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On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Society, Politics & Law

On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

...Free Mandela’ pickets and demonstrations! The campaigns across the country were incredibly effective. We were inspired by South African exiles who lived locally; Albert, a white surgeon who had left the country just before the police came to arrest him, Des, a black teacher who was badly beaten by the South African police (held without charge under the notorious Pass...
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Impossible Peace 2: The missing legacy voices
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The missing legacy voices

...free of emotional ink. We are not capable of doing this ourselves and, as far back as 2008, we should have realised this when four victims commissioners had to be appointed instead of one. We also need to record the stories of leadership that brought the conflict here to an end. And there should be some proper place of remembrance and for storytelling; something imagined...
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Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott
Health, Sports & Psychology

Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott

...free’ – a nod to both Hendrix’s iconic song and their shared freedom from the chains of oppression that weighed on their ancestors. Lynott passed away in 1986 at just 36 years old. In the years since, he has become a beloved national figure, and his status as both Black and Irish has come to be embraced as a harmonious part of his identity. This was consolidated by...
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Postcards from the doctor: Spreading health care messages in India
Health, Sports & Psychology

Postcards from the doctor: Spreading health care messages in India

...course of his career, Dr. Aaraveeti Ramayogaiah wrote about 27,000 postcards to patients and acquaintances. Most of them explained preventive health care practices, like washing hands and boiling water. The postcards were intended to help thousands of people who couldn't afford or easily get to a physician. In an interview with the Indian journalist Rahul M, Dr....
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Why is the time right for Donald Trump's style of charismatic leadership?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the time right for Donald Trump's style of charismatic leadership?

...find a charismatic successor. If Trump stumbles enough to reveal a weakness, and his supporters are willing to see it, this particular anti-establishment movement could disappear and more quickly than one might think. Unless, of course, they find someone who can step into Trump’s shoes. This article was originally published by Sociological Images under a CC-BY licence...
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Some thoughts on Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Some thoughts on Brexit

...course it hasn’t worked. It didn’t work in the 1930s and after 6 years of austerity it has finally been abandoned as the overarching policy goal. But what it has left behind is a legacy of increased inequality by region and income class. An obvious scapegoat is excessive immigration, and this in my view is what has driven the Brexit movement in England. The situation...
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Christmas at war: 1917 - Brotherhood and bombs don't mix
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1917 - Brotherhood and bombs don't mix

...course on most of the people. War Bonds are not much dearer than turkeys or chickens! - and they are much less wasteful. The people have shown strong common sense, in regard to certain aspects of war - its length, for example. They know that, as the King told us some time ago, "the end is not in sight". As they have never believed the short-lived prophets, magicians,...
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Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...courses in 1991 having first come across the concepts as part of his postgraduate OU studies in Manufacturing. Martin describes his approach to STIP as: “A Curious person. I try to follow the adage of learning something new every day though these days it’s more about trying to remember something I’ve forgotten. What approaches and sectors have I used? – Over the...
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