BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
Greenham Common: ‘The women were very brave’
Honorary CND vice-president BRUCE KENT speaks to Daniel Powell on the legacy of the peace movement and the Greenham Common era
Sue Lent with the late Mary Crofton at the end of the 1983 Star March to Greenham
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research explores the factors that are bringing today’s highly educated but often underemployed young people out onto the streets, from Chile, to Algeria, to Nepal
The nation’s leading second-hand socialist bookseller that has been running strong for 33 years is changing hands and expanding its vision — now is the time to get involved, buy, donate and support, writes ANDREW MURRAY
IN the last week of August this year, a 40th anniversary commemorative march began from Cardiff to the former site of Greenham Common airbase in Berkshire, marking the route taken in 1981 by Women for Life on Earth, against the placement of US nuclear missiles in Britain.
Peace camps established at the base became high profile in press and television reports, noted for their lasting resilience and activism.
A prominent figure in the peace movement at this time was Bruce Kent, now honorary vice-president of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), having been its general secretary and chair during the peak of media spotlight on Greenham.
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