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A Urinal In A Scottish Pub Reveals Why Toilets Matter In International Politics

August 19, 2019 Rhys Crilley and Robert A Saunders, Intrepidreport.com , , ,
If you wanted to see international politics in action, where would you go? Maybe the UN headquarters in New York to see diplomats debating resolutions of global import? Or drop in on one of the world’s many financial hubs, where trading shapes international markets and determines the success or failure of nations. But you probably wouldn’t visit a toilet in a Glasgow pub, would you? Our research analyses the political significance of the urinal in the Lismore—a traditional Scottish pub in the Partick area of Glasgow—and argues that mundane spaces like this are important for understanding contemporary international politics.

South Africa Toilet Protest

June 26, 2014 BBC, www.bbc.com , , , ,
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters who bared their rears during a protest over a lack of proper toilets in South Africa. Hundreds of residents barricaded a major road in Soweto protesting against bucket toilets. During the apartheid era, residents in black townships were provided with an outside bucket instead of flush toilets like those in houses in white suburbs. Protesters say the "bucket system" should no longer exist. In years following the end of white minority rule in South Africa in 1994, a government programme had aimed to replace the bucket system in informal settlements by 2007. The BBC's Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg says while protests about the lack of basic amenities are common in South Africa, this is a rare show of displeasure.

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