Category: Society
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When you are walking in the wrong direction, the smart thing to do would be to stop, evaluate where you are heading, and change course if necessary. To continue walking in the wrong direction is not progress, but idiocy. For almost half a century we have confused the two, purposefully striding down a street that…
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KC. Bill. Caroline. Gareth. Simon. These are the names of just five of the citizens that Brighton and Hove have lost in the recent months. They had been calling the streets and the shop doorways their homes, but like more than 50 other homeless people in the last three years, they have been killed by…
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In 2011, during my second year of university, Time Magazine chose The Protester as their Person of the Year. On the one hand this is a great cause for celebration as the millions of individuals committed to the struggle were, in some way, rewarded for their actions. The hours of work, the days of organisation, the minor…
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Despite the criticisms, the greed, the gluttony, and the rampant expenditure on unwanted or short-lived items, Christmas in the 21st century can still serve a purpose. Though there are many aspects of a modern Christmas which are unappealing, and at times even damaging, it does not appear to be going anywhere any time soon, and for…
Trouble & Squeak 