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Category Archives: UN
Anyone for Uruguay?
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. 25 May 2015 CONTRA SPEM “Tout le malheur des hommes vient de l’espérance.” Assertion by Albert … Continue reading
Posted in China, Europe, Iceland, Politics, Russia, UK, UN, Uruguay, USA
Tagged Confucius, cultivate one's garden, Epicurus of Samos, groundless optimism, Harold Stearns, Left Unity, Malcolm Cowley, Pasok, Podemos, President Coolidge, President Harding, Roger Carpenter of Cambridge University, Syriza, Taoism, the end justifies the means, UK Labour Party, Voltaire, wishful thinking
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Bella, horrida bella, matribus detestata
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. 21 September 2014 Not infrequently one gets the distinct impression that what concerns our masters, the … Continue reading
GAZA
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 August 2014 We have been asked to host the following article and linked petition … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Military, Palestine, Politics, UK, UN, USA, Wales
Tagged Balfour Declaration, Ban Ki-moon, Dave Bradney, Gaza blockade, Israeli Defence Force, Judea, Yvonne Ridley
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Crystal balls-up
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. 20 January 2014 “One great advantage of the present time, which is the outcome of many … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia, UK, UN, USA
Tagged 1914, crystal ball, Delphic Oracle, False prophet, First World War, Paddy Power, Peace in our time
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The Fourth World War
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 January 2014 LA LUCHA CONTINÚA Precisely 20 years ago today, on 1 January 1994, indigenous … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Canada, Economics, Globalisation, Mexico, Military, Politics, UN
Tagged Acteal, Chiapas, Cold War, globalisation, Hiroshima, homogenisation, Nagasaki, neoliberalism, neutron bomb, subcomandante Marcos
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Read my lips
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 December 2013 “There will be no downgrading of human rights under this Government…” William Hague, … Continue reading
Authors attack Big Brother
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 December 2013 A STAND FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE Hundreds of Writers sign Appeal … Continue reading
Abolish school exams!
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 December 2013 At a time of mega-testing of children’s intellectual abilities, when there is ferocious … Continue reading
Posted in Education, UK, UN
Tagged educational rat race, hit parades, Roy Boffy, rubbish in rubbish out, school tests
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Art and Aid
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 November 2013 The art market has shot off the radar. Stratospheric prices are being paid … Continue reading
Posted in Art, China, Japan, Politics, UN, USA
Tagged Andy Warhol, Art Newspaper, Balloon Dog, Christie's, Cy Twombly, Francis Bacon, Haiyan, Jeff Koons, Lucio Fonatana, Melanie Gervis, Philippines, Sotheby's, Willem de Kooning
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When is a massacre OK, when not?
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 August 2013 What is the difference between killing people with a spear and starving them … Continue reading
Posted in Military, Syria, UN, USA
Tagged al-Ghouta, Bashar al-Assad, boots on the ground, Colin Macnea, humanitarian intervention, Mencius
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