Quaker Socialist Society

By Julien Le Mauff, 18 February 2026. [Editor: In recent years the Albanian Professor of Politics at the LSE, Lea Ypi, has been articulating socialist ideas very close to what Quaker socialists know as ‘ethical socialism’ (the socialism of Ada and Alfred Salter and the ILP of Keir Hardie). She chooses to call her socialism ‘moral socialism’, …

By Rebecca Hardy in the Friend of 17 July 2026. ‘Imagine a world built in the spirit of Ubuntu – solidarity, shared responsibility and generous human cooperation.’ Former Salter lecturer and Quaker United Nations Office director Nozizwe Madlala-Routlege has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Strathclyde. The South African politician delivered the …

By RACHEL SHABI (on her Substack) AUG 06, 2026 A far-right narrative linking Muslim migration and antisemitism has moved into the mainstream — with some British Jewish groups backing the shift. From the early 2010s the European far right began recognisably to cast themselves as defenders of Jewish communities, against Islam. The Dutch Geert Wilders …

By Sheila Taylor in the Friend, 29 May 2026. ‘Listening to Joyce proved a fascinating experience.’ Listening to Joyce Trotman, our Friend from Croydon, has always been a fascinating experience. Born in 1927, she remembers every detail of her life and education in British Guiana. She can still sing the songs they were taught at …

By Elinor Smallman in the Friend magazine, 29 May 2026. Eye [The column in the Friend] was delighted to hear Friend and author Joyce Trotman interviewed in a recent episode of the BBC’s Private Passions. Soon to turn ninety-nine, Joyce delves into the story of her life, bringing her time in British Guiana and England …