Let us remember all the victims of war
Norwich Quakers and members of peace and community groups belonging to Norwich Peace Camp will lay a wreath of red and white poppies at the War Memorial opposite City Hall, and hold a vigil to remember all the victims of war.
White & Red Poppy Wreath laying & Vigil
“The Reality of War”
Invited Speakers:
Chris Cole founder of Drone Wars UK dronewarsuk.wordpress.com
Ben Griffin former S.A.S Soldier Founder of Veterans for Peace UK veteransforpeace.org.uk
Free Event, all invited.Refreshments from 1.15. Talk commences 2pm prompt.
Following the talks there will be time for questions and discussion.
John Clare Theatre, 1st floor, Central Library, Broadway Peterborough PE1 1RX
Entrance through main Library Building. Wheelchair Access, Hearing Loop.
ELAAF planning MEETINGS
ELAAF planning MEETINGS unless specified are 7pm-9pm usually second Monday each month until the DSEI Arms Fairs are cancelled www.dsei.co.uk/
The Garden Community Cafe, from Prince Regent Station, Docklands Light Railway, go up Prince Regent Lane. Cundy Road is first turning on the left.
Anyone who wants to help to get the arms fair cancelled will be welcome at a meeting of EAST LONDON AGAINST ARMS FAIRS
MUSICAL EVENTS(aka MUSICAL PROTESTS) AGAINST THE THREAT OF ANOTHER ARMS FAIR
This will be outside the ExCeL exhibition centre which is the chosen venue for another planned “DSEi” arms fair. More musicians and singers (all styles) are welcome to join us. You can also join in if you are not musical. We need people to collect a petition, hold up posters, give out leaflets etc. From Custom House DLR Station or Victoria Dock Road E.16. 3BY, just follow the signs to ExCeL. We will be at the end of the walkway just before you get to the entrance to the exhibition centre.
The Miracle by Boris Pasternak - a Christian-Jewish poet
John Arnold explores Pasternak's poem The Miracle as a powerful plea for life and love and creativity.
Canvas of the Soul: Mystic Poems from the Heartland of Arabia
Come and meet Nimah Nawwab, one of Saudi Arabia's leading female poets.
Nimah Ismail Nawwab is a youth and women's empowerment activist, internationally recognized poet, writer, editor, lecturer, keynote speaker and photographer. Her academic writings, essays and photography are featured in international publications, books and anthologies more at www.nimahnawwab.com.
PRIVATISING BRITAIN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS
London Region CND Public Meeting
Talk by Peter Burt, Project Director of the Nuclear Information Service
(Reading). Followed by questions and discussion.
The public meeting at 8pm is preceded by a London CND planning meeting
at 7-8pm at the same venue. (You are welcome to attend the planning
meeting if you wish to.)
WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Autumn Seminar.
Using our past to build a better future.
Speakers include
Madeleine Rees, WILPF International long-standing activist
Angie Zelter, Secretary General recently arrested at Jeju in Korea.
Corporate Tax Dodging
With Julian Bryant from Christian Aid.
The talk is at 1pm and will last about 30 minutes followed by questions.
Admission is free. You are welcome to bring a packed lunch any time from 12.15pm. A donation is invited for a hot drink and biscuits.
TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY?
On the day of the US Presidential Elections, the London Guantánamo Campaign invites you to join us for a demonstration outside the US Embassy, London.
To protest ongoing abuses of human rights and collusion between the British and US governments.
Speakers include:
Hamja Ahsan (Free Talha Ahsan Campaign)
Joy Hurcombe (Save Shaker Aamer Campaign)
Ilyas Townsend (Justice for Aafia Campaign)
Anthony Timmons (UK Friends of Bradley Manning)
Aviva Stahl (Cageprisoners)
Dr Shahrar Ali (Green Party)
Speaker from the Stop The War Coalition and Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!
'Disarmament, Development and Democracy: Joining the Dots'.
International Peace Bureau (IPB) Annual Conference.
The registration form and other details can be found at:
http://www.afri.ie/news-and-events/date-for-your-diary-saturday-17th-nov...
White Poppy Stall
Please come along to our information stall starts 10am in Luton town centre near BHS or why not join us to promote the White Poppy please!
‘Street Music: Poems’
With Mike Marqusee
One of Britain’s best-regarded social observers will be reading a selection from his recent collection of poetry.
‘Public Service on the Brink’
With Mark Serwotka and David Wiggins.
PCS union leader Mark Serwotka and Oxford philosopher David Wiggins will be discussing the crisis facing the public sector.
‘Savage Messiah’
With Laura Oldfield Ford.
Artist and writer Laura Oldfield Ford introduces her psychogeographic take on London, and will be discussing issues of community and gentrification and how they inform her work.
‘Play as Protest in Modern Art’
With Hannah Hull.
A whistle-stop introductory tour through the radical play tactics of three key modern art movements, Dada, Fluxus and Situationism.
‘1839: The Chartist Insurrection’
With Chris Ford.
Chris Ford considers lessons from The Chartist Insurrection of 1839, in particular examining the nitty-gritty political organising that was needed to run such a forceful national campaign.
‘The Legacy of Allen Ginsberg’
With Steve Finbow. Ginsberg’s former editor and researcher, Steve Finbow, re-examines the life of one the defining individuals of the Beat Generation and gives an authoritative account of the life and influence of the seminal US poet.
‘Freedom Through Football: The Story of the Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls’
With Will Simpson. The story of Bristol's legendary anarchist football club, now celebrating its 20th anniversary.
‘Fortress Europe’
With Matt Carr and Liz Fekete.
A discussion of the politics and consequences of Europe’s heavily militarised ‘hard’ borders.
