The Spokesman is a British left-wing quarterly magazine. The magazine was founded in 1970 by the Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell,[1] and was edited for 40 years by the British left-wing MEP Ken Coates, who died in 2010.[2] After Coates' death, The Independent wrote that the journal was "still flourishing".[3] The current editor is Tony Simpson.[4]
It is published in Nottingham by the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.[4] The Spokesman features independent journalism on peace and nuclear disarmament, human rights and civil liberties, and contemporary politics.[5]
Contributors have included leading Western writers, journalists and intellectuals such as Robert Fisk, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, John le Carré, Trevor Griffiths, Stuart Holland and Kurt Vonnegut.[6]
References
edit- ^ Bertrand Russell and The Spokesman
- ^ Obituary: Ken Coates, The Guardian 1 July 2010; by John Palmer
- ^ Ken Coates: Tireless writer and activist for numerous left-wing causes, The Independent, 2 July 2010; by Stan Newens
- ^ a b James Walker (11 October 2016). "Nottingham's Most Peaceful Publishers, Spokesman Books". Leftlion. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ An Awkward Customer, Red Pepper, July 2010
- ^ Official magazine website