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Obituary: Jean Dorothy Parkin, 1921-2018
Brian Parkin looks back at the life of his mother, Jean Dorothy Parkin, who passed away on 14th November.
Here We Go! Forty years on from the outbreak of the Great Strike
Forty years ago today British miners began industrial action in what became the longest and most bitter strike of the twentieth century. Here Brian Parkin, a former Research Officer for the National Union of Mineworkers, gives a brief introduction to this pivotal strike.
Israel’s air war on Gaza
Brian Parkin explains how Israel has built the fourth biggest air force in the world, and how it is able to drop the deadliest bombs and missiles on a defenceless civilian population.
Alchemy and imperial delusion: the ideological spell of nuclear power. Part 1
Brian Parkin explores why nuclear power remains so important for Britain's rulers, in the first part of a two-part article.
Tyrone O’Sullivan: the gentle giant of the last deep coal mine in South Wales
On the afternoon of 27 May Tyrone O’Sullivan of Tower Colliery died peacefully at home, in his garden, aged 77. Here Brian Parkin pays tribute to a friend and comrade, who through a combination of fire and gentle persuasion, led a community of mining families into a fight to save the last deep coal mine in South Wales.
Obituary: Mike Cooley, architect and bee
Brian Parkin pays tribue to Mike Cooley, a modest and inspiring trade union leader with a lifelong vision of a liberated technology, redirected to serving human need.
Naming of parts 2020
Poem by Brian Parkin, based on an original by Harry Reed. Illustration by Mark Winter.
Defending freedom of speech on Palestine
Defending the rights of Palestinians and criticising Israel are increasingly being conflated with anti-semitism. Jeremy Corbyn was attacked for his support for Palestinian rights throughout his time as leader of the Labour Party. Now all the contenders to take his place have pledged themselves to recommendations from the Board of Jewish Deputies that binds them to the position that criticism of Israel is anti-semitic. At the same time, anti-semitism is on the rise around the world. Brian Parkin introduces the discussion, arguing that anti-semitism is a scourge that must be fought at every level and that support for Palestine, and criticism of the Israeli state, is a necessary part of the broader struggle against imperialism and for the freedom and dignity of Jews and Palestinians alike.
British Steel: workers’ rights disregarded
The return of a Tory MP from Redcar, whose steel plant closed in 2017, is a symptom of a feeling of abandonment in many former industrial communities. Brian Parkin looks at the prospect for resistance in what remains of the British steel industry
revolutionary reflections | Portugal’s revolution portrayed
Raquel Varela’s new history of the Portuguese revolution is essential reading for revolutionary socialists, argues Brian Parkin.