Peace and Human Rights

Spokesman Books | Peace and Human Rights

Collection of Peace and Human Rights titles. Spokesman Books' Human Rights, Peace and Nuclear Disarmament titles. Authors include Bertrand Russell , Noam Chomsky,Tony Bunyan of Statewatch, Ken Coates, Alva Mydral, George Farebrother, Seymour Melman and Kurt Vonnegut.

A Case to Answer By Glen Rangwala and Dan Plesch At the end of August, Members of Parliament in Britain joined together to start a process that could lead to the impeachment of Prime Minister Blair "for High Crimes and Misdemeanours in relation to the invasion of Iraq". The MPs from different parties published a report setting out "compelling evidence of deliberate repeated distortion, seriously misleading statements and culpable negligence on the part of the Prime Minister. This misconduct is in itself more than sufficient to require his resignation ... The core conclusion of this report is that the impeachment of the Prime Minister has a strong basis in fact, and established precedent in parliamentary law." Dr Glen Rangwala lectures in politics at Cambridge University. Dan Plesch is an Honorary Fellow of Birkbeck College, University of London. Price: £5.00 128 pages | Pamphlet ISBN: 978 0 85124 7045 Quantity:

The Life and Works of Henry Richard Apostle for Peace and MP for Wales by D. Ben Rees Henry Richard, the Apostle of Peace, was a Congregational minister, Welsh Member of Parliament 1868-88, and Secretary of the Peace Society (1848-84). He was elected Member of Parliament for the Merthyr boroughs in Wales in 1868 and became an influential Nonconformist in the House of Commons. 'Henry Richard has, through the efforts of Bruce Kent, Simon Thomas, David Morris and others of us, been given his rightful place as a man of inspiration ... I have been given the opportunity of delivering lectures on Henry Richard in the House of Lords in London and in my church in Liverpool, and now we bring together the story in this book and hope it will be widely circulated.' D. Ben Rees Price: £3.00 32 pages | Pamphlet ISBN: 978 0 85124 7465 Quantity:

The Sizewell Syndrome Nuclear Power, nuclear weapons and public policy by Tony Benn Tony Benn held major responsibilities for Britain's nuclear industry over eight years in a variety of ministerial posts. Here in his evidence to the Sizewell Public Inquiry, under close cross-examination, he explains in detail his considered views. Price: £6.95 128 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 4020 Quantity:

Freedom from Nuclear Weapons Edited by George Farebrother For World Court Coalition In July 2006 legal experts and civil society representatives met in Brussels to examine the legality of nuclear weapons in depth. They developed proposals for action by citizens to uphold the law, calling on diplomats and politicians to honour their Good Faith obligations. This book records their conclusions, and outlines a way forward. Price: £7.00 114 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 748 9 Quantity:

The War on Freedom and Democracy Essays on Civil Liberties in Europe Edited by Tony Bunyan The 'war on terror' has continued with no end in sight in the years since the attacks on the United States on 11 September 2001. It permeates the institutions of the body politic in Europe, sacrificing liberty and freedoms in the name of a constructed 'politics of fear' and demands for security. We have learnt that the greatest threat to 'our way of life' and democracy comes not from terrorism but from our governments' reactions to it. The emergency measures that at first were presented as 'expectional' are now the norm. These essays were prepared for the launch of the European Civil Liberties Network Contributors: Tony Bunyan, Heiner Busch, Deirdre Curtin, Liz Fekete, Balthasar Glatti, Ben Hayes, Paddy Hillyard, Gus Hosein, Gergana Jouleva, Alexander Kashumov, Virginia Mantouvalou, Thomas Mathiesen, Steve Peers, Max Rowlands, Phil Scraton, A. Sivanandan, Lorenzo Trucco and Aidan White. Price: £10.99 176 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 723 6 Quantity:

Education for Peace Edited by Robert A. Hinde & Donald A. Parry To achieve world peace it is necessary not only to resolve current disputes, but also to create a situation in which disputes do not arise. For this to happen, education must play a central role. It has to encompass the issues of competition and co-operation between individuals, groups and nations; the nature of peace and war and a proper understanding of history; the interdependence of nations; respect for diversity; human rights and freedoms. Price: £6.95 104 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 513 3 Quantity:

Empire No More! ... the Lion and Wolf shall cease By Ken Coates Wars and threats of war seethe all around us. The end of the Cold War, far from bringing a new era of universal peace, gave place to a frenzied new drive to build more powerful and deadly weapons, and a permanent Orwellian ‘war on terror’ which is self-renewing, and, it is to be feared, unwinnable. 'This book is a guide book for us all ... I recommend it wholeheartedly.' Tony Benn Price: £11.99 288 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 6949 Quantity:

Empire No More! ... the Lion and Wolf shall cease By Ken Coates Price: £45.00 288 pages | Hardback ISBN: 978 0 85124 7007 Quantity:

Regime Change in Iran By Donald N. Wilber This Clandestine History of Operation Ajax to overthrow the Prime Minister of Iran was written for the US Central Intelligence Agency in March 1954 by Dr. Donald N. Wilber. It gives a unique insight into the extent to which the CIA and its British ally went in pursuit of their aim to remove Iran's elected head of government in 1952-53. Price: £7.99 112 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 7182 Quantity:

The Case Against War The Essential Legal Inquiries,  Opinions and Judgements concerning War in Iraq By George Farebrother & Nicholas Kollerstrom The Case Against War comprises an extensive collection of legal opinion on Britain's participation in the Iraq War. It covers the entire legal proceedings of a citizen's tribunal, held on the 11th October 2002 in London, on the legality, or otherwise, of the then forthcoming war on Iraq. Further legal Opinions by Rabinder Singh and Charlotte Kilroy are also to be found here from 2003, as well as the full documentation of CND's case for a judicial review of the British Governments decision to go to war.  ‘The Case Against War is an excellent collection of the material which establishes beyond doubt that the war against Iraq was unlawful.’ Mark Littman QC ‘The calm logic and rigour of legal reasoning of the highest calibre is brought to bear in presenting the case for and against the legality at international law of the impending intervention, purportedly in support of the UN.’ Lord R.K. Murray, Former Lord Advocate of Scotland ‘I think that there is an ever increasing need for the public to be reminded of the legal principles underlying any decision concerning the use of power to wage war in the context of the UN Charter when politicians consistently mislead us on the legal basis and justification for the war in Iraq.’ Michael Mansfield QC This book has been reviewed in: Solicitors Journal World Disarm! thelawjournal.co.uk Price: £10.00 280 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 6925 Quantity:

No More Hiroshimas Written and translated by James Kirkup In his new preface, James Kirkup explains the genesis of this little collection: 'These poems all have their roots in one late afternoon at the land workers’ hostel outside Ponteland, Northumberland. As we entered the hostel we got the news that the first American Atom Bomb had been dropped on Japan, on the city of Hiroshima. It was the first time we had heard of that place that was to become a universal symbol of man’s inhumanity towards his fellow men.’ Read reviews of this book by: David Burnett David Krieger Read the poem No More Hiroshimas Price: £6.99 72 pages | ISBN: 978 0 85124 6895 Poetry | Paperback Quantity:

Has Man a Future? By Bertand Russell Man has been on this planet for one million years, and in that time has come a long way. He could achieve great things in the next million. What are his prospects if he can manage to survive the present danger of universal destruction? After posing this question, Bertrand Russell examines this danger in its most urgent form: the development of nuclear weapons and the hypocrisy of official attitudes to them. Price: £7.99 134 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 81524 6368 Quantity:

Straw Wars Full Spectrum Sycophancy Jack Straw's Briefing with a response by Ken Coates Straw Wars includes the verbatim texts of the statements by Jack Straw, with point-by-point rebuttals. It also includes the full text of the United States Space Command's Vision for 2020. This deadly serious document speaks very candidly about what is behind the impending repudiation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, and the wholesale violation of the Outer Space Treaty. The salient points of these Treaties are also reproduced. Price: £3.00 58 pages ISBN: 978 0 85124 659 8 Quantity:

The Demilitarized Society Disarmament and Conversion by Seymour Melman The Demilitarized Society diagnoses the economic and allied decay caused by militarism, and formulates a set of proposals - political and economic - for demilitarizing our societies. Price: £5.50 134 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 506 5 Quantity:

The Game of Disarmament How the United and Russia Run the Arms Race By Alva Mydral The Game of Disarmament is the definitive account of the arms race and the militarisation of our world, by Sweden’s former Minister for Disarmament. Alva Myrdal masterfully explains why neither of the superpowers seriously tried to achieve disarmament. 'The Game of Disarmament is one of the most impressive books I have ever read about the huge problems of the world-wide arms race.' Willy Brandt Price: £8.95 398 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 306 1 Quantity:

Whatever Happened to the Peace Dividend? The Post-Cold War Armaments Momentum by Marek Thee Marek Thee, reveals, that despite the decline of the Cold War, spending on military research and development was already increasing even before the Gulf crisis unfolded. What are the main features of this new arms race? What is happening inside the world's military laboratories? How can they be opened up to public scrutiny, and how can the enormous scientific resources they swallow up be liberated to serve more humane purposes? Marek Thee addresses his subject with characteristic thoroughness. Price: £7.95 113 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 533 1 Quantity:

Europe at Peace? VIII Convention for European Nuclear Disarmament Edited by Josep Palau with a foreword by Manuel Azcarate When the European Peace movement held its Eighth Convention on European Nuclear Disarmament in Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain in July 1989, it was glad to celebrate the potential reversal of the arms race, against which it had struggled for so many years. This book, which demonstrates the maturity and relevance of the peace movement in the face of the manifold threats to civilised life. Price: £10.95 304 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 519 5 Quantity:

Europe at Peace? VIII Convention for European Nuclear Disarmament Edited by Josep Palau with a foreword by Manuel Azcarate Price: £25.00 304 pages | Hardback ISBN: 978 0 85124 518 8 Quantity:

Depleted Uranium Deadly, Dangerous and Indiscriminate The Full Picture By Anne Gut and Bruno Vitale "At a time of great power menace, with DU used in Afghanistan and Iraq, this meticulous and vivid book brilliantly puts the case for none of us remaining silent." John Pilger Depleted Uranium: Deadly, Dangerous and Indiscriminate scrutinises the available evidence of the effects of DU on human health and the environment, and makes the case for stopping completely the manufacture, deployment and the use of DU munitions. Read reviews by: Dr Patrick Nicholson Douglas Holdstock Price: £7.99 160 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 6857 Quantity:

A New Design for Disarmament Pugwash Edited by William Epstein & Toshiyuki Toyoda This volume contains the unanimous report and papers presented to the 25th in a series of Pugwash International Symposia, in Kyoto, Japan from August 28 to September 1 1975. The symposium dealt with the subject ‘A New Design Towards Complete Nuclear Disarmament: The Social Function of Scientists and Engineers.’ Price: £8.95 338 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 192 0 Quantity:

A Most Dangerous Decade by Ken Coates In 1980, facing up to a renewed upsurge of militarism, the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation joined forces with a number of others to launce the appeal for European Nuclear Disarmament. This began with a warning. "We are entering the most dangerous decade in history", it said. There is a good deal of new evidence to show that this appreciation was exact, containing not a milligram of exaggeration. Price: £6.95 211 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 406 8 Quantity:

A Most Dangerous Decade by Ken Coates Price: £17.50 211 pages | Hardback ISBN: 978 0 85124 405 1 Quantity:

Think Globally, Act Locally The United Nations and the Peace Movements by Ken Coates This book seeks to draw lessons from the experience of the peace movement in order to strengthen the work of the United Nations. It proposes important reforms of the structure of the world organisation, while defending key principles of international law and co-operation. Price: £9.95 168 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 504 1 Quantity:

Think Globally, Act Locally The United Nations and the Peace Movements by Ken Coates Price: £17.50 168 pages | Hardback ISBN: 978 0 85124 503 4 Quantity:

War and Peace in the Gulf Testimonies of the Gulf Peace Team Edited by Bela Bhatia, Jean Dreze & Kathy Kelly with a foreword by Noam Chomsky The Gulf Peace Team is a living expression of the authors' vision for a peaceful world, a world where non-violence and conflict resolution are used instead of force. "This is an act of great courage and integrity. If anything can be done to stop this monstrous war, it should be done." Noam Chomsky "Without the courageous efforts of the Gulf Peace Team, we may not have had a sense of the real possibilites of peace and of the humanity of the Iraqi people." John Pilger Price: £10.00 182 pages | Paperback ISBN: 978 0 85124 640 6 Quantity:

Fates Worse Than DEATH Spokeman pamphlet 80 by Kurt Vonnegut Jr "When asked for a message of support to the first Convention of END (European Nuclear Disarmament) Kurt Vonnegut sent the text of this pamphlet, with this letter... I'm sorry to have been such a slovenly responder to your good letters. I can't come to Brussels in July, but the world seems to be one big city now. I ran into the Mayor of Nagasaki, whose mother was pregnant with him when the bomb was dropped, only this afternoon - two hundred yards from my doorstep. As it turns out, he is for peace. Surprise. I, a druid, preached for peace at the Episcopal Cathedral here, St. John the Divine, two Sundays ago. I enclose a copy of what I said, more or less. If anything in it is of any use to you, please help yourself. The copyright is owned by the Cathedral, which paid me zero. They wouldn't have the balls to sue, no matter what you did." Cheers Kurt Vonnegut Price: £2.00 16 pages | Spokesman Pamphlet 80 ISBN: 978 0 85124 338 2 Quantity:

Prevent the Crime of Silence: Reports from the sessions of the International War Crimes Tribunal, founded by Bertrand Russell Edited by Ken Coates, Peter Limqueco & Peter Weiss Foreword by Noam Chomsky In 1967 the International War Crimes Tribynal held sessions in Stockholm and Roskilde, in Denmark, to hear evidence on the conduct of the war in Vietnam. Invitations to the American Government had been ignored. Since 1967, Bertrand Russell has died. This book is intended to assist Russell's initial request of the Tribunal 'to prevent the crime of silence'. Price: £15.00 384 pages Quantity:

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