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.
Forthcoming events
Easy to print list of events coming up in the next twelve months.
London Region CND’s annual Hiroshima Day Commemoration at the commemorative cherry tree in Tavistock Square, noon-1pm.
Followed by a Peace Picnic in the square.
This year's details: https://tinyurl.com/mpe3x7zu
Women in Black vigils take place at the War Memorial, Old Steine, Brighton.
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.
WiB - London meets every Saturday, outside Friends House on Euston Road. We are very happy to welcome new women to the vigils – even if they can only come once in a while.
Speaker: Dave King. 20 years ago, in the aftermath of the anti-GM food campaign, I gave a talk at NfN, warning of the future of designer baby eugenics. That future, of a genetically stratified society, where parents select IVF embryos for high IQ, or even genetically engineer them, is happening now, in a political climate far worse than anyone predicted. In the US, the hard right & Silicon Valley are coming together in an openly pro-eugenic techno fascism. Our government has announced it will sequence the genome of all babies at birth, & attempt to legalise GM babies in the next two years. Other technologies in the pipeline will turn making babies into an industrial production process that will make Huxley’s Brave New World look primitive. If we don’t want to go quietly into that future, we need to build a coalition led by those targeted for elimination by eugenics: disabled people, black people & the working class.
Meetings start with a buffet at 7:30pm followed by a talk at 8:00pm, then discussion at about 9:00pm.
All meetings are free of charge. Voluntary donations welcome. No need to book. If you can, please bring some vegetarian/vegan food and drink to share.
Day to commemorate the Anniversary of the execution of Franz Jägerstätter for refusing to serve in Hitler's army.
Followed by a peace walk to the London Peace Pagoda, with a Lantern-lighting ceremony at sunset (no float). The ceremony seeks to reflect on the horrors of war in an atomic age, and to pray together for peace and harmony between all people and nations. All welcome.
Menwith Hill Base, regular demonstrations
Tuesday evenings at the Main Gate of the Menwith Hill surveillance base, from 6pm to 7.30pm. All most welcome for this peaceful witness.