Network for Peace

With Liam Barrington-Bush. To celebrate their latest issue, STIR invite contributor Liam Barrington-Bush to discuss how organisations are horizontalising their practices, open-sourcing their operations, and inviting the public to participate in previously hierarchical decision making processes.

With Bruce Kent and A.W. Zurbrugg. Our guests present the works of those who opposed the First World War and who wrote and published in order to convince others of its horrors, with particular reference to newly published books ‘Not Our War: Writings against the First World War’ and ‘War against War!’ 7pm

With Jill Liddington and Katherine Connelly. A joint book event for two titles considering two aspects of Suffragette history: Connelly’s books looks in detail at the life of Sylvia Pankhurst, whilst Liddington’s book tells the story of the Suffragette’s controversial campaign to boycott the census.

International Conscientious Objectors’ Day Event with David Boulton and Cyril Pearce.
Wine reception 6.30pm, talks from 7pm, free entry

Come and join hundreds of children and community members singing for peace in City Park, Bradford. Workshops for children will be offered in cultural venues across the City Centre, including the Peace Museum. The ‘Big Sing’ will also be a warm up for the Bradford Festival which commences later the same day!

With David Collins. Politicians regularly denigrate renewables in response to powerful lobbyists, and hint at power blackouts and increased energy bills to steer voters towards an energy manifesto based on fossil fuel, nuclear and fracking. David Collins has been Head of Biogas at the Renewable Energy Association since 2004, and has been active in implementing measures to kick start and support the biogas industry in the UK which now has over 150 working plants producing electricity, heat, green gas and soil fertiliser.

With Professor Marko Bojcun and Chris Ford. Recent events in Ukraine have given rise to international concern, and relations between Russia and the West have seriously deteriorated. Marko Bojcun, the Adjunct Professor of Politics at New York University in London, and author and political commentator Chris Ford, will discuss this complex situation and its implications with us. Marko Bojcun is a researcher on the contemporary politics, economics and international relations of Ukraine.

Open Meeting on the Abolition of War. With David Swanson, author, journalist and inspiration behind the World Beyond War movement in the USA and author of books including “War No More: The Case for Abolition” (2013) and “War Is A Lie “(2010). Part of tour organised by Movement Against War and Veterans for Peace.

No to War. No to Austerity. No New Wars! March in Newport on the eve of the NATO Summit. Assembling 1 pm, Central Newport. A full programme with full details of events during the week of action will be announced soon.

Discussion and update with Anna Jane Evans (Cymdeithas y Cymod, Grŵp Heddwch Arfon) (This follows a brief Peace Group meeting)

Angharad Tomos & Tecwyn Ifans Showing of Digital Voices

The 2014 Olof Palme Memorial Peace Lecture, by Jenny Pearce, Professor of Latin American Politics, Department of peace Studies, University of Bradford.

People are invited to tell us their stories of both WW1 and WW2 conscientious objection. This is part of a WW1 project which Leicester CND are doing with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund called 'Memories in Conflict, resistance to war, before, during and after WW1, explored through Leicester's memories.'. Early next year we will produce a book and an education resource. Along the way we plan to hold events.

With John Gittings. John Gittings is the author of ‘The Glorious Art of Peace’, from the Iliad to the present day, and in retirement from the Guardian as Far East correspondent and leader writer on Far East issues he is closely involved in the debate on the commemoration of WW1.

Peace History Lecture - "No Glory in War – Noble Cause or Capitalist Adventure?" with John Westmoreland, head of History, York College.
10.30am – optional guided tour of Manchester Peace & Social Justice Trail. 2pm lecture.

This day-school in York aims to provide an alternative to government plans for a 'celebration of the national spirit'; to counter romantic, populist, nationalist propaganda, and bad history which serve to facilitate future wars; and to offer explanation in place of commemoration. Speakers include: Lindsey German, John Rees, Cyril Pearce, Charlie McGuire, Chris Fuller and Owen Clayton.

With John Rees (doctoral researcher from London) 7.00pm

Between now and September 21st Drape the Drones needs your help to help knit, crochet, weave or felt a rainbow peace scarf to stretch from the A487 roundabout up to and around the entrance to ParcAberporth. About 2 miles of scarf will do the job! See www.bepj.org.uk/drape-the-drones , ‘like’ www.facebook.com/pages/Drapethedrones and/or contact Kate Sherringer: drapethedrones@outlook.com

Plenary Meeting organised by CORWM (see 4 Sept)