Category: Group – Discussion Group
Social Media Newsfeeds: Is it News or Opinion; Rumour or Gossip?
On 26th April, the last Friday of the month, the Discussion Group had its monthly meeting. It was a good and interesting discussion worth posting for U3A Javea members The discussion leader, usually the one who suggested the topic, sent the group members some relevant links for reading before the meeting. Increasingly, people around the…
Israeli-Hamas conflict: are we witnessing genocide?
Because of the holidays, the Discussion group meeting was held on the 22nd of March at the same place and time but a week earlier than usual. Despite the change of date, the meeting was attended very actively. The preliminary information was very short “We are not going to ‘solve’ the Palestinian war, or anything…
Israeli-Hamas conflict: are we witnessing genocide?
We will have our monthly discussion meeting on Friday 22nd of March, not the usual last Friday of the month because of the coming fiestas. This time we will talk about the situation in Gaza and Israel’s war with Hamas, a hot topic at the present. Talk is not a discussion, it is an informal…
Democracy – what is it?
In the last discussion meeting held on the 23rd of February, we started with the questions on what type of format for our discussion group is preferred by the members. The majority wanted it to have an agenda and some structure but not very formal, preferring an exchange of opinions, with a possibility to learn…
How do we foresee the elections in Europe, the UK and the USA impacting our lives?
The first discussion group meeting in 2024 took place as usual on the last Friday of the month, the 26th of January. We chose a topic which will be “hot” all year round. 2024 is not just an election year. It’s perhaps the election year. Globally, more voters than ever in history will head to the polls as…
If protectionism is not a good solution to migration then what is?
On the last Friday of November, the Discussion Group had its last meeting of the 2023 year. The topic is hot and relevant and our meeting was well attended. We talked about what is protectionism and how it works. A short definition – protectionism is a term used to describe the set of policies restricting…