Friends of the Earth has researched realistic solutions to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions and has openly considered the view that nuclear power could tackle climate change.
Most scientists now agree that it is too late to prevent the emission of greenhouse gases having a significant impact on the climate in coming decades. The question is how great the impact will be, and whether it can be reversed.
In October 2004, the Not In My Name US anti-war coalition took out a full page advert in the New York Times condemning the war in Iraq.
Cynicism, from the most unexpected quarters, has greeted Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon’s decision to quit the far right Likud Party and seek re-election as the leader who will make lasting "peace" with the Palestinian people.
The HBO/BBC series Rome is being presented as a breakthrough in the portrayal of ancient Rome. But in fact there’s little new. In line with long-standing Hollywood tradition, the cast is British, even if the money is mainly American.
This is a country occupied by a murderous foreign power for decades. A country split apart by a 1,600 mile series of fortified walls backed by soldiers, heavy weaponry and millions of landmines.
Sandblast is an emerging organisation set up to tackle the severe lack of the awareness of the Saharawi situation in Britain and to build links between the UK and Western Sahara through the arts.
The second annual Respect conference took place in London last weekend with delegates in an upbeat and confident mood.
"We are not only about elections, but the elections matter," said Respect national secretary John Rees in the discussion on electoral strategy.
"I bring greetings from the Left Bloc in Portugal to Respect, which we see as a sister organisation to our own. We stood in our first elections six years ago and won two MPs. In this year’s elections we won eight MPs. That means we can make a lot of noise. Imagine having eight George Galloways in Westminster — it would make the walls shake!
Delegates at the Respect conference debated education on Sunday morning. The highlight came when Darlington Respect activist Jill Russell spoke about a lively campaign she organised against city academy proposals.
The burning issue in Slough Jazz Khan was Respect’s candidate in Slough during the May general election. He spoke to Socialist Worker about his local group’s plans for next year’s council elections
