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Tuesday, December 28th, 2004
A language survey in China under development for six year was recently published. Interesting reading. It found that 53% of the population speaks the official standard Chinese dialect (Mandarin). This may not sound much for an official language, but when you consider the vast population of China and the huge ...
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Thursday, November 4th, 2004
Here is one of many articles that demonstrates the hypocrisy of apologists for the invasion of Iraq who claim that it was all about how evil Saddam was/is. Seeing as the US and UK supported and enabled his worst crimes and all.
An even more specious argument made by Bush ...
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2004
A couple of interesting pieces on the state of the global anti-capitalist movement from soon before the start of the American war in Iraq from those celebrity activists George Monbiot and Naomi Klein. They're both about the World Social Forum 2003, Porto Alegre. Klein's one is particularly goood as ...
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Thursday, May 27th, 2004
That old Trot, Christopher Hitchens switched allegence to the Right at some point in the last few years. He was one of the most prominent of the "left" advocates of the glorious plans of the American 'neo-conservatives' who were so highly regarded in the liberal press a year ago. Now ...
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Thursday, May 27th, 2004
Almost as interesting as the Belgium initiative to introduce laws to prosecute Israeli war cimes is the outraged response that came from the politicians. As I recall, Belgium later dropped, or watered down this decision.
Meanwhile, the nightmare continuted for the Palestinians.
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Thursday, May 27th, 2004
North Korea is one of the few surviving Stalinist regimes around the world (fortunately). Back in February last year, they pulled out of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons treaty. This probaly would not have happened without Washington's increasing beligerence since 9/11, Bush's "axis of evil" speech and so on. The ...
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Friday, April 16th, 2004
Naomi Klein in Baghdad: An Iraqi intifada Monday April 12, 2004
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