JOHN ELLISON looks back to the 1974 general election in Greece which freed the people from the oppressive military junta
John Ellison


JOHN ELLISON looks back at the Wilson government’s early months, detailing how left-wing manifesto commitments were diluted, and the challenges faced by Tony Benn in implementing socialist policies

Robert Fisk and John Pilger knew that the legacy of the aggression of the US and its allies against the Middle East was crucial to understanding that crimes like the war on Gaza will only lead to more violence, writes JOHN ELLISON

JOHN ELLISON looks at the miners' strike and Shrewsbury 3 case that led Edward Heath to ask ‘Who governs Britain?’ and the electorate to answer: not you

On the 70th anniversary of the Korean armistice, JOHN ELLISON looks at a moment in time when the US almost resorted to its nuclear arsenal and Britain nearly ended up colluding

JOHN ELLISON shows how the calculated moves of the West and East during their time as allies against fascism would prefigure the divided Europe of the cold war to come