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Until end of August
SHREWSBURY. Everyday life in a war zone
– Afghanistan.
Photographs of daily life in Herat,
Afghanistan,
2004 – 2007, by Farahnaz Karimy. Farahnaz was a working woman
photojournalist for the European Pressphoto Agency for four years until she
was forced to flee the country with the youngest of her four children. She
arrived in the UK
in 2008 and asked for asylum. When her photos were seen on the epa website
by a volunteer with BIASAN, the voluntary support group for asylum seekers
in Bradford, it was felt that they should
be seen in public. The 45 photos were first exhibited in Bradford Cathedral
in November 2009. After further showing in South Square Gallery, Thornton, Bradford, they are now on view in
St.Alkmund’s Church, Butcher Row, Shrewsbury. This fine church in the
middle of the old town is open every day and the exhibition is free. Sadly,
Farahnaz was deported shortly before her work went on show in Bradford.
Until 30 August
LIVERPOOL. Picasso: peace and freedom a major
exhibition bringing together over 150 works by Picasso from across the
world. This exhibition will reveal a fascinating new insight into the
artist's life as a tireless political activist and campaigner for peace,
challenging the widely held view of Picasso as creative genius, playboy and
compulsive extrovert. Tate Liverpool. Open
late every Thursday, Friday and Saturday in August, 10.00–21.00.
Admission £10 (£8 concessions). Family Tickets for 2 adults and 2 children
are also available when booking by phone or in gallery, priced at £20 Pre-book your tickets
for Picasso: Peace and Freedom. Alternatively, call 0845 604 7083 for
general bookings, or 0151 702 7486 for group bookings. http://tinyurl.com/n57wqc
14 July – 12 September
LONDON. ‘London’s
Burning - a celebration of radical London’.
This summer, Housmans will be hosting its third annual free programme of
talks, book launches and walks, celebrating radical aspects of the
capital’s social history. The ‘London’s
Burning’ series will be bringing to life the stories of rebellion,
counter-culture and free-thinking that have made London the vibrant city it is today.
Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road,
King’s Cross, London
N1 9DX t: 020 7837 4473 e: shop@housmans.com
www.housmans.com
23 July – 29 August
LONDON. The
Great Game: Afghanistan
- a festival exploring Afghan culture and history through twelve plays, a
five day film programme, a ceramic exhibition and discussion sessions
returns to the Tricycle Theatre for a limited run. Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR. 020 7328 1000. www.tricycle.co.uk SPECIAL OFFER! Tickets £12 (usually
£15). Valid on 8pm performances Wednesday – Friday from 23 July until
6 August. Just call the box office on 020 7328 1000 and quote
‘Housman’s Bookshop Offer’.
29 July
LONDON. Women
and Defence of Nations. Defence issue concern us all – especially at
this time of instability and increased religious and political
polarization. Came and hear about the work of women and add your voice to
the discussion on women defending their nations. With Erin Harbaugh, Public
Diplomacy Advisor to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Prof Eve
Mitleton-Kelly, Director of Complexity Research Group, LSE, Marie Colvin,
War Correspondent, Sunday Times,
Helen Grant MP, Justice Select Committee, House of Commons. Chaired by
Baroness Morris of Bolton. 5pm at Wilkins
Old Refectory, University College London
WC1E 6BT. To register visit www.womeninpublicpolicy.org
Sponsored by WMD Awareness Programme.
29 July - 1 August
MALVERN.
Resurgence Readers Weekend & Camp. The 13th Annual Resurgence Summer
Camp and Readers’ Weekend will be four days of stimulating
discussion, music, dance and crafts bringing together Resurgence readers,
speakers and supporters. It is open to everyone – you don’t
have to be a reader – so come along to talk, listen and enjoy! People
with disabilities are welcome. For more information email
or write to Ford House, Hartland, Devon
EX39 6EE.
30 July – 29 August
GRETNA GREEN – EDINBURGH. Scotland’s Peace Walk for
a Nuclear-Free Future. Footprints for Peace invites you to take part in a
journey of solidarity for a nuclear-free future. The walk sets off from Gretna, on the Scottish border, on Friday 30th July,
and ends in Edinburgh
on Sunday 29th August. This is an
open walk, accessible for all and focused on creating a family-friendly
atmosphere. We will walk, on average, 15 miles per day. You can join us for
as long as you want – a single step or the whole way. Bring music,
banners & good humour! For more info and registration, see: http://footprintsforpeace.net E-mail:
scotlandspeacewalk[at]yahoo.co.uk
31 July
LONDON. ‘Radical St. Pancras
& Somers Town’ with Mike Berlin. Mike Berlin leads a walk around
the streets of St.Pancras and Somers
Town and recounts its
hidden history and radical past. Spaces are limited so please email
nik@housmans.com to reserve a spot and to find out where to meet. 11.15am
Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road,
King’s Cross, London N1 9DX t: 020
7837 4473 e: shop@housmans.com
www.housmans.com
LONDON. The Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom “Voices of African women Campaign”
Launch of the African Women's Decade 2010-2020 and The celebration of
African Women's Day. This event is hosted by the Centre for Gender Studies
at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London Room G2. Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square London WC1H 0XG.
2-5pm. http://www.soas.ac.uk/visitors/location/maps/
Although this event is free, it is essential to book! Thank you. To reserve
your place, please email: office@ukwilpf.org.uk or
telephone: 020 7250 1968. Alternatively please write to: UK WILPF, 52/54 Featherstone Street, London, EC1Y 8RT
31 July & 1 August
CROYDON. World
Party and Mela. 31st July and 1st August respectively. Venue is Lloyd Park
near Croydon Surrey. Admission free. All welcome. jimclug@hotmail.co.uk
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1 August
LONDON. Walk in
Peace: A little bit of peace, starting with yourself – the first
Sunday of every month. Please join us in a slow, silent walk in peace for
peace. Meet by ‘Speakers Corner Café’, just south of
Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park (Marble
Arch tube), at 10.55am to start walking at 11.00am, returning to starting
point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com www.walkinpeace.co.uk
2-12 August
LONDON. After the Bomb Dropped: How Hiroshima and
Nagasaki Suffered' is an exhibition that explores the destruction of the
two cities by nuclear weapons through photographs and artefacts recovered
from the wreckage. Transported from Japan
and on display in London
for the first time, this represents a unique opportunity to see firsthand
the destructive capabilities of nuclear weapons. The exhibition programme
will include a series of events to explore further the realities of nuclear
warfare, including a rare chance to hear from a survivor of the bomb, plus
talks, music, and events for children and young people. Timed to coincide
with the 65th anniversary of the attacks on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki,
'After the Bomb Dropped' promises to be a poignant exploration of the
tragic events of August 1945. Opening Hours: 10am-5.30pm daily at Friends
House, 173 Euston Road,
London NW1 2BJ.
Transport: London
Euston (rail/underground), Kings Cross/St Pancras (rail/underground),
Euston Sq (underground), Russell Sq (underground). Organised by: The
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) working with the Religious Society
of Friends (Quakers), and the Hiroshima
Peace Memorial
Museum, who are
kindly providing the materials for the exhibition. Telephone: 0207 7700
2393 / 0207 7663 1067.
3 – 17 August
BRADFORD. Hiroshima
& Nagasaki
A-Bomb Exhibition. Hiroshima & Nagasaki experienced
the horrors of nuclear weapons for the first time in human history. The two
cities were destroyed instantly and many lives were lost. Among those who managed
to survive, sufferings inflicted by the A-bomb radiation continue even to
this day. This exhibition conveys the reality of the atomic bombings and
the present status of nuclear issues. 10 – 4pm (closed Mondays) at
Pop Up Space, Centenary Square, Bradford. Yorkshire CND 2 Ashgrove, Bradford, BD7
1BN 01274 730795 info@yorkshirecnd.org.uk www.yorkshirecnd.org.uk
4 – 6 August
DERBYSHIRE. Earth
First! Summer Gathering. summergathering _ AT _ earthfirst.org.uk
01524 383012. http://earthfirstgathering.org.uk/2010/programme.html
Wheelchair accessible but please contact in advance.
6
August
WORLDWIDE. Hiroshima Day.
BLAENAU GWENT. National
Eisteddfod, 10am Pabell Cytûn: Cymdeithas y Cymod Remembrance Service. All
welcome.
CHESTER.
8.00pm (The Groves) Readings,
silent reflection and the dropping of white flowers on the river. t: 01244
679 051 dai.owen@virgin.net
COVENTRY. The annual Hiroshima
and Nagasaki Service is at 6pm. Chapel of Unity, Coventry Cathedral with
guests from Hiroshima.
All welcome. Details: Ann Farr annfarr@phonecoop.coop 024 7667
9398
CROYDON. Hiroshima Day peace
vigil. Venue TBC. jimclug@hotmail.co.uk
KINGSTON.
Join us by the Thames in Canbury Gardens at 8.30pm to remember the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Bring white flowers and biodegradable lanterns to float on the river.
Kingston Peace Council/CND evans39@gotadsl.co.uk 020
8898 4850 or 020 8395 2656.
LLANDRINDOD. (Peace Garden)
12 noon Tree planting Llandrindod CND This year’s tree is a Broom bush
kindly donated by Brian & Marion Lopez. Contact Vi Shenton t: 01597 829
303
LIVERPOOL.
Hiroshima Day commemoration at 11am St. John's
Gardens, central Liverpool, wreath laying, Green Blade singing.
Programme to be arranged. Contact: Merseyside CND, mcnd@care4free.net 0151
702 6974
LIVERPOOL.
'Beating the Bomb - 6pm followed by discussion at The Social Centre 96 Bold
St. Details to be confirmed - contact: mcnd@care4free.net Tel. 0151 702
6974 Limited disabled access.
LONDON. Hiroshima Day Commemoration, Tavistock Square,
12noon. Contact London
Region CND. david.lrcnd@cnduk.org 0207 607 2302
LONDON. Hiroshima Day vigil will take
place as usual in the Piaizza at Westminster Cathedral London
between 10.00 am - 5.00pm. Pax Christi, St Joseph's
Watford Way London , NW4 4TY
0208 203 4884 www.paxchristi.org.uk
MILTON KEYNES
Lantern Floating Ceremony at the Peace Pagoda, Willen. All welcome to
commemorate the dead of Hiroshima by
floating lanterns on Willen
Lake, Milton Keynes
MK15. Info: office@mkpeaceandjustice.org.uk
NEWPORT (PEMBROKESHIRE). 8.30 for 8.45pm
Meet: white iron bridge, to sail candle boats down the river after spoken
contributions of different types in Welsh and English and rendition of Dona
Nobis Pacem. Details from Ros t: 01239 821 129 or Robbie 01239 615 921 e: r_manson@sky.com
SALISBURY. Hiroshima
Day Candle Float on the River Avon, Salisbury,
from Fisherton Bridge to Crane Bridge,
from 8.45pm. Organised annually by Salisbury Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament to commemorate the victims of the bombing of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
in 1945 and show the need for a nuclear-free
world. Info: 01722 321865
SHEFFIELD. The Lord Mayor will sign the
Mayors for Peace declaration outside the Town Hall. For more information
contact Kath. kathcripps@blueyonder.co.uk
WOKING. Annual Hiroshima Event at New
Inn, Send – where those who wish to have a meal first can gather, and
grapefruits will be floated when daylight fades. For further information,
please contact Allison W. 725439 or Mary W. 768228.
Saturday 7 August
BIRMINGHAM. Hiroshima Day Commemoration in
the ground of Birmingham Cathedral, 10.30 – 11.30, and exhibition of
pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the cathedral and in the Central
Library, dates to be confirmed.
BLAENAU GWENT. National
Eisteddfod Meet: Y Pabell Heddwch 12pm Remembering Hiroshima
& Nagasaki
– Scrap all Nuclear weapons Now – and let it begin here!
National Eisteddfod. Walk around Maes with banners followed by address by
Jill Evans at Y Pabell. More information from CND Cymru heddwch@cndcymru.org
BROMLEY. CND Hiroshima day vigil
from 12.00 - 3.00 outside the Churchill Theatre and library in Bromley town
centre. Info anncgarrett@yahoo.com
CHICHESTER.
S.E. Hants Peace Council Hiroshima/Nagasaki remembrance - peace stall
and vigil Chichester Cathedral Lawns
10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Contact vida.henning@ntlworld.com or
Midge 01243 783153 wheelchair access.
LONDON. ‘Soho
Noir’ with Cathi Unsworth and Marc Glendening. London
writer Cathi Unsworth and Marc Glendening of the Soho-loving The Sohemian
Society will be discussing the underbelly of Soho,
past and present. 5pm Housmans, 5
Caledonian Road, King’s Cross, London N1 9DX t: 020
7837 4473 e: shop@housmans.com
www.housmans.com
MALVERN. Hiroshima Day Commemoration. Vigil in the
Priory grounds, followed by a meditation event inside the Priory at noon.
There will be an exhibition of pictures of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
in the Priory, 26 July – 7 August.
SOUTHAMPTON. Remember Hiroshima/Nagasaki,
float Lanterns for Peace on River Itchen, Riverside Park
at 8.30 pm. Speaker George Farebrother from World Court Project. Wheelchair
accessible except on pontoon. Contact David on 023 8022 9363. Organised by Southampton CND.
Sunday 8 August
BRISTOL. Bristol
Amnesty International
Garden Party, 1 to 5.30pm at Goldney Gardens
on Constitution Hill in Clifton
BS8 1BH. There will be live music, magic, storytelling, games, a raffle,
face-painting, craft, yummy refreshments and lots more.- a fantastic family
day out to raise funds for Amnesty International. Entry costs £5
for adults, children under 16 free. goldneygardenparty@hotmail.co.uk
CHATHAM. Hiroshima River Ceremony
remembering Victims of the Atomic Age. Riverside Gardens,
11am-1pm. Bring a flower. Further details 01634-360415 / http://www.medwaycnd.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/diary.html
OXFORD. Lantern floating at Donnington Bridge,
Oxford. To
commemorate the victims of the
Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs. 6pm Picnic to share &
make your own floating lanterns, music, reflections, prayers. Flute: Holly
Taylor, Lament for Hiroshima;
Lord Mayor of Oxford Cllrs David Williams & Nuala Young, 8.30 pm Mayor
launches first lantern Oxford CND 242 919. Oxford Christian CND 241 290; maasgilbert@hotmail.com
8 – 16 Augusts
FLORENCE. Pax Christi International Work
Camp. The Summer Camp brings young people from across the world to the beautiful
location of Casa per la Pace (Peace House) in the hills outside the
historic city of Florence.
Together they will reflect upon the theme, If you want to sow peace,
protect creation, through practical work, workshops, and visits to places
of interest around the city of Florence and Tuscany. Download
the flyer for more details (http://www.paxchristi.org.uk/Documents/PeacEd/SummerCamp2010.pdf)
Tel: 020 8203 4884 www.paxchristi.org.uk
9
August
WORLDWIDE. Nagasaki Day.
BRADFORD. Remembering Hiroshima
& Nagasaki.
Join us in our annual remembrance of the atomic bombings in Japan with
an opportunity to visit the exhibition. There will be a rededication of the
memorial and refreshments will be available. 5pm at Pop Up Space, Centenary
Square, Bradford. Yorkshire CND 2
Ashgrove, Bradford, BD7
1BN 01274 730795 info@yorkshirecnd.org.uk www.yorkshirecnd.org.uk
LONDON.
Pax Christi service in the Crypt of Westminster Cathedral at 6.30 pm on to
commemorate Franz Jagerstatter (anniversary of his execution). The monks
from Battersea Peace Pagoda will join us for a walk down to Battersea Park
for the final part of Nagasaki
day. Pax Christi, St Joseph's,
Watford Way, London , NW4 4TY
0208 203 4884 www.paxchristi.org.uk
9-29 August
EDINBURGH. Get Up Stand Up! At the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Comedy, music and politics with top comedians,
live music & an award-winning film, a show every evening 5-7pm at the
Jazz Bar, 1a Chambers Street. WMD Awareness Programme, Bell Push 13, 63A Gt. Russell Street, London WC1B 3BJ.
020 7405 6661 or (Birmingham
office) 0121 244 9965 http://www.wmdawareness.org.uk/
Sorry no wheelchair access.
Tuesday 10 August
LONDON E16. East London Against Arms Fairs
Meeting 7.30.pm-9pm Britannia Village Hall, 65 Evelyn Road, West
Silvertown, E 16 www.ELAAF.org Wheelchair
accessible.
LONDON
The London
Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group: Pacifism and Campaigning Against
Nuclear Weapons. 7pm, in Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London N1. Queries?
Albert Beale, on 020-7278 4474.
LONDON.
Online Protest: power to the people? Social media has opened up new ways
for people to communicate, organise and campaign. But in what ways are
people using social media for political ends? Looking at examples from
around the world we will be examining the ways in which new tools are being
used and the way they have been used to challenge authority. With: Ben
Chesterton, Duckrabbit 19:00 £12.50/10 early booking (£8 concessions -
students/seniors). Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London
W2 1QJ Tel: +44
(0)20 7479 8950 events@frontlineclub.com
http://frontlineclub.com
Wednesday 11 August
LONDON. ‘Fighting Fascism in London’ with
David Renton. Dave Renton will be discussing the anti-fascist struggles
Londoners have engaged in over the years, taking in East Enders’
resistance against Mosley’s Black Shirts in the 1930s, the Anti-Nazi
League fights of the 1970s, right up to today’s struggles against the
BNP and the English Defence League. 7pm Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road, King’s
Cross, London N1 9DX t: 020 7837 4473 e: shop@housmans.com
www.housmans.com
LONDON. "Why we should end domestic
flights" public meeting. 7:00pm. Speakers: John Stewart (chair of
AirportWatch), Dan Glass (Plane Stupid), Anne-Marie Griffin (chair, Fight
The Flights), Phil Thornhill (national co-ordinator, Campaign against
Climate Change). Venue to be announced nearer the time in future
newsletters and on www.campaigncc.org
Saturday 14 August
CARDIFF. CND Cymru by the Sea. Due to
circumstances entirely beyond our control. ‘CND Cymru By the
Sea’ has been moved from the De Valance, Tenby (now closed) to an
evening only gig at The Coal Exchange Cardiff. The line up now includes the
‘Welsh rock quintet ‘People in Planes. Tickets : £10 (£9 for
usual concessions). Please come along, bring your friends, have fun and
help raise some funds for CND Cymru at the same time! Buy tickets from GM
Music and www.ticketonlineuk.com More
information: www.cndcymru.org & www.wildwestwales.com
LONDON E16. East
London Against Arms Fairs Musical Protest. Starts 2pm. ExCel
Centre, off Custom House Docklands Light Railway station. More musicians,
singers and other supporters welcome and needed. www.ELAAF.org wheelchair accessible.
LONDON. ‘How to Live Free in London’ with Katharine Hibbert. Journalist
Katharine Hibbert decided to give it all up for a year: no job, no rented
flat, no shopping, no debit card and no travel pass, walk the streets with
only a backpack and spend a year living off the food, clothes, other goods
and accommodation that would otherwise go to waste. It would be a year of
squatting, scavenging and no spending. The experience has changed her life,
and she is now an active member of the Advisory Service for Squatters. Join
Katharine to find out all you need to know about living free in London. 5pm Housmans,
5 Caledonian Road,
King’s Cross, London
N1 9DX t: 020 7837 4473 e: shop@housmans.com
www.housmans.com
Tuesday 17 August
LONDON. Protest: Can unarmed people
still change the world? With conflicts raging across the world and European
governments imposing stringent austerity measures, people are wondering
more and more how they can play a role in shaping their future. With Steve
Crawshaw, author of Small Acts of Resistance: How Courage, Tenacity, and
Ingenuity Can Change the World. 19:00
£12.50/10 early booking (£8 concessions - students/seniors)
Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk
Place, London W2 1QJ Tel: +44 (0)20 7479 8950 events@frontlineclub.com http://frontlineclub.com
Wednesday 18 August
LONDON. Iraq revisited: The Triangle of
Death. What happened to 1st Platoon, Bravo Company while they were deployed
in Iraq's
Triangle of Death? Why did they spin out of control to such a degree that
four of their men raped a 14-year-old girl and killed her family? Jim
Frederick will be discussing how daily violence chipped away at the sanity
of the 35 men in 1st Platoon, Bravo Company in his new book Black Hearts:
One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death.
19:00 £12.50/10 early booking (£8
concessions - students/seniors) Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London
W2 1QJ Tel: +44
(0)20 7479 8950 events@frontlineclub.com
http://frontlineclub.com
19-25 August
EDINBURGH. CAMP. Camp for Climate Action
2010: “Break the Bank!” Action against RBS for funding climate
change. 19-20 August: Occupy and set up the basecamp. 21-24 August:
Training and direct action. 23 August: Day of action against RBS. 25
August: Return basecamp to nature. If you’re going, please contact
your local group, which will form a neighbourhood at Climate Camp. For
example, “Yorkshire”. More
info: 07594 521 290; www.climatecamp.org.uk
20 August
LONDON. Liberation Season: Screening -
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech. In Shouting Fire
director Liz Garbus shows that in the post 9/11 climate freedom of speech
is not only a fundamental requirement but one that Americans may also have
to fight for. 19:00 £10/£8 early booking (£5 Concessions - Student &
Seniors) Frontline Club, 13
Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ Tel: +44 (0)20 7479 8950 events@frontlineclub.com http://frontlineclub.com
Saturday 21 August
COVENTRY CV3 6PT. FEST. “Coventry Green
Fayre”. 12noon-4pm. War
Memorial Park,
Kenilworth Rd. Organised around a vegan ethos. More info: 024 76 715040;
cathy@greengardencafe.co.uk
23 August
LONDON.  Liberation Season: Screening
– 1968. Followed by a discussion with Martin Bell who covered the
events of 1968 extensively, chaired by BBC Storyville Series Editor Nick
Fraser. 1968 explores the events of a pivotal year that left the world
reeling to examine its true legacy. Drawing on extensive, and rarely-seen
archives from around the world, the film revisits the hopes, the fears and
ultimately, the despair of the time. 19:00 £10/£8 early booking (£5
Concessions - Student & Seniors) Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London
W2 1QJ Tel: +44
(0)20 7479 8950 events@frontlineclub.com
http://frontlineclub.com
24 August
LONDON. Protest: From budget cuts to
riots? How will Britain
react to government spending cuts? After the recession, now come the cuts.
The UK
is facing some of the most stringent public sector budget cuts since the
Second World War. Will the UK
population accept the austerity measures being ushered in or take to the
streets to oppose them? Are scenes similar to those in Greece
likely in our cities? 19:00
£12.50/10 early booking (£8 concessions - students/seniors)
Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk
Place, London W2 1QJ Tel: +44 (0)20 7479 8950 events@frontlineclub.com http://frontlineclub.com
Wednesday 25 August
LONDON. ‘Dan Chatterton - London's One Man
Revolution’. The Freethought History Research Group
remember Dan Chatterton: Communist atheist pamphleteer, bill poster, slum
dweller, early birth control advocate, fierce public ranter, and one of the
most fascinating and undeservedly obscure characters of the London radical scene
in the second half of the 19th century. 7pm Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road, King’s
Cross, London
N1 9DX t: 020 7837 4473 e: shop@housmans.com
www.housmans.com
27 August
LONDON. Vietnam: A turning point for
reporting war. A special external event with some of the giants of war
reporting including Jon Swain, Michael Nicholson and Patrick
Chauvel.19:00 £25/20 early booking,
including free drink. Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London
W2 1QJ Tel: +44
(0)20 7479 8950 events@frontlineclub.com
http://frontlineclub.com
27 – 29 August
CHELTENHAM. FEST. Greenbelt
Festival. Includes the ‘Peace Zone’ organised by Network of Christian
Peace Organisations and Bruce Kent speaking on war and peace culture.
Atheist comedian Robin Ince appears too. “Like Womad, with
God.” http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/
30 August
CARSHALTON.
Carshalton Environment Fair 10:30am - 8pm in Carshalton Park,
Ruskin Road.
Contact details: Post - Carshalton Environmental Fair, Ecolocal, The Old
School House, Mill Lane, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 2LY E-mail: fair@ecolocal.org.uk
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2 – 6 September
READING.
Trident Ploughshares Summer Gathering ...for a nuclear weapons-free future.
A chance for new and experienced activists to come together to plot the end
of those nasty nukes. Join us for a fun and action-packed few days of: *
Workshops & Discussion * Local Networking & Outreach * Nonviolent
Direct Action Training * Action Planning * Trips to the Aldermaston Atomic
Weapons Establishment * (where nasty new warhead developments are well
underway). Organised by Trident Ploughshares 0845 45 88 361
tpgathering[at]yahoo.com http://www.tridentploughshares.org
Friday 3 September
LIVERPOOL. Phil Ochs Song Night at View 2
Gallery, Mathew St. Liverpool 7.30pm - proceeds to Merseyside CND. Venue
unfortunately not disabled access. mcnd@care4free.net
0151-709-3995. extn 252.
4 September
LLANDRINDOD.
Llandrindod CND AGM & Speaker Angie Zelter (Trident Ploughshares)
Quaker Meeting House, Temple
Street 2.30pm. All welcome. Contact t: 01597
829 303 vishenton@hotmail.co.uk
LONDON TO MANCHESTER. End Domestic Flights Now!
Help take the agenda forward on aviation, and insist that at this time of
climate emergency we cannot afford to be using high-emission forms of
transport where viable alternatives exist. And that aviation will need to
bear the burden of emissions reductions along with other sectors. Demo: at City Airport,
London, then travel by train to Manchester for a demo
at the airport there. If you would like to join the "train-not
plane" brigade and go for a full day of aviation activism
(return form Manchester
Saturday night or Sunday morning) then please contact us at info@campaigncc.org Cost is £22 return, if you book well
enough in advance. More info about this event coming soon. http://www.campaigncc.org/node/403
LONDON. ‘Violent London: 2000 Years of Riots, Rebels and
Revolts’ with Clive Bloom. Bloom charts the story of London through centuries of popular
insurrection and protest. It is a story of political activism expressed in
street fighting and slum warfare, in assassination and bombing. Clive will
and be launching his new updated version of ‘Violent London: 2000
Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts’ published by Palgrave Macmillan.
5pm Housmans, 5 Caledonian
Road, King’s Cross, London N1 9DX t: 020 7837 4473 e: shop@housmans.com
www.housmans.com
5 September
LONDON. Walk
in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting with yourself – the first
Sunday of every month. Please join us in a slow, silent walk in peace for
peace. Meet by ‘Speakers Corner Café’, just south of
Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park (Marble
Arch tube), at 10.55am to start walking at 11.00am, returning to starting
point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com www.walkinpeace.co.uk
Thursday 9 September
SKIPTON. Public
meeting: Paul Rogers: Iraq and Afghanistan. 7.30pm at Skipton
Friends Meeting Ho. The Ginnel, off Newmarket Street, Skipton. There will
be a charge of £4 a head, £2 unwaged. Organised by Grassington &
District Peace Group.
11 September
BRISTOL. Anarchist bookfair 2010.
Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol Directions: Stokes croft is on the
A38 into Bristol,
the venue is 10 min walk from city centre. BS1 3QY | View Map 10.30am to 6pm Price: Free (donations welcome)
Email: bristolanarchistbookfair@riseup.net
Web: http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org
12 September
LONDON. ‘Walking the Siege of Sidney Street’
with Clive Bloom. The Siege of Sidney Street, popularly known as the
‘Battle of Stepney’, was a notorious gunfight in London's East End in 1911.
It ended with the deaths of two members of a politically-motivated gang of
burglars supposedly led by Peter Piatkow, a.k.a. Peter the Painter, and
sparked a major political row over the involvement of the Home Secretary,
Winston Churchill. Clive Bloom will be retelling the tale in the spots
where the action happened. Meeting place and time to be confirmed. Info
Housmans, 020 7837 4473 shop@housmans.com
www.housmans.com
13 September
BIRMINGHAM. City of Sanctuary
conference, in central Birmingham.
The conference will showcase some of the best work being done by City of Sanctuary groups all over the UK, including Swansea,
which has recently become Wales’ first City of Sanctuary. The conference will also
include a focus on working with Universities to open up access for people
seeking sanctuary, with guest speaker Dr Ibrahim Shaw, from the University
of the West of England’s Refugee and Migrant Support Hub. Places are
free (by donation towards costs), but booking is essential by contacting us at: cityofsanctuary@cityofsanctuary.org
More information at: http://www.cityofsanctuary.org/events
14 September
LONDON. Musicians Against Nuclear Arms
(MANA) Concert for Peace at Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Rosslyn Hill,
Hampstead, London
NW3. Gemini (musical director Ian Mitchell)Beethoven Trio Op. 11 for
clarinet/cello/piano, Mozart Sonata No. 21 in E minor K304 for violin and
piano and Piano Quartet in E flat K493 for violin/viola/cello/piano,
William Walton Three Songs for soprano and piano and the London premiere of
new works by Nicola LeFanu and Huw Watkins. Tickets: All seats unreserved
£10 (£8 concessions)from MANA Administration, 71 Greenfield Gardens, NW2 1HU.
Please make cheques payable to MANA and enclose a stamped, self-addressed
envelope with ticket orders. 020 8455 1030 admin@mana.org.uk
www.mana.org.uk
15 September
LONDON. Mystery Walk – around the
London Peace Trail, organised by Movement for the Abolition of War with the
help of WILPF and the Woodcraft Folk. www.abolishwar.org.uk 01908 511
948
18 September
LONDON. Drone Wars: Day
Conference exploring the growing use of armed drones, University
of London Union, central London.
Speakers, Workshops, Discussion. £10/£6.00 concessions. For
more details and to book contact mary@for.org.uk 01865
250781. Organised by Fellowship of Reconciliation.
LONDON. Understanding Islam: The Basics.
With Chris Hewer. £15. 11am - 5 pm
St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG. 020
7496 1610 www.stethelburgas.org
WALLASEY. Peace in the Park; Vale Park Wallasey. 2pm-6pm - stalls and
music. Contact: Merseyside CND, mcnd@care4free.net 0151 702 6974
19
– 21 September
COUNTRYWIDE. Peace Days: Churches and Inter-Faith Peace Work
of Uniting for Peace calls upon local churches – ecumenical groups
– interfaith bodies – to celebrate September 2010 Peace Days.
Includes 20 Sept: World Peace Prayer Day and 21 September: UN Peace Day.
Copies of the 2010 Resource Pack available for £5 per copy (cheques to
‘Peace Services’) from Rev B Cooper, Churches & Inter-Faith
Peace Work – Uniting for Peace, WDC Po Box 28209, Edinburgh EH9 1ZR.
Tel 0131 446 9545. briancooper(a)googlemail.com.
Monday 20 September
LONDON. FILM EVENT ‘The Burden of Peace: Women Speak
in the Aftermath of Kenya's
Post-Election Crisis’ with
Firoze Manji. The Kenyan election of
December 2007 gave rise to widespread suspicions of irregularity,
especially when the incumbent President Mwai Kibaki was inaugurated as
president in a privately held ceremony. Violence erupted, with 1,000
people massacred and 650,000 fleeing their homes, but although the
country's main rivals signed a political settlement to return the
country to normalcy, those responsible remain free. Women bore the brunt of
the attacks, from both armed gangs and state forces, and this
film,edited by Anthony Kung'u and Peter Ndung'u, tells their story. Firoze
Manji, the executive director and editor of Pambazuka News, which champions
human rights and civil society organisations in Africa,
and co-funded the production, will discuss the film. Friends of Le Monde
Diplomatique Café Diplo at The Gallery, 70/77 Cowcross Street, London
EC1M 6EL. Nearest tube station Farringdon. 6.45pm (doors open 6.30). £3,
concessions £2, tickets on door. Info 07984 178 193 or see our website www.mondediplofriends.org.uk
21
September
WORLDWIDE. International Day of Peace. http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/
BANGOR.
Meeting (venue tba) 7 pm Bangor
and Anglesey Peace & Justice Group in conjunction with The Soroptimists
(www.soroptimist-gbi.org ) contact: phil_steele@btinternet.com
BROMLEY. Peace Day Event.
Bromley Peace Council will be marking Peace Day at Community House, South St,
Bromley from 7.30 - 10.00pm with speakers, stalls, music and readings. Info
email
21 – 22 September
CROYDON.
Heathfields Green Heritage Fair. http://www.heathfield-ecology.org.uk/
Friday 24 September
EDINBURGH. Event: The problem of evil: the
role of the spiritual director. A masterclass for Interfaith Ministers.
Interfaith ministers offering spiritual direction/counselling inevitably
encounter people who feel that they are under the influence of or are being
attacked by “evil”. Is evil real? Does it exist as a
separate entity from good, as dark from light? Facilitator: Rev Prof
Stephen G Wright. Organisers: Edinburgh
International Centre for Spirituality and Peace and the Sacred Space
Foundation. Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria
Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL. Registration: 9.30am-10am.
Seminar: 10am-4.30pm. Places are limited; please make early contact to
reserve your place. Cost: IMA members: £55, Non-members: £75, Seminary
Students: £35. For a Registration Form: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/163-rev-prof-stephen-wright-visit-registration-form
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2009@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331 4469. www.eicsp.org Edinburgh International
Centre for Spirituality and Peace, Scottish Charity SC038996, 4 William Black Place, South
Queensferry, Edinburgh,
EH30 9PZ. Scotland.
24 – 26 September
EDINBURGH.
Event: Burnout – a spiritual crisis: response and prevention.
A one day seminar for ministers and those who support them. Ministers burn
out. Ministers counsel people who burn out. Yet often little is known about
this painful experience and how to handle it. This seminar will explore
what burnout is, how to stop it happening, how to help ourselves and others
when it does. Facilitator: Rev Prof Stephen G Wright. Organisers: Edinburgh
International Centre for Spirituality and Peace and the Sacred Space
Foundation. Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria
Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL. Time: Registration:
9.30am-10am. Seminar: 10am-4.30pm. Places are limited; please make early
contact to reserve your place. Cost: £75. Seminary Students: £35. For a
Registration Form: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/163-rev-prof-stephen-wright-visit-registration-form
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2009@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331 4469. www.eicsp.org Edinburgh International Centre for
Spirituality and Peace, Scottish Charity SC038996, 4 William Black Place, South
Queensferry, Edinburgh,
EH30 9PZ. Scotland.
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON. Conflict Resolution Workshop. The
cost of the residential workshop is £48.00 for 2 nights B&B. Plus your
own travel expenses & other meals. To be held at YHA
Stratford-upon-Avon, Hemmingford House, Alveston, Stratford-upon-Avon,
Warwickshire CV37 7RG. We will be
addressing prejudice and stereotyping, learning co-operation techniques and
ways of dealing creatively with conflict. Please send applications with a
cheque for £48.00 (Payable to Women to Women for Peace), to Maureen Miller,
28 Knob Hall Lane,
Southport, Merseyside. PR9 9QS by Tuesday
20th July 2010.
Saturday 25 September
PORTLAND. National Demonstration against
Agrofuels. At the site of the proposed new palm-oil burning, agrofuel power
station at Portland in Dorset.
Transport will be organised from London
and possibly other places. If you are interested in joining the coach from London (to Portland
for the day) please contact stopagrofuels@campaigncc.org
Camping/crash space will be available overnight. The demonstration
will be organised together with Biofuelwatch,
Food not Fuel
and a very strong local group, down in Dorset - NOPE (No Palm Oil Energy)
see nope.org.uk/ Campaign against
Climate Change www.campaigncc.org Tel: +44
(0) 207 833 9311
29 September – 1 October
LONDON. A Climate of Conflict: Conflict
Sensitive Programming and Climate. This highly practical course is designed
to help a range of practitioners and policy makers in the fields of
development, peacebuilding, humanitarian aid and environmental programming
to integrate the risks and opportunities presented by climate change into
conflict sensitive programme design and implementation. Cost £450 email trainingandlearning@international-alert.org
International Alert, 346
Clapham Road, London
SW9 9AP. 020 7627 6800 http://www.international-alert.org
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Saturday 2 October
WORLDWIDE. International
Day of Non-Violence (Gandhi’s Birthday). http://tinyurl.com/2fe2wx
CROUGHTON.
Rally at 'R.A.F.' Croughton during 'Keep Space for Peace' week.
A43 south of Brackley. March to main gate 1 mile - starts Croughton
village 12,0 midday. Returns 3.30pm. Speakers: Peter Burt-N.I.S. Rev. David
Platt -Clergy Against the Bomb. Mark Levene- Crisis Forum (invited) Jeremy
Corbyn M.P. Music, Picnic. Bring family, friends, flags and Peace! Parking
signed western edge of Croughton village B4031. Minibus leaves St. Giles, Oxford 10.45 and
Oxford Rail Stn 11.0am Tickets for bus £6.00 - to book and for info:
07949 320 026 / oxonpeace@yahoo.co.uk Disabled access and toilet.
MENWITH HILL. Annual International week of protest
against US Missile Defense called for by the Global Network Against Weapons
and Nuclear Power in Space: www.space4peace.org - demonstration at the
American base at Menwith Hill near Harrogate North Yorkshire - more details
nearer the time. Organised by the Campaign for the Accountability of
American Bases - CAAB: www.caab.org.uk
3 October
LONDON. Walk
in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting with yourself – the first
Sunday of every month. Please join us in a slow, silent walk in peace for
peace. Meet by ‘Speakers Corner Café’, just south of
Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park (Marble
Arch tube), at 10.55am to start walking at 11.00am, returning to starting
point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com www.walkinpeace.co.uk
Monday 4 October
LONDON. Stifling debate: libel laws and
the price of free speech with Michael Harris and Padraig Reidy. English
libel law, and the use of ‘super-injunctions’, are becoming a
global disgrace, with a profoundly negative impact on freedom of
expression, both in the UK
and abroad. Human rights campaigners are often forced to edit and retract
articles in the face of potential libel action, whilst writers such as
Simon Singh, the respondent in a claim filed by the British Chiropractic
Association (BCA) UK
between 2008 -2009, have found themselves facing defamation suits. Michael
Harris, Public Affairs Manager from the Libel Reform Organisation will
outline the political campaign to reform these laws, and Padraig Reidy, the
News Editor of Index on Censorship, will discuss the background to the
Simon Singh case. Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique Café Diplo at The
Gallery, 70/77 Cowcross Street,
London EC1M 6EL. Nearest tube
station Farringdon. 6.45pm (doors open 6.30). £3, concessions £2, tickets
on door. Info 07984 178 193 or see our website www.mondediplofriends.org.uk
7 October
LONDON. The Spectrum. A training seminar for interfaith groups and
practitioners based on the St Ethelburga's tool - The Spectrum of
Inter-religious Relationship Building. 10:00 – 5pm. St Ethelburga's Centre for
Reconciliation & Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG. 020 7496 1610 www.stethelburgas.org
9 - 10 October
LONDON. CND Annual Conference.
Incorporating an International meeting on 10th which will focus on
scrapping Trident, achieving a WMD-free Middle East,
ridding Europe of US tactical nukes, achieving a Nuclear Weapons Convention
and challenging NPT-backed nuclear power expansion. Venue will be Mary Ward
House, Tavistock Place,
London. Info: www.cnduk.org/conference or
contact officemanager@cnduk.org 020 7700
2393.
Thursday 14 October
LONDON. The Spectrum. A training
seminar for interfaith groups and practitioners based on the St
Ethelburga's tool - The Spectrum of Inter-religious Relationship Building.
The Spectrum is a new resource for people engaged in interfaith work.
It is the fruit of three years of innovative events and dialogues in the
Tent at St Ethelburga’s. Explore the spectrum here. 10 –
5. More info: justine@stethelburgas.org
St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG. 020 7496 1610 http://tinyurl.com/35rm4ya
Saturday 16 October
LONDON. Old Testament figures in the
Islamic tradition. Understanding Islam study day.
With Chris Hewer. 11am – 5pm. £15. St Ethelburga's Centre for
Reconciliation & Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG. 020 7496 1610 www.stethelburgas.org
19 October
BANGOR. Film & Talk: Outside the
Law: Stories from Guantanamo See www.andyworthington.co.uk/outside-the-law-stories-from-guantanamo/
e: phil_steele@btinternet.com
17-24 October
UK. ‘Peaceing Together One
World’. One World Week. PO
Box 2555 Reading RG1 4XW 0118 939 4933 http://www.oneworldweek.org/
23 October
LONDON. Anarchist Bookfair. Queen Mary,
University Of
London, Mile End Rd, London,
E1 4NS
Nearest Public Transport: Tubes: Mile End or Stepney Green View Map Time: 10am-7pm Email: mail@anarchistbookfair.org.uk
Web: www.anarchistbookfair.org.uk
24
October
WORLDWIDE. United Nations Day. http://www.un.org/events/unday/2008/background.shtmlTop of page
Monday 25 October
LONDON. PEOPLEQUAKE: population myths
unravelled with Fred Pearce. Many fear an unsustainable explosion in global
population, but in fact the population bomb is being defused round the
world by women making new choices about their own lives. By mid-century the
world's population could be falling. Fred Pearce, is an international
speaker, journalist and author on environmental issues, and was recently
described as ‘one of Britain’s
finest scientific writers’. He will explore our emerging new
demography, a world of massive migration and rapid ageing, where some
societies may face extinction through having too few babies, not too many.
What does this mean for our environment - for our species? Fred is
currently Environmental Consultant to the New Scientist, and his recent
book ‘Peoplequake Mass Migration, Ageing Nations and the Coming
Population Crash’ was published this year. Friends of Le Monde
Diplomatique Café Diplo at The Gallery, 70/77 Cowcross Street, London
EC1M 6EL. Nearest tube station Farringdon. 6.45pm (doors open 6.30). £3,
concessions £2, tickets on door. Info 07984 178 193 or see our website www.mondediplofriends.org.uk
29 – 31
October
COVENTRY. Pilgrimage
to Peace. Christian CND’s 40th Anniversary event. More
details later. http://ccnd.gn.apc.org/
29 – 31 October
LEDBURY. Blank
Canvas. An organically organised weekend of workshops, networking and
partying. A forum for young activists from organisations across the country
to skillshare, make friends and plan for the coming year. Held at Dyke
House residential centre in Ledbury. £35. Blankcanvas@spanthatworld.com
www.spanthatworld.com/blankcanvas
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1 November
DEVONPORT. Trident submarines undergo refitting, upgrades and maintenance at
the Devonport dockyard in Plymouth. It is already home to
many of Britain's
decaying retired nuclear subs and may become the dumping ground for them
for decades to come. Please come and join in the blockade. You can sit, lie
down, lock-on or provide support for the blockaders. We need your committed
nonviolent civil resistance. Please bring your friends and relatives and
join the blockade that will start at 6 am and continue for as long as
possible. The Devonport Blockade organised by Trident Ploughshares and
supported by CND. For more information or to help contact 0845 4588 363.
Information available soon on www.tridentploughshares.org
1-8 November
ISRAEL/PALESTINE.
Pax Christi visit to Israel-Palestine. The aim of the trip is to visit the
places associated with the life of Jesus and also to meet with those who
struggle today to live in the Holy Land.
Our visit will also take us to meet Israeli and Palestinian justice &
peace organisations and Pax Christi partners. Accommodation will be in Bethlehem on a
half-board basis. Costs based on two people sharing a room is £900.00 per
person. The group will be accompanied by Fr Paul Maddison who has had many
years of experience in bringing groups to the Holy
Land. Download provisional programme here
and booking form here.
5 – 7 November
AMMERDOWN.
Workshop: Living life authentically requires looking closely at our values
and examining how we live them out. Then we can recognise damaging
behaviour, thought and communication patterns, and begin to learn and
practice new ways of interacting - using compassion and nonviolence to
transform relationships of oppression and violence. Participants of this
weekend workshop will have space to reflect on and share what living
authentically means for you/us and explore how living authentically can be
a force of positive social change. We will work in a participatory, organic
way. The methods include everything from whole/small group discussions,
games, drama, drawing, quiet reflection time, video and much more. Join
Turning the Tide and St
Ethelburgas Centre for Reconciliation and Peace for this weekend
workshop at the lovely Ammerdown Centre. For bookings contact the Ammerdown
Centre: http://www.ammerdown.org/contactus.htm, for more information about
the course, contact Turning the Tide
http://www.turning-the-tide.org/about
6 November
LONDON.
CAAT's National Gathering. 9.45am-4.30pm, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London,
WC1R 4RL (Nearest
tube: Holborn). Come along, hear from passionate speakers, take part in
informative workshops, meet other CAAT supporters from around the country
and go away inspired to take action! www.caat.org.uk/events/ +44-(0)20 7281
0297 CAAT, 11 Goodwin St,
Finsbury Park,
London N4
3HQ
7 November
LONDON. Walk
in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting with yourself – the first
Sunday of every month. Please join us in a slow, silent walk in peace for
peace. Meet by ‘Speakers Corner Café’, just south of
Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park (Marble
Arch tube), at 10.55am to start walking at 11.00am, returning to starting
point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com www.walkinpeace.co.uk
Monday 8 November
LONDON. The US
Militarisation of Latin America with Dr.
Francisco Dominguez. The Latin American social democratic model, which places
the fight against poverty and exclusion at the centre of its policies, is
perceived as a threat by the neo-liberal economic and
political hegemony, and the emergence of left wing governments in Venezuela, Bolivia,
Ecuador, Nicaragua, Uruguay
and Cuba, and of
left-leaning governments in Brazil
and Argentina, has
greatly alarmed the US.
In response, the US
has progressively militarised the region, and in addition to its many bases
in neighbouring countries, has recently signed a ‘Defence Cooperation
Agreement’ with the right wing government of Colombia
establishing seven bases within its borders. The US Fourth Fleet has also
been reactivated, and patrols the surrounding seas. Francisco Dominguez, Head
of the Centre for Brazilian and Latin American Studies at Middlesex
University, has
broadcast and published extensively on the region, and will discuss this alarming
development and its implications. Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique
Café Diplo at The Gallery, 70/77
Cowcross Street, London
EC1M 6EL. Nearest tube station Farringdon. 6.45pm (doors open 6.30). £3,
concessions £2, tickets on door. Info 07984 178 193 or see our website www.mondediplofriends.org.uk
9 – 12 November
LONDON. Crisis and Conflict: Conflict
Sensitive Practice in the of Emergency. This will be a highly interactive
training course which will use a mix of teaching and participatory
methodologies. Lessons from previous humanitarian experiences will be
brought in to illustrate theories and frameworks and it is hoped that
participants will bring a wealth of comparative knowledge and experiences
into the discussions throughout the course. Different perspectives,
constraints, realities and opportunities will be brought together through
practical group work. Cost £600 email trainingandlearning@international-alert.org
International Alert, 346
Clapham Road, London
SW9 9AP. 020 7627 6800 http://www.international-alert.org
11 November
COUNTRYWIDE. Remembrance
Day. First Sunday after is Remembrance Sunday.
24 November
LONDON. Musicians Against Nuclear Arms
(MANA) Concert for Peace. With: The MANA Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir
Mark Elder CBE at St. James's Church, 197 Piccadilly LONDON W1
Details: 71 Greenfield Gardens,
London NW2 1HU. 020 8455 1030. admin@mana.org.uk www.mana.org.uk
27 November
LONDON. Christian theological
explorations in relation to Islam. Understanding
Islam study day. With Chris Hewer. 11am – 5pm. £15. St Ethelburga's
Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG. 020 7496 1610 www.stethelburgas.org
29 November
WORLDWIDE. International Day of
Solidarity with the Palestinian People. http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/palestinian/
1 December
EVERYWHERE. Prisoners
for Peace Day. http://www.wri-irg.org/co/01dec.htm
2 -
3 December
LONDON. Two day
training with ICCI and Corrymeela - sharing learning from Israel-Palestine,
Northern Ireland and London. £95/£50. For information about the
training days offered In Jerusalem (Sept
13-16) and Belfast
(Nov 29-30) contact tent@stethelburgas.org.
St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and
Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N
4AG. 020 7496 1610. http://tinyurl.com/33gvx4f
4 December
WORLDWIDE.
International Demonstrations on Climate Change. Coincides with the United
Nations Talks on climate change (COP16/MOP6) in Cancun, Mexico.
http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/
5 December
LONDON. Walk
in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting with yourself – the first
Sunday of every month. Please join us in a slow, silent walk in peace for
peace. Meet by ‘Speakers Corner Café’, just south of
Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park (Marble
Arch tube), at 10.55am to start walking at 11.00am, returning to starting
point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com
www.walkinpeace.co.uk
10 December
WORLDWIDE.
Human Rights Day. The Day marks the anniversary of the Assembly's adoption
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. http://www.un.org/events/ref43.htm
2011
1 January
WORLDWIDE.
World Day of Prayer for Peace, especially in the Catholic tradition. http://www.paxchristi.org.uk/events.HTML
27 January
EVERYWHERE. Holocaust
Memorial Day. http://www.hmd.org.uk/
26
February
OXFORD.
(Probably!). Network for Peace AGM. More details later.
8 March
INTERNATIONAL. United
Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace (International
Women’s Day). http://www.internationalwomensday.com/default.asp www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/women/womday97.htm
26 April
WORLDWIDE. Chernobyl Day. http://www.chernobyl.info/
Monday 15 May
EVERYWHERE. International
Conscientious Objector’s Day. http://www.wri-irg.org/co/15may.htm
21 May
INTERNATIONAL.
Franz Jagerstatter, Martyr for Peace, Feast Day. Resource and prayer materials available
from Pax Christi office and see more here http://www.paxchristi.org.uk/pubs.HTML
24 May
WORLDWIDE. International
Women’s Day for Disarmament. http://www.ifor.org/WPP/networking_may24.htm
18 – 19 June
LEAMINGTON SPA. Leamington Peace Festival. A free festival
featuring two entertainment areas, children's & workshop tents, over
120 stalls - charities, activists, spiritual groups, healers, crafts and
fair-traders. Applications for stalls are open from February 1st each year.
Please apply early as we are always oversubscribed. Please email: stalls@peacefestival.org.uk
or phone 0845 388 4207. PO Box
1686, Leamington, CV31 1WS http://www.peacefestival.org.uk/
4 July 2011
MENWITH HILL. Annual
‘Independence FROM America’
day. Organised by Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB),
9 Swarcliffe Road,
Harrogate, HG1
4QZ. Tel no: 01423 884076 http://www.caab.org.uk
6 August 2011
WORLDWIDE. Hiroshima Day.
LONDON. Hiroshima Day Commemoration, Tavistock Square,
12noon. Contact London
Region CND.
9 August 2011
WORLDWIDE. Nagasaki Day.
21 September 2011
WORLDWIDE. International Day of Peace. http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/
2 October 2011
WORLDWIDE. International
Day of Non-Violence (Gandhi’s Birthday). http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22926&Cr=non&Cr1=violence
24 October 2011
WORLDWIDE. United Nations Day. http://www.un.org/events/unday/2008/background.shtml
11 November
2011
COUNTRYWIDE. Remembrance
Day. First Sunday after is Remembrance Sunday.
29 November 2011
WORLDWIDE. International Day of
Solidarity with the Palestinian People. http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/palestinian/
1 December 2011
EVERYWHERE. Prisoners
for Peace Day. http://www.wri-irg.org/co/01dec.htm
10 December
2011
WORLDWIDE.
Human Rights Day. The Day marks the anniversary of the Assembly's adoption
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. http://www.un.org/events/ref43.htm
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Important
note: These dates are listed because people have sent them in to us, or the
events have been copied from members’ websites as well as other
listings sites. We hope the diary listings page is as accurate and comprehensive
as possible, if there are any errors in the listings that you know about
please inform us, but we cannot be responsible for any problems caused by
any such mistake. Check with the organisers before setting out!
Send us
your events. Remember to state date & time, venue, cost if any,
accessibility, who event is aimed at (eg all welcome, children welcome,
women only etc) and a contact number/email.
Other useful diaries available at:
http://www.schnews.org.uk/pap/guide.htm
Quite a few of the above events came from Schnews (thanks Schnews!)
http://www.quaker.org.uk/peace/exchg/peaceact.html
http://uk.oneworld.net/
(recommended for London
events )
http://www.greenevents.co.uk/
www.veggies.org.uk
For events in the Nottingham area
http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/whatson.htm
Lots of environmental events, mostly with a Christian focus.
International events: http://www.ipb.org/newsletters.html#newsletters
www.protest.net
http://www.radicalendar.org/calendar/
http://www.worldpeace.org.au/calendar.asp
(Australian-based with some international)
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