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| AFTER THE COMMONS VOTED IN FAVOUR OF A FULLY ELECTED HOUSE OF LORDS, TONY BENN WROTE AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN IN SUPPORT. YOU CAN READ THE ARTICLE- 13/03/07 |
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| NEW TO THE SITE UPDATED 26/08/2008 |
| AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE HAS BEEN ADDED. TONY BENN IN HIS OWN WORDS - 05/04/2006. This is Benn in bitesized chunks covering all the key points in the Labour Party and his life. Taken from a Labour History journal in 2004. Recommended. |
| INTERVIEW WITH DESIGNER MAGAZINE FROM 2004, QUITE INTERESTING 05/04/2006, |
| BENN ON MARXISM, NEW ARTICLE ADDED - 10/04/2006. Taken from 1982, a very interesting article, highly recommended. Quite long, it is available as a word document. Email us for a copy, thebennites@yahoo.co.uk |
| THE OXYGEN OF DEMOCRACY, NEW ARTICLE ADDED - 24/04/2006. Taken from A Morning Star supplement. it is available as a word document. Email us for a copy, thebennites@yahoo.co.uk |
| A NEW AUDIO FILE HAS BEEN ADDED, A DEBATE FROM 2002 WITH TONY BENN & PAUL FOOT- 08/05/06. |
| A REVIEW OF THE LATE PAUL FOOT'S BOOK 'THE VOTE' HAS BEEN ADDED - 14/05/06 |
| A REVIEW OF TONY BENN'S FILM 'NEW LABOUR IN FOCUS HAS BEEN ADDED - 14/05/06 |
| HUGO CHAVEZ IS CURRENTLY VISITING BRITAIN, LISTEN TO A TONY BENN SPEECH FROM A 'HANDS OFF VENEZUELA' MEETING - 16/05/06. Give it a good while to load |
| A NEW ARTICLE HAS BEEN ADDED. A TRANSCRIPT OF MR BENNS CONTRIBUTION TO A DEBATE ON THE LEFT FROM 1980 - 26/05/06. |
| AN EXCLUSIVE, EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MR BENN HAS BEEN ADDED - 05/06/06. |
| TONY BENN GAVE A SHORT SPEECH TO AN ANIMAL AID SPONSORED WALK- 13/06/06. |
| NEIL CLARK'S REVIEW OF 'ARGUMENTS FOR SOCIALISM' HAS BEEN ADDED - 27/06/06. |
| A VERY LONG & INTERESTING INTERVIEW ON THE NATURE OF SCIENCE & DEMOCRACY. You'll need real player- 23/06/06. |
| TONY BENN CONTRIBUTED AN ARTICLE ON IRAN TO THIS MONTHS CAMPAIGN GROUP NEWS- 02/07/06. |
| A NEW AUDIO FILE HAS BEEN ADDED. THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM- 06/07/06. |
| A WHOLE NEW SECTION HAS BEEN ADDED; 'POLITICS'. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF TONY BENN'S ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS, AUDIO AND VIDEO FILES. I'VE PUT THEM INTO SECTIONS SO IT'S EASIER TO BROWSE FOR THINGS YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN. NEW BITS WILL BE ADDED ALL THE TIME - 12/07/06. |
| TONY BENN SPOKE AT A HANDS OFF LEBANON RALLY, THIS IS A VIDEO FILE OF HIS SPEECH - 28/07/06. |
| AN EXCELLENT AUDIO INTERVIEW HAS BEEN ADDED. IAIN DALE TALKS TO MR BENN ABOUT HIS LAST SET OF DIARIES 'FREE AT LAST', VERY INTERESTING AND IN SOME PARTS MOVING, IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT THE 1991-2001 DIARIES THEN I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEM. it does take quite a while to load but worth it, please be patient - 03/08/06. |
| ANOTHER SHORT SPEECH CONCERNING LEBANON, THIS IS A VIDEO FILE - 07/08/06. |
| AN AUDIO FILE HAS BEEN ADDED FROM A RADIO PROGRAMME 'DEMOCRACY NOW' BROADCAST IN MARCH 2006. IT IS AN EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MR BENN FOCUSING MAINLY ON FOREIGN POLICY AND HOW BRITAIN HELPED ISRAEL DEVELOP THEIR ATOM BOMB (this will take quite a while to load, the interview starts about 10mins into the broadcast) - 12/08/06. |
| IF YOU MISSED TONY BENN'S CHANNEL FOUR DOCUMENTARY "INTERVIEWING THE INTERVIEWERS" YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT HERE - 15/08/06. (the documentary was originally shown on Sunday August 12th 2006). |
| BRIEF FOOTAGE OF MR BENN FROM THE TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS RALLY FOLLOWED BY BILLY BRAGG DOING THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN - 22/08/06. |
| A SPEECH GIVEN BY MR BENN IN MANCHESTER TO AN ANTI-WAR MEETING. NOT SURE OF THE DATE IT WAS DELIVERED- 14/09/06. |
| MR BENN SPOKE AT AN EVENT ORGANISED BY THE PROGRESSIVE BOOKSHOP 'BOOKMARKS'. THERE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - 18/09/06. |
| BBC BREAKFAST NEWS INTERVIEWED TONY BENN ABOUT HIS THOUGHTS ON WHO WILL REPLACE TONY BLAIR - 22/09/06. |
| AFTER THE ANTI-WAR RALLY IN MANCHESTER YESTERDAY, GEORGE GALLOWAY INTERVIEWED TONY BENN ON HIS TALKSPORT RADIO SHOW. (apologies for the sound quality, it wasn't briliant for the broadcast itself) - - 24/09/06. |
| FOOTAGE OF TONY BENN'S SPEECH AT THE ANTI-WAR RALLY ON THE 23RD HAS BEEN ADDED - 25/09/06. |
| SKY NEWS INTERVIEWED TONY BENN RELATING TO THE FUTURE LABOUR LEADERSHIP - 02/10/06. |
| CND HELD A FRINGE MEETING AT THE LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE ON THE 26TH SEPTEMBER. TONY BENN'S CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN ADDED - 17/10/06. |
| SHEFFIELD STWC HELD A MEETING ON THE 19TH SEPTEMBER PRIOR TO PARTY CONFERENCE. MR BENN'S CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN ADDED - 20/10/06. |
| TONY BENN APPEARED ON THE TODAY PROGRAMME YESTERDAY DISCUSSING THE LACK OF PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE IN RELATION TO IRAQ - 25/10/06. |
| IN A SERIES TITLED BRIEF ENCOUNTER, NICK SADLEN INTERVIEWED TONY BENN. YOU CAN HEAR THE INTERVIEW HERE (it is an hour long and will take a while to download, be patient, it is worth it) - 11/12/06. |
| RADIO FOUR BROADCAST A DOCUMENTARY COVERING THE 1945 GOVERNMENT. HOSTED BY MICHAEL PORTILLO, IT INCLUDES THE THOUGHTS OF MR BENN - 11/12/06. |
| THE ITV PROGRAMME 'THE SUNDAY EDITION' FEATURED A DISCUSSION ON THE NATURE OF RELIGION BETWEEN TONY BENN AND RICHARD DAWKINS. YOU CAN WATCH THE FOOTAGE HERE ALONG WITH AN ARTICLE LOOKING AT THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO PROTAGONISTS - 27/12/06. |
| TONY BENN DISCUSSES BEING A CABINET MINISTER - 01/01/07 |
| TONY BENN DISCUSSES THE EXECUTION OF SADDAM HUSSEIN - 01/01/07 |
| MR BENN APPEARED ON SKY NEWS YESTERDAY DISCUSSING THE FUTURE OF THE LABOUR PARTY - 09/01/07 |
| TONY BENN WROTE AN ARTICLE FOR THE GUARDIAN ON THE FUTURE LABOUR LEADERSHIP ELECTION - 12/01/07 |
| AN ENJOYABLE BUT SHORT INTERVIEW WITH MR BENN AFTER THE LAST FLIGHT OF CONCORDE - 18/02/07 |
| DEMOCRACY NOW INTERVIEWED TONY BENN AFTER TONY BLAIR ANNOUNCED PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL FROM BAGHDAD. YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE AUDIO - 26/02/07 |
| MR BENNS SPEECH FROM THE DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON ON THE 24TH HAS BEEN ADDED - 26/02/07 |
| A PEOPLES ASSEMBLY WAS HELD IN LONDON ON TUESDAY WITH TONY BENN IN ATTENDENCE. HE STATED 'We here at this assembly represent the opinions of the people far more than those in houses of parliament'. THE ASSEMBLY WAS PART OF A SERIES OF GLOBAL EVENTS TO MARK 4 YEARS SINCE THE INVASION OF IRAQ. YOU CAN WATCH TONY BENN'S SPEECH HERE - 23/03/07 |
| 06/06/07 - Mr Benn presented a documentary on democracy as part of Channel Five's 'Big Ideas' series. You can watch the documentary here. |
10/06/2007 - Tony Benn recently spoke at the V&A on the abolition of
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You can also download the transcript of his speech from here
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10/06/2007 - Tony Benn appeared on Question Time, you can watch
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| 27/06/07 - Despite the horrendous mud, Tony Benn was at the Glastonbury festival last Sunday. He spoke on 3 seperate occasions including a talk on Trident and another on Green futures. You can listen to an interview he gave to the BBC, |
| 15/06/07 - Tony Benn was interviewed alongside his son Hilary by the Observer newspaper, more footage has been added. |
| 14/07/07 - The extensive interview we held with Tony Benn is now available as a word document. Email us for a copy, the bennites@yahoo.co.uk |
| 14/07/07 - Tony Benn wrote an article praising Gordon Brown's proposals regarding constitutional reform. You can read the article here. |
| 14/07/07 - Tony Benn appeared on the BBC's Hardtalk alongside Norman Tebbit in an excellent interview covering 10 years of New Labour. |
| 15/09/07 - A new interview with Tony Benn discussing Gordon Brown, the left outside the Labour Party and the power of popular protest has been added. |
| 15/09/07 - Tony Benn's new diaries are set to be released in October. Mr Benn will be attending severa events to promote the book. For more information on these events. You can now pre-order the book from Amazon. |
| 15/09/07 - Some new audio files have been added of a lecture Mr Benn gave to an Irish historical society in Dublin. |
| 21/09/07 - In a Guardian article Tony Benn speaks against the new proposals to further castrate Labour Party Conference |
| 23/09/07 - Tony Benn was interviewed by the Daily Telegraph in a series called 'Culture Clinic' |
| 23/09/07 - Extracts of Mr Benn's new diaries have been published in the Mail (of all places). For more info on the diaries |
| 30/09/07 - A new interview has been added to the site. Professor Keith Laybourn is one of the countries eminent Labour historians and he spoke to us about the history of the left and the Labour Party and Tony Benn's place within it. |
| 30/09/07 - Mr Benn was interviewed by the Times about his new diaries For more info on the new diary |
| 30/09/07 - Tony Benn gave a speech supporting the campaign for a referendum on the new European constitution. You can watch the speech. |
| 30/09/07 - Tony Benn spoke in support of House of Lords reform. You can see the video |
| 09/10/07 - It would seem that the suggested general election is not happening for a good few years. Mr Benn stated that he is interested in standing again as Labour candidate for Kensington. You can read an article on it here. You can hear an audio interview with Mr Benn |
| 18th November - A new band 'Target Renegade' have sampled Tony Benn's voice for a new song 'No Escape', you can listen to the song on their myspace page. |
| 18th November - You can listen to a podcast interview with Tony Benn conducted by Gary Kaye. Gary is an award winning broadcaster and poet. He has appeared as a regular guest on national and local television and radio for a number of years. You can listen to the interview. You can view his website |
| 18th November - The Guardian hosted a short video of Mr Benn talking about democracy. |
| 21st February - A half hour long video which is primarily an interview with Mr Benn in his garden! |
| 21st February - A video where Mr Benn talks to Simon Moore from WAC Radio about the European Reform Treaty. |
| 21st February - Mr Benn appeared on the Book Show hosted by Mariella Frostrup. You can watch it here. |
| 21st February - Tony Benn is interviewed about Rock Against Racism and the Leftfield Stage at Glastonbury. |
| 21st February - There are more dates publicised for the 'Evening with Tony Benn' tour. 21st Feb 2008 : Regents College Theatre, London 29th Feb 2008 : New Wimbledon Theatre 20th Mar 2008 : Birmingham Town Hall 11th Apr 2008 : Cheltenham Town Hall 24th Apr 2008 : Arts Depot, North Finchley 30th May 2008 : De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill 4th Jun 2008 : St Davids Hall Cardiff 3rd Sep 2008 : Glasgow Citizens Theatre 17th Sep 2008 : Millfield Theatre, Edmonton 14th Oct 2008 : Buxton Opera House 27th Oct 2008 : Little Theatre, Leicester 12th Nov 2008 : Marina Theatre Lowestoft 20th Nov 2008 : Hawth, Crawley For more information |
| 26th August - Andrew Neill questioned Tony Benn in a half hour interview for the BBC. You can watch the interview here. |
| 26th August - Tony Benn spoke about the current American foreign policy. This has been edited but still interesting. |
| 26th August - This is video of a debate at the Marxism conference events in 1996. It is a discussion of the British General Strike of 1926 between Tony Benn and Duncan Hallas, a member of the SWP. |
| 26th August - Mr Benn was interviewed just before Gordon Brown was due to speak at the Knesset in Israel. |