They point out that Elgin had a permit from the Ottoman occupying forces in Athens to take what he liked from the Acropolis — which, they insist, gave him the right to own and to sell on whatever he removed…..Imagine if the Nazi occupying forces in Paris had granted some gentleman a permit to remove statues from the Louvre. Or if Putin’s men in Mariupol were, today, to grant a visiting antiquities dealer a permit to remove priceless artefacts from a local museum. The very notion that these permits bestow secure property rights over the removed artefacts is an affront to every decent person worldwide.
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swissinfo.ch: FIFA retains low-tax, non-profit status despite billions
For years Andrew Jennings revealed the criminal practices of the FIFA and the Swiss authorities did nothing. He even told them where the incriminating documents were. It was the US Justice Department that finally put […]
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Portugal’s Socialists toast ‘biggest ever’ election win
From Politico The Portugese Socialist Party won an impressive electoral victory following its easing of austerity. Danger lurks, however, as the two far left parties in coalition with the Socialists, crucial in driving anti-neo-liberal policy, […]
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Bill Mitchell: An evolving 6-point plan for British Labour
Bill Mitchell looks back and into the future with regard to UK progressive politics. Read here
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