The Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, established in 1963, continues the work of the philosopher and activist
Bertrand Russell in the areas of peace,
social justice, and human rights, with a specific focus on the dangers of
nuclear war
Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a theoretical military conflict or prepared political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry. Nuclear weapons are weapons of mass destruction; in contrast to conventional warfare, nuclear w ...
.
Ken Coates was its director.
Ralph Schoenman
Ralph Schoenman (born 1935) is an American left-wing activist who was a personal secretary to Bertrand Russell and became general secretary of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation. He was involved in a number of projects supported by Russell, incl ...
was its general secretary until 1969.
Spokesman Books is the publishing imprint of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation and publishes books on politics, peace and disarmament, and history. ''
The Spokesman
''The Spokesman'' is a British left-wing quarterly magazine. The magazine was founded in 1970 by the Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell, and was edited for 40 years by the British left-wing MEP Ken Coates, who died in 2010. After Coates' death, ''The ...
'' is the journal of the BRPF, which reached its 100th issue in August 2008.
Publications
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Ken Coates and
Tony Topham, ''Participation or Control?'' (1967)
*Jo O'Brien, ''Women's Liberation in Labour History'' (1972)
*''After the Chilean Coup'' (1973)
*
Salvador Allende, ''Chile: No More Dependence!'' (1973)
*Ken Coates, ''Democracy in the Labour Party'' (1977)
*Ken Coates and Tony Topham, ''The Shop Steward's Guide to the Bullock Report'' (1977)
*
Peter Jenkins, ''Where Trotskyism Got Lost'' (1977)
*Alan Roberts and
Zhores Medvedev, ''Hazards of Nuclear Power'' (1977)
*
Brian Sedgemore, ''The How and Why of Socialism'' (1977),
*
Michael Barratt Brown et al., ed., ''Full Employment'' (1978)
*''
Berufsverbote
is an order of "professional disqualification" under German law. Berufsverbot may be translated into English as "professional ban".
A disqualifies the recipient from engaging in certain professions or activities on the grounds of their crimina ...
Condemned'' (1978)
*''Trident - Nuclear Proliferation the British Way'' (2008)
*''Obama's Afghan Dilemma'' (2008)
*''Democracy Old and New'' (2008)
*''
Tskhinvali: Shock and Awe'' (2008). . Edited by
Ken Coates, with contributions from
Gareth Peirce,
Moazzam Begg,
Vladimir Putin,
Mahmoud Darwish,
Saifedean Ammous,
Stephen F. Cohen
Stephen Frand Cohen (November 25, 1938September 18, 2020) was an American scholar of Russian studies. His academic work concentrated on modern Russian history since the Bolshevik Revolution and Russia's relationship with the United States.
Co ...
,
Andrew Mackinlay MP,
Mahmoud Darwish,
Jean Ziegler,
James Petras
James Petras (born 17 January 1937) is a retired Bartle Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York and adjunct professor at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who has published on polit ...
,
Mike Cooley, Trevor Griffiths and Ann Talbot.
*
Mike Cooley, 'Architect or Bee? The Human Price of Technology', Foreword by
Frances O'Grady
Frances Lorraine Maria O'Grady, Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (born 9 November 1959) became the General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress (TUC) in 2013, the first woman to hold the position. After O'Grady presented her resignat ...
(2017)
*
Mike Cooley, 'Delinquent Genius: The Strange Affair of Man and His Technology' Foreword by
Michael D. Higgins. (2018).
*
Mike Cooley, 'The Search for Alternatives, Liberating Human Imagination: A Mike Cooley Reader. (2020)
In the Spokesman Pamphlets series there are 94 titles .
See also
*
Russell Tribunal, for activities of Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation during
Vietnam War
References
External links
Bertrand Russell Peace FoundationSpokesman Books- voice recording
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Foundations based in the United Kingdom
1963 establishments in the United Kingdom
Anti–nuclear weapons movement
Organizations established in 1963
Peace organisations based in the United Kingdom