CUBA AT THE CROSSROADS

CUBA AT THE CROSSROADS

I have written two books on Cuba as I was interested in a socialist experiment which stood up against the USA and at first seemed independent.  One was called Cuba Libre: Breaking the Chains?  And with the photographer Barry Lewis, the second was called Into Cuba...
A SEA ETHIC

A SEA ETHIC

The sea makes up about 70% of the Earth’s crust. This planet from space is blue rather than green or brown. The sea has larger biodiversity than a rain forest. Yet human beings are destroying it. It is being destroyed by our industrial activity which increases the...
MIDSUMMER AT STONEHENGE

MIDSUMMER AT STONEHENGE

I was at the last free festival in Windsor (The Peoples’ Free Festival) in 1974, the theme of which was justice and peace, when the police came at dawn in order to clear the celebrants away by using brute force. A neighbouring farmer sprayed his ripening golden corn...
PATRIOTISM AND THE TIDAL WAVE OF HATRED

PATRIOTISM AND THE TIDAL WAVE OF HATRED

There is a Tsunami of hatred at the moment, according to the UN. The worldwide coronavirus has triggered off countries to close their borders, with their leaders trying to blame others. This has encouraged many anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, anti-Muslim feelings...

THE ARCHITECTURE OF OPPRESSION

We certainly see the architecture of oppression in many countries at the moment. There have been pandemics before and there will be pandemics in the future. What we decide now will determine our future. Make the decisions ourselves and not give them to our so-called...