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Political philosopher Stuart White discusses the philosophical foundations of the left and their implications for social structure. The first part of the discussion focuses on the central values of equality and freedom.
by Edward Lewis and Stuart White
Photos by unslugged from today’s protest in support of the Tomlinson family at the Crown Prosecution Service and on into the City.
In today’s Friday lunchtime distraction, the philosopher Slavoj Žižek gets the RSA Animate treatment as he investigates the surprising ethical implications of charitable giving.
In the first detailed interview with a prisoner released from Guantánamo to Algeria, Abdul Aziz Naji, forcibly repatriated last week, has spoken to the Algerian newspaper El Khabar, describing his...
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Nina Power applies the scalpel of socialist feminist critique to the Right to Work campaign in today’s Guardian. This is most welcome, because the campaign against the cuts, and against...
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Also see my piece about Zizek’s book ‘First as tragedy, Then as farce’ HERE and Duncan Simpson’s Counterfire review of his new book HERE. Share
Zionists are often fond of pointing out that there are Arab members of the Israeli parliament and that this somehow proves that Israel is not a racist state, indeed that it is a normal functioning...
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| Rally: Afghanistan - Bring the Troops Home! | July 26, 2010 - 7:00 pm | Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL | ||
| Zero Carbon Britain | July 22, 2010 - 6:30 pm | Room 3D, ULU (University of London students Union), Malet Street near the corner with Torrington Place. | ||
| Light Shining in Buckinghamshire gala performance | July 21, 2010 - 6:30 pm | Arcola Theatre, 27 Arcola St., London, E8 2DJ | ||
| TUC Cuts Briefing: Did the Budget pass the Fairness Test? | July 21, 2010 - 10:00 am | Congress House, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS | ||
| Campaigning for Palestine - PSC Conference | July 17, 2010 - 10:00 am | Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA | ||
| Join the picket in support of Gaza protestors | July 13, 2010 - 9:00 am | Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL |