Putney Debates 2017.
Keynote speakers include historians John Reese and Julian Putowski. The headline event will be a debate with modern day dissenters - Ben Griffin and Joe Glenton.
Dissent and Debate in the Armed Forces
Make It Right For Palestine #Balfour100
For 100 years, Britain has disregarded the rights of Palestinians and been complicit in grave and systematic violations of international law.
Barn Dance
With Crys Rothon and the Wandle Ceilidh Band. To celebrate the life of Rev Andrew Wakefield and raise money for Medecins sans Frontieres.
From Denial to Moral Leadership: Germany’s Remarkable 70-Year Journey
With Steve Crawshaw. Germany is now the undisputed power centre of Europe.
The Clash of Barbarisms
With Professor Gilbert Achcar.
Concert for Peace.
MPD (Musicians for Peace & Disarmament) Patron Dame Emma Kirkby and her ensemble Dowland Works will perform at Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead. Interval speaker will be Martin Bell OBE.
Winter Concert for Peace
Conductor: Jane Glover CBE. With the MPD Chamber Orchestra. Programme of works by Bach, Handel and Mozart.
All proceeds go to organisations in the peace movement.
Holocaust Memorial Day.
Nuclear Ban Treaty – What Next?
A seminar giving the opportunity to work through the moral and practical arguments on the ethics of nuclear deterrence and will explore the common actions different faiths can take.
‘Building Better Societies: Promoting social justice in a world falling apart’
With Rowland Atkinson, Lisa Mckenzie and Simon Winlow.
‘The History Thieves: Secrets, Lies and the Shaping of a Modern Nation’
With Ian Cobain in conversation with Wail Qasim.
‘Student Revolt: Voices of the Austerity Generation’
With Matt Myers. Presented by Left Book Club. Left Book Club launch their most recent title Student Revolt: Voices of the Austerity Generation which focuses on the 2010 student protests.
Peace education poetry event with the poet Anthony Owen
Anthony will read from his fifth collection of poetry, 'The Nagasaki Elder' (V.Press), which was inspired by his experiences growing up during the Cold War, and travelling to Hiroshima in 2015 to hear
‘Out of his struggles - the poems of Kosuke Shirasu’
With Bruce Barnes, and reader Akiko Shindo. Kosuke Shirasu (1905-1943) was born in Tokyo, and worked as a journalist and pamphleteer.
‘The Last London’
With Iain Sinclair. Iain Sinclair on the publication of his latest book The Last London, an angry, poignant and frequently hilarious elegy to a London that Sinclair feels has lost its soul.
‘We're Queer And We Should Be Here: The perils and pleasures of being a gay football fan’
With Darryl Telles.
Darryl Telles discusses his personal experiences of homophobia and racism as a football fan, and his wider campaign work to change the culture around and within football.
Weaving our Own Web: Using the internet to strengthen our groups and to campaign more effectively
A Peace News dayschool.
Sowing the sorrows of the Middle East: the post-1918 settlement.
Author and historian David McDowall will be speaking.
Take Action on Militarism
Forces Watch launch of a new resource pack for individuals and groups to challenge militarism in their communities.
'Time is running out! Strategy to accelerate the climate justice movement’.
George Lakey's Earth Quaker Action Group forced one of America’s largest banks to give up financing mountaintop-removal coal-mining.