Network for Peace

Stories of War will be explored in a variety of ways at Folkestone Book Festival 2014. How we remember war, its impact and how we write about its horrors will be some of the topics discussed this year at Folkestone Book Festival. Wars are frequently justified 'in our name'. Militarist values and practices co-opt us, permeating our language, entertaining us at the movies or in video games. Our taxes pay for those war machines. Our loved ones are killed and maimed. War is unending and violence deeply entrenched in our society.

A talk and discussion led by ADAM HOCHSCHILD.

Three films by Joe Jenkins, The Racket, exposing WW! Profiteering; Contempt of Conscience, Have we all become financial conscripts?; Just War, When, if ever, is it right to kill?

Hereford Peace Council exhibition

Concert commemorating the first world war

Discussion of Conscientious Objection, with John Voysey, who has been a CO since 1947.

Speaker: Oliver McTernon of Forward Thinking on 'Peace is a Fruit of Remembrance'

Plus opportunities for networking with justice and peace activists from around the country, and to get updates on campaigns from national agencies.

Please bring your own lunch. Tea and coffee will be provided.

After Israel’s latest military assault on occupied and besieged Gaza, we invite you to join us for a meeting and discussion with legal experts and campaigners, as we ask: where does international law stand on Israel? Event guest speakers: John Dugard, Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 2001–2008; judge ad hoc International Court of Justice.

The outcome of the Scottish referendum threatened to cause serious problems for the UK's nuclear weapons and the Trident replacement programme. With the Scottish people having voted against independence, what now for the future of the UK's nuclear arsenal?
Find out in a discussion with Professor William Walker (University of St. Andrews) and Professor Malcolm Chalmers (RUSI), chaired by Dr Nick Ritchie (University of York and British Pugwash).
Followed by an informal drinks reception.

On Thursday 16th October, Shell is celebrating its sponsorship of the National Gallery's new Rembrandt exhibition, with an exclusive 'gala evening' for special guests and highly ranked staff! With a meagre contribution to the gallery, Shell is buying social legitimacy for its dodgy deeds worldwide.
Join the Art Not Oil coalition, as we give Shell and its guests a welcome they won't forget! Wear masks and cloaks, bring banners and songs, and join our soiree to creatively expose Shell's injustices and climate crimes.

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Remembering The Real WW1's autumn programme of events starts with a rare opportunity to hear internationally renowned author & historian Adam Hochschild speak, based on his book 'To End All Wars – How World War 1 Divided Britain'. If you haven't already read Adam's book, copies will be available at the event.

Speakers: Sami Ramadani (Guardian Columnist & Iraqi Exile); Marian Connolly (Palestine Solidarity Campaign).

The history and philosophy of bellum justum. Speaker: Costas Douzinas. In 1914, at the beginning of WWI, Cardinals Mercier of Belgium and Billot of France had a heated argument about the sacred nature of pro patria mori. For the Belgian, a soldier who dies defending his country is assured eternal salvation. Such martyrdom is the highest form of love and cleanses a life of sin making the sinner a saint. The French Cardinal disagreed: this is to forget what god sin and forgiveness are. Forgiving sins through secular heroism is theologically indefensible.

Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2014. With Tariq Ali. Tariq Ali is a longstanding editor at the New Left Review, and has written over two dozen books on history and politics, seven novels and scripts for stage and screen. He will speak about how history can become distorted, instrumentalised and decontextualised when viewed from the ideological needs of today's establishments.

Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group meet on the second Tuesday of the month. All are welcome, but please be prepared to join in the discussion. Please try to turn up by 7pm sharp.

Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group meet on the second Tuesday of the month. All are welcome, but please be prepared to join in the discussion. Please try to turn up by 7pm sharp.

Presented by Forces Watch and Veterans For Peace UK. With: Steve Pratt – “About the Making of a Dangerous Individual”.

An anti-oppression workshop for people committed to social change.
A participatory workshop for people who want to challenge and overthrow all kinds of oppression – both in society at large and in our movements for social change.

With Glenn Moss.
Glenn Moss recounts how a new wave of radical ideas helped fuel the anti-apartheid struggle through the hard times of the 1970s.

Marcel Cartier in conversation with Sukant Chandan.
Our guests discuss the continuing ties between North Korea and the black power movement in the U.S. which date back to a relationship that was built with the Black Panther Party in the ’60s.