What did we learn from the First World War, with speaker Pat Gaffney.
Open to all
Speaker a is writer and campaigner Symon Hill who will address the theme Campaigning for peace in a digital age: different tools, same principles. Open to all.
With Bruce Kent.
Open to all.
With Bruce Kent.
Open to all.
With Bruce Kent & Sir Malcolm Rifkind.
Book Discussion with Vijay Mehta.
Book Discussion with Vijay Mehta.
Venue: TBC
AGM: 11 - 1pm.
2 - 4pm Seminar:'Those Dangerous Peacettes: Then and Now'. Speakers: Professor June Hannam, recent guest on BBC Women’s Hour; 'Isabella Ford and peace campaigning in the First World War'; Dr Marie Sandell 'International Travel and WILPF's Expansion in the Interwar Period';
Katrina Gass, Ann Scott, Helen Kay 'What do we need to know about the Centenary at The Hague in 2015'?
Conference at Woodbrooke. The conference is organised by Quakers but open to all comers. Speakers include Ben Griffin - he used to be a career soldier in the SAS but conscientiously objected and set up Veterans for Peace UK. Peter Tatchell, Ljiljana Bogoeva, and David Gee will also be speaking on diverse themes and there will be plenty of interactive time. The conference would be ideal for anyone thinking of getting more involved in peace work.
Nick Gill and the Oxford Classic Jazz quartet with guest star Thomas ‘Spats’ Langham on banjo and guitar will play a benefit concert for Oxford CND.
Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp is held on the second weekend of every month. We arrive at camp on Saturday morning or sometimes on Friday evening (please ring to check we are there if you plan to come Friday evening). We stay until Sunday lunch-time.
Followed by questions and discussion. Speaker: Bruce Kent, Vice President of Pax Christi.
Film (56mins) followed by a Question and Answer session with the Director and Producer, Yasmne Perni and a small panel.
Light refreshments from 6:30
We are very happy to announce the date of the 2014 London Radical Bookfair. This year we are joining forces with the Alternative Press Fair and taking over all 3 floors of the Bishopsgate Institute. What’s more the Bishopsgate Institute are also hosting a series of political talks in the run up to the bookfair.
Also incorporating the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2014.
If you are a radical bookseller or publisher and would like a stall please contact Nik at Housmans Bookshop by email nik[at]housmans.com
The speaker will be Dr Ian Fairlie, an independent consultant on radiation in the environment, and his title will be As we await a new generation of nuclear power stations in Britain, this is a very topical and important question at the moment.
Dr Fairlie was the scientific Secretariat to the UK Government's Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters (www.cerrie.org ). He is also a consultant to the European Parliament, WHO, IPPNW and local authorities Coffee is available from 10.30am
Bringing campaigners in the North West together to challenge the arms trade on our doorstep.
More information nearer the time!
Come along to this skill share workshop to learn more about the art of public speaking and to prepare for any upcoming actions!
More information coming soon.
Join Stop the Arms Fair London for a day of skill sharing and brainstorming for new and exciting ways to take action. A great way to meet new people and discover some tricks of the trade!
More information coming soon.
May 1st is international workers day, celebrated across the world.
Speakers; Dr Neil Faulkner, a leading First World War archaeologist and research fellow at Bristol University and Dr Sean Lang, of Anglia Ruskin University..
