Bruce Kent, with an army, legal and catholic clerical background, has been active in different parts of the peace movement for half a century. A former Chair of War on Want and President of the 100 year old International Peace Bureau based in Geneva, he is currently Vice President of CND, Pax Christi and the Movement for the Abolition of War. He is also much involved in prison and penal reform.
openAwakening in conjunction with the University of East London is organizing a three-part event series on ‘The Tahrir Square Meme’ to be held at UEL's Dockland Campus.
Our first event is Rap and the Arab Spring.
Read Anthony Barnett's lecture for the Raymond Williams Society and his foreword to the new edition of The Long Revolution:
The Long Revolution Raymond Williams
Jim Gabour Sunday Comics
James Warner Standing Perpendicular, as books do
Markha Valenta Inter Alia: religion, politics, culture
Paul Rogers on Global security
Li Datong on China from the inside
Mary Kaldor on Human security
Daniele Archibugi on Cosmopolitan democracy
