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Tony Robinson

Humanist Movement Activist, ex-Director of the Middle East Treaty Organization and coordinating committee member of Abolition 2000 - Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, author of the book "Coffee with Silo and the quest for meaning in life" and producer of the film "The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons".

350 lashes in Saudi Arabia for 75 year old British man

Horror has been unleashed in the UK about the fate of a British man, Karl Andree, who has been sentenced to 350 lashes in Saudi Arabia for the crime of having home-made wine in his car boot.  He has already…

May the Force be with you: the Force of Nonviolence

The 2nd of October, marks Gandhi’s birthday and as a result of India’s suggestion at the UN, it also marks the International Day of Nonviolence. It’s a terrible indictment on global society that we have to have a special day…

Pro-nuclear politicians never studied what it means to have nuclear weapons

The debate about the future of the UK’s nuclear weapon arsenal is back in the news with the election of the new leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, an avowed anti-nuclear campaigner and someone who has held senior positions…

Jeremy Corbyn: Can strength, wisdom and kindness defeat rudeness, greed and stupidity?

Politics in the UK has been turned on its head this week by the election of 66 year old Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the UK Labour Party. Having had less than 10% support of other Labour members of parliament…

New leader of the UK Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn: “We are one world”

Winning in the first round of vote counting by a margin of 40% over the closest of the three rival candidates, Jeremy Corbyn, anti-war, anti-austerity and anti-nuclear weapons campaigner becomes the new leader of the UK Labour Party. Over 400,000…

Europe’s citizens show their support for the plight of refugees

Following the harrowing TV images of thousands of refugees fleeing to Europe away from their devastated homelands, the horrifying images of boats sinking in the Mediterranean, a vehicle full of dead corpses on an Austrian motorway and a tragic boy…

Europe’s citizens show their support for the plight of refugees

Following the harrowing TV images of thousands of refugees fleeing to Europe away from their devastated homelands, the horrifying images of boats sinking in the Mediterranean, a vehicle full of dead corpses on an Austrian motorway and a tragic boy…

UK Politics: Corbyn as leader would stop Cameron’s war plans

If for no other reason than this, registered UK Labour Party members and supporters eligible to vote in the party’s leadership election must vote for Jeremy Corbyn if they don’t want to see more use of British armed forces in…

NATO wars to blame for refugee crisis in Europe: it’s time to dissolve this anachronism

Yesterday morning in Budapest I was at a sports club where I often go, moving my body to combat the effects of time, and as I came out I heard the sound of a police motorbike coming towards me with…

Hungarians protest against plans for a wall of shame on their Serbian border

The right-wing Fidesz government, led by Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, last week passed legislation approving the construction of a 4 m high and 155km long fence along the border with their southern neighbour, Serbia, despite objections raised by opposition MPs,…

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