Network for Peace

Public Meeting. Speakers: Neil Faulkner and Jane Shallice.

Speakers: Dr Clive Barrett, University of Bradford. Dr Neil Faulkner, Bristol University. Chair: Dr Claudia Baldoli, Newcastle University School of History/Classics/Archaeology Newcastle. Welcome: Rev Andii Bowsher, Martin Luther King Committee, Northumbria.

The upcoming centenary of the First World War has already sparked great debate and public comment about how we should remember and commemorate the conflict. Whereas the popular television show Blackadder and the poetry of Wilfred Owen conjure notions of a horrific and futile tragedy, it has also been argued that the First World War was a necessary and worthwhile struggle for freedom.

'No more Fukushimas; No more nuclear waste; No nuclear weapons'
On the 3rd anniversary of the nuclear incident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, this is an invitation to all concerned people to join a vigil to say: 'No more Fukushimas; no more nuclear waste; no nuclear weapons!'

Please meet at 10:00am for a briefing and refreshments at the Lancaster Quaker Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TX.

Meet at the Imperial War Museum at 6pm. for our annual prayer walk and vigil to the Ministry of Defence.... It would be great if people could drop us an email or call if they plan to turn up so that we make sure we wait for stragglers...

Once again, Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, with help from ICAN UK (http://www.icanw.org/unitedkingdom/), will be visiting the London embassies of the Nuclear Weapons States, the New Agenda Coalition and other key countries campaigning for a Nuclear Weapons Convention.
10 a.m. Short service, Dick Sheppard Chapel, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. 10.30am Briefing then depart.

Parliament Public Meeting - Launch Of Jerusalem Report. Speakers include: Megan Driscoll, Yasmin Qureshi MP.

For more info visit http://www.palestinecampaign.org/events/launch-jerusalem-report-parliament/

The theme for this year's Soundcheck will be 'Turning the Tables' - as we explore and celebrate how to transform the trends of inequality and injustice. There’ll be stimulating workshops and speakers, theological reflection, delicious food, friendship and community, music, poetry, and, of course, the exciting 'day of action' to top it all off! SPEAK is a network of students and young adults who campaign and pray on issues of justice.
See more at: http://tinyurl.com/qx7hs4q

A festival in August 2014 celebrating 100 years since the East London Federation of Suffragettes was independently established in Bow by Sylvia Pankhurst.

The March That Shook Blair (PN Press). Ian Sinclair talks about the 15 February 2003 anti-war march.

A participatory event with speakers for the environment, for tax justice and for social justice. Lead speaker: Polly Higgins: advocate for the International Law of Ecocide. Supporting speakers/ leaders of discussion: Richard Murphy : Tax Justice Network. Andrew Simms: New Economics Foundation. Neal Lawson: Compass. Rev Angus Ritchie. Tim Aldred: Progressio. Vicki Hird: Friends of the Earth. Sam Lund Harkett: world development movement Rachel King: Greenpeace Diana Vogtel: Oxfam.

Learn about nonviolence, tactics for blockading and other forms of direct action. All welcome, no experience necessary.

The Peace in the Park festival promotes peace and understanding by bringing together communities through artistic, musical and vocal expression. Peace in the Park is organised by a group of artists, musicians, students, events organisers and other everyday Sheffield folk, working together in a not for profit collective.

UK's Ethical Foreign Policy - After No War on Syria can soft power prevail? Chair: Rita Payne, President Commonwealth Journalists Association. Speakers: Patrick Cockburn, Independent Journalist (invited). Cilina Nasser, Amnesty International Researcher Specialist on Syria (invited). Vijay Mehta, Chair Uniting for Peace.
Other distinguished speakers to be announced soon

Speaker Vijay Mehta.

Speaker Vijay Mehta.

Speaker Vijay Mehta.

Speaker Vijay Mehta.

Speaker Vijay Mehta.