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We’re all being taken for a ride – UK’s train fares are the most expensive in Europe
Messages telling passengers to be beware of suspicious objects and people . . . but never any explanation from company officials explaining why trains are late or cancelled (Picture: Train… Read more >
Justin Welby says he hopes a new breed of 21st century “peasants” won’t chop off his head and use it as a football
As the out-going archbishop of Canterbury apologises (yet again ) for making himself look like a fool in the House of Lords, the big question remains un-answered – How many… Read more >
New film about Dietrich Bonhoeffer – It’s a wake-up call for those denying the rapid spread of the world’s oldest hatred
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (played by John Dassler, centre) in a scene from the new film Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin which was released in the USA and Canada last week … Read more >
“Power to the People” – an old song that needs new words as millions of Zimbabweans live their lives in the dark
No Power to the People . . . women in Zimbabwe face the daily ordeal of feeding families without electricity. But the lights go on when fat-cat politicians spout nonsense… Read more >
Big wigs in the Church of England remain silent as stone after a child abuse scandal that rocked the 850 million strong worldwide Anglican Communion
Ex-archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby – All dressed up in his clerical finery. OMERTA is a southern Italian code which places importance on silence in the face of… Read more >
Zambia’s 60th birthday: Say ‘hello’ to two British economists who saved that country a fortune seconds before independence on October 24, 1964
The late Dr Kenneth Kaunda at a Commonwealth meeting in Harare towards the end of his long stint as head of state in Zambia. (Picture: Trevor Grundy) In… Read more >
CHOGM 2024: Britain facing calls to pay billions for its role in slavery and climate change
During a visit to Britain in 2005, Desmond Tutu visited the Hull home of William Wilberforce, the English statesman who overcame incredible odds to bring about the end of slavery… Read more >
Cable Street Revisited: Leading anti-Fascist academic puts the 1936 march that never was under the microscope once again
Cable Street, a New Musical returns to London on September 6, 2024. It celebrates what its producers and actors call working class solidarity against Oswald Mosley and 3,000 of his… Read more >
Holocaust survivor Ruth Weiss: A woman who broke the chains that bound her to a Nazi horror in Germany and apartheid in South Africa
Ruth Weiss who marks her 100th birthday in Germany on 26 July 2024. She is an author, novelist, anti-apartheid and anti-Nazi campaigner all of her adult life. By… Read more >
Boris Johnson fooled voters in Blyth and other parts of North England but lies told in 2019 could turn Blue Walls Red again
Miners in the pits of northern England were strong supporters of the Labour Party. They could remember the horror of mass unemployment and the marches by their parents and grandparents… Read more >