nuclear allies at loggerheads

Posted on December 5, 2011 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.    “Nato refuses to rule out crossing into Pakistan as it targets insurgent groups”. This was … Continue reading →

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