Network for Peace

Events for everyone - celebrate the 2012 Games on your doorstep. Bring picnic, scooter, skipping rope, egg and spoon, best running shoes or your walking boots! 5-a-side football teams welcome (give us details by 1 July). Register for events from 12 - 1pm.
Organised by Justice and Peace and Fun Picnic Planning Group, 4 Vincent Road, London N15 3QH.

Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp is held on the second full weekend of every month. See the events section at http://aldermaston.net for dates of forthcoming camps. We arrive at camp on Saturday morning or sometimes on Friday evening (please ring to check we are there if you plan to come Friday evening). We stay until Sunday lunch-time.

All women are welcome to come along at any time - and male visitors are welcome at camp during the day, but not during the evening or at night.

Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp is held on the second full weekend of every month. See the events section at http://aldermaston.net for dates of forthcoming camps. We arrive at camp on Saturday morning or sometimes on Friday evening (please ring to check we are there if you plan to come Friday evening). We stay until Sunday lunch-time.

All women are welcome to come along at any time - and male visitors are welcome at camp during the day, but not during the evening or at night.

Benefit evening of words and music on Friday the 25th May at St James' Piccadilly in London. Featuring Mark Rylance, Tony Benn, Roy Bailey, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Alberto Portugheis, Kika Markham, Peter Kennard, Cat Phillipps and many more. Booking opens on Wednesday 11th April - online and by phone. Book early to make sure you get a seat.

Troops out of Afghanistan, Don't Attack Iran, no intervention in the Middle East. Stop the War is calling a day of protest to coincide with big protests in Chicago against the NATO summit.
London event: 1pm outside US embassy, Grosvenor sq, London W1.

World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel Focus for 2012 is Displacement and Dispossession. Resources leaflets can be ordered from Pax Christi. 0208 203 4884.

The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2012
Prize Giving Ceremony. Guest judges, Madeline Heneghan, Nina Power and Michael Rosen, will be announcing the winner of this year’s prize and awarding the chosen author with a cheque for £1,000 and a commemorative trophy.
Music and drinks from 7.30pm, with the prize announced at 8.30pm.
Disabled access is difficult, please contact nik@housmans.com for details.
Look forward to seeing you.

Photographs of daily life: Herat 2004 – 2007 by Farahnaz Karimy
Opening event: 7p.m. Thursday 10 May with speakers and Afghan refreshments.
Woman photojournalist Farahnaz worked in Herat until 2007 when she was

Havant Goes Green Fair in town park – all day. SEHPC will have a stall but we need people to help at it. Contact Vida to offer.

Lead Speaker – Kevin Lister, Environmental Activist. Plus contributions from FOE, Transistionstown, PCAN, SEHPC, WDM, Greenpeace etc.

Green Fair, at which SEHPC will have a stall. Helpers needed.

Contact June for details. Wheelchair transport possible.

South East Hants Peace Council stall, outside Chichester City Office promoting the September 21st UN International Day of Peace.

The panellist will be discussing the new book The Economics of Killing: How the West Fuels War and Poverty in the Developing World by Vijay Mehta which will be followed by Q/A and a reception.
Speakers: Humphrey Hawksley, BBC World Affairs Correspondent, Shashank Joshi, Research Fellow, RUSI, Tobias Ellwood, MP, Vijay Mehta, Author, The Economics of Killing. Chair: Rita Payne.

Screening of multi-award winning Shell Resistance Film "The Pipe". Shining a spotlight on the ongoing battle between Shell Oil and the Irish coastal town of Rossport. We will also be screening two short films of recent actions against BP and Shell by Rising Tide and friends. Afterwards there will be discussions on direct action against the oil industry in London and plenty of opportunities to get involved. There will also be hot tea, delicious cakes and a bar.
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Please come and join the demonstration outside the South Korean Embassy and demand a halt to the building of a naval base that will be used by the US in their attempt to surround and control China. The villagers of Gangjeong are resisting the destruction of their beautiful, fragile, coastal environment and sacred places - they want Jeju to remain an Island of Peace and to prevent this military base from being built. The villagers need the strong and visible support of the international community.

With Nitasha Kaul. Nitasha Kaul is a Kashmiri novelist, academic, economist, and artist. Her first book was ‘Imagining Economics Otherwise’ (Routledge, 2007). Aside from publishing fiction and poetry she has also authored numerous articles on several themes including identity, economy, social theory and democracy. She is a Visiting Fellow in Politics and International Relations at Westminster, London.

With Dr. Stathis Kouvelakis. As the crisis in Greece develops, living standards are on a downward spiral, welfare and health services have virtually collapsed, and the European bail out demands greater austerity which will make the situation even more desperate. Is there a way out of this dark crisis? Dr. Stathis Kouvelakis researches and teaches on political theory at Kings College, London and is an informed commentator on the political and social meltdown that has taken place in Greece.

With Professor Abbas Edalat. A war on Iran is threatened by the US and its allies if current negotiations and sanctions fail. Professor Edalat discusses recent Iranian history and the myths propagated by western governments and mainstream media in particular concerning Iran's nuclear programme, which are intended to demonize Iran and prepare the public for military action. Professor Abbas Edalat is a professor of computer science and mathematics at Imperial College London and the founder of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII)

Speaker: Paul Nicolson of Zaccheus 2000 Trust on Taxpayers Against Poverty: the positive reasons for paying tax and information on current tax-related campaigns.

Plus opportunities to network with justice and peace activists from around the country and hear about events and campaigns from national agencies.