Network for Peace

Ralph Miliband Programme “War and Peace” lecture series with the Department of Sociology. Speaker: Professor Andreas Wimmer. Was the rise of nation-states responsible for many of the wars of the last 200 years? What are the implications for future conflict? Andreas Wimmer is Professor of Sociology at Princeton and author of Waves of War.
Free. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

Centre for International Studies and Department of International Relations public lecture. Speakers: Professor Kevin Jon Heller, Dr Dov Jacobs, Dr Michael Kearney, Dr Mark Kersten, Dr Chantal Meloni, Dr Leslie Vinjamuri. Chair: Dr Kirsten Ainley. This roundtable will examine the issues raised by the accession of Palestine to the International Criminal Court.

Conflict Research Group public lecture. Speaker: Jonathan Powell. Jonathan Powell was chief of staff to Tony Blair and the chief British negotiator on Northern Ireland. In his new book Talking to Terrorists How to End Armed Conflicts, Jonathan concludes that every time we meet a new terrorist group we say we will never talk to terrorists but in the end we almost always do. Free.

Speaker: Professor Hugh White Chair: Dr Robin Archer. Could it all happen again? Professor White will argue that imagining a new regional order to fit the fast-changing realities in Asia will make war less likely. Hugh White is Professor of Strategic Studies at the Australian National University and author of The China Choice.

On the eve of the NPT Review Conference, we will be gathering in mid-town Manhattan for an international rally and march to the United Nations.

Peace & Planet: International Conference a Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World.

7-11 year olds
Fun, craft activities, excitement & learning
Cooperative rather than competitive games

young people aged 11-16
Fun, activities, challenges & learning
co-operative rather than competitive games
focussing on reconciliation and peace
Cost £70 (2nd child in family £55)

An opportunity to open the bible, to be still and let God speak to you

An opportunity to reflect on the Easter Story, walk, rest and relax with friends old and new

An opportunity to take time out and reflect on Jesus’ final journey
to Jerusalem

Confirmed speakers: Seumas Milne, journalist at the Guardian. Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary, NUT. Maz Saleem, daughter of the late Mohammed Saleem. Jeremy Corbyn MP. Lindsey German, convenor, Stop the War Coalition. Mohammed Kozbar, vice president, Muslim Association.

Ernest Rodker on his life of disobedience and direct action. Commonweal Collection lecture.

ExCeL Centre E.16 1XL 2pm-5pm. ELAAF Musical Protests aim to raise awareness of the arms trade and campaign for the cancellation of all arms fairs at ExCeL or anywhere else.

Meeting of the Stop the Arms Fair Coalition
CAAT OFFICE , Unit 4, 5-7 Wells Terrace, Finsbury Park, LONDON, N4 3JU
Nearest tube Finsbury Park.

The Langcliffe Singers invite you to Come and Sing The Armed Man. The Armed Man is a Mass by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, subtitled "A Mass for Peace". At Christ Church, Skipton. Featuring the Skipton Music Centre Brass & Percussion Ensembles. If you don’t sing, do come and hear this cry for peace at 7.30pm that evening.

Rehearsals at 2:00pm, Performance at 7:30pm.

Tea, coffee and chatter will be available from 7 pm so that we can start the meeting promptly at 7.30, conclude it quickly and move on to “LEGENDS OF LLAMA LAND” Some impressions of Argentina and Uruguay presented by Sally and Patrick Wiegand.

Join the UK kite flying action at RAF Waddington.
RAF Waddington is four miles south of Lincoln on the A607.

How did Chrystal Macmillan of Edinburgh become an organiser for the International Congress of Women in 1915? Independent scholar Helen Kay explores how 1,200 women met at The Hague amidst warfare to discuss how the First World War, and all wars, could be ended. Helen will lead the debate to consider how we should acknowledge these brave women.