Labour’s Crisis and the Search for Hope
Backing Andy Burnham is less about inspiration and more about preventing a deeper slide into the hands of Reform
Trump turns on Zambia
Medicines are being used by Trump as leverage to steal Zambia’s minerals, A royal visit gives credibility to American imperialism.
USA and Israel: Hands off Iran!
#No2ShahNo2Mullahs is one slogan of the Iranian Resistance. And unlike royalist emigres they do not want the USA and Israel bombing their country.
A marketplace of death and destruction – the International Military Helicopter conference
The passion and commitment of even a small group can have a huge impact as we continue to protest agains the arms trade.
Applause in Munich, Blackouts in Havana
World leaders applaud Marco Rubio while USA commits crimes against humanity with its Cuba blockade.
The threat to the jewel in the crown of the criminal justice system
Juries give us hope and are a reminder that human beings are generally decent and are the best judges of what is right and what is wrong.
The Art of Painting
A poem to celebrate the humanity and creativity of the Palestinian people that survives, and may yet transcend, the destructive brutality inflicted on them by Israel.
Democracy or Mob Rule?
It is almost 50 years to the day since I voted in the general election called by Edward Heath. He thought democracy was under threat from trade union power and…
Winter Solstice
A poem for the longest night of the year, a year in which darkness seems to have fallen on so many, in the forgotten war Sudan and the oh so…
HERB AND JUDY AND I
Many years ago I met two heroes of the American Civil rights Movement, Herb Shapiro and Judy Shapiro. only they never told me! Herb is dead now but I would…