Mitrovica, Kosovo — Creative Commons licensed photo courtesy of Flickr user Jekkyl.
Yesterday was the first anniversary of Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia. Kosovo was not a Yugoslav republic like Croatia or Slovenia, so it did not immediately emerge as independent from the break up of Yugoslavia, but remained a province of Serbia, despite [...]
Filed under: eu, europe, foreignpolicy on February 18th, 2009 | No Comments »
Creative Commons licensed photograph courtesy of Flickr user photoverulam.
If there’s one thing more irritating than excessive political correctness, it’s excessive whining about how political correctness has “gone mad”. So I’ll try not to take that line here. But I’m a little baffled by the complaints over Emmanuel’s British Empire-themed May Ball, and the subsequent backtracking [...]
Filed under: jonathanbirch on February 16th, 2009 | 5 Comments »
34 Squadron, RAF Regiment patrols around Basra on Dec. 17, 2007.
Creative Commons licensed photo courtesy of David Axe.
After climbing onto the coach to Aberdeen during one of the more fateful twists of my RAG jailbreak adventure, I found myself sitting next to an Egyptian journalist on his way to Glasgow to divorce his wife. Fortunately [...]
Filed under: iraq on February 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The spread of wildcat strikes at oil refineries and power stations, beginning in Lindsey in Lincolnshire, is the biggest such movement in Britain for years. It began as protests against the attempts of overseas contractors to undercut working conditions by bringing in their own labour force.
There are important aspects to consider when looking at this [...]
Filed under: socialism, strikes, trade unions on February 4th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Satellite image of Cambridge University’s Sidgwick Site courtesy of Google maps.
Oh good, another person’s opinion about the law faculty protest. Hooray. Great topic for a first post. Bear with me though, for I would like to talk, not about the specifics of this protest, but of this kind of event in broader terms. Last [...]
Filed under: amnesty, arabisraeliconflict, humanrights, socialjustice on February 1st, 2009 | 2 Comments »
