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Michael Irwin
Michael Henry Knox Irwin is a former GP and former medical director of the United Nations. He is a humanist and secularist activist and a campaigner for voluntary euthanasia.

Michael Henry Knox Irwin is a former GP and former medical director of the United Nations. He is a humanist and secularist activist and a campaigner for voluntary euthanasia.
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Darkness, Authority and Dreams
Chomsky debates libertarians and future liberals

Why Marx was Right
Terry Eagleton on why we dismiss Marxism at our peril

The Left, the Right and the Righteous
Does the left still hold the higher moral ground?

The Myths of Meritocracy
Should we reward intelligence?

Clear Bright Future
How to be more than just a consumer

What's Wrong With the Left?
Peter Tatchell | Give up the myths, seek alliances

A Tribal World
Are communities dangerous or necessary?

The People's Champion
Is democracy incoherent?

Has Brexit Broken British Politics?
Britain in Uncharted Territory

Socialist Dreams
Is there a form of socialism that could work?

A World Without Borders
Should we get rid of nation states?

Reason, Rage and Revolution
Have tolerance and pluralism run their course?

The Swindle of the New
Are we enslaved by the promise of novelty?

There's No Such Thing As Free Speech
Stanley Fish | There is always a limit to speech

Everywhere, Somewhere and Nowhere
David Goodhart: anywheres vs somewheres

Strange Affects and Collective Emotions
How do collective and individual emotions compare?

How To Be Idle
Tom Hodgkinson | The case against efficiency

The Darkest Dictator: Orwell vs Huxley
Should we fear complacency as much as oppression?

The End of Left and Right
Blurring the line between Liberal and Conservative

Politics and Post-Truth
Is a politics of emotion bad?

Capitalism and Anarchy
Is it time to move on from capitalism?

The Right to be Offended
Should we seek to eradicate offence?

The Arc of Life: Tariq Ali
The activist and writer on his life and ideas

Lies, Lies, Lies
Is political truth attainable?

Elites in the Dock
Are elites necessarily a bad thing?

The Rise and Fall of Democracy
Is democracy just a blip in world history?

The Net Delusion

After Identity Politics
Mark Lilla | What is the future of the liberal?

On the Side of the Angels
Can politicians be moral?

The Will of the People
Is populism to be celebrated or feared?

Diversity and Difference
In defence of multiculturalism

Ideology and the East
We overstate the importance of religion in terrorist acts.

My Body, My Choice
Euthanasia, freedom and the law

The Hubris Syndrome

An Age of Tragedy?

Stories of Life and Law
When a lawyer represents those in the wrong

Being Free and Making Choices
Is our freedom an illusion?

Je Suis Charlie?
Is our belief in freedom a fantasy?

Terrorism and the Truth
Is the threat real?

Vive la Revolution
Liberty, equality and fraternity today

Revolution in Rojava
An experiment in direct democracy | Elif Sarican

Killing the King
Do we demand the impossible from our leaders?

A New Sort of Socialism | Leo Panitch
Leo Panitch | What is the 21st century left?

Democracy, Freedom and Choice
Does the state save us from ourselves?

An Age of Transparency
Does WikiLeaks represent democracy?

A New Socialism
Where will millenials take Marxism?

Democracy in Crisis
Should we give more or less power to experts?

Britain in Uncharted Territory
The uncertain future of UK politics

The Future of the Left
How to Defeat Conservative Ideas

Democracy and the Digital Revolution
Chi Onwurah | How can technology help democracy?
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Transgression and sexual desire

Does consciousness have a gender?

Simone de Beauvoir and the Ethics of Seduction

Language and Reality Beyond Gender

Love transcends the self

Hacking Love Isn’t Cheating

The false freedom of the female gaze

Consciousness has no gender

Sexual desire is political

The case for abolishing the family

The myth of the one true feminism

Rewriting romance

How to solve the ageing population problem

'Toxic masculinity' is not a useful description

The radical future of humanity without childbirth

The communication crisis

The right to no sex: a case for celibacy

The myth of man the hunter

The high priests of effective altruism

Love and Beauty after Feminism

What Can We Do About Collective Narcissism?

Meritocracy Is Good But We Don't Have It

Hannah Arendt On Why You Must Break Your Bubble

Existence and inequality

The future of race relations

The XX Factor

Cosmopolitanism and the Mixed Blessings of the Windrush Scandal - An Interview with Kwame Anthony Appiah

The future of feminism

Judith Butler: Gender is not a culture war

Wittgenstein and how to debate your enemy