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Robin McAlpine – We won’t fix the world with ‘notaboutery’

March 21, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

A new world order looks like it is about to develop. If we have any chance of getting it right, first we need to look to ourselves Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish […]

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National Politics

Robin McAlpine – Hypocrisy prolongs global violence

February 22, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Something completely different in these times of mass media hysteria Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish think and do tank Common Weal. Cross-posted from Robin’s website  U.S. Government copyright -Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq […]

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Climate Crisis

Robin McAlpine – Waste is resource used badly

February 15, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Why is it that in the climate emergency we are fighting our political class every step of the way, and they are fighting the corner of business? Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish […]

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Economics

Robin McAlpine – The Great Realisation

January 20, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

The way attitudes have changed during the pandemic and thephenomenon that is currently being called the ‘Great Resignation’, the remarkable and unprecedented instances of mass resignations from (mostly) low-skill employment right across the economy.   Robin […]

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Climate Crisis

Robin McAlpine – More Oil or Post-Oil Economy

December 2, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

The situation in Scotland with decarbonising  is the same as in the rest of Europe: Net Zero Change. Although explicitly about Scotland, there are many good universal points in this article making it well worth […]

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National Politics

Robin McAlpine – Scotland: The counter-revolution

November 27, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

The Scottish National Party (SNP) making Scotland fit for EU neo-liberal democracy Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish think and do tank Common Weal. Cross-posted from Robin’s Blog RobinMcAlpine.Org Creative CommonsAttribution 2.0 Generic […]

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Climate Crisis

Robin McAlpine – COP26: First the Good News

November 18, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

We did not plan to post any more COP26 articles, but we felt this was well worth a read. It is short and forward looking. Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish think and […]

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Climate Crisis

Robin McAlpine: Start Counting – why a Green New Deal needs to be quantified

November 17, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Robin McAlpine’s talk in our series “Economic beyond the Swabian hausfrau” from 9 November 2021 You can’t save the world if you don’t do the work. A Green New Deal is at heart a large […]

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Climate Crisis

Robin McAlpine – Obama Blames Nationalism

November 11, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

In his speech to COP26, Barack Obama told the world that the reason we’re not tackling climate change is because of ‘nationalism’. This comment may have been ignorance, myopia or bad faith, but it is […]

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Climate Crisis

Robin McAlpine – How Much Would it Cost?

October 7, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Climate change cannot be stopped by individual solutions. It demands nationwide measures  carried out by the state. Once again Common Weal breaking house energy efficiency down into a real, financed plan. Robin McAlpine is the […]

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

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Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

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Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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