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Bernie Sanders wins in West Virginia

Bernie Sanders has won the West Virginia primary, beating Hillary Clinton and obtaining the 29 delegates awarded on a proportionate basis. “I want to thank the people of West Virginia for the tremendous victory they gave us today in a…

Green Party UK platforms human rights abuses in Poland

The Green Party and the European Greens stand in solidarity with Polish human rights activists 8 May 2016 The European Green Party and the Green Party of England and Wales are supporting a tour by the Committee of Democratic Defence…

Obama to visit Hiroshima: an empty gesture by an immoral president

The US president’s press secretary today confirmed what many observers had been speculating for several weeks now, that Barack Obama will be the first serving US president to visit the site of one of the nastiest scars on humanity’s conscience:…

A Peace Sign this Saturday May 14 in the heart of London

Trafalgar Square, the iconic central London landmark with Admiral Nelson presiding from his tall column (recently climbed by Environmentalists to provide him with a breathing filter in order to draw attention to London’s appalling air pollution) will be the venue…

Guatemala: the forced exodus of young girls and women

Why do girls, adolescents and women migrate?  Why would they leave their countries of origin and embark on the misadventure of an undocumented journey with the certainty that they will suffer on the way?  And if they do make it,…

Jeremy Corbyn meets Sadiq Khan, new Mayor of London

“Pleased to welcome Labour’s new Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to our office on his first day in the job” declared Jeremy Corbyn in his Facebook page. “Labour’s new London Mayor will protect the capital from vicious Tory cuts while taking action…

North Korea’s east wind, strong but warming

The voice of reason was heard following the Workers’ Party Congress in Pyongyang that ended recently. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stated his country would not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty was infringed by others with nuclear arms.…

Historic radioactive waste stored near Fort McMurray

With the massive fires raging in and near Fort McMurray in Northern Alberta, concern has been expressed about the integrity of the historic radioactive wastes stored nearby. The bulky radioactive wastes  (43,000 cubic metres = one-and-a-half million cubic feet) stored near Fort…

July demonstration against NATO in Warsaw

The annual NATO summit takes place this year in the Polish capital, Warsaw and anti-NATO and anti-war campaigners across Europe are mobilising to make a symbolic protest against the increased militarisation of Europe which is leading to unnecessary tensions with…

Closing our wallets to nuclear weapons

In May, diplomats in Geneva resume discussions on how to create and maintain a nuclear weapons free world.  It is important for those discussions to include a range of options and activities that can be undertaken now- even by countries…

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