Category Archives: Philosophy

I support the new HAIR definition of racism. Do you?

Posted on October 3, 2018 by biowrite

I support the new HAIR definition of racism in full, including the examples. #HAIRdef Racism is defined as: The belief that races have distinctive cultural characteristics determined by hereditary factors and that this endows some races with an intrinsic superiority. … Continue reading →

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Kill the ‘natural capital’ approach before it kills us.

Posted on May 24, 2018 by biowrite

[Update, September 2022: The September/October 2022 issue of Resurgence and Ecologist featured an article by Adrienne Buller criticising ‘ecosystems services and natural capital accounting’. I post a short extract at the bottom of the page. [Update, April 2021: This Russell … Continue reading →

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What Jeremy Corbyn must say to the Labour Party establishment

Posted on June 26, 2016 by biowrite

‘You claim you wanted strong leadership. I give it to you. ‘I have an overwhelming mandate from members to lead this party, and I am using it now. Purging Blairites ‘I am purging all Blairites from the party. Resign or … Continue reading →

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Protected: Biosphere, not econosphere. Towards a ‘galvanising alternative philosophy’.

Posted on March 18, 2016 by biowrite

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No-voters, read ‘1984’ as you smugly sip your Victory Gin and, Big Brother, we are watching you. #IndyRef

Posted on September 20, 2014 by biowrite

Saddened I am saddened by the No-victory in the Scottish independence referendum. For many years I have been campaigning for a fairer society and world, trying to shake people from their states of complacency, obliviousness, apathy or hopelessness, and to … Continue reading →

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Big money won it for No, but the moral victory is ours. #indyref

Posted on September 19, 2014 by biowrite

The side that spends the most… With hindsight, we should have realised what was going to happen. All the evidence shows that in political campaigns the side that spends the most money wins (as Dr Rosslyn Fuller says). David against … Continue reading →

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Economic inequality is caused by… Get the facts. Reject the propaganda.

Posted on April 22, 2014 by biowrite

Economic inequality is caused by “free-market” (rigged-market) capitalism, not immigrants, asylum-seekers, “benefits-scroungers”, etc. Get the facts. Reject the propaganda. Here’s a handy compilation of resources. I hope you will find it entertaining and informative, if not jaw-droppingly shocking. My novel may … Continue reading →

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GM, communication issues, a good Tory, and the evils of hyper-specialisation.

Posted on October 29, 2013 by biowrite

Yesterday evening two of the topics that have repeatedly cropped up in this blog merged in my life: communication issues and GM technology. Responsible for killing millions of children! Introduced to what at first seemed to be a pleasant young … Continue reading →

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‘Boiled frog’ relationships – are you in one?

Posted on October 24, 2013 by biowrite

UPDATE 25 APRIL 2020. This YouTube channel (DoctorRamani) is gold dust! UPDATE 7 MARCH 2018. This whole article (11 Things I Learned About Narcissists And Sociopaths By Age 27 – That I Wish Everyone Knew) rings true. Here is just … Continue reading →

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Mistrust, ants and liver flukes: a lesson I should have learned by now!

Posted on October 18, 2013 by biowrite

I am writing this as a note to myself as much as anything. They say that lessons keep repeating themselves until you have learnt from them. I don’t want certain lessons to be repeated. The parasite that takes control of … Continue reading →

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