Daily Archives: May 1, 2006

May Day, Tax Day

Thanks to CBC Radio One host Carmen Klassen of Main Street I was reminded of ‘May Day’, or what Europeans know as ‘International Labour Day’. The first thing that sprung in mind was the question if May 1st is an … Continue reading

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Pramoedya Ananta Toer +

Via Alfons I found out that the Indonesian author and dissident Pramoedya Ananta Toer died at age 81 (BBC article). There’s an interesting article about him on Wikipedia, which links to (what appears to be) the only good source about … Continue reading

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