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City twinning – an effort to build a peaceful world
The twinning movement’s aims of solidarity, support and reconciliation remain as valuable as ever, says TONY CONWAY
A view of The Motherland Calls, at dusk the centre of the monument-ensemble 'Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad' on Mamayev Kurgan, in Volgograd, in 2018 (left). Rising From Adversity, an installation of 100 trees with musical composition set in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, part of Coventry UK City of Culture's signature event on Saturday June 5, 2021 (right).
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
THE City Twinning Movement was really started after the second world war. Other cities had twinned before, but the movement was galvanised by the demand for peace made by ordinary citizens that the horrors of the war never happened again.
This of course hasn’t happened. There have since been major wars, and it is reported that there are around 40 ongoing wars and conflicts at the moment.
Despite these conflicts, the twinning movement has stood strong. Coventry, my home city for the last 40 years, is now twinned with 26 other towns and cities, and this number has grown since the last world war.
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