International Women’s Day 2014 inspires change

by | Mar 8, 2014

Women’s equality has made positive gains but the world is still unequal. International Women’s Day celebrates the social, political and economic achievements of women while focusing world attention on areas requiring further action. Women’s equality...

Twelve years on, why justice for Gujarat matters

by | Mar 7, 2014

Saeed and Sakil Dawood were friendly, sports-loving Yorkshiremen on holiday in India, returning from a trip to the Taj Mahal. 73-year-old Ehsan Jafri, a former trade unionist and MP, lived in Ahmedabad. When horrific violence engulfed Gujarat in 2002, they were among...

The world of books: words seeking to be made flesh

by | Mar 6, 2014

World Book Day is 6 March in 2014 throughout Britain and Ireland. In other parts of there world it is sometimes marked in April. World Book Day is 6 March in 2014 throughout Britain and Ireland. In other parts of there world it is sometimes marked in April. Book...

Imagine… Common Weal on both sides of the border

by | Mar 4, 2014

“Imagine…it’s easy if you try”. It’s a good lyric but John Lennon was not entirely accurate. What might pejoratively be described as airy-fairy and perhaps slightly wishful supposition is not particularly difficult. More is asked of us by the kind of...