Prospects for Peace, Democracy and Social Justice

Tony Benn was first elected to Parliament in 1950 and is the second longest serving Labour MP in the House of Commons. He is author of 14 books including Against the Tide, Arguments for Democracy and parliament, People and Power: Agenda for a Free Society. He was a member of every Labour cabinet from 1964 to 1979, was president of the European Community council of Energy Ministers and was a founding member of the Movement for Colonial Freedom which worked with independence movements against imperialism. Tony Benn argued for the peaceful settlement of the Gulf Crisis within the terms of the United Nations Resolution and visited Iraq and Jordan as a part of that process.
Part of the World Affairs Series: The New World Order