Higgs ahoy!
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These are exciting times for followers of CERN and for those who believe that more knowledge about our universe is better than less. Forget faster-than-light neutrinos.
Science
Charles Darwin, revolutionary - AWL London forum
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Date:
19 March, 2009 - 19:30 - 21:15
Location:
The Lucas Arms, 245a Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross, London
Description:
2009 is the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his On the Origin of Species - a book about which Karl Marx wrote that it "contains the basis in natural history for our views".
Yet since then, many right-wing movements have tried to claim Darwin and Darwinism.
At a time when Darwinian ideas about evolution, and scientific rationality more generally, are under attack from politicised religion, we are holding this meeting to celebrate this great thinker, explore his ideas and discuss their implications for Marxists.
Speaker: Les Hearn
Should faith keep its fortresses?
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By Molly Thomas
While I am an atheist, I still respect people with faith (or superstition, as it is sometimes called). But should we respect faith itself?
What is CERN and what good is it?
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By Les Hearn
What do they do at CERN? It’s simple — they smash things, ions for example, together at high speed.
Nuclear power: decisions shaped by class interest
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In Solidarity 224 Les Hearn argued for socialists to welcome some of the latest developments in nuclear technology as one alternative, amongst others, to fossil fuels. Stuart Jordan debates the issues.
Socialists and nuclear power
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We continue our debate on the future of nuclear power with this article by Les Hearn. Les argues that technological developments, such as using thorium instead of uranium, can create a vastly more ecologically-friendly nuclear industry acceptable to socialists.
Nuclear and workers' power
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Les Hearn’s article on nuclear power (Solidarity 3/203) seems to be based mainly on the arguments being put forward by George Monbiot and Mark Lynas.
Don't rule out nuclear power
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Our society is powered largely by burning fossil fuels. This is the equivalent to living on our savings.
Japan: earthquake, tsunami..and meltdown?
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Get nuclear power’s risks in perspective
The terrible events recently in Japan have resulted in at least 15,000 deaths, of which those attributable to the overheating cores and hydrogen explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant amount to… zero.
Truth, science and climate change
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Pilate: “What is truth?”; Lewis Carroll: “What I tell you three times is true”.