Network for Peace

A workshop exploring personal storytelling aimed at hospice chaplains and others who work with the ill or dying. At the London Interfaith Centre in Queens Park.
In this workshop we will be introduced to working creatively with our personal life experiences. We will explore ways of crafting our own memories into stories and encouraging others to share their own life tales. Reflecting on exchanging these story gifts leads open a natural way to discuss compassion, acceptance, forgiveness and understanding.

Government responses to the financial crisis have led to deep public sector cuts, record levels of unemployment, depressed wages, poverty and at the same time rising wages for corporate executives, declining taxes for the rich, and booming city profits.

Its that time again! It is time for a very interesting talk on Saturday 17th March at 11oc am in the Cube at the Forum. The title of the talk will be "Feeding the World in the 21st Century - the Challenges Facing the UN World Food Programme (WFP)"

The UN WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. Each year, on average, the WFP feeds more than 90 million people in over 70 countries.

One year has passed since the UK was condemned for its arms sales to authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and North Africa …but the UK is still supplying weapons to dictators.

This time last year, while UK weapons were being used against civilians in Libya, David Cameron went on a tour to promote weapons sales in the Middle East. In 2011, Saudi Arabia deployed armoured vehicles to help suppress protests in Bahrain, but UK arms sales to the kingdom never even slowed.

Now is the time to take action to expose that This is NOT OK.

One year has passed since the UK was condemned for its arms sales to authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and North Africa …but the UK is still supplying weapons to dictators.

This time last year, while UK weapons were being used against civilians in Libya, David Cameron went on a tour to promote weapons sales in the Middle East. In 2011, Saudi Arabia deployed armoured vehicles to help suppress protests in Bahrain, but UK arms sales to the kingdom never even slowed.

Now is the time to take action to expose that This is NOT OK.

One year has passed since the UK was condemned for its arms sales to authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and North Africa …but the UK is still supplying weapons to dictators.

This time last year, while UK weapons were being used against civilians in Libya, David Cameron went on a tour to promote weapons sales in the Middle East. In 2011, Saudi Arabia deployed armoured vehicles to help suppress protests in Bahrain, but UK arms sales to the kingdom never even slowed.

Now is the time to take action to expose that This is NOT OK.

One year has passed since the UK was condemned for its arms sales to authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and North Africa …but the UK is still supplying weapons to dictators.

This time last year, while UK weapons were being used against civilians in Libya, David Cameron went on a tour to promote weapons sales in the Middle East. In 2011, Saudi Arabia deployed armoured vehicles to help suppress protests in Bahrain, but UK arms sales to the kingdom never even slowed.

Now is the time to take action to expose that This is NOT OK.

Zero Books presents: ‘Capitalist Realism: is there no alternative?’ with Mark Fisher
Wednesday 28th March, 7pm

Join writer, theorist and teacher Mark Fisher for a discussion on his book, ‘Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative?’, which examines how capitalism since 1989 has successfully presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system – a situation that the bank crisis of 2008, far from ending, has compounded.

Bent Bars presents: Gender and the prison industrial complex with S. Lamble.
S. Lamble, member of the Bent Bars Collective, an LGBTQ prison letter writing project, will lead a discussion on ‘Captive genders: trans embodiment in the prison industrial complex,’ a collection of writings on how race, gender, ability, and sexuality are lived in captivity.

Coalition of Resistance presents: ‘Eurozone in crisis: what is to be done?’
Free entry.

Women’s History Month presents: ‘Women’s History: half the future half the past’ with Jessica Metheringham-Owlett.
A talk considering such questions as: Why is the history overwhelmingly male-dominated? What are women missing and why does it matter? How should we go about changing this - through politics, through education, or as individuals? As well as looking at the famous and remembered, Jessica will draw on the stories of those neglected by history.

A talk by Rabbi Ahron Cohen, Neturei Karta, followed by Q & A

An evening to mark Palestinian “Land Day”

WILPF UK Section AGM. Followed by an afternoon Seminar on the UK Universal Periodic Review. Speakers to be confirmed. The AGM is free (to members) and seminar £5. Lunch is available for an additional £5. email office@ukwilpf.org.uk to register.

Events around the country: http://step.fairtrade.org.uk/events/events-map

Two-Day Retreat: Desert Wisdom Retreat: Nature, Nomads, Prophets
- inspiring sources of simplicity, clarity, transformative healing and renewal.
Facilitators: Alan Heeks, with musical accompaniment by Dominic Ashmole.
Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat Days: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £50 (both days), £30 (per day).
Registration Form: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/192-mesp-2012-registration-f...
On-Line Booking: http://www.eicsp.org/mesp-2012-retreatworkshop-events-

Two-Day Retreat: Peace and Quiet - Stillness of Body, Mind and Spirit in the Busy World: Inspired by the Lives and Teachings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers of the Middle Eastern Spiritual Traditions.
Facilitator: Rev Prof Stephen G Wright RN RCNT RNT DipN DANS RPTT MSc FRCN MBE, University of Cumbria, Carlisle. Founding Editor: “Spirituality and Health International,” Chairman: The Sacred Space Foundation.
Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat Days: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £80 (both days), £40 (per day).

Pluto Press, Le Monde diplomatique and London Middle East Institute invite you to the launch of: "The Best of Le Monde diplomatique 2012" - Contributors Gilbert Achcar (SOAS) and Samir Aita (Le Monde diplomatique) will be discussing
The Middle East in Transition: Syria and the ‘Arab Spring’
The event will be chaired by LMD English editorial director Wendy Kristianasen and will be followed by a drinks reception
SOAS NEAREST TUBE: Russell Square or Goodge Street

Calling all artists, creative folk and craftivists.
Last year the National Gallery hosted an evening reception for weapons dealers http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/09/484620.html, celebrating the first day of business at DSEi, the world's largest arms fair.
Italian arms company, Finmeccanica sponsors the gallery: for £30,000 it buys the opportunity to use the gallery's rooms to impress its clients and woo decision-makers. Against such a lavish backdrop it's probably easy to forget that their business is death and destruction.

With Loretta Napoleoni.

With speaker Nick Dearden