The Spokesman Explained

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]

External links

• The Spokesman

Notes and References

1. http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/ken+coates/arundhati+roy/noam+chomsky/harold+pinter/johan+galtung/war+is+peace/4804329/ Bertrand Russell and The Spokesman
2. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/jun/29/ken-coates-obituary Obituary: Ken Coates, The Guardian 1 July 2010; by John Palmer
3. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ken-coates-tireless-writer-and-activist-for-numerous-leftwing-causes-2016347.html Ken Coates: Tireless writer and activist for numerous left-wing causes, The Independent, 2 July 2010; by Stan Newens
4. News: James Walker. Nottingham's Most Peaceful Publishers, Spokesman Books . 13 June 2020. Leftlion. 11 October 2016.
5. http://www.redpepper.org.uk/an-awkward-customer/ An Awkward Customer, Red Pepper, July 2010
6. http://www.spokesmanbooks.org Official magazine website