<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Casper ter Kuile]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://caspertk.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[caspertk]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://caspertk.wordpress.com/author/cterkuile/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Link Loving 10.02.11]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<ul>
<li>A year at war &#8211; the story of three soldiers in Afghanistan, by <a href="http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/a-year-at-war-updates-on-soldiers/?nl=todaysheadlines&amp;emc=thab1">Catrin Einhorn</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2011/0204/Was-Ronald-Reagan-a-good-president">Peter Grier</a> asks whether Reagan was a good President.</li>
<li><a href="http://breakthrougheurope.org/blog/2011/02/europe_in_crisis_part_i_the_ag.shtml">Jereme Roos</a> warns us that Europe is in crisis. How can we break through?</li>
<li>The first half of this piece on the <a href="http://ht.ly/3R0gh">Today Programme</a> is wonderful. &#8216;It was the young people that created the revolution. We didn&#8217;t help them at first &#8211; we were too scared, but now we are all part of it&#8217;.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/paulmason/2011/02/twenty_reasons_why_its_kicking.html">Paul Mason </a>has twenty reasons why protests are kicking off all around the world. Spot on.</li>
<li>Proof that the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12375646">human body</a> is capable of just about anything.</li>
<li><a href="http://33revolutionsperminute.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/lets-talk-about-class/">Dorian Lynskey</a> ponders on the poshification of pop music, and looks at the relationship between privilege and protest music.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/opinion/06friedman.html?_r=1&amp;nl=todaysheadlines&amp;emc=tha212">Thomas Friedman</a> finds three things changing the Middle East; China, 20-year olds, and Twitter.</li>
<li><a href="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/today/today_20110208-1014a.mp3">The Today Programme</a> reveals some of the logistical things to think about in a changing climate. Like the idea of phone networks going down&#8230;</li>
<li><a href="http://www.globaldashboard.org/2011/02/05/how-much-does-inequality-matter-to-poverty-reduction/">Andy Summer </a>on why inequality matters for poverty reducation, and how it&#8217;s come back on to the global agenda.</li>
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