Walk of Witness from Richmond Castle, where conscientious objectors were imprisoned during the first world war, to Menwith Hill, US base in North Yorkshire. Northern Friends Peace Board centenary event.
With Mike Lewis, Policy advisor on tax justice for Action Aid. Tax havens, and the offshore financial system they maintain, are not just ways to conceal wealth from the taxman. Their secrecy sustains the corporate structures and money-flows that fuel conflict and cause poverty. Mike Lewis will trace the fingerprints of tax havens on malnutrition and war crimes - and suggest what we can do about it. http://tinyurl.com/bl9jz6j
With Judith Kirton-Darling , Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation. From a European Trade Union perspective, Judith will examine how far sustainable, green economics might offer an alternative to current Europe-wide austerity policies. http://tinyurl.com/bl9jz6j
With Paul Rogers Professor, Bradford University Department of Peace Studies
More than two years after the start of the Arab Awakening, what are the prospects for further peaceful change? Can new governments cope with the high expectations of so many people, and will the positive developments be sustained?
Reject the Drones: Road trip to Aberporth in West Wales where they test the killer drones.
We have already got a mini rig and music offer but we need more entertainment including a few speakers too give decent calm and respectful speeches which are acceptable for family audience.
We will be staying over till the Sunday this time so tents, food, drink etc are needed.
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The Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will hold its second session from 22 April to 03 May 2013 at the United Nations Office in Geneva. This meeting is the second of three sessions that will be held prior to the 2015 Review Conference.
The Chair-designate of the second session is Ambassador Cornel Feruta of Romania.
Information for civil society groups: http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/disarmament-fora/npt/2013/ngos
The ‘Teutates’ Treaties between UK and France.
As part of their current programme of military cooperation, the French and U.K. Governments have agreed to share facilities at Aldermaston and Valduc for 50yrs of nuclear weapons research.
How might this affect the NPT process?
Speakers include Dominique Lalanne (Abolition 2000, France), Peter Burt, (Nuclear Information Services, UK). Government speakers from France and U.K. have been invited.
Sponsored by Christian CND UK and Abolition 2000 UK
There will be over 40 dance workshops, a family ceilidh and many other events in the evening.
http://saltairedayofdance.blogspot.co.uk/
How can nonviolent action bring about social change? An informal half day course to discuss the possibilities and tools of the nonviolent activist is being planned with Leeds Metropolitan University.
Business meeting 11:00 - 13:00. 14:00 - 15:30: Guest speaker Angie Zelter.
After the AGM from 3 - 4pm, Ruhul Abdin from Paraa will give a lecture about their work.
Campaign of UK WILPF, Aims, Successes, Challenges and Future Plans.
The Spring Seminar will follow the WILPF Annual General Meeting.
All are welcome, or come along and join us for lunch at 1:00pm
VOICES OF AFRICAN WOMEN: 2pm.
Power point presentation, personal testimonies, questions and discussion about the importance of this campaign for UK WILPF and for African women.
Screening + Q&A. The village of Niaqornat is nestled in a bay in Northern Greenland, one of the remotest spots on earth. With under 60 inhabitants, dogs outnumber humans by almost two to one. Village At The End Of The World reflects the dilemmas faced by small communities all over the world: fighting to keep their traditions, whilst finding an identity in the modern world. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Sarah Gavron.
On 14 June, Iranians will go to the polls to vote in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s successor. As debate around the elections begins to heat up we will be joined by a panel of experts to talk us through the power struggles and the state of opposition movements.
Egypt’s Stolen Billions is a BBC Arabic investigative documentary that exposes the incompetence of the British Government in identifying Mubarak’s assets hidden in the UK. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with: reporter Reda Al Mawy; director and producer, Daniel Tetlow; Robert Palmer, specialist on Banks and Corruption from Global Witness; Dr Mohamed Abdel Ghani, from United Egyptians and Jeremy Carver, from Transparency International. The debate will be moderated by BBC Arabic’s Deputy Programmes Manager, Sam Farah.
A With Irina Prokhorova and Oliver Bullough. Irina Prokhorova, founder and editor-in-chief of New Literary Observer, and Oliver Bullough, Caucasus editor for the Institute of War and Peace Reporting, will be joining us in conversation to offer two different portraits of Russia charting historical change.
Shereen El Feki has spent the past five years travelling across the Arab region asking people about sex. Blending interviews, statistics, opinion polls, journalism and personal reminiscence, in her new book Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World, she explores this intimate and often highly sensitive facet of life in a changing Arab world.
Screening + Debate.
The screening will be followed by a debate with Barney Afako, Mugambi Kiai and director Klaartje Quirijns, moderated by Matthew McAllester.
For more than 20 years, the Ugandan government has been fighting the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony. While his army of child soldiers roams Sudan and the DR Congo, The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague hopes to try Kony one day.
Screening + Q&A.
Amazing Azerbaijan! is a tale of two countries: one a shiny democratic republic the government proudly puts on display for visiting journalists and dignitaries. The other country is a repressive and corrupt state with no respect for freedom of expression, in which peaceful protesters are violently beaten and journalists are threatened or even killed. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Liz Mermin.
Broadcaster Charles Glass and former soldier Jake Wood will be joining us in conversation to talk about their respective works and the comparisons in the trauma suffered by soldiers from World War Two to Afghanistan.
