Easy to print list of events coming up in the next two months.
Join Peterborough CND & Peace Campaign for this public meeting to discuss how we step up the campaign to get rid of US nuclear weapons from Britain and stop the government from buying nuclear-capable jets.
With guest speakers Sophie Bolt, General Secretary CND and Alan Dowson, nuclear test veteran.
Award-winning Cornish film company awen productions is launching a new documentary film called ‘Gentle, Angry Women’. Retracing the footsteps of the march to Greenham Common, the story follows three young activists as they head to the original site of the 1980s Women’s Peace Camp.
Following the film’s sold-out launch in Cornwall on International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Gentle, Angry Women will be heading to the Curzon Soho in London on Monday 27th October.
Film director Barbara Santi will be holding a Q&A following the screening, inviting the audience to discuss the key themes and hear about the behind the scenes process of creating the film.
Tickets are available through the Curzon Soho website. https://www.curzon.com/films/gentle-angry-women/HO00006539/
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.
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.
Richard Norton-Taylor is a living legend: on staff at The Guardian since the early 70s, and now working at Declassified UK, he is most known as one of the finest, and uncompromising, journalists working today. Housmans are delighted that he has agreed to join for an evening to reflect on his career, on the state of modern warfare and surveillance culture and the relationships between state surveillance programmes and the modern media, as covered in his recent book The State of Secrecy (copies of which will be available on the evening).
Richard will talk for around an 45 minutes to an hour, followed by a Q&A and a book signing.
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.
Bridgwater Peace Group will host a White Poppy exhibit from 1 to 15 November. The display is intended as an opportunity to present the history and significance of the White Poppy to members of the public.
The exhibit will have a white poppy wreath at its centre. White poppies will be available for visitors to take away and accompanying information leaflets will be provided to explain their message of remembrance for all victims of war and commitment to peace.
Scottish CND Annual Conference.
Join Scottish CND for a vibrant one-day conference setting out an alternative vision for a more prosperous and peaceful nuclear-free Scotland!
We will be bringing together campaigners against nuclear weapons, economic injustice and global warming to look at the cost of nukes to jobs, security, public wellbeing and the planet – and to propose measures for a practical transition to a safer, wellbeing-based society.
Main speakers and expert panels to be announced.
Coming together to consider a broader vision of security for France and the UK beyond nuclear weapons
With guest speakers Bishop William Kenney, co-author of ‘Called to be Peacemakers: A Catholic approach to arms control and disarmament’; Dr Joanna Frew, Outreach Coordinator for Rethinking Security; Msgr Bruno-Marie Duffé, Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development; Etienne Godinot, co-founder of the Mouvement pour une Alternative Non-Violente; and General Bernard Norlain, President of Initiatives pour le Désarmement Nucléaire – IDN (text read by Tinah Rakotoarimanga, member of the IDN Board).
The conference will be followed by a peace walk and vigil in the afternoon.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-alternative-vision-of-security-for-franc...?