Like a tonne of bricks: violence in Northern Ireland
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The Economist
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🗓️ 9 April 2021
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The ostensible reason for continuing clashes relates to a well-attended funeral. But the terms of Brexit have raised tempers, inflaming centuries-old tensions; we ask what might calm them. Alexei Navalny’s condition is worsening in prison: does it really serve the Kremlin’s interests to let him perish? And “poetry slams” are a welcome release in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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| 0:36.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. |
| 0:39.0 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 0:41.0 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:50.0 | Russia's leaders seemingly thought that locking up returned opposition figure |
| 0:54.0 | Alexei Navalny in a notoriously brutal prison would put him out of sight and out of mind. |
| 0:59.0 | More than a week into his hunger strike, he's proving them very wrong. |
| 1:05.0 | And the spoken word performance art known as Slam Poetry has come a long way from its beginnings in 1980s Chicago. |
| 1:12.0 | Now, it gives a window into and some release from the violence and fraud politics in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| 1:27.0 | First up, though. |
| 1:34.0 | Attention, attention. This is a big message. |
| 1:37.0 | The grudge deserves immediately a source is going to be used against violent individuals. |
| 1:44.0 | The violence on the streets of Northern Ireland this week is the worst scene in years. |
| 1:50.0 | The unrest has largely come from unionist or loyalist factions, |
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