The Neesa Project invite you to a Fundraising supper at St. Thomas Church Hall. Tickets are £i5 full price , £10 unwaged and £5 children under 16. An authentic Middle Eastern buffet will be prepared by the Neesa project. There will be a short film and guest speaker from the Palestine Trauma centre.
With Patrick Whitefield, Jane Pickard, Anne-Marie Mayer and Fergus Drennan. Can we re-design our food growing systems to provide healthy food for all, while looking after the earth?
All course fees include accommodation, food, field trips and all teaching sessions.
Short film and talk by Vijay Mehta about his latest book. See www.unitingforpeace.com
7 people were arrested and charged for blocking entrances to the DSEI arms fair as part of a mass action on September 8th. Come and demonstrate your support outside the court. https://www.facebook.com/events/1414329932128337/?source=1
Divided Truths, Elusive Reconciliation: narrating the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. Speaker: Dr Jasna Dragovic-Soso.
Anniversaries are shaped as much by concerns of those commemorating them as by the realities of the events. The centenary of the First World War coincides with the promised end of Britain’s participation in the post 9/11 wars.
Speaker Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War at Oxford University.
Who should accept responsibility for, and bear the costs of, climate change? Can climate change be sectioned off as an isolated issue of justice, or is it inextricably entangled with broader concerns of global justice? Speaker: Dr Katie Steele, senior lecturer in philosophy at LSE.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.
Adapted for the stage by Simon Reade. Over the course of one night Private "Tommo" Peaceful recalls his life - from his happy rural upbringing, through school, to the outbreak of war, and the trenches of Flanders - as he awaits the dawn. Commemorating the outbreak of the Great War, 100 years ago this month, this moving play from the acclaimed writer of War Horse portrays the undying bond between brothers and the brutality of WWI.
19:30 (Tue-Sat) plus a 14:30 matinee (Sat).
Run by the charity AVP (www.avpbritain.org.uk). For people who have issues with anger and violence.
Course fee £95, with reduction for people on low incomes.
Friday evening, Saturday & Sunday in Northenden, South Manchester.
Run by the charity AVP(www.avpbritain.org.uk).
For people who have issues with anger and violence. Course fee £95, with reduction for people on low incomes. NO WHEELCHAIR ACCESS.
Friday evening, Saturday & Sunday.
Talk by Karl Miller, Chair Merton UNA, about what can be achieved when governments and civil society work together through the United Nations. How was the treaty achieved? What role did our government play? How important were NGOs? What difference does it make?
We all want a peaceful and just world with any necessary weapons in responsible hands, don't we? Commemorate United Nations Day by coming and contributing to an informed discussion of these issues.
Second annual David Roberts Memorial Lecture
Given by Eric Rimmer from the organisation Population Matters.
Eric Rimmer FCIPD spent many years working with multinational corporations in human-resource management roles. He has also worked on independent consulting with international companies on both sides of the Atlantic. Since 2003, as a member of www.populationmatters.org he has devoted increasing time to campaigning for the stabilization and reduction of human population.
With David McDowall. The aspirations of nearly 30 million Kurds, most of whom live in Turkey, Iraq and Iran, were denied at the end of the first world war when no Kurdish state was created. Instead the Kurds were divided between successor states of the Ottoman and Qajar empires. Subsequently victims of genocidal policies in Turkey and Iraq, in Iran the Kurds did not fare much better with the widespread execution of Kurdish separatists after the Islamic revolution. But now political developments in the Middle East have created new opportunities for Kurdish autonomy.
With Michael Hill. Hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the extraction of shale gas by a process of deep drilling, has been hailed in the US as a method of bridging the gap between carbon-based and ‘green’ energy. But the process involves the use of vast amounts of water containing highly toxic chemicals and arguably carries grave risks. The process is therefore causing much contentious debate internationally and in the UK. Michael Hill is a chartered electrical engineer with many years experience in the oil and gas industry .
And what steps would a LibDem government take to get there? Speaker Vince Cable MP. Chair Lord Bhikhu Parekh.
Event is free but donations very welcome.
Speakers from Brazil and the US will present first-hand experience of the impacts of the UK’s biomass policies on forests and people in their countries. This includes a presentation about the first ever case study (from Maranhão, Brazil) published anywhere in the world about a land-grab for tree plantations specifically to grow wood to burn in our power stations. These presentations will be followed by evidence about the impacts of biomass power stations on UK communities, especially on air quality and public health.
Free public event.
The multi-award-winning play Call Mr. Robeson comes to London's West End for a four- week run at the Tristan Bates Theatre, and a series of speakers and other performers will occupy the space during this period to make up a festival of entertainment, education, protest and ideas.
http://www.tayoalukoandfriends.com/cmr/art_is_fest/
Sneak preview of the documentary film "Spied Upon" – What it's like to find out that a person you have trusted for years is actually an undercover agent sent to spy on you and your friends.
Wreath-laying 11am St John’s Garden (behind St. George’s Hall)
Including peace poems, songs and personal memories of war experiences and resistance. Later in the day film-showing of ‘Oh! What a lovely war.!’ Time and venue to be arranged . Info from Merseyside CND office. Travelling Light West Kirby's annual St Martin's/Armistice Day lantern-lit family walk along the Promenade, with music, songs & refreshments on the beach. A sustainable celebration of community and peace. Bring a lantern or torch & meet in Coronation Gardens at 5.30pm.
A Kalaallit-Eskimo Elder from Greenland shares indigenous spiritual wisdom and ritual. This is Angaangaq's second visit to us.
