With speaker Rana Kabbani.
David Cameron is hosting a conference in London to discuss the future of Somalia. There are media reports saying that Britain is considering imminent military intervention in the country. There will be a protest organised by Hands Off Somalia from 8.30 AM outside Lancaster House in London, calling for a stop to British plans to carve up an already divided and impoverished Somalia.
Stop the War is supporting the protest. Bring your banners, chants, drums, megaphones, horns and whistles in the build up for the main rally at 11am outside the conference on Cleveland Row, London SW1A 1DH.
Public meeting. With Milan Rai, co-editor of Peace News.
Arms dealers, agents of cruel regimes and war profiteers from all over the world have been invited to another Arms Fair in 2013 at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in Custom House.
Anyone who wants to help to get this evil event cancelled will be welcome at an ELAAF meeting.
From Prince Regent, Docklands Light Railway, Station, go up Prince Regent Lane. Cundy Road is first turning on the left.
East London Against Arms Fairs,
c/o Community Involvement Unit, Durning Hall, Earlham Grove, E7 9AB
This year's Compass Annual Lecture will be delivered by Professor Richard Sennett.
A good society is created through the art of living together. Over the past few decades we have learnt to be consumers, it is now time we re-learnt the art of being citizens, neighbours and co-workers. This challenging lecture will be followed by contributions from a panel of high-profile respondents. We are delighted that Lisa Nandy, MP for Wigan; Deborah Orr, Guardian Columnist; Hannah Worth, Director, Chamberlain Forum and Ed Mayo, Secretary General of Co-operatives UK have agreed to respond.
Talk by Dr Thomas Daffern in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International Festival of Middle East Spirituality and Peace Festival organised by EICPS (http://www.eicsp.org/).
This talk will be recorded and a transcript made available. Please get in touch if you would be interested in a copy by contacting Dr Daffern on 01301 703053 or email iipsgp@educationaid.net
International Women's Day Celebration 'Building Bridges to Peace' 4-5pm on Millennium Plain. Share and hear stories of women all over the world, join drumming, singing, drawing and build bridges to peace.
Come and celebrate the Jubilee with a party for peace and disarmament! Come in fancy dress/posh frocks. Best hat or crown competition. There will be a short service at 1.30pm - secular event starts at 2pm. There is room to park cars but we may be able to run some transport from London if there is a demand. All welcome!
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/320942244645992/
Well-known activist Maya Evans is speaking to groups around the country about her recent visit to Kabul, Afghanistan (see http://fromhastingstokabul.wordpress.com).
Well-known activist Maya Evans is speaking to groups around the country about her recent visit to Kabul, Afghanistan (see http://fromhastingstokabul.wordpress.com).
Well-known activist Maya Evans is speaking to groups around the country about her recent visit to Kabul, Afghanistan (see http://fromhastingstokabul.wordpress.com).
Challenges Facing Global Abolition
A Panel Discussion with:
Kate Hudson (General Secretary, CND) Historic links between nuclear
power and nuclear weapons: key current problems and challenges;
Dominique Lalanne (Abolition 2000 Europe) The Anglo-French partnerships: nuclear power and nuclear weapons;
Peter Burt (Nuclear Information Service) Anglo-French nuclear
cooperation: the implications for NATO, for Europe and for global abolition;
Shirin Shafaie (SOAS / CASMII) The current situation in the Middle East and the Arab world.
Following a short business meeting, our guest speaker Maya Evans will report on her trip to Afghanistan last December. Since then she has been busy on a speaking tour around Britain. See http://fromhastingstokabul.wordpress.com/
All welcome.
Stop the War's Annual National Conference will discuss the West's interventions in Central Asia and the Middle East and debate and decide our policies, strategy and campaigns for the coming year. It will be addressed by MPs activists and experts. Speakers include Tony Benn, Lindsey German, George Galloway, Mitra Qayoom, Abbas Edalat, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Salma Yaqoob and more.
Act of sorrow and Repentance on the steps of St Lukes , Bold St, at 1pm. We will be focussing on arms sales - particularly those to the Middle East. We will be distributing ashes and planting some seeds at the conclusion as a hopeful sign.
Heidi Alexander MP and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development invite you to a briefing on the role of African women in agriculture on the eve of International Women's Day.
With Dr Camilla Toulmin, Director of International Institute for Environment and Development, Dr Sheila Ommeh, AWARD Fellow/Geneticist eastern and Central Africa, Christine Mukantwali, AWARD Fellow/Senior Scientist Post-harvest Research Activities, Rwanda Agriculture Board, Vicki Wilde, Director of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) and more.
In ancient Greece the original Olympic Games were preceded by a fifty day holy truce and it was followed by a 50 day truce. This was not only to allow competitors to travel in safety to Olympia but because the Games were regarded as a sacred event. This is an invitation to celebrate One Hundred Days of Peace to promote a culture of peace in our communities. We hope you can attend.
A Corrymeela weekend celebrating and exploring the work of the Corrymeela Community with its focus on:- Embracing difference, Healing division, Enabling reconciliation.
THE SPEAKERS are:
The Reverend Dr Inderjit Bhogal, Leader of the Corrymeela Community
Mrs Susan McEwen, newly appointed Development Director of the Corrymeela Community.
SATURDAY MARCH 17th 10.00 for 10.30am till approx. 4.30pm
On International Women’s Day, 8th March, we are invited to take this opportunity to stand in solidarity with women on bridges around the world united in taking a stand for Peace and Women’s equality.
In London women will meet at 10.30am at the south end of the Millennium Bridge for banner making, photo-op on the bridge at 11am followed by a march returning via Hungerford Bridge for speeches at Royal Festival Hall. More details of this and other events in UK on http://joinmeonthebridge.org.events
PEACE CONFERENCE
This event is being organised by the Bexley Multi Faith Forum, in collaboration with the International Sufi School , and will include the participation of Bexley Primary Care Trust, Queen Marys Hospital Sidcup and several faith/community and voluntary groups.
