The coal age
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In the permanent exhibition at Waterschei there is a mock-up of a Belgian kitchen in the coal age. This reminded me that, as a youngster, I just – just – experienced the end of the coal age. From my bedroom window I watched the London to Glasgow...
Waterschei
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In the bookshop at Alcatraz we met a man who, as a warder’s son, had spent his childhood on the island and written up his experience and memories. It was fascinating listening to him. In one part of the old Waterschei coalmine buildings there i...
Portugal Protesting: “We Want Our Lives”
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Before September 15's anti-austerity protest in Portugal titled 'Screw troika! We want our lives', high participation was expected, at least on social media. The austerity measures recently announced by the Prime Minister Passos Coelho seem to have g...
Comment on German Constitutional Court Ruling Market Positive…Or Is It? by Wiz
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A strong message it may or may not be, but it is a strong message from a position of weakness. Germany may well be the first country to leave the Euro, and if Merkel stands for re-election next year she will do so as a chancellor who wants to impose...
Hillsborough: a ruling class cover-up
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By David Kirk (Workers Liberty) After 23 years of struggle the Justice for 96 Campaign have forced out the truth about the 1989 Hillsborough disaster and the deliberate cover up and smear campaign by the ruling class to shift the blame to the fans.
Hillsborough: a ruling class cover-up
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By David Kirk (Workers Liberty) . After 23 years of struggle the Justice for 96 Campaign have forced out the truth about the 1989 Hillsborough disaster and the deliberate cover up and smear campaign by the ruling class to shift the blame to the fans...
Genk and Manifesta9
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We went to Genk, in Belgian Limburg, this afternoon or, more precisely, to Waterschei, to visit the ninth edition of the roving biennial contemporary art exhibition, Manifesta, which this time is being held in the atmospheric pithead buildings of...
Pamper Your Locks While Visiting Spain
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Many people find that they have so many day-to-do commitments that there just isn't the time in their busy schedule to fit in hair and beauty treatments. This coupled with the fact that many spas and beauty salons in the UK are over-priced, is perhap...
“Throw things at Dave”: Lib Dems charge £1 to attack model Cameron
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Another indicator of the parlous state of coalition relations at Lambeth County Show this afternoon, where the local Lib Dems are charging the public £1 to “throw things” at a cardboard model of David Cameron. This fundraising wheeze has...
Russia: Protest Movement Struggles with Keeping Itself Democratic
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Maksim Martsinkevich, who goes by the nickname Tesak (Machete), gained notoriety on the RuNet between 2005 and 2007. A white-supremacist who later spent several years in prison for inciting ethnic and religious hatred, Tesak has returned to public li...
The Infinity One "Wall" Bounce-Back from the Year 1993: Prior Art for the Obvious Non-Original Apple Bounce-Back Patent?
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What is the prior art and how original (non-obvious) is the bounce-back rubber-band scrolling patent for which Apple is currently collecting billions of dollars and stopping the import and sale of competing products with similar functions throughout...
A too dangerous risk
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The attacks against the Western embassies in the Arab world are unacceptable. Politically oriented movements are exploiting religion to undermine peace and dialogue. We should stand firm and committed against any form of terrorism. Our friendship wit...
‘Payback’: Radio 4 play on The Yom Kippur War
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I’ve just been listening to Jonathan Myerson‘s ‘Payback’ on BBC Radio 4. It has a superb cast (including Henry Goodman as Kissinger, Peter Marinker as Nixon, Sara Kestelman as Golda Meir and Kerry Shale as Al Haig and Sim...
‘Payback’: Radio 4 play on The Yom Kippur War
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I’ve just been listening to Jonathan Myerson‘s ‘Payback’ on BBC Radio 4. It has a superb cast (including Henry Goodman as Kissinger, Peter Marinker as Nixon, Sara Kestelman as Golda Meir and Kerry Shale as Al Haig and Sim...
Kopimismen och The God Delusion
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Richard Dawkins har skrivit boken The God Delusion där han sågar Gud jäms med fotknölarna, i vart fall den kristna guden som vi är vana vid (och de närbesläktade varianterna inom judendom och islam). Jag köpte boken på Arlanda på väg till...
Kopimismen och The God Delusion
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Richard Dawkins har skrivit boken The God Delusion där han sågar Gud jäms med fotknölarna, i vart fall den kristna guden som vi är vana vid (och de närbesläktade varianterna inom judendom och islam). Jag köpte boken på Arlanda på väg till...
The Mediterranean as Liquid Coffin: One Man’s Desperation is Another Man’s Golden Opportunity
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Though in the traditional sense, we equate water with life, the past few years, with seemingly no let up in …Continue reading »...
A federation of nation states is a Confederation writ large
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European Commision President José Manuel Barroso Picture credit: Wikipedia In his 2012 State of the Union speech before the European Parliament's plenary session, Mr Barroso, the Commission president, made reference to the need of establishing a "fe...
How can we support the use of research in policy and practice across Europe?
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The most common approach to encourage use of academic research is to repackage or communicate it in different ways, but Caroline Kenny finds this strategy largely ineffective. She argues that across Europe, both researchers and policymakers can benef...
British Heroism in the Clouds: Britannia's Heroes of the Skies, From World War I to the Troubles in Ireland
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The Zeppelin-slayer; the 'wing-walker'; the helicopter pilot who thwarted the IRA... In this extract from his major new book, Lord Ashcroft salutes Britain's greatest airmen...
E-justice or a data protection disaster waiting to happen?
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E-justice or a data protection disaster waiting to happen? A pilot project allowing the electronic transfer of documents between third parties and the Ukrainian courts is likely to begin on 15 October. Those very capable Ukrainian hackers seem quite...
Short reflection of a Young European Federalist on the independence of Catalonia.
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Ok. I will try to explain my position about this question although it is not easy at all. A European Federalist as myself, supporting an independence movement. 11 of September is the National Day of Catalonia. And there is usually … Continue re...
New Tory health minister admits govt “screwed up” on NHS reforms
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A Tory MP who was promoted in the recent reshuffle to a junior role in the Department for Health has made an extraordinarily frank admission on the government’s controversial changes to the NHS. Speaking in a Q&A session on the reforms at a...
