Talks at Coventry Peace House with drinks and light snacks provided. 3pm with Dr Dania Thomas, Common Law tradition in England: Origins, problems and possibilities.
Birmingham 9 peice band The Reggaelators with supporting artists acoustic punk from Huffy, performance poet Scrubber Jack, dub poet Fergie and many more. A celebration of Ska at Coventry's West Indian Centre 159 Spon St Coventry, West Midlands. Love Music Hate Racism goods will be on sale.
Free Seminar 'UNSCR 1325: Global Ambitions and Local Reflections from (Northern) Ireland'. Organised by SOAS Center for Gender Studies and UK WILPF
The inspiring history and struggle by the people of Gangeong village on the island of Jeju to prevent the building of a US naval base to be part of the US Missile Defense System. Korean food will be provided and questions and answers given after the film by Andrew Jackson who has visited Jeju Island.
A day conference on bringing together academics, writers, activists and campaigners who are researching, writing, campaigning on, or just concerned about the implications of the militarisation of everyday life in the UK.
There is a witness and protest outside the main entrance to the American base at Menwith Hill every Tuesday evening (6-8 pm). This demonstration has been going every week for nine years.
Focussing on Drones during the weekly Tuesday pm demonstration (6-8 pm) when we will be privileged to be visited by Mayor Kang of Gangeong village Jeju Island and Brian Terrell – released in May this year after 6 months in prison for a protest of trespass against Drones.
Tuesday demonstration every week (6-8 pm)
Speakers: Bishop Pat Lynch, Bruce Kent Bishop Kevin Dowling is bishop of Rustenburg in South Africa.
With Owen Everett (Education Campaign Worker, Forces Watch
We’ll shape up an IWCE Manifesto in the morning and learn about William Cuffay, black Chartist leader from Martin Hoyles and from Joyce Canaan “The war on learning, teaching and thinking: critical pedagogy for radically different future” in the afternoon. Lots of lively discussion and participation.
Lunch at 12.30. Cost £6.00. Pay on the day.
This event is supported by Labour Heritage.
Bedford CND have arranged a public meeting (title to be confirmed)
Main speaker is Dr Rebecca Johnson, Co-chair of ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons) and Vice-President of CND with experience of 30 years of nuclear disarmament campaigning.
Mayor for Peace speaker to be confirmed.
Public meeting
Speakers: Sami Ramadani
Chris Nineham
Romayne Phoenix (Chair)
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www.stopwar.org.uk
Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen have been working together since 2009 to tell the story of Sochi, Russia, the site of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. In a talk chaired by BBC Radio Current Affairs presenter Lucy Ash, they will present images from The Sochi Project, speak about the wider Caucasus region and its contrast with the glamour of the Olympic Games. The will also be discussing their approach to self-publishing.
Israel Ticas is the only criminologist working in one of Latin America’s most dangerous countries, El Salvador. He owes his nickname, “The Engineer”, to his combination of forensic skills and his background in system engineering. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with directors Mathew Charles and Juan Passarelli.
Join us for our next evening of short documentaries, showcasing films from different parts of the world, covering a wide range of topics. This month’s edition will be part of a series of Between the Lines Follow Up Events.
October will mark the tenth year that Mikhail Khodorkovsky has spent behind bars. Once Russia’s richest and most successful businessman, he was arrested and imprisoned a decade ago, on charges that many regard as politically motivated. We will be examining the Khodorkovsky case and, following the charges against Alexei Navalny, we will be looking at the wider issue of imprisonment of opposition figures in Russia.
For the third in a series of events to mark the Frontline Club’s tenth anniversary, we will be looking back on ten years in documentary filmmaking. We will be joined by four prominent figures from the industry, who will be exploring the major developments that have taken place over the past decade.
How long is the shadow of a battle, an explosion, a revolution? What stories arise in the wake of devastation? To mark the publication of Granta 125: After the War, two of Britain’s foremost journalists and foreign correspondents discuss the craft, conditions and issues surrounding writing about post-conflict situations.
A talented and courageous writer and the most influential radical journalist of his generation, Alexander Cockburn was most at home in the political and cultural battlegrounds of the US. We will be joined by friends, family and colleagues to look back on his extraordinary career, exploring his view of America and his style of radical journalism. We will also hear readings from his final work, A Colossal Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption, and American Culture, finished shortly before his death in July 2012.
Nearly three years after the start of the revolution in Tunisia, which was followed by uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa, many are beginning to examine what has changed in the region. One of those that has had a front row seat of this recent history is the BBC’s Middle East Bureau Chief, Paul Danahar. He will be joining us to share his insight and analysis of events and what he feels the future holds for the region and it’s relationship with the West.
