Network for Peace

Muriel Lester Trident Ploughshares affinity group cordially invites you to join us in leafleting outside the corporate HQ of Lockheed Martin which is probably the biggest arms manufacturer in the world and has a large part in developing and producing nuclear weapons in the UK.
After the CO Day Commemoration in Tavistock Square, from 3pm until 5.30pm.

Merseyside Peace groups will be leafleting against the vast sums of money spent by Governments on arms and warfare when it could be spent on much needed social welfare. We are also collecting signatures on a Pax Christie petition calling for the end of recruitment of under 18yrs into the armed forces. We’ll be outside the Armed Forces Recruitment Centre, Sth. John St.

A presentation by Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom. In the year of the 30th anniversary of the miners’ strike, contributors from Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom’s new book consider how recently released material has shed new light on the policing and media coverage of the events of 1984.

With Richard Seymour. Richard Seymour examines who really benefits from the policy of austerity and what the alternatives might be.

With Stephen E. Hunt. Stephen E. Hunt discusses the innovative ecological work of Street Farm, a collective of anarchist architects who brought urban farming to 1970s London.

With Alan Wieder. Distinguished academic Alan Wieder explores the complexities and contradictions of this extraordinary couple who fought tirelessly against apartheid as part of the militant group Umkhonto we Sizwe.

Launch event for second issue of Hysteria, a feminist periodical founded by the SOAS Feminist Society. This issue considers ‘Roles & Rules’. At this launch speakers will include Minna Salami aka MsAfropolitan who will discuss African feminism and identity + more tbc.

Bob Crow Memorial Event. With Janine Booth and Peter Pinkney. As London Underground celebrates its 150th birthday, our guests discuss the failures of the tube’s infrastructure privatisation, and consider what can be done to protect this crucial public service. Due to the sad and untimely death of Bob Crow, who was due to speak at this event, our guests, both comrades of Bob's, will begin the talk with a memorial to Bob, sharing memories and celebrating his legacy.

With Dave VJ and Lindsay Wesker. DJs Dave VJ and Lindsay Wesker discuss the crucial role black radio – pirate and legal – has had in transforming British culture.

With Alexei Sayle. Alexei recounts his childhood growing up within a Jewish atheist communist family in Liverpool. There will be time for questions and for signing copies.

Supper at 7.30, talk at 8.15. To reserve a place at Open Table at 7.30pm, please ring 01908 242190 or email bookings@thewellatwillen.org.uk Please allow 24 hours to book a meal.

Ground the Drones at RAF Waddington, 4 miles south of Lincoln on the A607. Drones based in Afghanistan are remotely controlled from RAF Waddington and Nevada, and without mandate. Drone use is likely to increase as troops return. Please feel free to join this picnic and NVDA.

War on Want and UNISON North West present the Manchester leg of the #Frontlines tour, with speakers from Nigeria, Colombia, Palestine and the UK. This event is free, and there’s no need to register.

Join us for an inspirational evening to hear from our international speakers about their inspirational stories of resistance against human rights abuses through education and active campaigns. Find out about corporate abuses, struggles over the control of resources and the aggressive spread of militarism across the world- and what YOU can do about it.

The special 30th anniversary Summer Gathering will take as its focus Gandhian Approaches to Learning and Skills in a week of exploring community, nonviolence and creativity through sharing. There will also be various activities such as yoga, meditation, creative activities and music. There will be opportunities to visit Oxford, go for walks or just relax in the beautiful surroundings. The Summer Gathering is open to people of any faith or none.

Help us redistribute the £38 billion defence budget and the £100 billion for Trident replacement in better ways. Meet 11.00am @ DFID, 22 Whitehall, then to Department of Energy and Climate Change, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Department of Health, Ministry of Defence, Horseguards Avenue at 12.30. Speakers from CND, MEDACT, War on Want, Scientists for Global Responsibility and Pax Christi.

An International and Interdisciplinary Conference at the University of Hull. Keynote speakers include: Professor Martin Ceadel, University of Oxford, Professor Sandi Cooper, City University of New York, Dr Grace Brockington, University of Bristol.

'War - and Peace' Residential — at Wortley Hall near Sheffield, organised by the Raymond Williams Foundation. Key note address by Paul Rogers and others, poetry , discussions, film extracts etc http://www.raymondwilliamsfoundation.org.uk/Whallmay2014.html

The sixth outing for the popular, participatory camp: a five-day, family-friendly event that attempts to embody many of the characteristics of the future society towards which we’re working – inclusive, democratic, participatory, renewably-powered and environmentally sustainable.

Join East Lancashire CND for a commemoration of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. They'll be available for chat at their stall outside Burnley College.