by Robin McAlpine | 23 May 2022 | Opinion
Part Four: One world or none In 1946, in the shadow of war and in the rubble of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, civilisation had its first moment in which to consider what it had just done and what it would do next. It’s greatest minds – Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein,... by Robin McAlpine | 22 May 2022 | Opinion
Part Three: Like moths to a flame we run towards war It is a very good job lizards don’t have opposable thumbs and bigger brains. That is my firm conclusion from observing the impact on the world of the lizard part of human brains, the bit which even in a... by Robin McAlpine | 21 May 2022 | Opinion
Part Two: All is pure and simple until you touch it In a complicated world, aggression is always the easy answer. But when aggression is the answer the world becomes more complicated. When you look at things through a gun sight, things are simple. There is a narrow... by Robin McAlpine | 20 May 2022 | Opinion
Part One: Blessed be the warmakers The Reverend Mr Kiyoshi Tanimoto was “a small man, quick to talk, laugh, and cry”. He was a pastor, and that morning he rose early to help a neighbour moving furniture – in particular a large cabinet filled with clothes and personal... by Robin McAlpine | 19 May 2022 | Opinion
First published by Common Weal This will be easy, thinks me. A link gets sent round our team chat. It’s a game where you have to make a series of choices and trade-offs to make the policy decisions which will save the world from climate change. Surely...
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