THE UK SIKH COUNCIL has called on Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to do more to halt human rights violations against farmers in India. They have asked him to raise UK concerns with India’s Government and in the United Nations. Problems ...
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STWC calls on the world to stop the war in Yemen
THE WAR IN Yemen – and, therefore, the future of its people – is poised on a knife edge. Trump is rattling his biggest sabres as he makes the final touches to his legacy – but there is hope that ...
Read More »Can Government narrow the digital divide?
The sudden lockdown – and the U-turn on closing schools – has revealed government failings on planning and logistics once again. Unless they act quickly, some children will be left behind. When the first lockdown began last year, the Government ...
Read More »Is the US still a global threat?
PEOPLE ACROSS the world are cheering the departure from office of Donald Trump – hoping that his exit will make the world a safer place. Less often discussed is whether Joe Biden will bring a different approach to the White ...
Read More »Thought for today 22.09.20
IT’S AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “He’s doing a terrific job. The people of Poland think the world of him.” Donald Trump, (former?) President of the USA, referring to Andrzej Duda, President of Poland and supporter of the extreme right, ...
Read More »Biden gets the votes – but who is the winner?
AT 4.30PM, GMT, Democrat candidate Joe Biden secured enough votes in Pennsylvania for media outlets around the world to announce that he would be the next President of the USA. Who’s cheering? Donald Trump isn’t cheering, for one. He was ...
Read More »Thought for today 02.09.20
IT’S SEPTEMBER. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.” Donald Trump, US presidential candidate, speaking during his election campaign, June ...
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AS WORLD leaders look for a way to repair a global economy deeply injured by the first wave of Coronavirus, we look this month at the struggle between the wealthy and the workers – and what has been said about ...
Read More »Coalition broadcasts film on world arms trade
LOCKDOWN has affected much of the world economy – but has it dented the onward march of the international arms trade? Start to find out by watching Shadow World, a feature length investigation into the darker side of capitalism. The ...
Read More »Coalition resists post-Corona war drive
THE PANDEMIC is not over – and as countries struggle to cope with the situation at home, there are worrying signs that the US, and perhaps some allies, may respond to the pressure with bellicose statements. The Stop the War ...
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