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1.5K13EnvironmentEnrique Peñalosa (running Sunday to be President of Colombia) talks to Tasmanian Times
Ed: TT first published this interview on March 25, 2011. We are republishing it today because Enrique Peñalosa is running this Sunday...
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9114Environment
The Nature of Death
The last time I stood waiting to board the ferry to Maria Island, I was next to my best friend Leon. Two...
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6713International
Muffled Voices
In 1914 – long before television, the internet and the 24 hour news cycle – Uruguayan writer José Enrique Rodó published an...
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68310National
On the Abolition of All Political Parties
Earlier this year, Black Inc. published an English translation of Simone Weil’s 1943 tract, On the Abolition of All Political Parties. Translated...
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1.5K3International
The Power of Word
Picture: Mauricio and James in San Salvador After getting somewhat lost in the run-down outskirts of El Salvador´s capital, San Salvador, we...
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650History
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez dies aged 58
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has died, his vice-president has announced. Mr Chavez had not appeared in public since he returned to Venezuela...
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1.8K3History
Brighton´s Open Hand
Taken from Island 130 (out now, here) with Island´s permission. See what´s happening with Island The way we were … John Glover’s...
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719Economy
Foreign aid: moral imperative and national interest
The federal budget announcement brought to boil a long-simmering epiphany: if we rely on governments to redistribute wealth internationally, it will never...
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853History
Austral Reflections
In 1834, ten convicts stole the Frederick, the last ship to be built at the notorious prison at Sarah Island, on Tasmania’s...
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9327Media
Tassie Times awarded commendation from PIA
James Dryburgh collects the award from HCC’s Helen Burnet On Thursday night Tasmanian Times was awarded a commendation by the Tasmanian Division...
