Tag: justice
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How Much does the US/UK War (sorry, war on terror) cost?
There’s a neat book just been released by a Nobel prize winning author Joseph Stiglitz, and Linda Bilmes of Harvard, that counts the true financial cost of the Bush conspired conflict. This is a BBC article and a similar one on The Guardian written by Aida Edemariam who met him. It’s a truly staggering piece,…
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Newcastle – Unique in the UK
This link details the arrival and speech of Martin Luther King in Newcastle in 1967. Newcastle was the only uni in the UK to honour him. No doubt, if Bridgwater had a uni, they would have done so first. In his acceptance speech, Dr King said: “Words are certainly inadequate for me to express my…