Many people think of 1929 as the start of The Great Depression. Britain, as you would expect, was years ahead of those laggards on Wall Street. In 1925 our Chancellor…
Planting seeds of sovereignty in Gaza Food sovereignty is a matter of life and death in Gaza, where Israel has been deliberately destroying Palestinians’ ability to sustain themselves. For Yousef…
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There are only two key questions.
22 April 20201. How do we get out of the mess? And 2. In what kind of society do we wish to live afterwards? I have little idea how we manage 1.,…
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The Word from On High
22 April 2020Three deities on Mount Olympus, having been instructed by Zeus to lockdown together, decide to hold a symposium. You know the meaning of the word symposium? It is Greek for…
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Ellen Wilkinson – Women who made a difference
22 April 2020I would like to look at a few women who made a real difference in political life and are often, if not ignored, relegated to ‘also rans’ for their contributions.…