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Blog Entries by Johann Hari from 02/2011

We All Helped Suppress the Egyptians -- With Our Taxes. So How Do We Change?

| Posted 02.03.2011 | World
Read More: Egypt Protests, Alternative Energy, Tony Blair, Israel-Palestine, Vaclav Havel, Dictatorship, 1979 Revolution, Middle East Peace, Tweets, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Gaza Strip, Egypt, Revolution, Oil, Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Israel, World News

Very few Westerners would praise a murderer and sell him weapons. Very few Westerners would beat up a poor person in order to get cheaper petrol. But our governments do this abroad all the time.

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How to Build a Progressive Tea Party: A Guide, From a Country That Just Did It

| Posted 02.04.2011 | Politics
Read More: Politics News

Imagine a parallel universe where the Great Crash of 2008 was followed by a Tea Party of a very different kind. Enraged citizens gather in every city,...

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Will Britain Finally Stop Bishops From Writing Its Laws?

| Posted 02.18.2011 | World
Read More: Nick Clegg, Britain, United Kingdom, David Cameron, Great Britain, World News

Which two nations still reserve places in their parliaments for unelected religious clerics, who then get an automatic say in writing the laws the country's citizens must obey? The answer is Iran... and Britain.

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How to Turn the Wisconsin Rebellion Into a Progressive Tea Party

| Posted 02.21.2011 | Politics
Read More: David Hartnett, Labour Party, Tea Party, Vodafone, David Cameron, Politics News

Imagine a parallel universe where the Great Crash of 2008 was followed by a Tea Party of a very different kind, with members demonstrating to demand the government finally regulate the behavior of corporations and the superrich.

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Can We Finally Talk About Muslim Homophobia in Britain?

| Posted 02.24.2011 | World
Read More: World News

Last autumn, mysterious posters began to appear all over the East End of London announcing it is now a "Gay-Free Zone." They warned: "And Fear Allah: ...

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