A few reflections on how the fall of Kabul might be avoided

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Reflections and observations from William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation

China's atrocious treatment of the Uighurs and its behaviour over Hong Kong demands a response. Governments do nothing but we can take action. We could start by boycotting Chinese goods. Not easy. Amazon fails to put countries of origin on the goods it markets. A little campaign to force Amazon to do so would do no harm - and for those environmentally inclined would enable us to buy goods without so many air miles (should Amazon comply). One way to twist Amazon's arm would be to buy our books elsewhere. Here are a few alternative platforms:

Alternatives to Amazon

U.K.

Bookshop – supporting local bookshops

https://uk.bookshop.org/

Hive – books, eBooks

https://www.hive.co.uk/

Biblio: rare, special, and used books

https://biblio.co.uk/ 

Alibris – books, textbooks, movies, music

https://www.alibris.co.uk/ 

Big Green Bookshop

http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/

Eurospan Bookstore

https://www.eurospanbookstore.com/

AbeBooks.co.uk

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/ 

U.S.

Bookshop – supporting local bookshops

https://bookshop.org/

Biblio: rare, special, and used books

https://www.biblio.com/

Alibris – books, textbooks, movies, music

https://www.alibris.com/

Indie Bound – independent bookshops in U.S.

https://www.indiebound.org/

Thrift Books – second hand books

https://www.thriftbooks.com/

Book Outlet

https://bookoutlet.com/

Audiobooks through local bookstores:

https://libro.fm/

Overdrive – audiobooks through your local library 

https://www.overdrive.com/

Hoopla – borrow movies, eBooks, music with your library card

https://www.hoopladigital.com/

Anglo-American

World of Books

https://www.worldofbooks.com/ 

European

Eurospan Bookstore

https://www.eurospanbookstore.com/

Fnac – books, CDs, DVDs, films, electronics, homeware

https://www.fnac.com/

French

*Fnac – books, CDs, DVDs, films, electronics, homeware

https://www.fnac.com/

Recyclivre – secondhand books

https://www.recyclivre.com/shop/

Label Emmaus – secondhand books and other items

https://www.label-emmaus.co/fr/

La Librarie – books from local bookshops

https://www.lalibrairie.com/

Place des Libraries – books from local bookshops

https://www.placedeslibraires.fr/

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Reflections and observations from William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation

The Killing of dissident Hanan al Barrassi marks a new point of misery for Benghazi - and is perhaps one of the most disgraceful acts yet committed in this unpleasant ongoing war

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Reflections and observations from William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation

President elect Joe Biden Jnr is a very different kettle of fish to President Trump. But what will his Foreign Policy be like?

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Reflections and observations from William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation

How will things be for the State of Palestine now that Biden is US President?

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Reflections and observations from William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation

The recording - slightly edited - of the Next Century Foundation's "Balck Lives Matter" discussion.

Participants include:

• Mr Paul Gutteridge, National Director, Initiatives of Change United Kingdom and Honorary Fellow, Edward Cadbury Centre, University of Birmingham; and 
• The Reverend Larry Wright, Board Member of the Next Century Foundation
• Mr Kenneth Munson, currently heading Community Care, Wisconsin; formerly director of the Fire and Police Commission, assistant city attorney and assistant district attorney in the city of Milwaukee.
• Mr Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy and Law, New York University (NYU), USA.
• Ms Dhouha Djerbi and she will talk about BLM within the French context, from “l’affaire Adama” (France’s George Floyd) to French police behaviour in economically disadvantaged areas. 

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Reflections and observations from William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation

Lebanon has a new premier - but it is the old premier - what comes around goes around in Lebanon today. Meanwhile France, The United States and Iran are all doing there level best, by default, to reinforce the existing corrupt and politically decadent, clientalist system. Nobody seems to want to endorse any real reform.

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Reflections and observations from William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation

A discussion with Ayatollah Safavi, the Head of the Safavid Order of Sufi Islam, on the Sufi attitude to Death. A timely issue in this time of world crisis. The recitation thirty minutes in is a repetition of the word "Life", This discussion was informally hosted by the Religious Affairs Advisory Council

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Reflections and observations from William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation

Sir Keir Starmer's recent betrayal of Kashmir is, in emotional terms at least, as seminal an event as Donald Trump's betrayal of the Kurds. And yet the British Mirpuri diaspora are so complacent that they don't seem to even care https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/5/6/starmer-changes-corbyns-kashmir-stand-as-he-woos-british-indians

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Reflections and observations from William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation

This is the first episode I have put up in a while. And it is on an edgy subject so skip it if you like. There will be others that may be much better. This is just to get a few issues off my chest following my mother's recent death.

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Reflections and observations from William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation