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A new project that has been started in Germany by journalist Aya Velázquez is Wir beobachten zurück, “We’re watching (you) back”. The one being watched back is the Verfassungsschutz, short for Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution – Germany’s domestic intelligence service. (more…)
Arnold Rothstein (image from The Mob Museum)
Arnold Rothstein (image from The Mob Museum)
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Arnold Rothstein is one of the most prominent figures in the history of organized crime in the United States. Born to a Jewish family in New York City in 1882, Rothstein established himself as the kingpin of the Jewish mob in New York City over the course of the first two decades of the twentieth century. (more…)
Ramadan lights near Leicester Square in London, March 2023.
Ramadan lights near Leicester Square in London, March 2023.
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Christ, you know it ain’t easy
So, the union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland staggers through another year of our Lord, although that’s not a much-used phrase just at the moment. (more…)