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When did our obssession with consumerism start?

February 1, 2009 – 3:21 pm

Often we think of consumerism as a recent phenomenon, but as this great article points out the origins are much deeper than that:
What we see during the 17th and 18th centuries is the gradual emergence of a new ideology, accepting the pursuit of consumer goods as a valid object of human endeavour and recognising that [...]

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Cuban Revolution turns 50

January 1, 2009 – 12:33 pm

From Wikipedia:
The next day (the 31st), in a scene of great confusion, the city of Santa Clara was captured by the combined forces of Che Guevara, Cienfuegos, Revolutionary Directorate(RD) rebels led by Comandantes Rolando Cubela, Juan (”El Mejicano”) Abrahantes , and William Alexander Morgan. News of these defeats caused Batista to panic. He fled Cuba for the Dominican Republic just [...]

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