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Tag Archives: Karl Marx
Are we all Britain haters now?
Here in the UK, the Daily Mail has got itself a lot of publicity for printing an article last Saturday entitled “Man Who Hated Britain”. The article was about the late father of Ed Milliband, who is the current leader … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Civilisation, Climate Science, Denial, Environment, Growthmania, Politics, Religion
Tagged Daily Mail, Ed Milliband, Karl Marx, Ralph Milliband, Writing on the wall
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Stop climate chaos within the UK government
Jesus of Nazareth once said, “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall…” If so, the next UK government is likely to be (at least led by) the Labour Party. OMG – … Continue reading
Growthmania – a status update
In The Road to Hell (1989), Chris Rea questioned where our growth-obsessed country – with its often over-congested and gridlocked road network was headed. If he were writing this song today, I feel confident he would incorporate into it questions … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Climate Science, Environment, Growthmania, Money Fetishism, Politics, Scepticism
Tagged Karl Marx, The Road to Hell
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The ecological challenge for Socialism
A Review of ‘Socialism’ by Mary Mellor, in Dobson, A. and Eckersley, R. (2006), Political Theory and the Ecological Challenge (pp.35-50), Cambridge: CUP. In the first two chapters of Political Theory and the Ecological Challenge, the contributing authors, Roger Scruton … Continue reading
The ecological challenge for Liberalism
A Review of ‘Liberalism’ by Marcel Wissenburg, in Dobson, A. and Eckersley, R. (2006), Political Theory and the Ecological Challenge (pp.20-34), Cambridge: CUP. In the opening chapters of Political Theory and the Ecological Challenge, the contributing authors attempt to demonstrate … Continue reading
Can modernisation be “ecological”? – Part 2
What is the problem with Modernity? The problem is that the accumulation of personal wealth has become the sole objective of many people in modern society; and perpetual growth is posited as a means whereby even the poorest might achieve … Continue reading
The Ark of the Covenant and the Temple of Dagon
I firmly believe that you do not need to be an adherent to any faith to find value in religious texts; and this is one of my favourite historical stories from the Old Testament: It tells of the Philistines (i.e. … Continue reading
Posted in Civilisation, Climate Science, Consumerism, Environment, Growthmania, Limits to Growth, Money Fetishism, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Scepticism
Tagged Herman Daly, Karl Marx
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