Pax Christi's Annual Hiroshima and Nagasaki vigils/stalls in the Piazza, Westminster Cathedral, Victoria, London.
Speakers: Ann Farr (Pax Christi), Karen Chalk (ICAHD), Adrian Dorber, Canon of Lichfield Cathedral who have led tours/pilgrimages to Palestine/Israel. There will be time for questions, interviews with a couple of people who have visited Palestine/Israel, information about alternative tours, Palestinian goods for sale and much more.
Speaker : Pat Gaffney of Pax Christi will look at the reality of Occupation and at the individuals and groups working nonviolently for peace and justice All welcome - £3 requested, including tea/coffee.
Showing of the life of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi GErmany. Followed by discussion.
Please feel free to come along between 9am and 4pm and take part yourselves. Featuring many tables indoors with art, poetry, Palestinian products, gardens in a tray and much invaluable information from all the many organisations involved plus in the amphitheatre: Peace balloons, Bike Doctor, refreshments, charity auction at 2pm. Official opening by the Mayor of Norwich at 11am.
London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group will discuss NONVIOLENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Is some technology inherently violent? Is it just a matter of how it's used? Or is the real issue who has control of technological developments?
Bringing together a wide range of events across Cardiff to celebrate what people, active networks and projects in Cardiff are doing to live smart, sustainable, 21st Century lifestyles. There will be talks, walks, displays, learning days, workshops, activities, markets, films, music, drama and more. A Free event for all the family to include a wide range of interactive activities and family friendly fun.
CAFOD, Christian Aid and Tearfund are holding a Walk of Witness around churches in the Cardiff area to help bring an end to global hunger. The Walk will start by the Lightship at Cardiff Bay, with a walk via several churches, with a shared picnic in Bute Park.
The walk will include visits to several churches in the Cardiff area, including St David’s Catholic Cathedral.
This free one-day conference on the theme of sustainable procurement is aimed at policy makers and practitioners at all levels. If tendering is a feature of your day to day role or you simply have an interest in current welsh-based and European legislation , and what’s on the horizon then this series of Q&As and workshops will allow you to be updated, inspired and networked.
Funded by the EU, Wales for Africa Department , Welsh Government and supported by the Fairtrade Foundation and Fair Trade Wales.
All Wales Anti-Drones Conference.
To discuss what drone warfare is & how we build the anti-drones movement in Wales.
Speakers include - Rafeef Ziadah Palestinian Spoken Word Artist & Activist
Senior Campaigns Officer with War on Want
Chris Cole - Secretary of the Drones Campaigns Network & Founder of Drones Wars UK blog;
Harry Rogers - Bro Emlyn for Peace and Justice; Haya Al-Farra - Palestinian from Gaza; Arfon Rhys - Secretary, Fellowship of Reconciliation in Wales / Cymdeithas y Cymod; Jill Evans MEP - Former Chair CND Cymru and peace campaigner.
As part of the call to action for a weekend (17-19 May) by groups in the US and UK to raise awareness and in solidarity with the hunger strikers and those who have been cleared for release at Guantanamo.
Lindis Percy of CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF AMERICAN BASES (CAAB) will be doing a 24 hour fast at the American base at NSA Menwith Hill on Saturday 18 May starting at 7am. She will be dressed in the iconic orange suit and black hood associated with the detainees at Guantanamo.
The David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies (DDMI) is delighted to announce a major international conference on this critical topic. It will take place in the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University (UK). Attendance is strictly limited so please confirm your place early. A booking form is available on the conference website http://tinyurl.com/ck7j7s2 Please complete and return with payment to Dr Grant Dawson (gsd@aber.ac.uk).
A whole week of FREE social justice workshops, film, music and theatre. Everyone welcome. As the G8 countries get ready to meet in the UK, Jubilee Debt Campaign, London Roots Collective and others will host The Spark - A space to ask what social and economic justice would look like, and how to get there..
There will be a wide range of in depth trainings and workshops happening throughout the week on topics like creating your own media, basic economics, community and youth organising, DIY film and radio, strategising for social change, and more. Book your place for these on the website >>
Presentation by: Dr Stuart Parkinson, Executive Director, SGR.
Public meeting.
Scientists for Global Responsibility conference & AGM
The Sheila McKechnie Foundation (www.smk.org.uk) is a registered charity that supports campaigners to make an impact.
The speakers will be: Harmit Kambo, Learning & Development Manager, SMK (facilitator); Nick Raynsford, MP for Greenwich and Woolwich; Jim Wintour, former Head of Campaigning and Press for Shelter.
London Anarchist Federation will be leading off a discussion on the twin subjects of Food and Transport at Freedom Bookshop. o
This will be preceded by a group meeting to which people genuinely interested in the ideas and activities of the AF are cordially invited.
We hope to make these Sunday discussion meetings a regular event.
Newly crowned RTS Television Journalist of the Year, Alex Thomson was described as “without question one of the UK’s leading correspondents”. He will be joining Vin Ray in conversation to reflect on a career that has seen him spend 22 years at Channel 4 News covering 20 wars across the Gulf, the Balkans, Africa and Afghanistan, as well as presenting the programme.
From Cairo to Damascus, Tunisia to Bahrain, Writing Revolution brings together some of the best new writing born out of the profound changes shaking the region. We will be joined by the editors and two of the contributors to talk about their work and how it has been shaped and influenced by the historic events unfolding around them.
For over fifty years Cuba has been following the battle-cry of the revolution: Patria o Muerte, which translates as Motherland or Death. Veteran Russian documentarian Vitaly Mansky centres on the generation born before the revolution. They are devoted to their motherland with heart and soul, yet curse the circumstances in which they are forced to live. £10. 7pm. Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ.
