Editor’s welcome
Our main theme this month is 'woke' or 'wokeism' – what it is and whether it is compatible with humanism.
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David Warden
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Jim Herrick obituary
Humanistically Speaking is very sad to report the death of humanist writer and activist Jim Herrick, who has died in Cambridge at the age...
David Warden
- Aug 31
- 1 min
World Humanist Congress Photo Gallery
Photos by David Warden (unless captioned otherwise), Copenhagen, August 3rd - 6th, 2023 The World Humanist Congress Gala Dinner raised...
David Warden
- Aug 31
- 3 min
Copenhagen Declaration on Democracy
The 2023 World Humanist Congress, gathered in Copenhagen, adopted the following Declaration on Democracy: a humanist value: Humans are...
Anthony Lewis
- Aug 31
- 8 min
Impressions from the 2023 World Humanist Congress
The 2023 World Humanist Congress addressed the global issues of religious dominance in politics, risks faced by humanists worldwide.
Mike Flood
- Aug 31
- 6 min
World Humanist Congress: the big issues humanists seem reluctant to tackle
By Dr Mike Flood Mike is Chair of Milton Keynes Humanists and Chair of the Future of Humanism Group. In this article he praises the...
Susan Guiver
- Aug 31
- 3 min
World Humanist Congress: Encounters in a museum and reflections on BC versus BCE
By Susan Guiver Susan is Secretary of Milton Keynes Humanists and a retired English teacher. In this article, she reports on whether...
James Croft
- Aug 31
- 7 min
Humanist and Woke: No Contradiction
James argues that ‘Critical Social Justice’, also known as 'woke', is an expression of, not incompatible with, Humanist values.
David Warden
- Aug 31
- 12 min
Against woke: A response to James Croft
David argues that ‘wokeness’ is a radical left-wing movement that detracts from the agency and responsibility of the individual.
Aaron the Humanist
- Aug 31
- 4 min
Humanity: a status report
By Aaron the Humanist In this article, Aaron explores the contradiction between our stunning technological success as a species and our...
Barry Newman
- Aug 31
- 4 min
Is unrestrained free speech defensible?
Is unrestrained free speech defensible and is unfettered free speech an unequivocal “good” in the moral sense?.
Jonathan MS Pearce
- Aug 31
- 8 min
What is “woke”? It’s my trigger word...
The use of the word “woke” is simplistic, and has become pejorative: it is used as a term to insult by some.
Anthony Lewis
- Aug 31
- 9 min
Just Stop Woke: A Journey
'Woke Ideologies' are now influencing public policy and causing real-world consequences and division, & are a threat to the Enlightenment.
Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
- Aug 31
- 9 min
How Woke puritanism can lead to fatal consequences: Reflections on the death of Richard Bilkszto
By Dr Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson is a semi-retired psychologist with the University of Regina, Canada and President...
Karl Singarvelan Raha
- Aug 31
- 10 min
Humanist woke culture: a countervailing force against Indian nationalist extremism
By Karl Singarvelan Raha Karl is our talented young India correspondent. He is a keen student of global humanist history and democratic...
Anthony Lewis
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
McWhorter has written this provocatively titled book as a polemic to inject some sanity into what he considers to be an unhinged debate.
Alexander Williams
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Poet’s Corner
By Alex WIlliams The idea of Woke Culture is a very appealing one, especially to those who wish to create and foster a climate in which...
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