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What race is and isn’t – excerpts from ‘Racism, Not Race’
Most people who are fighting against racism are doing so with their metaphorical hands tied behind their backs because they are not clear about what race is and what it is not.
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“The Last Refuge of Scoundrels”
New Evidence of E. O. Wilson’s Intimacy with Scientific Racism
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Opening this article voids warranty
Repair, as an act of reclaiming technology, is ongoing in the Global North and South with complementary driving forces and problems.
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Richard Lewontin, dialectical materialism, the relationship between evolutionary biology and Marxism
Dialectical materialism combines two philosophical traditions: historical materialism formulated by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and dialectics, an idealist philosophy formulated by German philosopher Georg Willhelm Friedrich Hegel.
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‘Marx in Soho’: An Epilogue
In 1999, Howard Zinn published the sensation ‘Marx in Soho: A Play on History’. The story began with Karl Marx petitioning Heaven to come back to Earth for a short while so that he could “clear his name.”
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Biology as Ideology at 30
‘The increased atomization of society and associated political economy of capitalism justifies the logic of reductionism’. – Richard Lewontin
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Under the influence of Lewontin: Volume Two
Friends and colleagues of Dick Lewontin are sharing their stories and reflections.
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Richard Lewontin: Race science for the people
We can now say with great confidence that our species, anatomically modern humans, does not have biological races. We know this in large part due to the contributions of Richard C. Lewontin.
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The Colonial Rift
A Review of Hannah Holleman’s ‘Dust Bowls of Empire: Imperialism, Environmental Politics, and the Injustice of “Green” Capitalism’.
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The revolutionary science of W. E. B. Du Bois and D. D. Kosambi
Du Bois, trained in history and sociology, was the first to conduct a scientific study on race in American society. Kosambi was trained in mathematics but was the first to scientifically investigate ancient Indian history.
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American Science: Triumph or Tragedy?
A historian of science himself, Conner is fully cognizant of the accomplishments of American science and technology. In an earlier book, A People’s History of Science: Miners, Midwives and “Low Mechanicks” (2005), he demonstrated the contributions of ordinary citizens to science, but he also warned of the corruptive potential of corporate money and military power.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the dual nature of science
Over two decades ago, Professor Richard Levins, one of the founders of Science for the People, described this phenomenon as the “dual nature” of science.(1) On one hand, scientific investigations discover truths about material reality that are independent of ideology or politics.
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Nine ways scientists can support a people’s Green New Deal
In late 2018, the Green New Deal (GND) vaulted into the center of U.S. politics thanks to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and the young activists of the Sunrise Movement. Since then, the GND has become one of the most hotly debated issues in mainstream politics and has helped inspire an upsurge in climate justice activism and organizing.
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An Excerpt from Green Earth
Kim Stanley Robinson describes himself as “a patriot of the genre” of science fiction, writing at the intersection of science and politics for over three decades. His work is striking for its warmth and realism.
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Geoengineering as dispossession
The Political Economy of Land Use in an Era of Climate Urgency.
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Geoengineering and environmental capitalism
If, as history shows, fantasies of weather and climate control have chiefly served commercial and military interests, why should we expect the future to be different?
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Who will control the Earth’s thermostat?
Geoengineering is a risky business. So risky, in fact, that it should be banned.
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For greenhouse gases, half is not good enough
Although a truth of science is not equivalent to the consensus of scientists, neither historically nor now, there are times when scientific facts (or truths) are of such compelling importance that a near consensus of scientific practitioners ought to be regarded as fact. Yes, when I began smoking cigarettes at age fifteen there was something […]
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Geoengineering and environmental capitalism
There are two basic categories of geoengineering technologies. The first is a suite of technologies that aim to reduce the amount of incoming sunlight to artificially cool the climate, Solar Radiation Management (SRM). Proposed SRM projects include shooting aerosols into the stratosphere andbrightening clouds or ocean surfaces to reflect sunlight back into space.