Oxford Hub Hosting an event discussing Vijay Mehta’s latest book: The Economics of Killing: How the West Fuels War and Poverty in the Developing World.
Speakers: Vijay Mehta.
Through input from our speaker Megan McKenna (http://meganmckenna.com), and a range of workshops and creative spaces, the conference will seek to: explore ways of integrating action and faith through prayer, art and lifestyle; critique current social, economic and political realities from the perspective of the poor, in the light of the Gospel and Catholic Social Teaching; and provide opportunities for concrete action.
With creche and programmes for children and young people, and 'Just Fair' with goods, information and resources from a range of agencies.
Speaker: Bishop William Kenney CP, President of Justice & Peace Europe, on The Future of Europe.
Plus the opportunity to network with justice and peace activists from around the country, and get updates from national agencies.
Please bring your own lunch.
As part of LGBT History Month Housmans welcome guests from the writing co-op, Gay Authors' Workshop, and its allied publisher, Paradise Press, who will be providing an introduction to he project, followed by author readings from two new titles adding to the impressive list of over thirty titles, novels, short stories, memoirs and poetry.
The launch titles are A Life's Tales, a memoir by Joe Hucknall, and Eros at Large, short stories.
The new translation of his seminal 'The Substance of Value' - until now only available in German - promises to develop key theoretical advances as it surveys the state of capitalism and its apogee, so-called radical theory.' As such, 'The Substance of value' is a universe away from the dogma that continues to be barked out by the ever diminishing circle of tradiitional Marxist dinosaur sects.
The Substance of value promises to be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand and help challenge our world of crisis."
Leading scholars in the field, Peter Dwyer and Leo Zeilig investigate the social forces driving the democratic transformation of post-colonial states across Southern Africa. Extensive research and interviews with civil society organizers in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia and Swaziland inform this analysis of the challenges faced by non-governmental organizations in relating both to the attendant inequality of globalization and to grassroots struggles for social justice.
An evening presenting two new books with a shared connection to the anarchist newspaper Anarchy: Colin Ward’s ‘Talking Green’, and Daniel Poyner’s ‘Autonomy: the cover designs of Anarchy 1961-1970’.
Please RSVP to nik@housmans.com
Housmans welcomes respected blogger Richard Seymour to present his study of the thinking of Christopher Hitchens.
As an orator and writer, Hitchens offered something unique and highly marketable. But for all his professed individualism, he remains a recognizable historical type – the apostate leftist. ‘Unhitched’ presents a rewarding and entertaining case study, one that is also a cautionary tale for our times.
Get a taste of Richard Seymour’s take on Hitchens here: http://www.leninology.com/2012/07/unhitched-trial-of-christopher-hitchen...
Selma James discusses her life’s work critiquing the fraught relationship between gender, race and class. Her latest book 'Sex, Race and Class: The Perspective of Winning' is a collection of her writings from 1952 to 2011.
Sharif Gemi explores the complex politics of women writing in, and about, Muslim societies.
Aidan Dun introduces his ground-breaking and insightful new long poem, in which an Israeli DJ meets and falls in love with a Palestinian rapper. The event will also consider the latest poltical developments in the area, and also the role music is playing in the unfolding political situation
All peaceful people are invited to join us to wish Lockheed Martin UK a happy disarming 2013, at their headquarters, Cunard House, Regent Street, SW1 4LR on Monday 14th January 4.30pm.
Lockheed Martin, probably the largest arms manufacturers in the world, are the lead company developing a replacement for the Trident Nuclear Weapons system at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston. There they maintain the mass destruction missiles deployed on the nuclear submarines based at Faslane on the Clyde.
SCRAP TRIDENT: LET SCOTLAND LEAD THE WAY TO A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD
A Weekend of Protest and Action.
Glasgow Demonstration Saturday 13th April.
For transport from Greater Manchester contact Jacqui Burke at Greater
Manchester & District CND - 0161 273 8283 gmdcnd@gn.apc.org
NVDA Training & Workshops Sunday 14th April.
BIG BLOCKADE to SHUT DOWN FASLANE Monday 15th April
Dr Wendi Momen will speak about her experience of attending Rio+20 Environment Summit in June 2012, and will reflect on the outcome of the recent Doha environment conference.
Based at the distinguished and world renowned University of Essex Human Rights Centre, MUNex 2013 will focus on ‘Global Equality’. Come along to engage in World Class talks and presentations given by lecturers and professors in their field.
Public meeting lead by Martin Horwood MP for Cheltenham who will speak and answer questions.
Book launch for Ian Sinclair's new oral history of the 15 February 2003 anti-war march and the movement that made it, published by Peace News Press on the 10th anniversary of Britain's biggest ever protest.
A panel of grassroots peace and anti-war activists will be joining Ian to launch the book and reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of the parts of the movement that they were involved in, as well as lessons to be drawn for activism now.
Annual Lantern Floating Ceremony at the Peace Pagoda.
"Peace Inside and Out". Called to be Peacemakers Conference. Looking at how we can find our own inner peace and work to effect change in our communities. We welcome speakers Julia Hausermann (Rights and Humanity), Millius Palaywia (director, FoR) and Rev Bill Anderson (Chair, Birmingham Methodist District) and workshops from the Student Christian Movement, Pax Christi and SPEAK, as well as individual peace activists coming to share their stories, to help us explore our calling to be peacemakers, in our own lives, in the lives of our communities and across the world.
Using yoga and dialogue to reconcile conflict - a Saturday workshop at the Quadrangle Trust.
Through yoga, meditation, dialogue and personal storytelling, the aim of this workshop is to ground and deepen your yoga practice. It will explore the correspondence between the physical language of yoga and inner dialogue, develop tools to work with inner and outer conflicts, and help to integrate yoga practice more fully into everyday life.
