LEFT-WING radical Michael Foot, leader of the Labour Party between 1980 and 1983, died in at his home in London earlier today at the age of 96.
A staunch republican (though actually well-liked by the Royal Family on a personal level) and proponent of an elected upper house, Foot had rejected honours from the Queen and [...]
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But at the heart of a trial that opened yesterday in Liverpool are the “hurt feelings” of a Muslim convert who claims to have been abused by a pair of dotty Christian fundies who ran the hotel at which she was staying earlier this year.
Ericka Tazi, [...]
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JUST hours before Nonie Darwish was due to speak at US universities Columbia and Princeton on the subject of Sharia Law and Perspectives on Israel the events were abruptly cancelled on the grounds that her talk “might offend the Muslim community”.
We can see why Muslims on campus would wish to silence the 60-year-old activist. Not [...]
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YIPPEE! We have just learned that the man hired by a group of mad fundies to provide the lectern and mikes for their anti-gay hate fest in Washington on Monday neatly turned the tables on the crazies.
Chuck Fabio donated the cash he earned from the evangelists to gay activists who turned out to counter the [...]
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OH my! Hate preacher Dr Gary Cass sure landed a big ‘un for his mammoth “Let’s Bash a Homo” fest in Washington on Monday: British barrister Paul Diamond of the Christian Legal Centre, who fancies himself champion of oppressed Christians the length and breadth of the UK.
Diamond’s presence at the rally must have given Cass [...]
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JUSSI Halla-aho, an independent member of the Helsinki City Council elected to the council on the True Finns ticket, plans to appeal against his recent conviction of violating the sanctity of religion.
The Helsinki District Court fined him 330 Euros.
The right-wing politician who runs a popular blog insists that he did not intend to hurt anyone, [...]
The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
