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10th best mass protest according the guardian
Athens Polytechnic occupation 2008-9
These have, until now, been times of acquiescence, apathy and the triumph of greed, belligerent hyper-materialism and fatuity. But in Athens, young people and trade unionists mounted a grand refusal of all these hegemonies. When I covered the polytechnic occupation and riots that followed the shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos, I was astonished...
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Blair’s appearance at Iraq inquiry to spark mass... →
jhnbrssndn:
Thousands of anti-war campaigners are preparing for Tony Blair’s appearance at the Iraq inquiry in what could be the biggest political demonstration since last year’s G20 protests.
Riot police will be on stand-by around the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, close to the Houses of Parliament, as the former Prime Minister faces more than five hours of questioning on Friday.
The...
“Weekends are like sex. Even when they’re bad, it’s good.”
– my co-worker Patrick Strei, in reply to my “have a good weekend”, about 5 minutes ago.
TOTAL PERSPECTIVE VORTEX! →
“We don’t have to show the slightest respect for other people’s views...”
– David Mitchell
via samizdata.net
“At the age of 25 most people were finished. A whole goddamned nation of assholes...”
– Charles Bukowski (via thetimelime)
“But I guess where I was originally going is that nobody wants to write endings...”
– David Simon (via dbreunig) (via soupsoup) (via wireporn)
5 deep breaths →
am i missing the uk?
or just the cold weather?
