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The Nakba march and the consequences for one man Looking back in time – The 1963 Bristol bus boycott Never again – Hiroshima, Nagasaki An indefinite strike at Goldsmiths – and the crisis nobody is talking about Under the Radar
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The Nakba march and the consequences for one man

18/08/2026 Olwyn Jones

Musa was arrested on the London march on 16 May, held to draw people's attention to the anniversary of the 1948 catastrophe, the Nakba.

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Looking back in time – The 1963 Bristol bus boycott

17/08/2026 Jo Buchanan

In the 1950s about 1,000 African Caribbean migrants lived in Bristol, and by 1962 this number had grown to about3,000. There was a backlash from some of the white British…

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Never again – Hiroshima, Nagasaki

12/08/2026 Jo Buchanan

Children are far more vulnerable to radiation than adults. About 38,000 children were killed in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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An indefinite strike at Goldsmiths – and the crisis nobody is talking about

10/08/2026 Marilyn Tyzack

Restructuring, redundancies and industrial action at Goldsmiths is an extreme manifestation of a crisis spreading through higher education.

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Under the Radar

05/08/2026 Jo Buchanan

Under the Radar: Plastic, Pesticides, Palestine and profits from genocide and the climate crisis. Everyday tales of capital resistance.

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Peaceful protest under threat

21/07/2026 Jo Buchanan

Our authoritarian government and other governments are silencing dissenters and activists, demonising lawyers and restricting jury trials.

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The Church in solidarity with Palestine

19/07/2026 Olwyn Jones

There needs to be a robust response from the Church to all the atrocities that the Palestinian people suffer on a daily basis

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When Football becomes Nationalism

14/07/2026 Marilyn Tyzack

A reflection on football, national pride and where football support can become something more dangerous.

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No more hot air

10/07/2026 Jo Buchanan

Climate change is hitting harder and more cruelly if you live in the Global South or if you are living on the streets or in poverty.

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How Real is the Russian Threat?

06/07/2026 Mike Stanton

The Russian threat is being used to browbeat us into accepting more attacks on our liberties and make sacrifices to fund a massive growth in arms spending.

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