Once the bustling heart of Christian pilgrimage, Bethlehem now faces shuttered hotels, empty streets and a shrinking Christian community, while Israel’s assault on Gaza and the tightening grip of occupation destroy hopes of peace at the birthplace of Christ, writes Father GEOFF BOTTOMS
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The time for peace, justice and equality is well overdue
KATE HUDSON writes on CND's upcoming conference, bringing activists together to discuss the key challenges to world peace
After years hidden away, Oldham’s memorial to six local volunteers who died fighting fascism in the Spanish civil war has been restored to public view, marking both a victory for campaigners and a renewed tribute to the town’s proud International Brigade heritage, says ROB HARGREAVES
The June 2025 attacks on Iran have heightened the risk of a wider war, exposed the fiction of a rules-based international order and left ordinary Iranians trapped between external aggression and internal repression, says the Committee for Defence of Iranian People’s Rights
While pretending to seek peace, Europe is heading toward a collision course with Russia – using security guarantees, troop deployments, expropriation and censorship as tools, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
A WWI hero, renowned ornithologist, medical doctor, trade union organiser and founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain all rolled in one. MAT COWARD tells the story of a life so improbable it was once dismissed as fiction
The long-term effects of chemical weapons such as Agent Orange mean that the impact of war lasts well beyond a ceasefire
THERE’S no doubt we are living in dangerous times — when the media routinely discusses the possibility of World War Three, something is going very badly wrong.
But we are also living in a time of great opportunity, and nowhere are these contradictions more starkly posed than in the struggle against nuclear weapons and war.
We have all been horrified by the aggressive rhetoric from US President Donald Trump and his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un — and the possibility of the war of words turning into catastrophic nuclear use.
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