Ken Coates

Born 1930, died in June 2010. Was an ex-coalminer and special professor in the Department of Adult Education, Nottingham University, and chairman of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation as well as editor of The Spokesman. From 1989 to 1999 he was a member of the European Parliament, including five years as President of its Human Rights Subcommittee.

Coates has written and edited numerous books on poverty, political philosophy, democratic and human socialism, social and economic issues, peace and disarmament as well as on democracy and human rights. Among them is "Essays on Socialist Humanism" in honour of Bertrand Russell.

Ken Coates joined TFF when it was established, in 1985.

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Articles by Ken Coates

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Ken Coates, March 26, 2009
Support the new Russell Tribunal on Palestine
This TFF Associate is among those who have taken this immensely important initiative.

Ken Coates, September 17, 2008
Tskhinvali - Shock and Awe
Editorial in The Spokesman from the Bertrand Russel Peace Foundation
It's a Must-Read in a time of propaganda!

Ken Coates, September 9, 2006
The carnage continues...and now for Trident!
The author takes stock of the situation in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon - and in England, "President Bush did not take long to parrot this outburst in denunciations of Islamic fascism. How long will it be before Mr. Blair also joins the neo-con claque?

The Russell-Einstein Manifesto 50 Years

This creeping sickness

Denne snigende sygdom

Dealing with the Hydra? Proliferation and Full Spectrum Dominance

Fuldspektret overherredømme

Full Spectrum Dominance: Locating the Opposition

Power play and the new world chaos

Europe's militarism

Straw Wars: Full spectrum Sycophancy

Appeal for a nuclear-free zone in Europe

Bertrand Russel, nuclear war, common sense - and today's nuclear threats

Will This Be the Short Millennium?

NATO and the New World Order