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WHEN I SEE ALL THESE GRADUATION STATUS UPDATES

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:09:17 +0100

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socialismartnature: Helen Keller with Rabindranath Thakur at a...

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:54:17 +0100

Helen Keller with Rabindranath Thakur at a meeting of the New History Society, c. 1930, U.S.

Helen Keller was a life-long socialist, activist for disability rights, prolific author and orator, and all-around bad-ass.

Rabindranath Thakur (anglicised to Tagore) was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region’s literature and music. He became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. He was a fierce anti-imperialist and an early advocate of Indian independence from British colonialism.

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Note: The New History Society was formed in New York City in 1929 as way of spreading the teachings of the Bahá’í Faith. It was primarily an educational movement, the chief activity of which was international correspondence. The Bahá’í Faith is a monotheistic religion emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind. It was founded by `Abdu’l-Bahá, a Persian man who spent much of his life growing up in Palestine. In the Bahá’í Faith, religious history is seen to have unfolded through a series of divine messengers, each of whom established a religion that was suited to the needs of the time and the capacity of the people. These messengers have included Abrahamic figures as well as Dharmic ones - Krishna, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, and others. Between 1911-13, `Abdu’l-Bahá traveled to Europe and North America to spread his faith. During his talks he proclaimed Bahá’í principles such as the unity of God, unity of the religions, oneness of humanity, equality of women and men, world peace and economic justice. He also insisted that all his meetings be open to all races.

New App Lets You Boycott Koch Brothers, Monsanto And More By Scanning Your Shopping Cart

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:34:10 +0100

New App Lets You Boycott Koch Brothers, Monsanto And More By Scanning Your Shopping Cart:...

caliphorniaqueen: “During the civili rights struggle,...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:13:55 +0100

caliphorniaqueen:

“During the civili rights struggle, Birmingham canceled high school prom for many black teenagers. This weekend, the dance went on for the Class of 1963”

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/19/living/civil-rights-prom/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

quienesesachica: Sorry but where I live, we call this codependency… not love. If you don’t work...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:22:02 +0100

quienesesachica: Sorry but where I live, we call this codependency… not love. If you don’t work...

quienesesachica: Y esto es basura… ¿Creen que leer las hace mejores? ¿Neta? Yo conozco mujeres...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:21:16 +0100

quienesesachica: Y esto es basura… ¿Creen que leer las hace mejores? ¿Neta? Yo conozco mujeres...

istilllovehearingeveryrhyme: gifhop: souls of mischief - 93...

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:07:18 +0100

istilllovehearingeveryrhyme:

gifhop:

souls of mischief - 93 ‘til infinity (1993)

Greatest 90s hiphop song. The fucking beat always makes me snap my neck yo!

thinksquad: http://beginnersinvest.about.com/od/college1/qt/coll...

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:47:47 +0100

thinksquad:

http://beginnersinvest.about.com/od/college1/qt/collegegrad.htm

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Sun, 19 May 2013 03:45:50 +0100

murakamistuff: “There are things in this world it is better not...

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:40:17 +0100

murakamistuff:

“There are things in this world it is better not to know about.”

— Haruki Murakami - The Wind Up Bird Chronicle

(submitted by inmylittlecorner)

makingfists: nerdshaveallthefun: gruntledandhinged: ALL of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:18:02 +0100

makingfists:

nerdshaveallthefun:

gruntledandhinged:

ALL of this. Encourage people to try new words, to mess them up, to experiment with vocabulary, to learn complicated adjectives and verbs and nouns, because words are fun.

Also, don’t be a jerk.

AMEN SISTAH. PREACh

Thank you.

"[The rate that student debtors will have to pay on their loans] is nine times higher than the rate..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:55:18 +0100

“[The rate that student debtors will have to pay on their loans] is nine times higher than the...

youaintpunk: The riots also offered a glimpse into how...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:53:03 +0100

youaintpunk:

The riots also offered a glimpse into how photographs can be used out of context:

‘Sir: In last week’s article about the poll-tax riot in Trafalgar Square (‘THE MOB’S BRIEF RULE’, 7 April) there is a large photograph labelled ‘A West End shopper argues with a protester’. The woman in the photograph is me, and I thought you might like to know the true story behind the picture.

I was on my way to the theatre, with my husband. As we walked down Regent Street at about 6.30pm, the windows were intact and there was a large, cheerful, noisy group of poll-tax protesters walking up from Piccadilly Circus. We saw ordinary uniformed police walking alongside, on the pavement, keeping a low profile. The atmosphere was changed dramatically in moments when a fast-walking, threatening group of riot-squad police appeared.

We walked on to the top of Haymarket, where the atmosphere was more tense and more protesters were streaming up Haymarket from the Trafalgar Square end. Suddenly a group of mounted police charged at full gallop into the rear of the group of protesters, scattering them, passers-by and us and creating panic. People screamed and some fell. Next to me and my husband another group of riot-squad appeared, in a most intimidating manner.

The next thing that happened is what horrified me most. Four of the riot-squad police grabbed a young girl of 18 or 19 for no reason and forced her in a brutal manner on to the crowd-control railings, with her throat across the top of the railings. Her young male companion was frantically trying to reach her and was being held back by one riot-squad policeman. In your photograph I was urging the boy to calm down or he might be arrested; he was telling me that the person being held down across the railings was his girlfriend.

My husband remonstrated with the riot-squad policeman holding the boy, and I shouted at the four riot-squad men to let the girl go as they were obviously hurting her. To my surprise, they did let her go – it was almost as if they did not know what they were doing.

The riot-squad policemen involved in this incident were not wearing any form of identification. Their epaulettes were unbuttoned and flapping loose; I lifted them on two men and neither had any numbers on. There was a sergeant with them, who was numbered and my husband asked why his men wore no identifying numbers. The sergeant replied that it did not matter as he knew who the men were. We are a middle-aged suburban couple who now feel more intimidated by the Metropolitan police than by a mob. If we feel so angry, how on earth did the young hot-heads at the rally feel?’

Mrs R.A. Sare, Northwood, Middlessex Source

emergentfutures: Major retailers refuse to sign Bangladesh...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:50:07 +0100

emergentfutures:

Major retailers refuse to sign Bangladesh agreement

Some of Australia’s biggest retailers have refused to sign an international agreement to improve fire safety and working conditions in Bangladesh after the country’s worst industrial accident.

Woolworths, Kmart and Target - that all have factories operating out of Bangladesh - have declined to sign the legally binding agreement, which aims to compel retailers operating in Bangladesh to improve conditions and pay for factory repairs and fire safety.

Full Story: The Age

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Sun, 19 May 2013 02:36:14 +0100

There is a neighbor down the hall that I try to avoid constantly. He always asks for favors as I...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:35:26 +0100

There is a neighbor down the hall that I try to avoid constantly. He always asks for favors as I...

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Sun, 19 May 2013 02:17:03 +0100

"[F]or the first several years the SAT was offered, males scored higher than females on the Math..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:15:31 +0100

“[F]or the first several years the SAT was offered, males scored higher than females on the...

soulbrotherv2: Great sale of slaves, January 10, 1855.

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:03:38 +0100

soulbrotherv2:

Great sale of slaves, January 10, 1855.

emergentfutures: The Future Of Technology: What You Can Expect...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:02:29 +0100

emergentfutures:

The Future Of Technology: What You Can Expect In The Next 50 Years

Paul Higgins: A bit ridiculous but interesting to look at and think about

Full Story: SimplyZesty