Does Trident announcement mark a new Lib Dem broken promise?
A while back I got a letter from the Lib Dems telling me "Trident will not be renewed this parliament - not on a Liberal Democrat watch”. This ran though my mind today as I watched Defence Secretary...
View ArticleIran nuclear crisis needs ‘disruptive diplomacy’, not shock and awe
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / John NovisRainbow Warrior sails 20 miles from the port of Bushehr, Iran. 2007Image caption: Rainbow Warrior sails 20 miles from the port of Bushehr, Iran....
View ArticleTwo bullets per person: the trillion dollar military spending club
All rights reserved. Credit: Eric Spiegel / GreenpeaceStop spending on war. We need to invest in a green peace.Image caption: Stop spending on war. We need to invest in a green peace. What would you...
View ArticleRemembering the Warrior
All rights reserved. Credit: Brian Latham / GreenpeaceThe Rainbow Warrior was bombed by the French secret service in 1985Image caption: The Rainbow Warrior was bombed by the French secret service in...
View ArticleHome at last in Istanbul
All rights reserved. Credit: Volkan Cagali / GreenpeaceThe kindness of strangers during the Gezi Park protests have made Istanbul feel like homeImage caption: The kindness of strangers during the Gezi...
View ArticleA Manifesto for Change
All rights reserved. Credit: GreenpeaceNext year, the International Union of Geological Sciences will report on the outcome of one of the biggest scientific debates of our time: whether the Earth has...
View ArticleHonouring courage and compassion: Peace Day 2015
I was 22 years old when I had to leave my homeland, South Africa. I had no choice. I was living underground for a year by then, to avoid being arrested. This was 1987, in the midst of one of the most...
View ArticleRefugee Crisis: Not The New Normal
The refugee crisis is still making the news, but as the tweets, comment pieces and protests die down, it’s easy to wonder if we’re becoming desensitised and numb to what we see. Are the sad faces...
View ArticleWhat my grandmother would say about President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima
World leaders are meeting in Japan for the G7, but on a side trip, President Obama is doing something no sitting US president has done before: visit Hiroshima. The city was flattened during World War...
View Article5 things you can do to show solidarity with environmental and human rights...
People who campaign for the environment are being killed on a day to day basis, from Colombia to South Africa, Brazil to the Philippines. If being a campaigner in the South is so dangerous then we must...
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