INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST MOVEMENT:A TALE OF THREE COUNTRIES:The usual historiography of anarchism traces its beginnings to the international socialist movement and the First International. Like most things in the social sciences this is only approximate…
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gay persons of color: Masters of Japanese Gay Art Make Their European Debut
For the first time, the work of gay Japanese artists will be the subject matter of an exhibition in Europe. This new show, to be held at the Galerie Brugier-Rigail in Paris from October 21 to 26, brings together over 100 artworks created by leading gay…
Continue readinggay persons of color: Watch: French footballers against homophobia
Campaign against homophobia 2011 from Franck Annese on Vimeo.L’homophobie ne vous fera jamais gagner un match. Un jouer gai? Peut-être. (Homophobia will never help you win a match. A gay player might.) – Marc PlanusOn Monday, Paris became the first ma…
Continue readingPolygonic: Some summit perspective
G8 times are here again! And France gets its day in the sun as host, which clearly heralds the ascent of a new French Order in Europe and the world. It will inevitably send their newspapers and TV chat hosts into a month-long tizzy of neurotic self-congratulation and overblown patriotism. Nicolas Sarkozy will almost certainly […]
World Headlines Review: Revolution in Tunisia?
Zine el Abidine Ben Ali The President of Tunisia, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, has been driven from office. Following up on a previous article here at World Headlines Review about civil unrest in Tunisia, demonstrations only intensified in the face of the lethal force applied by police and military
Continue readingFrancey pants (how the French do…)
"picturesque"
"Highway pit stop"
"gated community"
"Strike"
"shopping"
"rush hour"
"crosswalks"
"government buildings"
"urban green spaces"
"sunsets"
"Labour movement"
"coffee and dessert"
"woman’s shoes"
"airport food" (it’s organic apricot yogurt in a glass jar)
"airport waiting area"
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