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I am excited to see the publication of advance articles in Samuel Beckett Today from a special edition based on a symposium about Samuel Beckett in Central Europe https://brill.com/view/journals/sbt/aop/issue.xml

I wrote about 'The Legal Dramas of Samuel Beckett: Copyright Law and Human Rights in the European Union'

https://brill.com/view/journals/sbt/aop/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00006/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00006.xml

Alexander Hartley wrote a piece about copyright from a different angle, 'Is Beckett’s Drama ‘Stopped’? Accounting for the Aesthetics of Theatrical Copyright' https://brill.com/view/journals/sbt/aop/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00005/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00005.xml

Anita Rákóczy has written about Károly Kazimir’s Opening Speech before the Hungarian Premiere of Waiting for Godot (1965) https://brill.com/view/journals/sbt/aop/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00007/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00007.xml

I look forward to seeing the final versions of some of the other contributions to the collection.

#copyright #EUlaw #EUpol #theatre #performance #drama #Ireland #SamuelBeckett

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Going to protests works

Contacting your representatives works 📬

Building alternative platforms works

Creating supportive networks works

Advocating on social media works 🗣️

Stop telling people their action doesn't work, and pick one that works for you.

We need all of this and more to win.
Learn to fight together 💚

#HumanRights #Democracy #Protest #NoKings #USpol #UKpol #EUpol #CanPoli

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I know there's a general "cause fatigue" with the current state of the world, and I feel it too.

But in my years working in privacy,
I don't think I've seen anything as terrifying as this European Chat Control proposal. And I'm not even European.

Everyone needs to pay
much more attention and be much more worried and outraged about this.

This proposal is the most dystopian glimpse into a horrible authoritarian future I have seen so far in the West.

It looks dismal, but we can still stop it
if we all work TOGETHER NOW ✊

There isn't much time left though,
so don't put it to next week.

Democracy dies in silence.

Everyone: Learn more here
Everyone: Spread the word on social media
Europeans 🇪🇺 Contact your local media NOW
Europeans 🇪🇺 Contact your MEPs NOW

The final vote is on October 14th,
but media and representatives need to receive your messages NOW, so they have enough time to act on it.

#ChatControl #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #StopScanningMe #EUpol #UKpol #USpol #CanPoli

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A useful #WTFistheCouncil reminder I usually have to skip due to character limits or not wanting to scare off normies too much. It's not just our national governments who'd prefer to keep us ignorant about how the #EU works (though they're the biggest culprit), journalists, lobbyists, and a lot of MEPs benefit from it as well.

https://davekeating.substack.com/p/europeans-should-be-more-like-americans

#EuropeanUnion #UE #Europe #EUpol #europolitics #europol

It is in many peoples’ interest in Europe to keep the public ignorant of how EU law is made, from national politicians who like to convince citizens EU laws are being forced upon them to Brussels-based lobbyists and journalists who insist the EU is so complicated that you need to pay them big bucks to translate it for you. And part of the reason the EU Parliament virtually ignores the Council in its visitor center is because it is in a constant institutional power battle to big up its own importance. MEPs like it when the public mistakenly thinks the parliament’s version of a bill means it’s just become law.

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Happy #EuropeDay from Brussels! Today marks 75 years since #Europe's Nations chose peaceful cooperation over war. On Europe Day I wanted to share a personal anecdote about that cooperation.

⬇️🧵

#EUpol

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For Europeans in Europe who want to take a step away from big tech domination, here's a quick petition...
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

#gaming #gamer #retoot #stopkillinggames #eupol #europe #europeans #europeanunion #europeancommission #Francais #Deutsch #Polski #Polszczyzna #Svenska #Nederlands #Español #euro #eurozone

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An extremely welcome initiative from the 🇪🇺 #eu:

🔋Phone Batteries must retain 80% capacity after 800 cycles.

📱Phone makers must provide 5 years of updates,

🪛 are banned from discriminating against repair shops,

🔧 and must provide parts for 7 years after EOL

#EUpol #sustainability #tech #smartphones #CircularEconomy

https://www.androidpolice.com/eu-new-rules-will-shake-up-android-update-policies/

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"I just want to stop the killing”

That is a sentence, Trump has repeated again and again throughout 2025. But is it true?

Watch my latest analysis of the #Ukraine peace deal that failed, and find out Trump's real reason for helping Vladimir Putin:

https://youtu.be/aWRM2LLd-t8

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#uspol #eupol

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Orban intenta destruir todo lo que Ferenc Kőszeg, que de niño sobrevivió a los nazis escondiéndose en los sótanos de Budapest y fue represaliado por el régimen comunista por liderar la oposición clandestina, luchó toda su vida por construir. Orban destruyó el Estado de derecho y casi todos los medios libres (con la complicidad de nuestros gobiernos y sobre todo del PPE). Pero no ha doblegado a Ferenc Kőszeg.

#Hungría #Budapest #BudapestPride #KőszegFerenc #Europa #UE #Orban #EUpol #Orgullo