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MIKE COWLEY welcomes half a century of remarkable work, that begins before the Greens and invites a connection to — and not a division from — nature
Virtual reality cure for all
The Paddy McGuffin column
ANDREW MURRAY recommends a volume of essays that nail the visionless, racist and neoliberal character of policy under Starmer’s Labour Party
JONATHAN TAYLOR appreciates how, for a black British musician, to walk onstage can be a rebellious act
Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER
Like dictators of the past, Trump is seeking an enforcement agency answering only to him, asserts CJ ATKINS
From tens of thousands left abandoned to a militarised ‘looting’ crackdown, Hurricane Katrina laid bare racial inequities and government neglect, writes NATALIA MARQUES
“People who suffer from paranoia can overcome their fears using virtual reality, new research has found.”
This was the boast of researchers at Oxford University earlier this week and we should be very worried indeed.
The study, funded by the Medical Research Council, combined psychological treatment techniques with state-of-the-art virtual reality created social situations to reduce paranoid fear, we are told.
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