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Introduction: We've
set up this page to provide a sampling of essays on scientific issues,
scientists and anthropology from a revolutionary Marxist perspective. We
welcome your feedback on the materials posted below.
And be sure to check out the new book on
science by SA supporter Cliff Connor: Peoples
History of Science!
Science
News & Views:
 Does God Exist? Everything I needed to know
about religion I learned in first grade at St. Luke’s, a Roman Catholic elementary
school. There, the nuns taught faith, hope, and charity by
inflicting fear, humiliation, and violence. How,
I wondered, could God love us (First question and answer in our standard text,
the Baltimore Catechism: “Why did God make me?” “God made me because He loves
me”) when His representatives on Earth hated us? continued
A People’s History of Science: "A
People’s History of Science" by Clifford D. Conner is an important book.
For those interested in the history of science, it is an essential read.
For those interested in social transformation but not science, it is a
wonderful introduction to the political importance of science. continued
Why Nuclear Power is Not the Answer: An alarming number of
so-called environmentalists in the United States are taking the position
that more nuclear power generation is the way to reduce the carbon
dioxide emissions that are contributing to global warming. continued
No Blood for Coal: Nearly 48 hours after a conveyor fire broke out at
Alma No. 1 Mine in Melville, West Virginia, rescuers recovered the bodies
of two missing miners. These victims brought the total of American coal
miners killed on the job during the first three weeks of January to 15.
This figure exactly equaled the number of GIs killed in Iraq over the
same time span. continued
Intelligent Design: An Attack on
Science: The heated national debate
between so-called intelligent design and Charles Darwin’s theory of
evolution has been spotlighted during the recent six-week trial in a Pennsylvania
federal court concerning the legality of actions by the Dover, Pa.,
school board. The trial’s final arguments were delivered on Nov. 4. continued
The Truth About Global Warming: In the summer of 1988, the
hottest on record up to that point, James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Space
Institute reported to Congress that he was 99% certain that global warming,
due to the human activity of burning fossil fuels, was underway. The
story made front-page headlines. continued
Archived
Articles:
Science & Scientists:
Does God
Exist?
Jerry
Falwell: No fond farewell
Review of
"The God Delusion"
Drug
Profiteers & Government Doom AIDS Victims
 Review of
"People's History of Science"
Intelligent
Design: a Renewed Attack on Science
Peoples History of Science
Science vs.
Creationism
Ultra-Darwinisn:
Taking a Good Idea Too Far
Bio of
Stephen Jay Gould
The Role of
Labor in the Transition From Ape to Man
'Morality'
& the Patenting of Genes
Why
capitalism isn’t really fighting malaria
Marxism
& Natural Science
Ecology:
The climate skepticism of
Alexander Cockburn
Adjusting for
climate change: Who will pay the price?
Why Nuclear
Power is Not the Answer
No Blood
for Coal!
Down With King Coal!
Global Warming: A Time Bomb for the Earth
Oil Uber Alles
Down on the
'Socially Responsible' Farm
Greenspan’s
Natural Gas
Got Water?
$7 a
Gallon?
Mad Cow
Exposes the Cattle Industry
Genetic
Engineering
Fast Food
Nation
Global
warming: A capitalist crime against humanity
Mad Cow
Exposes the Cattle Industry
Genetic
Engineering
Fast Food
Nation
Does
Humanity Have a Future?
Ecology
& Socialism -a Fourth International resolution
The
Ecological Effects of War
Capitalism,
War & Environmental Destruction
Dialectics:
A
Definition of Dialectics
Dialectical
Materialism
Is Nature Dialectical?
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