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updated: 20 June 2008 Welcome to new members CORD is an international NGO that since 1967 has
been helping people affected by violent conflict to build peace. The organisation started in Today
CORD spends c£2.5 million per annum, mainly in Darfur/Chad, Worldwide
the organisation employs nearly 800 people. CORD is keen to meet up with
individual and group members of Network for Peace. Richard
Dickson, Director - Supporter Relations, CORD new life after conflict www.cord.org.uk tel: (office) 01926 315301 email: rdickson@cord.org.uk
Charity
Number 1070684 Established 1967 Recent new members Nuclear Morality Flowcharts We have
produced a decision flowchart on Morality of the Nuclear Deterrent. The
flowchart is an analysis of deterrent morality configured as a "decision
tree" to help people decide where they stand and to make national
decision makers more accountable. It is designed to reach out to everybody
who can have any influence on the situation. The
flowchart is a secular document but it carries an invitation to all faith
communities to develop versions appropriate to their own code of ethics - an
opportunity to apply their own corpus of teaching to an urgent moral problem.
Enquiries to martin@nuclearmorality.com Everyone can
participate in this project. Download a copy from www.nuclearmorality.com and
work out your own "solution". The website will be developed to
enable people to register and enter their solution on line. We shall build a
global scorecard of analytical opinion. The
document is available as two pdf files, designed to be on two sides of an A3
sheet. The first side is the flowchart - a network of questions and comments.
The reverse is for background information, and notes on the questions. We
welcome constructive criticism and any helpful comments,
feedback@nuclearmorality.com and we will be happy to hear from anyone who
thinks they can help with the project. http://www.nuclearmorality.com/ Please
respond to Martin Birdseye +44 (0)77 6274 6895 martin@nuclearmorality.com Solidarity for an Independent & Unified We are a
group of Iraqi women based in the Realising
that there is no peace without justice, we support Iraqi people's struggle to
end the Anglo-American occupation, a struggle we regard as a basic right. We call
for:
What we do
There are
many ways we in the http://solidarityiraq.blogspot.com
07989861380 or email siui_iraqsolidarity@yahoo.co.uk  Member
news World Civil Society Calls for
non-governmental participation in global governance in the UN; a paper
compiled by Jeffrey J Segall on behalf of Campaign
for a More Democratic United Nations (CAMDUN and UNGA-Link UK Background: Governments have no option but to operate
the age-old system of power politics which they inherit, and which nowadays
is reinforced by links with industrial-military complexes. There is therefore
a need for a countervailing influence within the UN, yet the General Assembly
turned down the proposals for a linked UN Second (Peoples) Assembly (MAPW
1983, INFUSA 1985-89 and CAMDUN 1990), annual We the Peoples Assembly of
selected UN-NGOs (Harold Stassen 1984) and annual World Civil Society Forum
(Commission on Global Governance 1995). These rejections may have led Boutros
Boutros-Ghali to write “the change needed [in the UN] is to obtain the
participation of non-state actors in international affairs” (Ottawa Citizen,
7 April 2003). There is now renewed hope of achieving an institutional
non-state link with the General Assembly by civil society organisations (CSOs) concerned with international affairs establishing a
World Civil Society Union (WCSU). Read
more here. BAe: Judicial Review victory Campaign
Against Arms Trade and
The Corner House have won the Judicial Review! The High Court
ruled that the Government acted unlawfully when it curtailed a corruption
investigation into BAE Systems' Al Yamamah arms
deals with As a
result of this judgment the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will have to
reconsider the decision to end the investigation. CAST are calling on Gordon
Brown to make a commitment that there will be no further government
interference. The
implications of the judgement mean that it is already being widely reported
in the media – a great opportunity to write to the papers, email online news
sites or contact TV and radio programmes again voicing your support for the
judgment. 020 7281 0297 enquiries@caat.org.uk www.caat.org.uk. Remembrance
for Today; remembering war, making peace Every year
we remember those who have died as a result of war. But the way re remember
often fails to engage with the need to work for peace, reconciliation and
alternatives to war. Remembrance for Today is a new publication which seeks
to address this, offering a wide selection of readings, reflections, prayers,
liturgies, poems, hymns and songs. For the first time there is now a valuable
collection of resources for all who seek to bring remembrance and peacemaking
together. To order
your copy send a cheque for £3 (+50p p&p) payable to the Movement for the
Abolition of War to Publications Office, 1 Thesiger
Road, Baingdon, Oxford OX14 2DY. Edited by
Christine Titmus Foreward
by General Sir Hugh Beach Movement
for the Abolition of War www.abolishwar.org.uk International Year of Reconciliation – 2009 The
United Nations has recently agreed that 2009 will be the international Year
of Reconciliation. A Peace Map of the The
Movement for the Abolition of War (MAW) is planning to produce a Peace Map of
the I am sure we are not the only organisation
that has seen the need for such a thing, and it would be wonderful to have a
peace map on display in places like schools, libraries and tourist
information offices. It would also come out in book form, which would
allow for full descriptions of each site. Before
any map is produced we must build up a record of such things as the birthplaces
of famous peace activists, statues, plaques, sites of peace actions
etc. Each item will have to be accurately recorded, where necessary
with Ordnance Survey references, and with a good description. We need information about your part of the
world, from your members and associates so that we can start putting together
a map for all of us to use. As the editor of MAW’s
newsletter, Abolish War, I have told my fellow committee members that I am
willing to be the person who receives and stores the information as it is
gathered. Please could you include this request in your
next newsletter, and ask any of your members who know about a particular site
or would be interested in co-operating with us, to forward the name of the
site and their contact details to me. I will then send them a pro forma
to help them complete the details that we need. All
I need is for you all to start sending me the information - it would be good
to turn this idea into reality instead of just discussing it! Lesley Docksey,
1 Court Farm Cottages, Buckland Newton, Dorset DT2 7BT Lesley.Docksey@abolishwar.org.uk
lesley@togetherness.freeserve.co.uk Balkan This project aims to facilitate the creation of
a trans-national, cross-border park in the adjoining mountain areas of
Kosovo/a, Know your rights The
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act and The Legislative
and Regulatory Reform Bill which the Government said would help to cut
red tape, is a very dangerous piece of legislation.
It grants any minister
the ability to amend, replace, or repeal existing legislation. They would be
able to make major changes to the law without
Parliament being able to examine it properly, taking away the
ability of Parliament to meaningfully represent the citizens of this country.
A minister could for example abolish trial by jury. Legislative & Regulatory Reform Act
wording: Save Parliament: http://www.saveparliament.org.uk/ Save Parliament Blog (Campaign Against the
Legislative & Regulatory Reform Bill : http://bill111.wordpress.com/ Serious
Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA) SOCPA, among other things, effectively limits
the right to free speech and free protest within one kilometre of the Houses
of Parliament. SOCPA requires that all demonstrations within the
"designated area" are notified to the police six days in advance.
The police must give permission for the protest to go ahead, but they can
impose conditions. People in Common (set up to campaign against
the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005): http://www.peopleincommon.org/ Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
(SOCPA): http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/50015--l.htm#132
Parliament Protest (peaceful resistance to
the curtailment of free assembly and fee speech, Brian Haw Peace Protester: http://www.parliament-square.org.uk/index.htm
Freedom to Protest Conference 2005: http://www.freedomtoprotest.org.uk/
Other
useful sites; Statewatch: http://www.statewatch.org/ No2ID: http://www.no2id.net/
Campaign for Freedom of Information: http://www.cfoi.org.uk/ Your
Rights: http://www.yourrights.org.uk/ Shopping
fans - links to other sites here Warfare
or Welfare? This A4
book, written by Colin Archer, Secretary General of the International Peace Bureau,
is essential and easy reading for all who want to
show how direct are the links between poverty and militarism. Single copies
£5 plus £1 postage. Cheques made out to IPB. Orders to: MAW(WW),
CND - Now More Than Ever: The Story of a Peace Movement,
Kate Hudson, Vision Paperbacks, 1904132693. Special CND price of £10 Order
your copy now and read about the history of CND from the beginning, starting
with Peace Women The eleven Women who received the Nobel Peace Prize 1905 - 2003, from Bertha von Suttner to Shirin Ebadi Introduction by Micheline Calmy-Rey 256 Seiten, Hardcover, big
size Euro 32.60, CHF 48.00, £ 24.00, USD 48.00 Available: ingram.com; bertram books Ban the Bomb A video by Scottish CND, looking
at the distant and recent history of the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament, giving the reasons why CND, the longest running and largest
peace campaign, is as relevant today as it has ever been. £5 from Scottish CND:
http://www.banthebomb.org/video/index.shtml
15 Unarmed Heroes - The Courage to go Beyond
Violence Clairview Books have just published Unarmed
Heroes - The Courage to go Beyond Violence compiled and edited by Peace
Direct. It includes the personal testimonies and stories of 16 individuals
who decided to change their world non-violently. Available from Peace Direct, 39a Lancaster Grove, Fairtrade Palestinian Olive Oil You can
buy Palestinian Olive Oil from the Fairtrade company Zaytoun.
The organisers of this initiative are putting forward their own funds to
guarantee the Palestinian farmers get a reasonable payment for their
oil. The first bulk order will go in at the end of March and Zaytoun are asking you to pledge to purchase a certain
number of bottles so that they can ensure the overall venture is
viable. You can get price list and further details by emailing Atif at stormy.night@virgin.net
or call on 07776243164. You can find out more about Zaytoun
by visiting their website at http://www.zaytoun.co.uk War No
More The Movement for the Abolition of
War presents a 14 minute educational and campaigning video and DVD. The message
is: Wars are not inevitable. We can take the steps needed to
resolve conflict in other ways. With contributions from Martin Bell, Bruce
Kent, Kierra Box, Caroline Lucas MEP, Professor Sir
Joseph Rotblat, Phil Shiner, Jon Snow, Tahrir Swift
and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The video comes with photocopier-friendly
printed discussion outlines and a list of available resources. The price of
the video and booklet (inc p&p) is £8. For orders of 5 or more the price
is £7. to order send a cheque made out to MAW to:
MAW, Peacebuilding and Civil Society in
Bosnia-Herzegovina - Ten Years after Editor: Martina Fischer is Deputy Director and Senior
Researcher at the Berghof Research Centre for
Constructive Conflict Management in The Dayton Accords ended the war in
Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995. The 10th anniversary gives reason to investigate
the post-war period, today's realities and future perspectives. The book gives an overview on an important research
focus of the Paperback ISBN 3-8258-8793-6 GB Pounds 22.50 Identity Card Identity Card is volume Two of The Spawater
Chronicles by Barry Tighe. Fiction, it
shows what happens when a concerned group of ordinary people decide
to fight back against the imposition of identity cards and the Big
Brother state. A
frightened government has decided to force the entire population to carry
Identification Cards at all times. As a trial they introduce them to Spawater. Should the ID cards and their controlling
National Database be successfully implemented in Spawater
they will be imposed nationwide. Book two of the
seven-part Spawater Chronicles recounts the effects
of ID cards on the town. Joanna
opposes them on principle and joins the National Campaign against Identity
Cards, Jady is also against, but sees in them an
excellent moneymaking opportunity. Hanif,
the computer expert, supports them and is employed to run the local trial by
the senior civil servant, Mr. Dauntliffe, thus
causing friction in the gang’s social lives. Michael,
a good-natured Austrian - Can the
Masked Pimpernel, that anonymous campaigner against nosey government control
freaks, save the day? Identity
Cards is available in the JOBS
To
place your vacancy here contact NfP Note that Network for Peace does not have any vacancies but if you’re
willing to volunteer please get in touch! We would particularly be interested
in hearing from anyone with web designing skills, and anyone keen to update
the website regularly by adding events, news items etc. Some jobs are advertised at the Conflict Resolution Network website.
See: http://www.conflictresolutionnetwork.org.uk/index.html?jobs.htm~mainFrame
The Campaign Against Arms Trade is looking to recruit a Core Campaigns Co-ordinator and a Local Campaigns Co-ordinator. CAAT strategically designates one core campaign as its main focus per period. The Core Campaigns Co-ordinator will promote and develop CAAT's main campaign, making sure it is effectively implemented, ensuring other staff are involved as appropriate and that relevant campaigning opportunities are taken. A large part of CAAT's strength lies in grass-roots campaigning and local activism. The Local Campaigns Co-ordinator will inspire and support local contacts and groups, promote and develop CAAT's local campaigning and liaise with other staff to ensure local campaigning integrates with CAAT's overall work. Both posts are part-time (3
days per week) CAAT, Closing date: 12noon, Wed 25 June Volunteer vacancies and internships For more organisations with
voluntary opportunities see http://www.peaceexchange.org.uk/
Do you want to be part of the huge family that is the
Edinburgh Fringe, mix with top comedians and musicians, have a laugh and do
mad things? Peace News
needs regular or irregular volunteers to help dispatch Peace News to subscribers.
It’s usually on the last Thursday of the month but can vary by a week. 11.30
- 12 am onwards (usually finished by 3pm) We will pay your fares up to £5.
You will get tea, decent coffee, possibly a biscuit or two and lunch if
you’re in the office around 1.30pm. You will get a complimentary copy of
Peace News. And interesting conversation with whoever
else is hanging around or got roped in to help! Please give us a ring on 020
7278 3344 or email admin@peacenews.info
if you can help. If you can only stay for an hour or so you’re still welcome
to come along – the more the merrier! Next
dispatch dates are 29 May and 26 June. Peace Brigades International (PBI) PBI Working
at the PBI UK office for two/three days per week, the trust fundraiser will
assist the PBI UK coordinator to implement PBI research
into Trust directories, drafting of funding proposals, production of reports
to donors and trusts, setting up and maintenance of data base systems and
assisting in the organisation of events. We are
looking for someone with fundraising abilities with the following person
specification. PERSON
SPECIFICATION ESSENTIAL a.
Excellent writing skills and a fluent style b.
Ability to craft simple messages out of complex issues relating to our field
work c.
Experience in trust funding research d.
Experience in writing fundraising proposals e. Experience
in compiling reports to funders and donors f. PC
literate with knowledge of Microsoft Word, e-mail, and the internet g.
Knowledge of PBI and human rights issues h.
Self-starter who can plan ahead strategically DESIRABLE a.
Understanding of written Spanish b.
Familiarity with Microsoft Access and databases For more
information about PBI please visit www.peacebrigades.org,
e-mail PBI For further details and an
application form, please contact: Susi Bascon
(Coordinator) email Peace Brigades International
(PBI), Registered Charity No. 1101016 Company Reg. No: 03912587 "Promoting nonviolence and
protecting human Other volunteer opportunities:
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