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Unarmed Victory
The Cuban Missile Crisis Fifty Years On
By Bertrand Russell
The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962, more than any previous, crisis, made the ordinary citizen suddenly aware of the ever-present danger of nuclear annihilation, and no sooner had the fright passed than it was renewed on the borders of India and China. Bertrand Russell shared these feelings, both the fright and the anger, but decided he must go on to turn concern into action. This book tells what he did in those frightening weeks, why he did it, and of the curious reception his activities had.
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 New issue of The SpokesmanResist Much, Obey Little
A collection in honour of Ken Coates
The Spokesman 116
We dedicate this issue of The Spokesman to Ken Coates, the journal’s editor for forty years, from 1970 to 2010. During those decades he oversaw the publication of more than one hundred issues, notching up the ton in 2008 with this comment about the military industrial complex and NATO:
‘If we continue to generate another hundred issues of this journal, while we have breath left, we shall resist these embodiments of militarism, and continue to devote our energies to laying the foundations of the peaceful commonwealth which will come into existence with the abolition of war.’
So it is that we begin this little collection with two previously unpublished pieces from Ken’s own hand. They may have been works in progress, but they have all the hallmarks and attributes of luminous Coates’ prose. (Ken was very heartened when he heard that his friend, the playwright Trevor Griffiths, had said ‘no one writes like Ken Coates’.)
Tony Simpson, from his Editorial
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May 2012
Free Shaker Aamer - There are serious concerns about Shaker Aamer's health - please help
MAY DAY GREETINGS - May Day: The Secret Rendezvous with History and the Present
April 2012
Leveson Inquiry - Thatcher, Murdoch and Bad News.
John Arden (1930 - 2012) - The playwright and novelist has died, aged 81.
Speeches by Tony Benn - Information about Spokesman Books' latest title
March 2012
Apostle for Peace - Celebrate Henry Richard's 200th birthday
February 2012
Report from Hawaii - Darkness in Paradise - Dave Webb, Chair of CND, sent an eyewitness report on the increasing militarisation of Hawaii.
Framing Ideas - The new issue of The Spokesman includes Lord Byron's scintillating speech in defence of Nottinghamshire's followers of Ned Ludd, made 200 years ago.
The Right to Useful Work - Anne Karpf in the Guardian
Piot Toward Asia-Pacific - An article by Bruce Gagnon
January 2012
In Place of Austerity - A review in Socialisr Review
December 2011
There is still no word of Ayse Berktay's release from prison in Turkey - A report from Turkey.
In Place of Austerity - An article by Dexter in The Guardian
Global Auction by Dexter Whitfield - Reviewed by Hugo Radice for Capital & Class
November 2011
From Hiroshima to Fukushima - The Spokesman 114
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine can promote peace, truth and reconciliation - By Desmond Tutu and Michael Mansfield
October 2011
Key Words 9 - Raymond Williams in Japan is OUT NOW.
September 2011
Key Words Journal - Key Words 5, Working Spaces, Working Lives is NOW an eBook.
August 2011
The Country and the City - new edition of a Raymond Williams title.
July 2011
Peace activists arrested in South Korea -There is worrying news to report from Jeju Island South Korea.
Shannon Airport Demonstration - Sunday 10 July 2011.
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