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	<title>Scottish Socialist Youth &#187; Jack</title>
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		<title>Prohibition has always failed</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/prohibition-has-always-failed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cannabis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every human society since we first evolved has experimented with drugs, pyschoactive substances, and altered states of consciousness.
Many leading psychologists and anthropologists believe that this is a normal part of human life, and experimenting with substances like cannabis or magic mushrooms has actually played a role in the evolution of modern, intelligent humans.
But in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another non-mephedrone related death</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/another-non-mephedrone-related-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in April the Daily Mail asked us: &#8220;Meow Meow: Is Carmen, 17, the latest victim?&#8221;
Shock answer: no.
Carmen Marie Moulton from Penrith died in April just after the government imposed a ban on mephedrone, due to media scare stories with no scientific basis. These stories, as we all now know, revolved around picking up on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clegg: Lies, then gets in trouble for telling the truth!</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/clegg-lies-then-gets-in-trouble-for-telling-the-truth/</link>
		<comments>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/clegg-lies-then-gets-in-trouble-for-telling-the-truth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Con Dem coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ssy.org.uk/?p=3369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More evidence, as if it was needed, that Nick Clegg is a giant walking sack of shit with a ministerial car: yesterday at Prime Minister&#8217;s questions he said the government was going to close Yarl&#8217;s Wood, a hellhole private prison for asylum seekers who have done nothing wrong.
But, a bit like when the Lib Dems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English youth face torture in private prisons</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/english-youth-face-torture-in-private-prisons/</link>
		<comments>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/english-youth-face-torture-in-private-prisons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[prisons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a five year battle, campaigners in England have managed to uncover a shocking manual demonstrating that serious physical abuse of vulnerable young people is officially sanctioned in privately run detention centres for young people.
Secure Training Centres (STCs) are units designed to house young (17 and under) offenders who have been sentenced to custody or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homophobes who are actually gay</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/homophobes-who-are-actually-gay/</link>
		<comments>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/homophobes-who-are-actually-gay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[homophobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lgbt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prejudice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ssy.org.uk/?p=3315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered what motivates people who are rampant homophobes? What lies behind the desperate attempts of some people to prove their heterosexuality by denying freedom to others based on their sexual orientation?
It&#8217;s actually supported by scientific evidence that a major cause of homophobia is the desire to repress unacknowledged or unwanted homosexual feelings. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Buju Banton comes out of the closet</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/buju-banton-comes-out-of-the-closet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[homophobia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Not really, but who needs to tell the truth when you can make funny  videos!
Buju Banton is one of the biggest names in dancehall music. He&#8217;s been making records for over 20 years, some of his undeniably great music has made him one of the biggest stars in Jamaica, and regarded by many as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would you rather be hung or shot?</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/would-you-rather-be-hung-or-shot/</link>
		<comments>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/would-you-rather-be-hung-or-shot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[austerity britain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Kids! Guess how cool and funky the ConDem government can be?! They&#8217;re going to ask YOU on Facebook about what you think should get cut from our public services! Neat, huh?
Do you often think about how your local leisure centre is a waste of money? How about all those lazy disabled people that need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Negative solidarity and &#8220;gold plated pensions&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/negative-solidarity-and-gold-plated-pensions/</link>
		<comments>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/negative-solidarity-and-gold-plated-pensions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ssy.org.uk/?p=3141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pensions might seem an odd topic to write about on the Scottish Socialist Youth blog. It&#8217;s surely decades until SSY members&#8217; need to start worrying about retirement, right?
But the fact is, if the UK government have their way, we&#8217;ll suffer when we&#8217;re older in a way that hasn&#8217;t really been seen since the establishment of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Striking at the World Cup</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/striking-at-the-world-cup/</link>
		<comments>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/striking-at-the-world-cup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[workers' rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leftfield has already reported how the World Cup, far from being an economic benefit to South Africa, has in fact been a license for FIFA and international capitalism to loot the country.
Now it looks as if the full force of the law might be used to keep the electricity supply to fans&#8217; TVs running, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Munching for workers&#8217; rights</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/munching-for-workers-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/munching-for-workers-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ssy.org.uk/?p=3075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Greece continues to face revolt from the working class at the IMF/EU takeover of their country, in the northern city of Thessaloniki, restaurant workers have decided to take things a step further at their work.
The workers at the Barthelonika restaurant were told at the start of last month by the owner that he had [...]]]></description>
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