Our main theme this month is 'woke' or 'wokeism' – what it is and whether it is compatible with humanism.

Humanistically Speaking is very sad to report the death of humanist writer and activist Jim Herrick, who has died in Cambridge at the age...

Photos by David Warden (unless captioned otherwise), Copenhagen, August 3rd - 6th, 2023 The World Humanist Congress Gala Dinner raised...

The 2023 World Humanist Congress, gathered in Copenhagen, adopted the following Declaration on Democracy: a humanist value: Humans are...

The 2023 World Humanist Congress addressed the global issues of religious dominance in politics, risks faced by humanists worldwide.

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...

By Susan Guiver Susan is Secretary of Milton Keynes Humanists and a retired English teacher. In this article, she reports on whether...

James argues that ‘Critical Social Justice’, also known as 'woke', is an expression of, not incompatible with, Humanist values.

David argues that ‘wokeness’ is a radical left-wing movement that detracts from the agency and responsibility of the individual.

By Aaron the Humanist In this article, Aaron explores the contradiction between our stunning technological success as a species and our...

Is unrestrained free speech defensible and is unfettered free speech an unequivocal “good” in the moral sense?.

The use of the word “woke” is simplistic, and has become pejorative: it is used as a term to insult by some.

'Woke Ideologies' are now influencing public policy and causing real-world consequences and division, & are a threat to the Enlightenment.

By Dr Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson is a semi-retired psychologist with the University of Regina, Canada and President...

By Mohit Palagiri Mohit is our talented young India correspondent. He is a keen student of global humanist history and democratic...

McWhorter has written this provocatively titled book as a polemic to inject some sanity into what he considers to be an unhinged debate.

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...