Flourishing in a Not-For-Profit World by 2050
September 16, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Imagine waking up in a world where you feel good about going to work, no matter the nature of your job
John Gray, David Hawkes and the Myth of Progress
September 15, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Meliorism "is the view that the world is neither completely good nor completely bad, and that incremental progress or regress depend on human actions." This view holds that "By creative intelligence and education we can improve the environment and social conditions."
From Hiroshima to Syria, the enemy whose name we dare not speak
September 14, 2013 4:40 pm Leave your thoughts
John Pilger writes that regardless of diplomatic attempts to delay an attack on Syria, the US objective has nothing to do with chemical weapons and everything to do with wiping out the last independent states in the Middle East.
The American Legislative Exchange Council
September 12, 2013 11:02 pm Leave your thoughts
"The sovereign integrity of the nation state, opposition to European federalism and a renewed respect for true subsidiarity," is the fifth of the 10 principles set out in the Prague Declaration, the constituent declaration of the European Conservatives and Reformists
Obama’s rogue state tramples over every law it demands others uphold
September 12, 2013 8:59 pm Leave your thoughts
For 67 years the US has pursued its own interests at the expense of global justice - no wonder people are sceptical now, writes George Monbiot.
Socialism: an unarticulated reality
September 11, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Cumbria Unison convenor Paul Lloyd argues that whereas Socialism may have lost its voice in the political arena, it is still present in our daily life
Currently Mistaken Ideas in Western Economics and Their Suggested Corrections (preferably soon) Part 2
September 9, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Economist George Tait Edwards straightens out some of the economic myths taught at Western universities (Part 2 of 2)
Currently Mistaken Ideas in Western Economics and Their Suggested Corrections (preferably soon) Part 1
September 8, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts Economist George Tait Edwards straightens out some of the economic myths taught at Western universities (Part 1 of 2)
Elections in Norway
September 7, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Patrizia Bertini speaks with Norwegian Labour Party politician Rudolph Brynn about the general election next week
The Lake District is a wildlife desert. Blame Wordsworth
September 4, 2013 7:47 pm Leave your thoughts I revere Wordsworth the poet, but not his view of farming as a benign force. The Lakes fells don't need world heritage status - just fewer sheep, writes George Monbiot.