#London school of economics

[bekahcathcart]

Should DCRs be legalised in Scotland?

Hi everyone, I am currently completing my master's in Public Policy and was hoping to ask anyone who is Scottish or a resident (lived here for 3+ years) to fill out my 3-question survey on the introduction of Drug Consumption Rooms in Scotland. Currently struggling for numbers so would so appreciate it! No prior knowledge is needed and shouldn't take more than 5 mins. Please feel free to share with friends/family, the more the merrier - Thank you so much!

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

(500) Days of Summer (2009, Marc Webb)

02/12/2024

[omg-hellgirl]

While Keith merely seemed like “a Teddy Boy who'd spit in his beer to ensure nobody drank it” and had “no plans to work,” and Brian regarded music as an irreplaceable vocation, Mick talked often of becoming a lawyer or perhaps a journalist, as the LSE graduate Bernard Levin had done with spectacular success.

Philip Norman, Mick Jagger.

[techniche]

The Fabian Society would define itself as a socialist movement, influenced by Karl Marx and the Marxist Social Democratic Federation, and founded England's Labour Party in 1900. The party's constitution was written by Fabian Society leader Sidney Webb and borrowed heavily from the founding documents of the Fabian Society. At the core of the Fabian Society were Sidney and Beatrice Wbb, who would also help co-found the London School of Economics (LSE), with Rothschild funding, to propagate the Fabian Society outlook in 1895, The Fabian Society and thus the labour Party considered themselves proponents of guild socialism. Bertrand Russell, a leading Fabian member, described the Labour Party's approach to guild socialism in his Proposed Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism and Syndicalism as such: 'Anarchism, which avoids the dangers of State Socialism, has dangers and difficulties of its own...Nevertheless it remains an ideal to which we should wish to approach as nearly as possible, and which, in some distant age, we hope may be reached completely.. The system we have advocated is a form of Guild Socialism, leaning more, perhaps, towards Anarchism than the official Guildsman would wholly approve. It is in the matters that politicians usually ignore - science and art, human relations, and the joy of life - that Anarchism is strongest...'

Cynthia Chung (The Empire on Which the Black Sun Never Set: The Birth of International Fascism & Anglo-American Foreign Policy, Chapter 1: For King and Empire: The Birth of International Fascism, pg. 33, 2022)

[forgettfulthings]

Help me by filling out this survey for my dissertation

Hi everyone! I'm an MSc student in International Health Policy at the London School of Economics and am conducting two surveys as part of my master’s dissertation research. The purpose of these surveys are to assess knowledge, awareness, and perceptions of university students in Germany and England towards plasma donation. I would greatly appreciate it if you could spare 10 minutes to complete the survey (linked below). Both surveys are written in English. Any student (undergraduate and postgraduate) who is currently enrolled as a student in a university in Germany or England is eligible to complete this survey. Additionally, it would be greatly appreciated if you could share this survey with any of your friends and colleagues at other German or English universities.

Your participation is voluntary, and you can withdraw from the study at any time. Your responses will be kept anonymous and confidential, and the information collected will only be accessible by me. All data will be used to report aggregated results, no individual responses will be published. Results will be published in my MSc dissertation and data will be deleted after completion of the study. Feel free to message me or email me at a.nandi3@lse.ac.ukwith any questions. Thank you in advance!

For English students: https://lse.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0cTf28Dx2pZoCfs

For German students: https://lse.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0SNSwAxVUpOvBd4

[empirearchives]

Article from the London School of Economics about the effect of Napoleon’s protectionism (Continental System)

Really fascinating excerpt:

“On the eve of the French Revolution in 1789, there were only 900 spinning jennies in France, while Britain boasted 18,000.

During the 10 ­year period of the blockade, cotton production capacity in the new technology quadrupled in France. But development was regionally uneven (see Figure 2). Consistent with increased protection in northern regions of the French Empire, spinning capacity in those regions increased enormously, while firms in areas around the Spanish border went bankrupt.”

The article explains how the northern ports of Europe were the ones that most complied with the continental blockade, whereas the blockade was not successful in Spain due to the Spanish insurgency against Napoleonic rule, which is why their firms went bankrupt.

The author also says that there was enduring impact of the blockade decades later:

“As late as 1850, more than three decades after the end of Napoleonic rule, Belgium and France, two areas of the empire that enjoyed high levels of protection from British trade, had larger cotton industries than other European countries. Most strikingly, the domestic cotton industry was generally small in countries that had been exposed to higher levels of British competition throughout the blockade.”

[importantwomensbirthdays]

Mary Kaldor

Mary Kaldor was born in 1946. Kaldor is a scholar known for pioneering the concepts of new wars and global civil society. She is the author of several books, and is currently Director of the Conflict Research Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Kaldor was also a founding member of European Nuclear Disarmament. In 2003, she was recognized with a CBE for "services to democracy and global governance".

Image source: LSE Library

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PAID A FAIR WAGE TO ENCOURAGE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PRODUCTION

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Parineeti Chopra and Raghav Chadha to speak at London School of Economics

Renowned personalities Parineeti Chopra and Raghav Chadha are set to grace the stage together at the esteemed London School of Economics. Recognized for their accomplishments and expertise, the power couple will be sharing their insights tomorrow at this prestigious panel.

This rare occurrence marks the first time a couple has been jointly invited to speak at such a distinguished panel, highlighting their exceptional qualifications and unique perspective. Both, Parineeti Chopra and Raghav Chadha are loved by the youth and for the insightful conversation they bring together. Raghav Chadha and Parineeti Chopra tied knot on 24th September 2023.

Speaking of the professional front, Parineeti is currently awaiting the release of Chamkila. Directed by Imtiaz Ali and starring Diljit Dosanjh, the film will be streaming on Netflix from April 19 onwards. The film revolves around Amarjot Kaur and Amar Singh Chamkila. While Parineeti Chopra will be essaying the role of Amarjot, Diljit will be seen as Chamkila. Amar Singh Chamkila, his wife Amarjot Kaur along with the members of their musical band were assassinated on March 8, 1988.

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Blacker proffered the hand of friendship directly to the left, inviting the participation in his society's affairs of Haldane, whom he disliked; Hogben, whom he scorned (according to Blacker, Hogben delivered his inaugural lecture as professor of social biology at the London School of Economics while wearing "a pink tie and [with] his hair arranged in such a way that three curls dangled down over his forehead, rather like what you see behind the counters in Selfridges – we were not entirely pleased"); and even Penrose, an outspoken opponent of eugenics, who accepted a lecture invitation with the warning: "You know the risks you are taking."²⁷

27. Osborn to Kenneth L. Ludmerer, Nov. 5, 1970, American Eugenics Society Papers, box 3; Joan Fisher Box, R. A. Fisher: The Life of a Scientist (John Wiley, 1978), pp. 282-84; A. M. Carr-Saunders to Blacker, June 6, 1932; Blacker to J. S. Huxley, Oct. 24, 1930; Penrose to Blacker, July 14, 1948; Eugenics Society Records, files C.56, C.186, C.271. The thirties, Blacker later wrote, was a "bad time for eugenists to assess their values in terms of class." C. P. Blacker, Eugenics, Galton and After (Duckworth, 1952), pp. 140-41.

"In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity" - Daniel J. Kevles

[bekahcathcart]

Should Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs) be Legalised in Scotland?

(TW: Drug Mention)

Hi everyone, I am currently completing my master's in Public Policy and was hoping to ask anyone who is Scottish or a resident (lived here for 3+ years) to fill out my 3-question survey on the introduction of Drug Consumption Rooms in Scotland. Currently struggling for numbers so would so appreciate it! No prior knowledge is needed and shouldn't take more than 5 mins. Please feel free to share with friends/family, the more the merrier - Thank you so much!

[russianreader]

Blessed Are the (Un)Happy

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Maria Pevchikh (@maria_pevchikh) I was at an interview on TV Rain last week. We were supposedly going to discuss the Oscars, but suddenly we touched on what is an important topic, I think — how to behave appropriately during the war and amid everything else that is happening now. I often read comments about how I smile all the time, but there is a…

[blackbrownfamily]

Marcus Garvey Born Day Today 🌴🌎❗

Universal Negro Improvement Association 💯🌍❗

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[faaun]

oh my god ! haha . anyway a bit buzzed perhaps. anyway here's what happened on the date

[floweringpear]

september 21, 2023

royal courts of justice

[downahill]

my mom when im in the right in an argument: did you know that you’re mentally ill and you sound mentally ill and you seem mentally ill and everybody talks about how mentally ill you are?