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Cécile Rol-Tanguy obituary

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One of the great figures of the French resistance

Cécile Rol-Tanguy, who has died aged 101, was one of the great figures of the French resistance. She came from a communist family and worked in tandem with her husband, Henri Rol-Tanguy, who led the irregular French forces in the Paris insurrection of August 1944. Long in his shadow, she came into her own as a veteran and voice of the resistance in the years after his death in 2002.

Her father, François Le Bihan, a Breton who had worked in Les Halles market in Paris, joined the navy, trained as a radio electrician and met his wife, Germaine Jaganet, while based at Royan in the south-west of France at the end of the first world war. Returning to Paris, he joined the French Communist party (PCF) as soon as it was founded in 1920.

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In the Shadows of Men:Rule is: Protection of Society — NadiaHarhash

RULE IS PROTECTION OF SOCIETY The fundamental rule is the protection of the society. I have to adhere to this and repeat it. “You ask questions you don’t need to ask, my dear.” The teacher stares at me with a friendly look, and continues. “Stop it. Calm down and let us finish this lesson.”…

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“People Ain’t Gonna Come to Work if They Don’t Feel Safe” — Working-Class Perspectives

If you live in Iowa, you get to see a little bit of how the sausage is made, so to speak, especially if it’s pork. It’s a common occurrence to see long semi-truck trailers on the highways, with round pink hog noses poking out through the metal slots, three levels of about 175 hogs. You […]

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Water or Rock… an internal astounding realization of nature… my nature عندما صرت صخرة

English Follows . لطالما حاولت ان أجد ذلك الرابط الذي يصلني بطبيعتي والطبيعة. شعور غريب، قد يكون كذلك شعور مفتعل بوجوب هكذا رابط. بكل الاحوال كنت …

Water or Rock… an internal astounding realization of nature… my nature عندما صرت صخرة

CEOs were asked to remove masks before meeting with Mike Pence in Iowa.

Source: CEOs were asked to remove masks before meeting with Mike Pence in Iowa.

Pence didn’t wear a mask during his events in Iowa that were intended to encourage economies to start returning to normal. But throughout the day there were clear signs that everything continued to be far from normal. Before the event in which the executives were asked to remove their masks, staffers wearing gloves and masks took the temperature of people who entered the building. And even though members of the audience did appear to be staying apart from each other, video showed that few were actually wearing masks.

The events of Friday illustrate just how the question of whether to wear a mask or not has become a political statement across the United States. Even as health care officials encourage people to wear masks, those who think that the coronavirus threat is overblown are getting clear signals from some of the country’s leaders, including President Donald Trump, that it’s OK not to wear one. That tension has even led to violence in a few places as people who refuse to wear masks have confronted employees at stores that demand everyone put one on. Ultimately, “the president is not just failing to model good behavior,” writes Mackey, “he is actively discouraging it.” As of Sunday afternoon, the coronavirus had killed almost 80,000 people across the United States.

Smart suit, brushed hair. It was just the speech that was a total mess | John Crace

God save Britain, cause PM cannot

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Boris Johnson’s vague coronavirus address divides nations and spreads confusion

Stay alert. Watch out. There’s a Boris about. All his life Boris Johnson has fantasised about being the next Winston Churchill, the nation’s saviour. But 75 years after Churchill declared the end of the second world war in Europe, all Boris could manage to do in his pre-recorded television statement – his minders don’t trust him to do anything live – was divide the United Kingdom. The Scots, the Welsh and the Northern Irish had all managed to distance themselves from the prime minister’s central message even before it had been broadcast. Forget the Churchill tribute act; these days Boris couldn’t even get a job as a Boris Johnson tribute act.

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South Korea scrambles to contain new coronavirus outbreak threatening Seoul, East Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

Source: South Korea scrambles to contain new coronavirus outbreak threatening Seoul, East Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

Most of the new cases were linked to an outbreak at several Seoul nightclubs and bars. Authorities had tested 4,000 people who had patronised the night spots, but were still trying to track down around 3,000 more.

“Our top priority is to minimise the spread of the infections in the greater Seoul area,” Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun told a meeting with government officials on Monday.

Chung called for local governments to mobilise as many personnel as available and work with police to track down the missing patrons, some of whom authorities suspect of intentionally avoiding being tested.