Day: January 20, 2013

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Governor “Jokowi” Enters Jakarta on a Wooden Horse

by ANDRE VLTCHEK

Could two men, no matter how dedicated and outspoken they are, save the city of 12 million that has for years looked and smelt like a decomposing carcass? Could they reform the savage capitalist system that cannibalized this entire urban area and the rest of the country for decades; could they reprimand all the actors who have not been playing by rules? Could they all of a sudden implement some sort of “capitalism with a human face? Continue reading “Governor “Jokowi” Enters Jakarta on a Wooden Horse”

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Kim Jong-un’s 2013 New Year Address

January 1, Juche 102 (2013)

Dear comrades,
Officers and men of the heroic People’s Army and all the beloved fellow countrymen,

Dear compatriots,
Having seen out the year 2012 characterized by the events that will go down in the history of the nation, we are seeing in the new year 2013 full of high hope and confidence in final victory. Continue reading “Kim Jong-un’s 2013 New Year Address”