Fortitude Politics Weekly Update 23/02/14
Another week, another collection of events. And because that’s our job, Fortitude has been writing about these things, purely so that you, dear readers, can consume the meal of information….
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The UN Report On North Korea Will Incite No Change
This week saw an atrocious, and some may say inevitable, revelation regarding North Korea, brought to light by the United Nations report on Human rights abuses in Korea. The report….
Venezuela – The Other Protest Crisis
The latest craze, it seems, is having massive, violent protests. The trend started in earnest a few years a go with what was commonly described as the Arab Spring. Egypt….
The Security State Endangers Us All – We Need to Dismantle It, Before It’s Too Late
GSHQ and the NSA are reading your emails, CCTV cameras are recording your movement and steps are being taken to restrict what we can access on the internet. We are….
Ukraine on Fire as Protests Turn Violent
It was to be a decisive move that put an end to the Euromaidan protests. After three months of protesters camping on Ukraine’s main city square, pro-Yanukovich forces moved in….
Residential Parking Scheme…The End of The World?
My home town of Bristol is divided as the Mayor George Ferguson pushes on with the introduction of a Residential Parking Scheme. The question has to be, is this the….
Coalition Clegg Can’t Get Enough of Power-Sharing
Nick Clegg is making a desperate bid to stay relevant. He recently announced he would consider a coalition with the Labour party in the next general election. How magnanimous of….
It’s Likely That You’ve Been Forgotten
It’s a classic idiom that reverberates through our culture. ‘You simply can’t please everybody.’ You can apply it to anything and everything. You’re in a band? Someone is going to….
Fortitude Politics Weekly Update 16/02/14
So, another week has gone by. And things, as they do, have been happening. And because we here at Fortitude are jolly good folk, we’ve been keeping on top of….
The Significance of 12 Years A Slave
Until I saw this film being advertised in London earlier this year, I had not heard of Solomon Northup. After giving the title of the film a quick search on….