Monthly Archives: November 2010
The Story of Kettling
In the early 1990s I was part of a large group of anti-fascists who were trying to stop a fascist gathering of one kind or another taking place. As we moved through the square at the front of Euston Station … Continue reading
Pete Seeger sings for Arab-Israeli cooperation
When Pete Seeger, the veteran American folk-singer and campaigner, was announced as the main performer in an Israeli organised virtual worldwide online concert, With Earth and Each Other – A Virtual Rally for a Better Middle East, he made some of the people … Continue reading
Stieg Larsson’s Legacy
Seeing Stieg Larsson’s photo (right) on a book for the first time was a real shock to me. His first book had only just been released in England posthumously when I stumbled across it in a bookshop, unaware that it … Continue reading
The postwar fight against fascism
The way that the fascists in Britain were allowed to reorganise, after the heinous crimes committed by their friends in the other countries in Europe, has always fascinated me. In the mid-1980s, in my search for material on the subject … Continue reading