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The Return of Revolutions?
Intro: Margaret Thatcher as Revolutionary Margaret Thatcher’s recent demise has shown us that the concept of ‘revolution’ is never far from political minds. As the nation prepares to bury her with all...
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The Return of Revolutions? Intro: Margaret Thatcher as Revolutionary
Margaret Thatcher’s recent demise has shown us that the concept of ‘revolution’ is never far from political minds. As the nation prepares to bury her with all the pomp and ceremony of (largely...
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The Return of Revolutions? Part 1: The return that isn’t
[To read the introduction to David’s blog click here.] It is sobering to examine – as anyone of course can – the list of historical ‘revolutions and rebellions’ curated by Wikipedia, which contains...
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The Return of Revolutions? Part 2: Real revolutions, ‘revolutionaries’ and...
[To read Part 1, click here.] It might well be argued, looking at the list discussed in part 1, that we make far too much use of the term ‘revolution’, on all sides of the political spectrum, and have...
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The Return of Revolutions? Part 3: Be careful what you wish for
[For the previous part of David’s blog click here.] I have been studying revolutions and revolutionaries all my adult life. I was born only a few days after Jan Palach immolated himself in a great...
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The speed with which we have given up some of our most basic rights and freedoms in the face of an incurable epidemic would be noteworthy, if it were not also such a cliché. Everyone has seen films in...
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