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*...that '''[[AK Press]]''', a [[workers' self-management|worker-run]] book publisher which specialize in anarchist publications, has doubled the number of units it sells over the past decade and grossed $1.4 million in 2007?
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* No one is certain what the 'p' in "[[Wikipedia:pH#History|pH]]", the standard of acidity and alkalinity, stands for. The "H" stands for Hydrogen
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*...that the word "'''[[Honorificabilitudinitatibus]]'''", which was used by a comic figure named Costard in William Shakespeare's play ''Love's Labour's Lost'', also appeared on page 234 in ''Nashe's Lenten Stuff'' (printed in 1599)?
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* '''Jasmine Revolution''' may refer to:
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*...that '''''[[Organise!]]''''', the magazine of [[Anarchist Federation (Britain and Ireland)]], is published twice a year?
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**  The [[1987 coup d'état in Tunisia]] that led to the [[Wikipedia:History of modern Tunisia#Rise to the Presidency|rise to the presidency]] of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was later to be deposed in another Jasmine Revolution, below. There is no Wikipedia article on this coup
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*...that '''[[workers' self-management]]''' is a form of economic system in which economic enterprises are democratically managed by the workers themselves?
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**  The [[Sidi Bouzid Revolt]] [[Wikipedia:Tunisian Revolution#Naming|(WP)]] in which President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced to flee the country with the loot he had gotten from privatization, dubbed "the Jasmine Revolution" by media early in 2011, which inspired the Arab Spring and the 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests
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*...that '''[[anarcho-transhumanism]]''' is an adaptation of anarchist ideals (anti-hierarchy, anti-repression, anti-restriction) to the tenets of the transhumanist movement in cultural, intellectual and political spheres?
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**  The [[Wikipedia:Arab Spring|Arab Spring]]. See [[Jasmine Revolution]]
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*...that '''[[green infoanarchism]]''' is the combination of the ideals of [[green anarchism]] with the ideals of [[infoanarchism]] in order to develop an ideology that promotes and theorizes the development of a greener information-based society that rejects repression in all its forms?
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**  The [[Wikipedia:2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests|2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests]] in the People's Republic of China, named a "Jasmine revolution" by some of the organisers
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*...that the '''[[Association for a Student Syndical Solidarity]]''' is a Quebec-based students' union founded in February 2001 which advocates free schools at all levels and for all?
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* [[North Carolina Stop Torture Now!]] was responsible for media attention to the subject of [[extraordinary rendition]], and yet had its article deleted from Wikipedia
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*...that '''[[infosyndicalism]]''' refers to the promotion of free and commons-based media or media-centric public interests through syndicalism and syndical activism?
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* The [[US 'Hearts & Minds' campaign in HÄ«t, Iraq]], and presumably other areas, was largely about buying the support of a few individuals
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*...that '''[[anarchism and capital punishment|anarchism stands against capital punishment]]''' and [[Emma Goldman]] viewed capital punishment as a murderous state action?
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* [[Hunt Saboteur]]s were successful in convincing the U.K. government to ban fox hunting. [[Drag hunting]] with human-laid scent trails is now in some cases used instead, but partly because it was advocated by their mortal enemies, hunt saboteurs, some hunt clubs are 'cutting off their nose to spite their face' and refusing to implement the alternative
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*...that Indian environmentalist '''[[Sundarlal Bahuguna]]''', who is known for his role in the Chipko movement, joined the Indian independence movement at the age of 13?
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* The [[Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit]] (LEIU) is an privately owned but government funded organization used by the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) to amass files on private citizens while evading the United States Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
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* "...everyone knows what 'fairness' means..." The average world income is the same as the U.S. "poverty line" See, [[Egalitarianism]] "...the world economy is not a [[zero sum]] [[Wikipedia:zero-sum|(WP)]] game..."
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*...The name of Montreal's anarchist bookstore, [[Librairie l'Insoumise]], means "The Insubordinate", a derogatory moniker given to the French anarchist and participant in the [[Paris Commune]], [[Louise Michel]]. She was accused of:
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# Trying to overthrow the government
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# Encouraging citizens to arm themselves
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# Possession and use of weapons, and wearing a military uniform
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# Forgery of a document
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# Using a false document
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# Planning to assassinate hostages
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# Illegal arrests, torturing and killing
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:All before she had even become an [[anarchist]]. She was not [[radicalized]] until she was sent to prison
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*...Because they are much smaller than previous types of satellites, [[Microsatellite]]s can be placed in orbits much closer to Earth. Because they are closer, the area from which they can receive signals and to which they can send them is much smaller, in the opposite way to a goalie protecting more of a soccer goal with the same reach, the further out from the goal he is, or the same way as a torch/flashlight shines its light on a smaller area the closer to a a reflective surface it comes. Despite the fact that this requires many microsatellites to be launched at the same time, to cover the same area, it is still cheaper to launch and maintain the 'constellations' of satellites, as their formations are called, and they cover their assigned areas faster
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Latest revision as of 23:18, 27 April 2012

  • No one is certain what the 'p' in "pH", the standard of acidity and alkalinity, stands for. The "H" stands for Hydrogen
  • Jasmine Revolution may refer to:
  • North Carolina Stop Torture Now! was responsible for media attention to the subject of extraordinary rendition, and yet had its article deleted from Wikipedia
  • The US 'Hearts & Minds' campaign in HÄ«t, Iraq, and presumably other areas, was largely about buying the support of a few individuals
  • Hunt Saboteurs were successful in convincing the U.K. government to ban fox hunting. Drag hunting with human-laid scent trails is now in some cases used instead, but partly because it was advocated by their mortal enemies, hunt saboteurs, some hunt clubs are 'cutting off their nose to spite their face' and refusing to implement the alternative
  • The Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU) is an privately owned but government funded organization used by the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) to amass files on private citizens while evading the United States Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
  • "...everyone knows what 'fairness' means..." The average world income is the same as the U.S. "poverty line" See, Egalitarianism "...the world economy is not a zero sum (WP) game..."
  • ...The name of Montreal's anarchist bookstore, Librairie l'Insoumise, means "The Insubordinate", a derogatory moniker given to the French anarchist and participant in the Paris Commune, Louise Michel. She was accused of:
  1. Trying to overthrow the government
  2. Encouraging citizens to arm themselves
  3. Possession and use of weapons, and wearing a military uniform
  4. Forgery of a document
  5. Using a false document
  6. Planning to assassinate hostages
  7. Illegal arrests, torturing and killing
All before she had even become an anarchist. She was not radicalized until she was sent to prison
  • ...Because they are much smaller than previous types of satellites, Microsatellites can be placed in orbits much closer to Earth. Because they are closer, the area from which they can receive signals and to which they can send them is much smaller, in the opposite way to a goalie protecting more of a soccer goal with the same reach, the further out from the goal he is, or the same way as a torch/flashlight shines its light on a smaller area the closer to a a reflective surface it comes. Despite the fact that this requires many microsatellites to be launched at the same time, to cover the same area, it is still cheaper to launch and maintain the 'constellations' of satellites, as their formations are called, and they cover their assigned areas faster
archive
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