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Comment and Analysis

30 years ago: Opposing the Falklands War

PN was a leading voice in the radical opposition to the Falklands War; though there was plenty of reactionary opposition too – from both ends of the orthodox political spectrum.

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Activism and... Mentors

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Jeff Cloves: Peaceful rage

Sometimes I try – like many PN readers I guess – to imagine myself in the position of a bereaved family in a civil war and know that revenge would be uppermost in my min...Read More

Editorial: Syria, Annan and Avaaz

Responding to the situation in Syria

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John Arden: 26 October 1930 – 28 March 2012

Michael Randle on the playwright and Peace News supporter John Arden who died aged 82 last month. 

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Breakfast in Gaza

A response to Operation Cast Lead

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30 years ago: Stop This War

PN was naturally a leading voice in the opposition to the Falklands War, both in terms of its own editorial line and in its promoting of the views of the main British pacifist organisations and the international networks to which they were affiliated.

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Activism and... Prison

I was really frightened of going to prison. I’d had a really bad experience of being in a boys-only boarding school, and I thought prison would be like that except worse.
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Ray Hainton: 29 October 1921 – 9 February 2012

My mother Raymonde ‘Ray’ Hainton, peace activist, Quaker and former teacher and medical social worker, died peacefully on 19 February 2012, aged 90.
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Editorial: Tightening the screws on Iran

A PN perspective on the growing conflict

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