Network for Peace

The Alliance of Radical Booksellers is proud to announce a new radical bookfair for London. The idea behind the fair is to create an event which showcases the depth and breadth of radical publishing and bookselling in the UK. The event will culminate with the announcement of the winner of the ARB’s book prize for the best political non-fiction, The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing. This year for the first time the Bread and Roses award will be complemented by a new prize, The Little Rebels Award, to be given for the best piece of fiction for readers aged 0-12 years.

East London Against Arms Fairs AGM. Please consider coming to this even if you don't reckon to come to the monthly planning meetings.

Sessions will cover a wide range of practical things including demos,lockons, scaffolding, fitwatching, climbing, knowing your legal rights, self-care medic training, tech tools for activists, trauma support and eviction resistance.

Book launch and discussion meeting of Dr Nick Ritchie's book: A Nuclear Weapons-Free World? Britain, Trident and the Challenges Ahead. Speakers include Sir Nick Harvey and Nick Ritchie.

The meeting will be held in the Wilkins Garden Room, Wilkins Building, University College London, Gower Street WC1 and will be followed by an informal drinks reception.

Please see the attached flyer for further details, or go to http://www.britishpugwash.org/upcoming%20events%2029%2009.htm

Born in St Radegund, Austria in 1907. Executed on 9th August 1943 at Brandenburg Prison for his conscientious objection to serving in Hitler’s army.
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Speakers: Leah Levane of the Executive Committee of Jews for Justice for Palestinans and Marigold Bentley, Assistant General Secretary of Quaker Peace & Social Witness.

The 2013 Cultural Bridges Conference in the UK: "State Multiculturalism: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Political, Economic & Cultural Dimensions" Based primarily in the House of Lords in London the conference, will be hosted at a number of important political, historic, and cultural locations across the city.

This Festival puts the music into protest, making it creative, joyful and engaging. Through song, the aim is to promote a world free of oppression, exploitation, exclusion and violence. This year's host choir is Côr Gobaith. The collective musical repertoire includes world music, folk, pop, rap, soul, gospel... you name it. The issues Festival choirs focus on transcend traditional politics, with women’s choirs, LGBTQ choirs, choirs of women asylum seekers, choirs singing for human rights. Radical Wales' folk singer Tracey Curtis tops the bill at Friday night's welcome gig.

Speaker: Leah Levane from Jews for Justice for Palestine.

Refugees and Asylum Seekers bring a wealth of experiences with them. Join in the celebration through music, dance, food, theatre and stories.
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Speaker: Linda Bailey former Ecumenical Accompanier in the West Bank .

Talk on a recent women’s delegation to Afghanistan, speaker Susan Clarkson, following brief BYMPJ meeting at 6.30 pm.

Come and meet Senora Esther Armenteros Cardenas, Cuban Ambassador to Britain. Esther will speak briefly about present issues in Cuba and answer questions. Music and anecdotes from Dave Burns plus light refreshments.

What does the nuclear age mean for us?
Tam Martin Fowles will share stories from Hibakusha (A-bomb survivors) following her recent trip to Hiroshima.

A taster evening in collaboration with Alternatives.

A vibrant sharing space for anyone working with narrative or personal story - with some great new taster workshops.

Learn about this new tool for managing anger, stress and arousal states, and accessing calmness, resilience and empathy.
Many young people live in permanent states of agitation and stress, often without realising it.
An innovative and practical workshop for those who work with young people.

A powerfully affecting documentary telling the story of three individuals each driven in different ways to confront some of the most pressing ecological challenges of our time. Followed by Q&A with the Director, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee.

Ordinary families are paying the price for an economic slump they did nothing to cause. With prices rising and wages held back, living standards are under attack.
Public services are being slashed across the country, as jobs are cut. Millions – both employed and unemployed – will see benefits fail to keep up with prices.
Yet this April the 50p tax for the richest will be cut, and ministers press on with austerity policies that hold back growth and threaten a triple dip recession.

Followed by Q & A with Manal Abdallah from Canaan Fair Trade and Odeh Qadi from The Palestinian Fair Trade Association. Entry: Free (but donations encouraged. For every £4 donated the Palestine Fair Trade Association will plant 1 olive tree sapling in Palestine ) http://thepeopleandtheolive.com/
UK Tour – please see here for full list of events http://www.zaytoun.org/get-involved/events/