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Ian Birchall on secularism http://socialistworker.org/blog/critical-reading/2015/01/19/ian-birchall-secularism Because of the republication of Ian Birchall’s article (itself a response to my article, In Defence of Militant Secularism) on the US Socialist Worker site (International Socialist Organization) the reply is presented here, unchanged, in order to give a more complete view of the debate. The Reply was published in the last ever issue of What Next? It only appeared in an on-line edition and is not available in the What next Archives (last time I checked). An Enlightened Response to Ian Birchall. (2006). " Birchall fails to grapple with the nature of political secularism, its philosophical roots, the account of the French secular education system is hopelessly skewed, and his belief that Respect is “secularism in practice”, is wholly misguided." https://tendancecoatesy.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/an-enlightened-response-to-ian-birchall-2006/ Andrew Coates _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
