July 2000 Archives

Europe's Gypsies lobby for nation status

By Phil Gyford on 28 July 2000, 6:28 pm | 0 Comments

For the first time in its thirty year history the International Union Romani is demanding recognition for a non-territorial nation for the Roma people. Links in to the whole demise of the nation state concept. (via Haddock)

The Next 20 Years

By Phil Gyford on 6 July 2000, 10:55 pm | 0 Comments

An annual series of lectures and discussions looking at the the world twenty years hence, taking place in America and London.

Life in 2020

By Phil Gyford on 6 July 2000, 10:52 pm | 9 Comments

A report from a Next Twenty Years discussion, with Paul Saffo and others imagining what technology will be like in 2020 and how society will cope. (via Matt Jones)

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