Network for Peace

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.

The surveillance culture in Russia is well documented. In the digital age as we see more protests on the streets of Moscow and elsewhere the FSB (the successor to the KGB) are developing new surveillance technologies. We will be joined by those involved in a new project called Russia’s Surveillance State and other experts to discuss the surveillance practices in Russia and how they are developing.

In February this year Private First Class Bradley Manning pleaded guilty to sending restricted documents to Wikileaks in violation of military regulations, making him the source of the largest intelligence leak in US history. Ahead of his trial in June we will be examining the charges he faces and the implications if he is found guilty.
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An evening of short documentaries, from different parts of the world, covering a wide range of topics. Shorts at the Frontline Club showcases moving, striking and funny films, exploring the different faces of documentary. http://www.frontlineclub.com/shorts-at-the-frontline-club/

With Omasius Gorgut. In the face of a life defined by exploitation and suffering, the poor of the Middle Ages dreamed up a fantastical land where their sufferings were reversed; where people lived in idleness and plenty and the rich were barred. From 14th-century Europe to 20th-century USA, this dream emerges in songs, poems, folk tales. But it wasn’t just a popular fantasy – the dream was linked to the culture and tensions of the times, and time and again rebels and heretics tried to turn dream into reality. Published by Past Tense.

With guests from War Resisters’ International.
Launch of War Resisters' International's latest book, which explores the ways in which young people around the world encounter the military and military values - and are encouraged to embrace them uncritically - and how this can be challenged.

Launch event for a new SHS publication to mark the 80th anniversary of the death of Clara Zetkin, a leading figure in the German Social Democratic Party, the Spartacist League and the German Communist Party. She was the founder of the Socialist Women's International, but also a fierce critic of what she saw as the shortcomings of bourgeois feminism. Our guests discuss her legacy and its relevance.

With Sohail Daulatzai in conversation with Sukant Chandan. A discussion of US academic Daulatzai’s new book ‘Black Star, Crescent Moon’, which considers the role of Islam in traditions of resistance to, and liberation from, Western imperialism. Areas covered in the book include the impact of the Nation of Islam on Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, to cultural manifestations in hip-hop and cinema.