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• Sergio Onofre Jarpa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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  • Elected to the Senate of Chile in the 1973 election, Jarpa became a diplomat following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, serving as a delegate to the United Nations and before becoming ambassador to Colombia (1976-1978) and then Argentina (1978-1983).^[1] Jarpa was appointed Minister of the Interior in 1983 with special orders to open dialogue with the opposition, which had organised under the name Democratic Alliance. This policy of appeasement was quickly abandoned by Pinochet however.

• United Democratic Front (South Africa) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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  • The United Democratic Front (UDF) was one of the most important anti-apartheid organisations of the 1980s. The non-racial coalition of about 400 civic, church, students', workers' and other organisations (national, regional and local) was formed in 1983, initially to fight the just-introduced idea of the Tricameral Parliament (the parliament was put in place in 1984 with the election of P. W. Botha of the National Party. Its slogan, "UDF Unites, Apartheid Divides" reflects the Front's broad support (about 3 million members).

• US: Refusal to Veto Detainee Bill A Historic Tragedy for Rights | Human Rights Watch

  • US President Barack Obama’s apparent decision to not veto a defense spending bill that codifies indefinite detention without trial into US law and expands the military’s role in holding terrorism suspects does enormous damage to the rule of law both in the US and abroad, Human Rights Watch said today. The Obama administration had threatened to veto the bill, the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), over detainee provisions, but on December 14, 2011, issued a statement indicating the president would likely sign the legislation.

• Xenocentrism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • Xenocentrism is a political neologism, coined as the antonym of ethnocentrism. Xenocentrism is the preference for the products, styles, or ideas of someone else's culture rather than of one's own.^[1] The 18th century primitivism movement in European art and philosophy, and its concept of the noble savage is an example of xenocentrism.

     

• Crab mentality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • Crab mentality, sometimes referred to as crabs in the bucket, describes a way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs. Individually, the crabs could easily escape from the pot, but instead, they grab at each other in a useless "king of the hill" competition (or sabotage) which prevents any from escaping and ensures their collective demise. The analogy in human behavior is that of a group that will attempt to "pull down" (negate or diminish the importance of) any member who achieves success beyond the others, out of envy, conspiracy or competitive feelings.

     

• Tall poppy syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • Tall poppy syndrome (TPS) is a pejorative term primarily used in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other Anglosphere nations to describe a social phenomenon in which people of genuine merit are resented, attacked, cut down, or criticised because their talents or achievements elevate them above or distinguish them from their peers.

• The Dog in the Manger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • The story and metaphor of The Dog in the Manger derives from an old Greek fable which has been transmitted in several different versions. Interpreted variously over the centuries, it is used now of those who spitefully prevent others from having something that they themselves have no use for. Although the story was ascribed to Aesop's Fables in the 15th century, there is no ancient source that does so.

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  • Ten Commandments for Danes

      

  • 1. You must not go to work in Germany and Norway.
     
      2. You shall do a bad job for the Germans.
     
      3. You shall work slowly for the Germans.
     
      4. You shall destroy important machines and tools.
     
      5. You shall destroy everything that may be of benefit to the Germans.
     
      6. You shall delay all transport.
     
      7. You shall boycott German and Italian films and papers.
     
      8. You must not shop at Nazis' stores.
     
      9. You shall treat traitors for what they are worth.
     
      10. You shall protect anyone chased by the Germans.

      

• Jante Law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • The Jante Law (Danish and Norwegian: Janteloven; Swedish: Jantelagen; Finnish: Janten laki; Faroese: Jantulógin) is a pattern of group behaviour towards individuals within Scandinavian communities, which negatively portrays and criticises individual success and achievement as unworthy and inappropriate.

     

• Prevention of Injury (POI)

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• Victoria Police raid The Age offices | ALP Database Investigation

  • Last November, The Age revealed that the Labor Party held the personal details of tens of thousands of Victorians — including sensitive health and financial information — in a database that was being accessed by campaign workers before the state election.

      

    The story revealed the extent of the information being collected about individuals without their knowledge, and the profiling of community members by political parties — including in some cases their voting intentions.

      

    The Age’s editor-in-chief, Paul Ramadge, last month said reporting on the database was demonstrably in the public interest.

      

    "The Age investigated the claims, and reported what it found in the public interest. We stand by the rights of individuals to step forward, as whistleblowers, to call into question how influential bodies work," he said.

      

• Chinese Village Locked in Rebellion Against Authorities - NYTimes.com

  • The conflict in Wukan, a coastal settlement near the country’s booming industrial heartland in Guangdong Province, escalated on Monday after residents learned that one of the representatives they had selected to negotiate with the local Communist Party had died in police custody. The authorities say a heart attack killed the 42-year-old man, but relatives say his body bore signs of torture.

• Inside Wukan: the Chinese village that fought back - Telegraph

  • For the first time on record, the Chinese   Communist party has lost all control, with the population of 20,000 in this   southern fishing village now in open revolt.  

     

     The last of Wukan’s dozen party officials fled on Monday after   thousands of people blocked armed police from retaking the village,   standing firm against tear gas and water cannons.  

     

     Since then, the police have retreated to a roadblock, some three miles away,   in order to prevent food and water from entering, and villagers from   leaving. Wukan’s fishing fleet, its main source of income, has also been   stopped from leaving harbour

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