Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Ken Coates

Born: September 16, 1930
Died: June 27, 2010 (aged 79)
Bio: Kenneth Sidney Coates was a British politician and writer. He chaired the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation and edited The Spokesman, the BRPF magazine launched in March 1970. He was a Labour Party Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999.
Known for:
- Best Left As Indians (1991)
- Empire No More! (2004)
- The Marshall Decision and Native Rights (2000)
- The sinking of the Princess Sophia
- Beyond wage slavery (1977)