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WHAT BETTER way to mark International Workers Day than with a quote from the late, great Tony Benn? It’s often repeated – but so well worth learning and applying to most political situations. “If one meets a powerful person – ...

HERE’S OUR final thought on peace – for this month at least.  We end with a statement from a world figure who saw the relevance of keeping our goals in the front of our minds. At this strange time, we ...

UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis joined the May Day virtual rally called by Tower Hamlets Unison on Friday – and pledged that the national union would support local workers fighting “Tower Rewards”. Tower Rewards – re-named “Tower Robbery” by the ...

HERE’S OUR penultimate “thought” on peace – from a US president with a military background who was probably more a warmonger than a peacemonger, a supporter of the status quo with some mitigating factors. Whether intended or otherwise, his dry ...

THIS IS A simple statement from a man who epitomises peace – as a dream and as a way of life – yet he led a revolution. Are we doing all we can to keep that revolution alive – and ...

ARTHUR HENDERSON reminds us that the Labour Party began its life as a party of peace. Just four years after Henderson died came the Second World War, with millions losing their lives and millions more having their lives disrupted – ...

AND ONCE we have celebrated – get ready to defend their jobs. That’s the message from Tower Hamlets UNISON, which has called a virtual May Day rally to talk about the down side of fighting the Coronavirus pandemic. The Coronavirus ...

EINSTEIN points out that achieving world peace means moving up to a whole different kind of global society.  Although the richer nations claim that their armed forces have kept the peace since 1945, the world has been riddled with regional ...

IT’S BLUNT – but it’s to the point. In war, it is always the ordinary people who suffer – only the powerful gain from it. There’s so many more ordinary people than powerful people: why do we let them get ...

PEOPLE ARE talking about how the Coronavirus Pandemic could change our society, as people begin to recognise our basic common humanity rather than seek confrontation at all costs.  Nelson Mandela – a man who knew a thing or two about ...