Austerity and welfare reform: a lethal cocktail

Today (20th January 2015), MPs will debate the future of the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system. Those who speak in favour of renewing Trident, at a cost of almost £100 billion, will no doubt say Trident is essential to protect UK citizens at some point in the...

The radical King: dignity, labour and MLK

While some heavily red (in this case, right-wing Republican) areas of the United States downplay or even ignore Martin Luther King Day, it has generally won widespread support across the country since it was introduced in 1983 to mark his birthday. While some heavily...

Parliamentary briefing: a new year of war?

On Monday 19 January 2015, Jeremy Corbyn MP is hosting a meeting in the House of Commons to look at the new war stirrings in the light of recent global events. On Monday 19 January 2015, Jeremy Corbyn MP is hosting a meeting in the House of Commons to look at the new...

Martin Luther King Day: towards a ‘world house’

In 2015 Martin Luther King Day falls on Tuesday 19 January. There is a moving article on the website of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change by Dr King’s widow, Coretta Scott King (who died in 2006), herself an important author,...