Exhibition and performances based on the hidden stories of Derbyshire's conscientious objectors in the First World War.
"Courage of Conscience"
Get Airbus out of the Science Museum protest
Airbus group, the world’s 7th largest arms producer, is sponsoring the Science Museum’s Leonardo Da Vinci Exhibition.
Annual General Meeting and Open Networking Day
Our speakers will be Daniel McNamara and Katherine Copperthwaite of Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact), on the experiences of children and young people who have had family members arrested, tried or
Ada Salter and Ethical Socialism.
Speaker: Graham Taylor. Ada Salter was a pioneer of an ethical brand of socialism well known
nationally and in her local Bermondsey in the early twentieth century.
Goose Fair Night, by Kathy Pimlott & A Woman in the Queue, by Jo Dixon
Goose Fair Night is a generous, jellied feast of a book, full of sharp-eyed yet tender details about friendship, family and familiarity.
The 2016 US Presidential Race
The 2016 US Presidential Race: A conversation with Professor Charles Postel (San Francisco State University)
Bloodaxe Books present 'Rake', by Matthew Caley & 'Meanwhile Trees', by Mark Waldron
Matthew Caley will be reading from his fifth collection entitled Rake, which throughout, can appear as if we are leafing through the oblique diary of an immortal time-travelling rake, one who is seeki
Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics by Richard Seymour
Richard Seymour will be discussing his major new book, Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics, in which he provides an up-to-date analysis of how Corbyn rose to the head of the Labour Party,
PIT PROPS: Music, International Solidarity and the 1984-85 Miners' Strike.
Granville Williams will be talking about his book which marks the end of an era in coal mining in the UK and highlights how the incredible year-long struggle by the miners in defence of jobs and com
‘How to dismantle the NHS in 10 easy steps’
With Dr Youssef El-Gingihy.
‘Life is War: Surviving Dictatorship in Communist Albania’
With Shannon Woodcock.
Dr Woodcock will discuss ethnic and racial persecution within the uniquely isolated and oppressive Albanian communist state between 1944 and 1991.
‘George Orwell Now!’
Presented by the Orwell Society and Richard Blair (Orwell’s son)
‘Place is the Passion: Reframing the Israel/Palestine Conflict’
With Bill Williamson.
‘Lean Out’
With Dawn Foster.
‘Fat Activism: a radical social movement’
With Charlotte Cooper.
Charlotte Cooper lifts the lid on a previously unexplored social movement.
‘Royal Babylon : The Case Against the Monarchy’.
With Heathcote Williams, Janine Booth and a representative of the Republic campaign. 7pm
Anniversary of Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda
The celebration programme will include a Buddhist ceremony, multi-faith peace prayers, speakers on anti-nuclear and non-violent actions, and an afternoon multi-cultural celebration.
Health and Fracking Masterclass
To provide an opportunity to learn about the issues it raises, Medact and the Faculty of Public Health are pleased to announce a health and fracking masterclass.
‘A force for peace?’ The History of European Cooperation.
New exhibition (open to the public until the end of July 2016).
‘A force for peace?’ The History of European Cooperation.
New exhibition (open to the public until the end of July 2016).
