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"Peace News has compiled an exemplary record... its tasks have never been more critically important than they are today." Noam Chomsky

John Hume 18 January 1937 – 3 August 2020

Robin Percival | 17 August 2020

He was critical to the success of the peace process in the North of Ireland, but John Hume was not a nonviolent leader in the mould of Martin Luther King Jr.

More power than we know

Ian Sinclair | 01 August 2020

It’s time to celebrate how the peace movement has managed to limit British inverventions from Afghanistan to Syria

Poor People’s Campaign £1,948 Appeal

PN staff | 01 August 2020

Let’s support people who’re trying to change the United States for the better!

Editorial: What does ‘decolonising history’ mean? And does it matter?

Milan Rai | 01 August 2020

We need to remember the real history of Britain's nuclear 'deterrent' argues Milan Rai

The brutal ‘peace’ Britain brought in 1945

Milan Rai | 01 August 2020

The forgotten story of what happened after VJ-Day.

The myth of the ‘statue-toppling spree’

Nu'man Abd al-Wahid | 01 August 2020

British warmongering today is rooted in British history argues Nu'man Abd al-Wahid

Pandemic Solidarity

Helena Silvestre and others | 01 August 2020

Extracts from Pluto's new book surveying mutual aid across the globe

‘You can’t kill the spirit!’

Chris Savory | 01 August 2020

A 1980s direct actionist gives us a blast from the past