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Comment and Analysis

50 years ago: The spies were right

Anti-nuclear campaigners caused a furore in 1963 by publishing details of the government’s secret Third World War control bunkers, to coincide with CND’s Aldermaston March at Easter.

 

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Activism and... Mud

I do find that quite a lot of people think that to ‘get back to nature’ we should spend our time wallowing i

Diary: on taking on EDF

It’s 2am on a starry October night. Crows are cawing overhead. I am face down in the mud while two security guards with a torch scan the footpath. ...

Massive disappointment

How the media loves anniversaries and now I’m at it too; it hardly seems 10 m

Editorial: The prehistory of war fever

On the approaching anniversary of 1914

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Liverpool Diary

29 January Johan Galtung lecture

Editorial: A day for Iran’s women

International Women’s Day has been celebrated in different ways in Iran. ...

A garden of paradise, Na’in Drawing: Emily Johns

A garden of paradise, Na’in Drawing: Emily Johns

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Activism and... junk food

I guess the thing that comes into my mind is, the first thing that comes into my mind, is activism plus going on road trips equals junk food. Activism and an adrenalin rush. ...

30 years ago: Peace camps round-up

At their height, there were a dozen simultaneous peace camps at military bases around Britain; PN ran a regular round-up each fortnight.

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