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'''Bertrand Arthur William Russell''', 3rd Earl Russell, was a British [[philosopher]], logician, [[mathematician]], [[historian]], [[writer]], [[social critic]], [[political activist]] and [[Nobel laureate]]. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense". He was born in Monmouthshire into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in the [[United Kingdom]].
  
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==Activities==
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===Russell Tribunal===
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In [[1966]] he organised the ''[http://anoniem.org/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Tribunal Russell Tribunal]'' (also known as the ''International War Crimes Tribunal'', ''Russell-Sartre Tribunal'', or ''Stockholm Tribunal''), which was a private [[People's Tribunal]] organised in cooperation with French philosopher and writer [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], with [[Lelio Basso]], [[Simone de Beauvoir]], [[Vladimir Dedijer]], [[Ralph Schoenman]], [[Isaac Deutscher]] and others. The tribunal investigated and evaluated [[American foreign policy]] and military aggression in [[Vietnam]]. Other tribunals were organised in it's image.
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==Opinions==
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===The Impact of Science on Society (1952)===
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|text=Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities consider desirable, and any serious criticism of the powers that be will become psychologically impossible. Even if all are miserable, all will believe themselves happy, because the government will tell them that they are so.
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==Resources==
 
==Resources==
Andrew G. Bone [http://www.lehman.edu/deanhum/philosophy/BRSQ/05feb.bone.htm Bertrand Russell as cold war propagandist] The Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly February-May 2005 / Numbers 125-126, BERTRAND RUSSELL AND THE COLD WAR.
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*Andrew G. Bone [https://web.archive.org/web/20060716125132/http://www.lehman.edu/deanhum/philosophy/BRSQ/05feb.bone.htm Bertrand Russell as cold war propagandist]
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(The Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly February-May 2005 / Numbers 125-126, BERTRAND RUSSELL AND THE COLD WAR.)
  
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==References==
[[Category:British Propaganda|Russell, Bertrand]]
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Latest revision as of 13:07, 21 May 2023

Person.png Bertrand Russell   Alchetron Keywiki Powerbase Spartacus WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Philosopher, Propagandist, Peace activist)
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BornBertrand Arthur William Russell
18 May 1872
Trellech, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom
Died2 February 1970 (Age 97)
Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Alma materTrinity College (Cambridge)
SpouseAlys Pearsall Smith
Founder ofCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Pugwash Conferences
Member ofCoefficients (dining club), Fabian Society
InterestsPeople's Tribunal
Interest ofRalph Schoenman
UK philosopher and pacifist

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and Nobel laureate. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense". He was born in Monmouthshire into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in the United Kingdom.

Activities

Russell Tribunal

In 1966 he organised the Russell Tribunal (also known as the International War Crimes Tribunal, Russell-Sartre Tribunal, or Stockholm Tribunal), which was a private People's Tribunal organised in cooperation with French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre, with Lelio Basso, Simone de Beauvoir, Vladimir Dedijer, Ralph Schoenman, Isaac Deutscher and others. The tribunal investigated and evaluated American foreign policy and military aggression in Vietnam. Other tribunals were organised in it's image.

Opinions

The Impact of Science on Society (1952)

The Impact of Science on Society-quote.png
[1]

Resources

(The Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly February-May 2005 / Numbers 125-126, BERTRAND RUSSELL AND THE COLD WAR.)


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
1948 Hague Congress7 May 194811 May 1948Netherlands
The Hague
Landmark conference which had a profound influence on the shape of the European Movement. Many of the groups organizing the conference received covert funding from the CIA.
Congress for Cultural Freedom/Founding Conference26 June 195029 June 1950Founded the Congress for Cultural Freedom. The participants had a "a culpable incuriosity about funding" of the luxurious conference, which was later exposed as CIA money.
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References

  1. The Impact of Science on Society , 1952