Network for Peace

MUSICAL PROTEST AGAINST THE THREAT OF ANOTHER ARMS FAIR. This will be outside the ExCeL exhibition centre which is the chosen venue for another planned “DSEi” arms fair. More musicians and singers (all styles) are welcome to join us. You can also join in if you are not musical. We need people to collect a petition, hold up posters, give out leaflets etc. From Custom House DLR Station or Victoria Dock Road E.16. 3BY, just follow the signs to ExCeL. We will be at the end of the walkway just before you get to the entrance to the ExCel centre

Blockaders will be coming from many different places so we can put you in contact with your nearest group for help with nonviolence training, transport and support. Groups will arrive any time from 7am onwards at either of the two gates.

Resurgence & Ecologist Festival of Wellbeing. Speakers include: Lynne Franks, creator of Seed Network. Tony Juniper, author of What Has Nature Ever Done For Us? Satish Kumar, editor-in-chief of Resurgence & Ecologist. Ben Okri, poet and Booker prizewinning novelist. Tamsin Omond, environmental activist and journalist. And lots more.

The inclusive, family-friendly, sustainably-powered, democratically-run summer gathering for all right-minded folk, now in its fifth fantastic year. Entrance on a sliding scale from £20-£70, depending on income.
Just 97 minutes from London’s Liverpool St station! See http://www.peacenewscamp.info for much more information and bookings.

Saturday 13th July, 11am-5pm (arrive from 10.30am), Small Meeting House, Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ

In Australia, a concerted campaign of direct action stopped their arms fair in 2008. In the UK this year, 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

Take part in a day of workshops, plotting and scheming for an end to the DSEi arms fair and an end to the arms trade.

Early booking discount until 15 June. Enjoy four days of talks, music, craft and walks hosted by Satish Kumar at Green & Away. Plus organic food and woodburning showers. Speakers include Natalie Bennett, Green Party Leader; Miriam Darlington, Writing the wild: thinking with animals; Mumta Ito, founder of the International Centre for Wholistic Law; Satish Kumar, Editor-in-Chief at Resurgence & Ecologist; Donnachadh McCarthy, 3 Acorns EcoAudits; Shantena Augusto Sabbadini, Associate Director of the Pari Center for New Learning.

The Schumacher Lectures aims to map out steps towards regenerative development - in the context of climate change, urban futures, environmental policy, community action and new approaches to ethics in a deeply materialist world.

Our speakers include cities expert Herbert Girardet; Satish Kumar, editor of Resurgence & Ecologist; Jane Davidson, former Welsh environment minister; Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition movement; Mary Clear of Incredible Edible Todmorden; European planner Michael Schwarze-Rodrian and Carbon Coach Dave Hampton.

The West End is one of London's financial centres and London is at the
heart of global capitalism. The West End hosts private banks for London's wealthy elites, private investment funds and PR companies to handle the reputational issues of the city's corporations and mega rich. All of this is carried on behind closed doors, however the West End is also host to the private members' clubs and cocktail bars where the powerful flaunt their wealth.

A weekend of women-only nonviolent discussion and activity. Setting up camp Friday afternoon; cocktail party from late Saturday afternoon; packing up around 4pm on Sunday. Activities and workshops will be scheduled between 10am and 4pm with plenty of time for relaxation, eating, informal discussion and letting our hair down. We will organise a shared kitchen and women can either contribute to the food kitty or bring food to share. An accessible toilet will be available.

The G8 have some of the highest military budgets in the world. Five of the world's top six arms exporters are G8 countries, fuelling conflict and human rights abuses around the world. On the eve of a day of action on militarism, take part in this event to learn more and find ways to challenge the catastrophic commitment to arming the world and privatising warfare.

An ecumenical Candle Service for Peace on the 68th anniversary of the first use of nuclear weapons in Hiroshima. There is a car park opposite. All very welcome to attend this ecumenical service.

Trident spending in a time of austerity.....time to shift priorities?

Current spending on nuclear weapons is around £3 billion per year. With that money we could build 30,000 new homes every year, creating 60,000 new jobs in construction. Or we could quadruple our investment in renewable energy.

Anne-Marie O'Reilly, outreach co-ordinator, Campaign Against the Arms Trade will talk about the cost both human and financial of the arms trade and nuclear weapons and the growing call to shift priorities away from military spending and instead fund human needs.

Film screening, discussion and action planning for actions to oppose the DSEI arms fair in London in September.

On 12 August 2006, during the Israeli military campaign against Lebanon, 9 men stormed an arms factory in Derry, Northern Ireland. They caused an estimated £350,000 worth of damage and were arrested. They denied nothing, yet the jury acquitted them of all charges.

The Radical London Network is organising a conference to see how we can all work together to create a better environment for our campaigning activities and bring about a better and fairer world -- starting with London!

Stan Newens on "The need for a Socialist Education today: lessons from NCLC"
Colin Waugh, Roshni Joshi and Rosie Huzzard on "Adult & Part Time Learners:
Organising Britain's Hidden Students and Student Workers" and Chris Coates will talk about the TUC Library Collections and then take us on a tour.

Report on a peace delegation to Iran by Emily Johns & Milan Rai, co-editors of _Peace News. Drawing on their forthcoming book _Drawing Paradise on the “Axis of Evil”_, Emily and Mil will explore a hundred years of intertwined Anglo-Persian history, dismantle myths about the current nuclear crisis, and talk about nonviolent alternatives to war with Iran.

Peace News co-editors Emily Johns and Milan Rai report on their recent US-UK peace delegation. This talk will draw on their forthcoming book _Drawing Paradise on the “Axis of Evil”, which explores 100 years of intertwined Anglo-Persian history, and dismantles myths about the current nuclear crisis. Some of Emily’s art work from the trip will be displayed.

Festival of Christian Arts - Where faith, arts and justice meet.
Since 1974, Greenbelt has brought people together to explore faith, arts and justice issues.

A day conference to examine trends in Christian thinking and practice which have emerged in the 50 years since the publication of John Robinson's ground-breaking book.

With Professor Paul Gilbert, OBE. One day workshop that will demonstrate how to develop a compassionate mind using both theory and practice.