This week is 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. This short TV programme looks at the causes and consequences of The American Civil War
Dan Poulton
Dan is a writer, broadcaster and campaigner. His most recent documentary was The New Scramble For Africa and his documentaries have appeared regularly on the Islam Channel. He is an organiser for Counterfire and a regular contributor to Counterfire site.
News
People in their tens of thousands rally in Melbourne in support of Palestine. Source:
Matt Hrkac - Flckr / cropped from original / CC BY 2.0
26 Apr 2024
At Warwick the Global Student Palestine Protest Movement arrives in style
Opinion
Clapham Junction - fan of tracks toward London 1979. Source: Whatlep - geograph.org.uk / cropped from original / CC BY-SA 2.0
26 Apr 2024
Labour’s rail policy: well, OK, but it’s really not enough
Book review
Kohei Saito, Slow Down. How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth, trans. Brian Bergstrom, (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London 2024), xvi, 264pp.
26 Apr 2024
Slow Down. How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth – book review
Opinion
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mets with the Ukrainian servicemen who are defending the city of Bakhmut. Source: President Of Ukraine - Wikicommons / cropped from original / CC0 1.0
25 Apr 2024
‘On a war footing’: Britain accelerates global arms race
Book review
24 Apr 2024