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Volume 116 Issue 1 Spring 2001

Features

The Mechanics of Genocide
Linda Melvern analyses the failure of the international community in Rwanda
Towards Enlightenment
Politics needs Enlightenment says Frank Furedi
Beyond Equality
Whatever happened to the lofty ideals of gay liberation and sexual freedom?, asks Peter Tatchell
Vision and Realism: a Life in Press Politics
Shirley Dent talks to Barry Duke
Science Studies
Stuart Clarke reviews the history of scientific cassandras
To tell the Truth
Is mathematics a religion at all? Is science? Daniel Dennett tries out some answers
A Humanist Outlook
RPA president Hermann Bondi looks for the common ground of humanity
Ethics of the Embryo
John Harris on the stem cell controversy
Violation of Article 2(4)
When is it right to intervene? Jim Whitman reports

Culture

The Science of Fiction
What is science fiction, asks Bo Fowler

Columns

Parliamentary Column
MP Evan Hariss looks at the parliamentary battle of human embryos
Guest Column
Bill Cooke hails the history of the RPA
Humanist Web
The Internet is both your greatest dream and your worst nightmare says Dan Bye
Doubt and Dubya
How should an American humanist vote, asks Paul Kurtz
We want what you've got.
Since the late '‘80s disabled people have used tactics of non-violent civil disobedience in their fight for basic human rights says Alan Holdsworth
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