Network for Peace

Activists will be attending from around the world. Speakers include Jeremy Scahill from the US, Explo Nani Kofu from Ghana, Manik Mukherjee from India, Sami Ramadani from Iraqi Democrats against War and Occupation, Mitra Qayoom from Afghans for Peace, Tariq Ali, Tony Benn, Owen Jones, Lindsey German, Kate Hudson, Seamus Milne and more.

Speaker/Q&A/discussion meeting.
Speaker: Eda Fidan (Kurdish Federation).

Carbon Crooks documents the failure of carbon trading, a system set up to cut down carbon emissions and curb global warming. Through interviews and case studies the film investigates the mechanisms of fraud in the carbon markets. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Tom Heinemann.

Interest in the potential for using drones, or Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), for journalism is growing. As the technology becomes cheaper and easier to use, journalist are experimenting with using drones for news gathering. We will be bringing together a panel of experts to explore the potential for the use of drones in journalism and to discuss the challenges this new technology presents.

The conflict in Syria has taken the lives of many journalists and many more have been kidnapped and remain missing. The level of risk for journalists in the country is extremely high and yet the imperative to cover what is happening there is equally so. A panel of journalists, editors and safety experts will talk about the challenges to journalism that have arisen from the conflict in Syria and the work that needs to be done to better ensure the safety of journalists working there.

Following the tenth anniversary exhibition at the Prix Bayeux Awards from 7 – 27 October we are very pleased to welcome Prix Bayeux to the Frontline Club to celebrate their twentieth anniversary.

Dan Eldon was a 22-year-old photojournalist working in Mogadishu, Somalia, when he was killed in 1993. His mother, Kathy Eldon, heart broken by her son’s death, turned her mind to how she could transform the horror of what happened to him into a positive force for good. She will be joining us to talk about her journey, how she travelled to Somalia to try and understand why her son had been killed and how his life inspired her and her daughter, Amy Eldon Turteltaub, to start the Creative Visions Foundation, to support creative activists who use media and the arts to create social impact.

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.