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Fri, 28/11/2025 - 23:08

‘Make no mistake: this is just the beginning.’ That is what we said after our election victory in Islington North last year — and we meant it. A month after the election, we held our first ‘People’s Forum’. The idea behind Islington’s People’s Forums is simple yet powerful: to create a shared space where everyone’s […]

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Fri, 28/11/2025 - 20:00

In early March, Israel reinforced its blockade of Gaza, preventing the entry of even the limited amount of food aid distributed by the UN and multinational NGOs during the previous weeks of the ceasefire. With these agencies still facing severe restrictions, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) then initiated operations in late May, having recently registered […]

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Thu, 27/11/2025 - 22:30

The starting point for any discussion about a united left should be to foreground why we want unity. The reason is this: we need to block the formation of a government of the radical right in Britain, and we need to create a government that can defend its people against austerity and profiteering, the worsening […]

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Thu, 27/11/2025 - 13:10
Last Friday, I met a journalist in Tokyo and we discussed among other things, the results of the latest Nikkei/JCER ‘Economics Panel’, which was conducted between November 13 and November 18, 2025. The panel involves “questionnaires” being “sent to approximately 50 economists to gather their evaluations of various economic policies. The aim is to promote…
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Thu, 27/11/2025 - 05:00

(With apologies to Tim O’Brien)

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Mike carried Eggo waffles for a girl named Eleven. They were not love waffles, but Mike Sheets was hoping, so he carried the box of Eggos down the stairs to the basement. During science class at Hawkins Middle School or trick-or-treating with his friends, he’d imagine dancing with Eleven at the annual Snow Ball. He’d imagine following her to the Hawkins Laboratory, where she would crush the skulls of bad men with her thoughts. In the evening, when his mother told him that it was time for bed, Mike left Eggos in the pillow fort and went to his bedroom, wondering whether Eleven was thought-crushing the skulls of bad men without him.

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Thu, 27/11/2025 - 01:09

The following is a guest post from DrupalCon Vienna Marketing Committee.

When the Drupal community gathers, something extraordinary happens.

From 14 to 17 October 2025, nearly a thousand people came together at the Austria Center Vienna, Austria to celebrate open source, exchange ideas, and contribute to the future of Drupal.

DrupalCon Vienna 2025 was not only a conference, it was a living example of collaboration, diversity, and innovation in action.

A Community in Numbers

This year’s event welcomed 935 registered participants, with an impressive 96.04% check-in rate.

Interest in DrupalCon Vienna built steadily through the year, with the highest number of registrations coming in June (307) and September (236).