WILPF UK’s autumn seminar will explore this question, with an afternoon of workshops designed to share ideas about potential political action and how we can accelerate positive change, in each of thes
Climate Change, the Environment and Militarism
Remembrance Day wreath laying
Gather 10.45am for 2 minutes’ silence at 11am and to lay a wreath of white poppies in memory of the victims of ‘The Great War’ and of all victims of war worldwide since.
Laura Apol on Requiem, Rwanda.
American Poet and academic Laura Apol is the author of the powerful poetry collection Requiem, Rwanda.
There will be 15% discount off any purchases made on the night.
Arendt and America by Richard H King.
In Arendt and America, historian Richard H.
Kefi Chadwick on Any Means Necessary
When Mel meets Dave at a protest, she believes she has met her kindred spirit. Dave soon becomes central to her life and her activist friends. But is he who he appears to be?
Nigeria: A New History of a Turbulent Century
With Richard Bourne.
Richard Bourne gives a critical insight into a hundred years of Nigeria’s complex and often contradictory history.
The Far Right In Europe
With Bernard Schmid
A discussion of recent gains made by the European far right, who have been capitalising on recent financial and migration crises.
Salvage #2: Awaiting the Furies
To celebrate the launch of Salvage #2: Awaiting the Furies - featuring the work of Rosie Warren, Sai Englert, Richard Seymour, Sam Kriss, Rafeef Ziadah, Nick Mamatas, Jord Rosenberg and Andrea Gibbons
‘Songs From Below’
With Nia, Pat Dam Smyth, Potent Whisper.
An intimate night with some of the very best radical artists around. Unplugged music at Housmans from Nia, Pat Dam Smyth, Potent Whisper.
An Afghan Refugee Boy’s Journey of Escape to a New Life in Britain
Gulwali Passarlay was only 12 years old when he left his home and family in Afghanistan. He would be shot at, imprisoned and almost drown before he reached his new home in Britain.
Screening: Yallah! Underground + Q&A
From the early days of the Arab Spring that sparked hopes for change to the years of instability and political tension that followed, this enthralling documentary follows the stories of young prominen
Insight with Sandra Rodríguez Nieto: Life and Death in Juárez
Ciudad Juárez, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua just across the border from El Paso, Texas has a reputation as the most murderous city in the world.
Water Wars – Is a Drying World Stoking the Migration Crisis?
Across vast tracks of the world people are running short of a basic commodity: water.
First Wednesday: The Dayton Agreement 20 Years On
The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement, put an end to the most violent conflict in Europe since World War II.
In the Picture with Greg Constantine: Nowhere People
For an estimated ten million people around the world, the question “what am I without a nation?” is a constant reality.
Green Caravan Film Festival Screening: Babushkas of Chernobyl
Some 200 women defiantly cling to their ancestral homeland in Chernobyl’s radioactive “Exclusion Zone.” While most of their neighbours have long since fled and their husbands have gradually died off,
Green Caravan Film Festival Screening: The Wanted 18
The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story: the Israeli army’s pursuit of 18 cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared “a threat to the national secu
New Cold War in Europe
London CND Public meeting.
Speaker: Jonathan Steele, Guardian columnist, roving foreign correspondent and author. - There will be time for questions and discussion after Jonathan’s talk.
Women Against War Walkabout.
Meet at Tadley's Sainsburys outside library at 11.30. Bring peace banners, placards, suffragette ribbons etc. Wear bright colours.
