Lost Lives
There may well still be some people around who don't appreciate the gravity of this crisis. I am beyond pussy-footing around with such...
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Peter Critchley
Apr 11, 202019 min read
The Political Attempts to Depoliticize Crises and Delegitimize Critical Voices
Having witnessed the remarkable response on the part of large sections of the general public to government mishandling (and worse) of the...
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Peter Critchley
Apr 10, 20209 min read
Coronavirus and Class
Simple, straightforward words from Emily Maitlis exposing language that is trite and misleading, and myths that need debunking. Maitlis...
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Peter Critchley
Apr 10, 202011 min read
Converging Crises show that we need an Entirely New Economic System
Talk of social transformation is in the air. People are becoming aware of the extent to which there can be no going back to normality,...
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Peter Critchley
Apr 10, 202014 min read
CORONAV_R_S - BREAKING AND REMAKING CHAINS
CORONA V _ R _ S Remove the I and U and take them elsewhere into the building of a new public community based on the unity of each and...
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Peter Critchley
Apr 9, 202010 min read
Reconstituting Public Life through Socialist Transformation
Socialism and class Are we are all socialists now? I think not. 'Big' government as such is not socialism. We are being asked to...
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Peter Critchley
Apr 8, 202010 min read
Classless Politics in a Class Society
I am doing my level best these days to stay clear of engaging in ‘debates’ on social media. There is wisdom in knowing which fights to...
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Peter Critchley
Apr 8, 20203 min read
The Religious Roots of Rational Freedom
If I may talk about myself (as usual), this interview with Jurgen Habermas caught my eye for personal reasons. I organized my work around...
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Peter Critchley
Apr 7, 202022 min read
Reclaiming Politics from Game Playing
When is it time for politics? Living in the greatest (immediate) global crisis in our lifetime is a bit overwhelming, an American friend...
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Peter Critchley
Apr 5, 20202 min read
Liberty and Licence
Liberty, they say, when they mean licence. A microcosm of the libertarianism of recent decades. The anarchy of the rich and powerful...
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Peter Critchley
Apr 4, 20202 min read
It's called socialism!
I could become very annoying on social media, checking right wing mendacity and stupidity whenever I come across it. It isn’t hard to...
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Peter Critchley
Mar 24, 202015 min read
If this is the end
I was moved to write this blog post after having read Stephen Pollard’s article ‘I’m frightened I’ll die of Covid-19.’ Here, Pollard...
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Peter Critchley
Mar 23, 20207 min read
Taking Care
“Other evils there are that may come; for Sauron is himself but a servant or emissary. Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of...
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Peter Critchley
Mar 21, 202017 min read
Looking after the Human Environment
LOOKING AFTER THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT I probably spend far too much on social media, but it keeps me connected and there are a lot of sane...
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Peter Critchley
Mar 15, 20208 min read
The Eco-Socialism We Choose
I am all in favour of socialism. I should be, having been a socialist all my life and having written several books advocating socialism....
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Peter Critchley
Mar 14, 202011 min read
Cae Mabon - the Welsh Shangri La
Cae Mabon - the Welsh Shangri-la. Here are a few notes I made from the time I visited Cae Mabon in December 2016. I took lots of...
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Peter Critchley
Mar 12, 20203 min read
I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free
Zorba the Greek (Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas) is a novel written by the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It...
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Peter Critchley
Feb 18, 20207 min read
Moving Thoughts
Frédéric Gros: why going for a walk is the best way to free your mind "Walking is the best way to go more slowly than any other method...
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Peter Critchley
Feb 15, 20209 min read
A well-paced and non-surprising environment
I’d like to make a few comments and observations on autism and Asperger’s. After six months of discussion and investigation with my...
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Peter Critchley
Jan 31, 20208 min read
The Beautiful Madness of Don Quixote
“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be...
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