Letter of nomination for Nobel Peace Prize from Mairead Maguire

1st January, 2021 The Norwegian Nobel Committee, Henrik Ibsen’s gate 51 O255 Oslo, Norway. Subject: Nomination 2021 Nobel Peace Prize – Julian Assange, Chelsea (Bradley) Manning, Edward Snowden Dear Members of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, I hope this letter finds you all well. I write to nominate the following three people as a group … [Read more…]

India – the largest strike the world has ever seen

Last year the BJP government of Narendra Modi rushed through the Indian parliament three Farm Bills which at a stroke abolished the old agricultural produce procurement system. Under that system, farmers used to sell their crops to government-licensed middlemen at government-regulated market places (‘Mandis’). The government’s excuse for this legislation, draconian in its effect as … [Read more…]

The global angle to the farmer protests

Utsa Patnaik Reproduced from The Hindu of 30 December 2020, with thanks The farmers’ movement for the repeal of the three farm laws which affect them closely but have been rammed through without consulting them, has now entered its second month. It is of historic significance. It is not just about minimum support prices but … [Read more…]

Time to end poverty

On 21 October 2020, 321 Tory MPs voted to deny free school meals to the poorest school children during half term and Christmas holidays – indicative of the heartless cruelty of the ruling class – this at a time when 4.5m UK children live in poverty and over a third of households in this country … [Read more…]

The Big Ride for Palestine and the Labour Party

Quite apart from the high-profile members of the Labour Party who have been expelled or had their membership put on hold while they are examined for anti-Semitism, another ludicrous affair within that Party has come to the light of public attention. In 2019, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), received copies of email correspondence between council … [Read more…]

Venezuelans bravely defy US imperialism to vote for government candidates in parliamentary elections

US, British and European imperialism have shown their complete lack of their self-proclaimed neutrality and impartiality in regard to other countries exercising democratic rights. The response to the 2020 Venezuelan National Assembly elections held on 6 December has exposed the imperialists as the vicious self-serving deceitful thieves and cut-throats that they are. Prior to the … [Read more…]