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Happy 125th birthday to us
- and a year of significant political anniversaries Today is the 125th birthday of the Fabian Society - the world's first "think-tank". And there are several political anniversaries in 2009 which should offer a chance to take the long view on the ebb and flow of political ideas in influencing politics and society.
"It doesn't matter where you came from"
"Where you come from doesn't matter, it's what you do that counts." Variations of this phrase throughout the ages, from Jesus to Wilson to Rawls, have been used as a fundamental argument as to why people from oppressed groups should get the same chances as everyone else. But has this idea now been perverted into a defence of the privilege it was originally designed to eradicate?
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The Israel and Palestine Thread
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Israel Massacres the Innocent
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Israel defends her people
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So where do we stand end-2008?
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No Ifs, No Buts for Barclays' Humbug
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MPs' Staff Union calls in ACAS
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