January 2012
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Polish Bi-Partisan Support for Hungary's... →
I think this is a good sign that provides perspective to broaden the debate about the changes in Hungary. Both the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the main opposition party leader in Poland, Jarosław Kaczyński, have written to the EU President Jose Baroso that the criticism of Hungary’s recent economic and financial laws have been too harsh, while cautioning that the recent talk of...
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“we are all responsible for putting irresponsible people into power, people who...”
– Miguel Yarza, Democracia Real Ya, referring to the Popular Party’s victory in Spain and coming austerity (poverty) measures.
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"Occupy Nigeria" Growing in its fight against... →
Really inspirational to see that protesters in Nigeria have embraced the language of the Occupy movement and are challenging years of public and oil sector corruption in the oil-rich nation. The movement has galvanized the youth against the lack of public infrastructure, job opportunities, and increasingly higher prices for basic goods and services:
The key passage:
President Goodluck...
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"Citigroup Replaces JP Morgan as next White House... →
Or, in other words, ex Wall-Street insider Bill Daley, formerly of JP Morgan, has resigned as President Obama’s Chief of Staff and will be replaced by investment banker Jack Lew, formerly of Citigroup and predictably a former Clinton official.
Change we can always never believe in.
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