AT 4.30PM, GMT, Democrat candidate Joe Biden secured enough votes in Pennsylvania for media outlets around the world to announce that he would be the next President of the USA. Who’s cheering? Donald Trump isn’t cheering, for one. He was ...
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Thought for today 02.09.20
IT’S SEPTEMBER. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.” Donald Trump, US presidential candidate, speaking during his election campaign, June ...
Read More »Thought for today 10.08.20
AS WORLD leaders look for a way to repair a global economy deeply injured by the first wave of Coronavirus, we look this month at the struggle between the wealthy and the workers – and what has been said about ...
Read More »Coalition broadcasts film on world arms trade
LOCKDOWN has affected much of the world economy – but has it dented the onward march of the international arms trade? Start to find out by watching Shadow World, a feature length investigation into the darker side of capitalism. The ...
Read More »Coalition resists post-Corona war drive
THE PANDEMIC is not over – and as countries struggle to cope with the situation at home, there are worrying signs that the US, and perhaps some allies, may respond to the pressure with bellicose statements. The Stop the War ...
Read More »Healthcare or Warfare?
THE Stop the War Coalition is holding a virtual meeting on Saturday, 16th May to explore the issue of government expenditure on keeping people healthy and, on the other hand, killing them. The military never seem to go short of ...
Read More »Bernie Sanders accepts defeat but carries on campaign
BERNIE SANDERS is the one mainstream candidate campaigning solidly from the left in the US presidential election campaign. He has now acknowledged that he cannot win enough votes in the primaries to become the Democratic Party candidate in this autumn’s ...
Read More »Corona crisis: solidarity with Gaza
WHILE THE PUBLIC tries to cope with a three month lockdown in the UK, spare a thought for the people of Gaza – a state that’s been in lockdown for 15 years, thanks to a blockade imposed by the Israeli ...
Read More »Thought for today 02.03.20
Claudia Webbe MP warns that the racism of the Tory Government will be a divisive force, not a unifying one, in our society. “As a black woman, a daughter of the windrush generation representing the incredibly diverse constituency of Leicester ...
Read More »Thought for today 28.02.20
SOME US politicians stand up for universal health care: but it’s not a major campaign that has taken off in the USA. “The fate of health care access for millions of Americans remains uncertain as the Trump administration attempts to ...
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