by Sean Reilly | Apr 18, 2008
Christian campaigners have called for the reopening of a corruption investigation into the arms company BAE Systems following a landmark ruling in the High Court last week. The court ruled that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had acted unlawfully by cutting short an...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 17, 2008
As the 60th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel approaches, Western church leaders are putting their names to a historic joint declaration, originated in Britain, calling for a just peace in Palestine/Israel. Desmond Tutu is among the growing number of...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 21, 2008
The United States and the United Kingdom are being required this month – March 2008 – to reflect on the recent heritage of their military interventions, most notably in Iraq (where the chaos and death seems to have no end) and in the north of Ireland...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 16, 2008
Faith communities in Britain have been urged to ask the British government tough questions about abuses in Iraq and to seek a public enquiry to determine what has happened in the years succeeding the illegal 2003 invasion and occupation. The call came in a meeting on...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 11, 2008
Good citizenship is not about flag-waving, metaphorically or otherwise. It’s about the just practices, shared habits and practical ways of organising our public lives which enable people to belong to one another across boundaries like those created by nation...