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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Trump's Travel Ban Is an Affront To Civilised Values President Trump banning people from certain countries entering the US has robbed millions of people of their individuality. They are no longer separate human beings with their own thoughts, principles, likes, dislikes, fears and hopes. It is treating them all as an amorphous mass of humanity, not worthy of the right to be judged personally by their deeds and words.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017Trump's Travel Ban Is an Affront To Civilised Values President Trump banning people from certain countries entering the US has robbed millions of people of their individuality. They are no longer separate human beings with their own thoughts, principles, likes, dislikes, fears and hopes. It is treating them all as an amorphous mass of humanity, not worthy of the right to be judged personally by their deeds and words.
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Empathy: What Our Dysfunctional World Needs We must resist the temptation to block our empathy by the barriers of colour, religion or ethnicity. Our humanity should trump such feelings. It is the stronger bond that bind us all to this fragile planet.
Wednesday, January 4, 2017Empathy: What Our Dysfunctional World Needs We must resist the temptation to block our empathy by the barriers of colour, religion or ethnicity. Our humanity should trump such feelings. It is the stronger bond that bind us all to this fragile planet.
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Friday, December 2, 2016
Globalisation and Free-Market Capitalism Are Tearing Our Societies Apart A fundamental change in the way capitalism works is essential. Cosmetic changes or just words, not backed by action, will not do. Otherwise, I fear for the cohesion of our societies with the demagogues and charlatans directing the anger and frustration of the masses, not at the economic system causing the poverty of the many, but towards the weakest, poorest and most vulnerable members of our society.
Friday, December 2, 2016Globalisation and Free-Market Capitalism Are Tearing Our Societies Apart A fundamental change in the way capitalism works is essential. Cosmetic changes or just words, not backed by action, will not do. Otherwise, I fear for the cohesion of our societies with the demagogues and charlatans directing the anger and frustration of the masses, not at the economic system causing the poverty of the many, but towards the weakest, poorest and most vulnerable members of our society.
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Friday, November 11, 2016
Trump's Win: a Lesson for Britain's Labour Party So now we know. The 45th President of the United States will be Donald Trump, a billionaire who has presented himself as an insurgent anti-establishment figure who promised change. And what did the Democratic Party machine do? Instead of choosing their own insurgent who defined himself as a democratic socialist, Bernie Sanders, they chose the establishment- personified figure, Hillary Clinton. How dumb was that?
Friday, November 11, 2016Trump's Win: a Lesson for Britain's Labour Party So now we know. The 45th President of the United States will be Donald Trump, a billionaire who has presented himself as an insurgent anti-establishment figure who promised change. And what did the Democratic Party machine do? Instead of choosing their own insurgent who defined himself as a democratic socialist, Bernie Sanders, they chose the establishment- personified figure, Hillary Clinton. How dumb was that?
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Repair-Not-Replace: Good for Your Pocket and Good for the Planet Climate change is with us already and such measures are needed as a matter of urgency. Such a proposal should not be a party political issue. Good quality jobs would be created in the country where the appliance is used. It would save the consumer money, and it is good for the environment.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016Repair-Not-Replace: Good for Your Pocket and Good for the Planet Climate change is with us already and such measures are needed as a matter of urgency. Such a proposal should not be a party political issue. Good quality jobs would be created in the country where the appliance is used. It would save the consumer money, and it is good for the environment.
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Saturday, March 5, 2016
Basic Income: We Cannot Afford Not to Do It Basic Income is an idea whose time has come. It will reduce the level of anxiety and stress that many suffer as a result of low wages and work insecurity. In short, it is good for people and good for the economy. As a society we cannot afford not to do it.
Saturday, March 5, 2016Basic Income: We Cannot Afford Not to Do It Basic Income is an idea whose time has come. It will reduce the level of anxiety and stress that many suffer as a result of low wages and work insecurity. In short, it is good for people and good for the economy. As a society we cannot afford not to do it.
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Sunday, February 7, 2016
Obscene Bosses' Salaries Are Subsidized by Taxpayers Fairness and justice are the pillars on which successful, happy societies are built. The present system that siphons so much wealth to the top 1% to the impoverishment of the rest is neither fair, nor just. Failure to take action will result in the whole of society becoming the poorer; we will all suffer rich and poor.
Sunday, February 7, 2016Obscene Bosses' Salaries Are Subsidized by Taxpayers Fairness and justice are the pillars on which successful, happy societies are built. The present system that siphons so much wealth to the top 1% to the impoverishment of the rest is neither fair, nor just. Failure to take action will result in the whole of society becoming the poorer; we will all suffer rich and poor.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
How Would You Use Your wealth If It Were $28 Billion? What sort of system have we created that relentlessly siphons wealth from the poor to the richest 1%, and in the process deprives humanity of the resources that could bring happiness, contentment and joy to billions of people? When, oh when, will world leaders take concrete steps to remedy this injustice and unfairness?
Wednesday, January 27, 2016How Would You Use Your wealth If It Were $28 Billion? What sort of system have we created that relentlessly siphons wealth from the poor to the richest 1%, and in the process deprives humanity of the resources that could bring happiness, contentment and joy to billions of people? When, oh when, will world leaders take concrete steps to remedy this injustice and unfairness?
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Climate Change: Fairness and Justice for all Humanity Must Guide our Paris Decisions (COP21) As a species we have tremendous talents. Our scientific achievements are incredible; our advances in medicine and technology are stunning. So let us give our ingenuity and imagination a free rein to think beyond our borders. Let us work together to face climate change in a spirit of fairness and justice, guided by our shared humanity regardless of where we happen to live.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015Climate Change: Fairness and Justice for all Humanity Must Guide our Paris Decisions (COP21) As a species we have tremendous talents. Our scientific achievements are incredible; our advances in medicine and technology are stunning. So let us give our ingenuity and imagination a free rein to think beyond our borders. Let us work together to face climate change in a spirit of fairness and justice, guided by our shared humanity regardless of where we happen to live.
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
Nuclear Electricity Generation Belongs to the Past Not the Future So the British government's response to climate change is to go nuclear. The Hinkley Point nuclear power station is to be built jointly by Chinese companies and the French state-owned energy company EDF. The cost of building the plant is estimated to be -25bn.
Thursday, October 1, 2015Nuclear Electricity Generation Belongs to the Past Not the Future So the British government's response to climate change is to go nuclear. The Hinkley Point nuclear power station is to be built jointly by Chinese companies and the French state-owned energy company EDF. The cost of building the plant is estimated to be -25bn.
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Sunday, August 23, 2015
The Corbyn Effect: Democratic Socialism Is Returning to Britain's Labour Party Who amongst the contenders for the leadership of the Labour Party would have had the vision and the courage of Aneurin Bevan to establish the British National Health Service? The answer, surely, would be only Jeremy Corbyn.
Sunday, August 23, 2015The Corbyn Effect: Democratic Socialism Is Returning to Britain's Labour Party Who amongst the contenders for the leadership of the Labour Party would have had the vision and the courage of Aneurin Bevan to establish the British National Health Service? The answer, surely, would be only Jeremy Corbyn.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015
A Greek Tragedy That Can Only Be Ended by Greece Leaving the Euro Have the people of Greece been singled out for particularly harsh punishment by its international creditors for daring to elect Syriza? Are they being used as a warning to other countries not to emulate Greece? The economic argument for demanding more cuts and austerity no longer makes any sense.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015A Greek Tragedy That Can Only Be Ended by Greece Leaving the Euro Have the people of Greece been singled out for particularly harsh punishment by its international creditors for daring to elect Syriza? Are they being used as a warning to other countries not to emulate Greece? The economic argument for demanding more cuts and austerity no longer makes any sense.
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
Running a Government Budget as if it were a Household Budget Is Economically Illiterate Running the government budget is fundamentally different from running a household budget. Simplistic dogmatic wheezes, such as enshrining budget surpluses in law, could cause real damage to Britain's economy.
Thursday, June 25, 2015Running a Government Budget as if it were a Household Budget Is Economically Illiterate Running the government budget is fundamentally different from running a household budget. Simplistic dogmatic wheezes, such as enshrining budget surpluses in law, could cause real damage to Britain's economy.
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
Britain's Housing Crisis: Why Can't We Build More Council Houses? Value-for-money has been the deafening cry of free market ideologues and politicians on the right. Keep governments out, privatize, and let the market work its magic to produce the most efficient solution, they say.
Thursday, February 12, 2015Britain's Housing Crisis: Why Can't We Build More Council Houses? Value-for-money has been the deafening cry of free market ideologues and politicians on the right. Keep governments out, privatize, and let the market work its magic to produce the most efficient solution, they say.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015
The Greek People Have Punctured the Smugness of the "Moneymen" Congratulations to the Greek people for democratically puncturing the smugness of the "moneymen". For far too long politicians have been paralysed by the dogma imposed by the IMF, the ECB and the European Commission, that the only way out of the economic mess we are in is austerity that hurts those most vulnerable, while the elite continue to accumulate wealth at an accelerating rate. The lack of imagination to think outside.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015The Greek People Have Punctured the Smugness of the "Moneymen" Congratulations to the Greek people for democratically puncturing the smugness of the "moneymen". For far too long politicians have been paralysed by the dogma imposed by the IMF, the ECB and the European Commission, that the only way out of the economic mess we are in is austerity that hurts those most vulnerable, while the elite continue to accumulate wealth at an accelerating rate. The lack of imagination to think outside.
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Sunday, May 4, 2014
The Obscenity of War and Military Spending in a World of Need and Suffering A study by professor Linda J. Blimes of Harvard University concludes that the cost to the US of the Iraq and Afghan wars, taken together, will be between $4 and $6 trillion. This includes long-term medical care and disability compensation for service members, veterans and families, military replenishment and social and economic costs. The cost so far is $2 trillion.
Sunday, May 4, 2014The Obscenity of War and Military Spending in a World of Need and Suffering A study by professor Linda J. Blimes of Harvard University concludes that the cost to the US of the Iraq and Afghan wars, taken together, will be between $4 and $6 trillion. This includes long-term medical care and disability compensation for service members, veterans and families, military replenishment and social and economic costs. The cost so far is $2 trillion.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Climate Change: The Science Is Robust, Accept it and Act The science is ‘unequivocal’; climate change is real and human-induced. Embracing the renewable energy route will usher in a new industrial revolution that will be in harmony with our environment, and in so doing will safeguard the future of humanity.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014Climate Change: The Science Is Robust, Accept it and Act The science is ‘unequivocal’; climate change is real and human-induced. Embracing the renewable energy route will usher in a new industrial revolution that will be in harmony with our environment, and in so doing will safeguard the future of humanity.
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Monday, December 16, 2013
Neo-Liberal Capitalism: Privatizing Profits and Socializing Losses In science, a theory is abandoned or substantially modified if it does not concur with the emerging facts, fails to predict important events, or is contradicted by experiments. That, alas, does not seem to apply to economic theories.
Monday, December 16, 2013Neo-Liberal Capitalism: Privatizing Profits and Socializing Losses In science, a theory is abandoned or substantially modified if it does not concur with the emerging facts, fails to predict important events, or is contradicted by experiments. That, alas, does not seem to apply to economic theories.
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Saturday, November 30, 2013
Obscene Wealth and Grinding Poverty Side by Side, Scandalous How can it be right to have a system that allows tax havens to exist which the super-rich elite and corporations use to hide their wealth and to escape taxes that pay for a functioning civilized society?
Saturday, November 30, 2013Obscene Wealth and Grinding Poverty Side by Side, Scandalous How can it be right to have a system that allows tax havens to exist which the super-rich elite and corporations use to hide their wealth and to escape taxes that pay for a functioning civilized society?
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Friday, October 4, 2013
The Madness of Never-Ending Economic Growth Our societies need a paradigm shift in what we value. We need to treat our environment and our planet with the respect that is essential for our survival as a species. We owe it to our children and grandchildren to alter the destructive path on which humanity is currently travelling.
Friday, October 4, 2013The Madness of Never-Ending Economic Growth Our societies need a paradigm shift in what we value. We need to treat our environment and our planet with the respect that is essential for our survival as a species. We owe it to our children and grandchildren to alter the destructive path on which humanity is currently travelling.
