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A Rational Environmentalism
A Rational Environmentalism There has been yet another book published by a long-term member of the environmental movement, pointing out...
Peter Critchley
Jun 30, 202024 min read
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Good-Bye to Statues, Good-bye to You
Good-bye to statues, Good-bye to you "Like Saturn, the Revolution devours its children." Jean Louis Mallet, “Considérations sur la nature...
Peter Critchley
Jun 12, 2020121 min read
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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....
Peter Critchley
Mar 15, 20208 min read
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The Dangers of Corporate Climate Diversion, Conversion, and Perversion
Upon completing a number of articles on this theme, I discovered this commentary by Brian Davey, published on the Feasta website, Greta...
Peter Critchley
Oct 21, 201914 min read
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Re-politicizing the Environment
Re-politicising the Environment Environmentalism in its mainstream form demonstrates a strong scientistic and technocratic bent, with...
Peter Critchley
Oct 5, 201911 min read
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Extinction Pacification
Pacification : Putting Politics on Ice as the Earth Heats Up This was an argument put forward by a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion:...
Peter Critchley
Sep 26, 201947 min read
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Coercive Environmental Collectivism advancing the Corporate Form
Why we need heroes like Greta Thunberg There is an ugly campaign underway to discredit Greta Thunberg. That campaign is based on fear of...
Peter Critchley
Aug 30, 2019118 min read
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Politics for the Restoration of Ecological Hope
Politics for the Restoration of Ecological Hope I shall start with a quote from John Bellamy Foster’s article The Long Ecological...
Peter Critchley
Aug 6, 201958 min read
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Changes: Climate Change, Civilization Change, System Change, Self-Change
Changes: Climate Change, Civilisation Change, System Change, Self-Change I shall try to be as brief as I possibly can be. Over the years...
Peter Critchley
Jun 18, 201935 min read
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The Politics of Love – Affirming Possibilities for a One Nation Green Conservatism
The Politics of Love – Affirming Possibilities for a One Nation Green Conservatism For a Social and Moral Ecology Just when I think my...
Peter Critchley
Jun 8, 201940 min read
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The Springs of Action - Making Facts Existentially Meaningful
I shall begin with this letter that Dr Amanda Power sent to the Guardian: ‘Matt Waddup states (Report, theguardian.com, 30 May) that a...
Peter Critchley
Jun 2, 201923 min read
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Bridging Theoretical and Practical Reason
Bridging Theoretical and Practical Reason Bridging the gap between theoretical reason and practical reason. We scientists don't know how...
Peter Critchley
May 21, 20198 min read
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Posts and Links
Being and Place Posts Neither "yes" nor "no" - against sophism in politics Living in the Sociopathological World Elvis as a Musical...
Peter Critchley
Mar 24, 20196 min read
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The Climate Commitment
The Climate Commitment The Need for Common Agreement and Action on Climate: Comments on the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord...
Peter Critchley
Jun 18, 201727 min read
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Political Change the Key to Addressing Climate Change
Some notes and comments from letters and exchanges I had in the press in 2010-2012. I think I was quite informative and fairly...
Peter Critchley
Jun 20, 201211 min read
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