POLITICS
The Politics content on this site has
grown "organically", as the site was originally designed
for other narrower purposes. I rarely have time to
update the politics and news content on this site anymore. It can be
found in various
places;
ADULT EDUCATION COURSES
Talking
Politics
September 29, 2011, 10
a.m. - 12 noon for 10 weeks, St. Matthew's Rooms,
Carver St. S1 4FT. Ongoing discussion-based group open
to newcomers.
A
Question Of Health
September 29, 2011, 1.30
- 3.30 p.m. for 10 weeks, Hurst House, 11 Abercrombie
St., Chesterfield, S41 7LW. Discussion-based course
looking at principles and politics of health.
Details of my current Adult Education
courses, including "Current Affairs", "Talking Politics" and
"Society and the World Today", are at COURSES. There also is a
separate page with full details of the "Changing Ourselves, Changing Our
World" course.
The LINKS2
page has a section on CHANGING THE WORLD which includes
politics, campaigning, ecology, etc. Other material is
in the HEALTH and DIRECTORIES sections.
The NEWS & VIEWS
page is no longer updated, but has many links to articles around a variety of
issues - US foreign policy including war in Iraq and
Afghanistan, US and Latin America, health, ecology,
plenty of "one-offs", and links to some other news websites (need
updating...).
Longer articles posted on this website
include;
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THE
MATERIAL BASIS OF ACCUMULATION (Great
article, shame about the title!) by Stan Goff. "Our
world crisis is analyzed in the three dimensions of
resource depletion, economic injustice, and the
dynamics of political power in a period of systemic
breakdown. Mainstream progressives still discuss
economic and social justice without discussing Peak
Oil; they share with the free market economists a
blissful ignorance of thermodynamic reality. But
conversely, many Peak Oil discussions neglect the
explosive political energies which might erupt from
below during the disaster-process...." Posted
December 7, 2004.
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WHY BRITAIN IS
GOING TO WAR by John Smith. Essential reading
for background - UK involvement in Iraq since the
1920's including bombing Kurdish villages, CIA
involvement in the 1963 coup and with Saddam
Hussein, the economic interests involved, the
forging of the UK-USA "special relationship" ....
You can also download the
article in pdf format. Posted January 11,
2004.
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THE NEW
U.S. NUCLEAR POSTURE from MoveOn
bulletin, June 6, 2003 (posted June 22, 2003)
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WHEN
DEMOCRACY FAILED: THE WARNINGS OF HISTORY by
Thom Hartmann. Parallels between Germany in the
1930's and the USA today. Posted April 7, 2003.
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ABOUT ME - Interested in politics
since my teens, I was active for 13 years in the ecology
movement, and was involved in various campaigns - e.g.
against dumping of nuclear waste at Fulbeck in
Lincolnshire - and groups. I was co-chair of Sheffield
Green Party, and an active participant, and occasional
session chair, at many national Green Party conferences.
I am not currently a member of a political party.
I currently teach for the WEA (Workers Educational
Association) in Sheffield and the York
area. In Oct. 2004 I took over an existing "Talking Politics"
class. I also teach, or have taught,
"Changing Ourselves, Changing Our World", Aromatherapy,
Looking After Yourself - Holistic Health and Alternative
Therapies, Circle Dance, International Folk Dance, and Drumming.
I am also a self-employed aromatherapist,
Circle Dance teacher and musician. I have the City &
Guilds 7407 Adult Teaching Certificate, and a BA in
Politics.
Paul Boizot. Page updated 09.06.14
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My address from 30.04.12 is 14 Holly Bank
Grove, York YO24 4EA, U.K.
contact me on:
01904 621510
info@paulboizot.co.uk
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