With Geoff Marshall. Historian Geoff Marshall discusses London’s often overlook industrial heritage and its implications on workers and the fabric of the city, as told in his new book.
With Ruth Cherrington. Ruth Cherrington discusses her book which tells a history of the important role Working Men’s Clubs played in working class communities in London and beyond.
With Sasha Hails as Mary Wollstonecraft, Victoria Ross as Mary Shelley, and music devised and performed by David Chernaik.
A theatrical presentation with cello accompaniment, remembering the lives of two of King’s Cross’s most celebrated daughters, Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley – plus a free glass of wine to all attending.
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With Peace News co-editors Emily Johns and Milan Rai, reflecting on the prospects of peace after the Iranian presidential election, and reporting on their 10-day peace delegation in Iran in February. Iranian food available for a small donation.
Fellowship of Reconciliation – Scotland residential conference
As fierce fighting continues in Syria, the death toll according to the United Nations has now reached at least 80,000 and the number of refugees fleeing the country has exceeded 1.5 million. Over two years on from the start of the conflict we will be discussing recent developments - on the ground and on the international stage - and asking what changes we could see in coming months.
Privacy of the individual, secrecy of the state and national security have been in sharp focus in past weeks due to the leak of material from the US’s National Security Agency (NSA). We will be joined by a panel of experts to ask whether it is possible to strike a balance.
Gino Strada in conversation with Giles Duley. Since Italian NGO Emergency was established in 1994, it has provided free, high quality health care to more than 5,200,000 victims of war, landmines and poverty. It is with great pleasure that we welcome Gino Strada, co-founder of Emergency, to the Frontline Club, where he will be talking to photographer Giles Duley about his life and work as a war surgeon and founder of Emergency. £12.50. Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ. 020 7479 8940. events@frontlineclub.com Bookings: http://tinyurl.com/lfx5ozd
Bromley and Beckenham CND Hiroshima Day vigil outside the Churchill Theatre and Library, Bromley. Silent procession through Bromley town centre, leafleting and readings after laying flowers on the lake in the Library Gardens
Manchester Central CND will be at the Chorlton Green and Beech Road Family Fun Day with a stall from 12noon-5pm. There will be activities for children and grown-ups and home-made lemonade and cakes/biscuits besides the usual CND ware.
Keep Space for Peace Week this year is being co-sponsored by Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF), Drone Campaign Network in the UK, and KnowDrones.com in the US. Find the poster at: http://tinyurl.com/oqzsd5e
Socialist History Society is hosting Vijay Mehta's book discussion The Economics of Killing and screening of 4D for World Peace Film 'Change the World'.
Lord Sheikh is hosting Prof Akbar Ahmad's book discussion event with a panel of contributors inc Rita Payne, Prof Akbar Ahmed, Vijay Mehta and more.
With speakers: Rita Payne, Sudkhdev Singh Sidhu, Vijay Mehta and more.
March and rally, speakers, food, music, toilet.
RAF Croughton on the Oxfordshire / Northamptonshire border, Junction 10 M40.
'RAF' Croughton is an important US military communications base, handling military and US diplomatic traffic. It is now also the satellite link from US drones in Africa to analyists at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.
London Premiere of a powerful new theatre work from Theatre of Witness Northern Ireland. Survivors, ex-prisoners, a British soldier and ex-combatants, together share their true stories of how The Troubles and its legacy affected their lives. To find out more about the Theatre of Witness Programme please see www.theatreofwitness.org
The government is welcoming the world’s worst human rights abusing regimes to shop for weapons in London. WHAT WILL YOU DO?
A massive arms fair is planned to take place in the UK in September 2013. The UK government plans to invite human rights abusing regimes, such as China, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Bahrain, Russia and Saudi Arabia, to the London arms fair to court them and sell them weapons.
Join us for what is sure to be one of the largest mass mobilisations of people power Belfast has seen and help ensure that the G8 leaders know that we don’t honour them and won’t ignore their role in making the world what it is. Thiswill be a peaceful and colourful mass protest so be creative and noisy! info@fairerworldfestival.org
In Australia, a concerted campaign of direct action stopped their arms fair in 2008. In the UK, a huge arms fair is threatened to take place in September, which would bring together 28,000 arms buyers and sellers. But we too can show that it is not welcome and that we will do whatever we can to stop it.
In the last year, direct action has persuaded the National Gallery to end its ties with the arms trade; it has meant arms dealers events have been cancelled and relocated; and campaigns at factories have disrupted weapons manufacture.
Week of actions, talks, meet-ups, films, games, concerts, and more, all over London and beyond.
June 11: Big day of action in Central London.
June 17-18: G8 Summit, Enniskillen, North of Ireland.
