The 80s British anarcho-punk band Conflict is hanging in there — like U2, the Rolling Stones, and all the other bands that they no doubt detest. So, as the decades old slogan says, “Punk’s [or 'Punx'] not dead.”
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December 24, 2011
Punk’s not dead — in Islam.
December 21, 2011
People of Shambhala — religious minorities against Islamist violence
From People of Shambhala
People of Shambhala is a new website dedicated to raising awareness of the discrimination, oppression, and violence suffered on a daily basis by minority religions around the world today, especially under Islamic or Islamist regimes.
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September 18, 2011
A bad week for Islam in Europe
On Friday, France passed a ban on praying in the streets. The ban came in response to the two thousand Muslims that had been gathering regularly in northern Paris, and praying in the streets in scenes of mass worship. On the same day, the Netherlands proposed legislation outlawing the wearing of the burka in public.
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September 10, 2011
Free speech “under pressure from various sources”: Lars Hedegaard
President of the Copenhagen-based International Free Press Society Lars Hedegaard has said that free speech is ”under pressure from various sources,” including national Governments, the European Union, the UN, and Islamic radicalism. Bloggers and law-abiding citizens, it was claimed, have been arrested in Europe in recent weeks for expressing opinions that the authorities disapproved of.
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September 5, 2011
Beauty: it’s the new hate crime
According to some legal experts, ”lookism” is the new racism.
A number of court cases in the US are drawing attention to discrimination facing unattractive people, and some experts are now calling for legal protections for ugly people similar to laws currently covering race, gender, and disability.
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September 4, 2011
English historian: “hands off our land.” But what about the people?
Abigail Howarth: barred from a position with the Environmental Agency in 2007 for being "White English"
There is an interesting article on the concept of Englishness, the English countryside, and England, in the Telegraph by historian Sir Roy Strong today. He reminds us of the importance of the countryside in the English national identity, talks about England’s relationships to Scotland and other states in the Union, and reminds us of its artistic culture. So far, so good.
