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- The ongoing GM saga: UK supermarkets going GM!
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Tax breaks for “job-creators”? Toolkit for busting this and other neoliberal myths.
Poor-hating bigotry peddled by tabloids Everything below I have mentioned repeatedly on this blog and/or my Facebook account. I thought it was time for me to compile the items as a handy resource, having recently been reminded of the distressing … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged benefits myths, David Erdal, employee ownership, employee-owned companies, Equality Trust, independence, inequality, job creation, job creators, National Collective, neoliberalism, Nick Hanauer, Radical Independence, Resurgence, Scottish independence, Yes Scotland
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The ongoing GM saga: UK supermarkets going GM!
Readers of my blog will be familiar with my attitude to GM (genetically modified) crops: A powerful documentary on GM food – please watch! Once again BBC Radio 4 champions GM BBC’s Today programme attacks herbalism, promotes GM and contributes to the … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Politics
Tagged Brazilian producers, British supermarkets, Co-op, Co-operative, Coop, Cooperative, genetic modification, genetically modified organisms, GM, GMO, GMOs, Monsanto, soy, soya, Syngenta, UK supermarkets
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We are National Collective!
Artist and writer Clare Galloway drew my attention to National Collective‘s fun initiative, to get artists and creative types who support Scottish independence to submit photographs of themselves (or images representing themselves), containing the text, ‘I am National Collective’. I … Continue reading
Dreich, dour and crabbit: does the weather explain Scottish negativity? Climate, posture, mood, empathy, mirror neurons, meditation and education.
This essay was born in meditation One of my New Year’s resolutions was to meditate daily. I simply concentrate on my breathing. Thoughts pop up, and I observe them and let them go. (Here’s an inspiring talk on meditation. Below … Continue reading
Posted in Education, People I know (not directly connected with my writing), Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Amy Cuddy, Arthouse Guardia, awareness, Bella Caledonia, Clare Galloway, consciousness, crabbit, crabbit old bat, Daniel Goleman, dour, dreech, dreich, driech, Eckhart Tolle, education, Gaelic, Gaidhlig, Guardia Sanframondi, income equality, inequality, Italy, Ken Robinson, meditation, mindfulness, mirror neurons, Nicola Morgan, radical independence campaign, radical independence conference, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish cringe, Scottish independence, Social Intelligence, The Equality Trust, The Spirit Level
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Guns vs drugs, a ‘compare and contrast’ exercise.
The phrase ‘compare and contrast’, generally used in school English exams, always irritated me, because the word ‘contrast’ is redundant. As I understand it, ‘compare’ means ‘point out the similarities and differences between…’. Nevertheless, I have used this phrase in … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics
Tagged cannabis, cocaine, decriminalise, decriminalize, guns, heroin, illegal drugs, legalise, legalize, marijuana, National Rifle Association, NRA
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Please, BBC, fair coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict!
I have just sent the following email to the BBC: I just heard the 10 a.m. news on BBC Radio 4 and was shocked that a significant portion of it was given over to a statement from an Israeli spokesman, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged BBC bias, BBC Radio 4, gaza, Israel, Israelis, Palestine, Palestinians, zionism, Zionists
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A powerful documentary on GM food – please watch!
Followers of this blog will be familiar with my complaints against the BBC for its de facto championing of the GM industry. I have just watched a powerful documentary on the evils of this technology, in which various credible doctors, veterinarians, … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Politics, Videos
Tagged critique, genetically modified organisms, GM, GM food, GMO, GMOs, health effects, illness, Monsanto, pathology
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Become a ‘possibilitarian’ for a better world with the Random Idea Generator!
Contents • Background (Skip this if you’re impatient or short of time!) • How to use the Random Idea Generator • Ideas for taking this further – I need your help! Background Crisis – what to do? I believe that … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Politics, Self-help, Special
Tagged activism, alternatives to gdp, anti-capitalism, art, climate change, down-sizing, downsizing, ecology, employee ownership, employee-owned companies, environmentalism, ethics, gardening, global warming, green energy, green philosophy, grow-your-own, music, optimism, organic farming, possibilitarian, self-sufficiency, sustainable development, volunteering
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Edinburgh City Council’s unethical banking. Let’s change it!
I recently wrote to one of my councillors, Nigel Bagshaw, to ask with whom Edinburgh City Council banks, and whether, if this were not an ethical bank, the Council would consider moving its accounts. Here is the disappointing answer I … Continue reading
Work for many feels like rape/prostitution, but it needn’t be this way! Inspiring talk on employee-ownership.
In a highly entertaining and thought-provoking short talk given at the TEDx event in Glasgow in 2012, which I was privileged to attend, David Erdal championed employee-ownership, pointing out the multiple advantages of this business model. You can watch a … Continue reading
