By John Pickard Although global warming as a major political issue is a relatively ‘recent’ one, from the point of view of the science, it
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By Richard Mellor in California “An educator in a system of oppression is either a revolutionary or an oppressor.”, Lerone Bennett Jr. The Year Earth Changed is
By Richard Mellor in California My wife and I decided to drive over to the coast today to get out of the house. We live
by John Pickard In the two centuries since its rapid development of industry, capitalism has developed science and technology as an integral part of its
By Jack Gerson in California The arrival of effective vaccines against Covid-19 provides hope that the pandemic that has infected over 100 million people and
By Maureen Wade, (Chair, Birmingham UNISON Retired Members Section) A staggering monument to the incompetence of Boris Johnson’s Tory government during this pandemic is the
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Darwin, The Descent of Man and evolution
By John Pickard It is 150 years this year since Darwin published his book The Descent of Man. He developed the main outline of his
By John Pickard, Brentwood Labour Party member In the absence of face-to-face gatherings, the labour movement has had to resort to meetings, discussions and conferences
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Engels’ view on human evolution. A triumph of dialectical materialism
By John Pickard First published in the Militant International Review, June 1984 Engels’ pamphlet, The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man, written
By Michael Roberts There is now firm evidence of a strong link between environmental destruction and the increased emergence of deadly new diseases such as
