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England’s uncaring, fractured society is experiencing temporary meltdown this week, with kids as young as seven looting and fighting the cops, while the British leadership and right wing press is frothing at the mouth and talking maximum violence, maximum punishment and zero reflection on why their country is on fire.
Unlike the British establishment, this man [...]
Yesterday, the tense, month long stand-off between the Thai government and the Red shirts, supporters of international fugitive and former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, fought pitched battles around Khao San Road, the backpacker mile in Bangkok, Thailand. Several friends of mine were on site in the Banglamphu area, where more than two million budget tourists [...]