Women in Black vigils take place at the War Memorial, Old Steine, Brighton.
Forthcoming events
Easy to print list of events coming up in the next twelve months.
Oxford Women in Black hold a silent vigil for Peace and Justice every Saturday from 2pm to 3pm at the Martyrs Memorial, bottom of St Giles, Oxford.
Contact oxfordwib@gmail.com to go on our WhatsApp group for up to date information about forthcoming vigils.
The Fourth Annual 24-Hour Peace Wave will take place on July 12, 2025. This global event is organized by the International Peace Bureau in collaboration with Stop the War Coalition (Philippines), Gensuikyo (Japan), and World BEYOND War.
The Peace Wave is a 24-hour global event featuring live peace actions streamed via Zoom. It moves around the world with the sun, highlighting peace initiatives in real time across continents. Each hour features local actions, including rallies, concerts, art creation, peace pole installations, blood donation drives, public demonstrations, and cultural performances.
In 2025, the Peace Wave will emphasize the global demand to abolish nuclear weapons and CND will be opening the Europe regions’s segment from 3pm (BST).
Date: July 12, 2025
Time: 00:00 to 24:00 UTC (24 hours)
Location: Online via Zoom and in communities worldwide
For programme details and to register to join the Zoom, here https://ipb.org/peace-wave-2025/
Ahead of protests against the DSEI arms fair in London, PPU Council member Matt Harbage is running a free workshop on starting conversations with people attending the arms fair. Could the right conversation start to change someone's mind? PPU Council member Matt Harbage is offering some training on how to talk with arms dealers in advance of DSEI 2025.
The Vi Gostling Memorial Lecture. Chair: Andy Littlechild.
We have a panel of representatives from political parties & groups with their sometimes overlapping but often vastly different philosophies & practices. Prepare to hear from, quiz or challenge activists: we’ve invited the Communist Party of Britain, the Green Party, the Labour Party (possibly with local MP Calvin Bailey), the LibDems, the London Anarchist Communist Group, the Revolutionary Communist Party, the Socialist Party, the Socialist Party of Great Britain, the Socialist Workers Party, Workers’ Liberty & the Workers Party of Britain.
7.30pm Buffet (please bring an item if you can: vegetarian or vegan only) . No entry before 7.30pm please (unless specified). 8.00pm Talk and discussion till about 10pm.
You can email to confirm the talk will be as shown
Open to all; no booking, just turn up
Email: roskane@btinternet.com
The London CAAT group meets monthly to discuss arms trade issues. Currently they are organising around the #StopArmingSaudi campaign.
For more information about the group, to request to be added to their group email list, or to confirm details of the next meeting, please email londoncaat@riseup.net. Third Tuesday of the month at 6.30pm, currently via Zoom
WiB - London meets every Wednesday, around the statue of Edith Cavell in St Martin’s Place 6-7. We are very happy to welcome new women to the vigils – even if they can only come once in a while.
After countless rallies, marches, hours spent leafleting and knocking on doors, with over 3000 signatures collected and verified, activists have FORCED divestment onto Lewisham Council’s July agenda.
Now the people will have their say! Be part of the movement that cuts off the money tap to Israeli genocide. Join Lewisham and Greenwich CND and others for a rally outside the council meeting to say #StopArming Israel.
For any queries please contact 07447 915102 or email LewishamGreenwichCND@gmail.com
Join CND and guest speaker Kyoko Gibson, second-generation Hibakusha, to discuss the human cost of nuclear war and how we build a nuclear-free future. With guest speakers Kyoko Gibson, second-generation Hibakusha; His Excellency Jeremiah Nyamane Mamabolo, South African High Commissioner to the UK; Jeremy Corbyn MP, Chair of Parliamentary CND; Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Vice-Chair of Parliamentary CND; and Jess Barnard, Labour NEC.
This is a ticketed event with limited spaces available – early booking is strongly advised.
Women in Black vigils take place at the War Memorial, Old Steine, Brighton.