Privvy Council – Initial Thoughts

I really don’t have time right now to write in much depth, but will do more later when I”ve had more time to think and also once more information is available.
I think everyon by now knows that the Privvy Council ruled against the Government’s Gag order, although the news story seemed to indicate that this [...]

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Open Mike – Democratic Socialism and Social Democracy, by Rowland

While these two terms are very similar looking and indeed can both be traced back to the early socialist movement in Europe and America, today they represent very different methods for approaching the issue of socialism. As such I think they should both be defined and then compared in order to clarify the differences and [...]

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Open Mike – Liberalism and Socialism by Rowland

I’ve been quite busy of late, but Rowland has given me permission to reproduce some writings of his from a Facebook site here on the blog. I look forward to returning to writing more of my own shortly. As a disclaimer, the views and opinions represented below are those of the author and [...]

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Myanmar

I’m sure most readers of this blog will have also been aware of the events recently in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
In short, a rare and small demonstration protesting the rise in petrol prices in Myanmar was dispersed. This rare outburst of dissent towards the Burmese military junta however appeared to strike a chord [...]

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