Independent Working-Class Education Network
Presenters:
Christine Pushpa Kumbhat
(author of ‘Working Class Adult Education in Yorkshire 1918-1939’)
Working Class Adult Education in Yorkshire between trhe Wars: what can we learn for today?
Screenings: These Dangerous Women
Films: These Dangerous Women, Women’s Peace Crusade and War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning us to Death.
Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom
What does "religious freedom" truly mean?
Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League with David Renton and Ruth Gregory
Our guests discuss David's new book 'Never Again' which tells the story of the fascist National Front who were rampaging in the late 70s, and the campaigns which played such a key part in counteractin
Authentocracy: Joe Kennedy & Juliet Jacques in conversation
Join Joe Kennedy and Juliet Jacques to discuss our obsession with authenticity, and the ways it has been instrumentalised politically. We are entering, we are told, a post-liberal age.
FAUTLINE: Poetry, Lisa Fannen
Lisa Fannen has been writing, and sharing words both solo and in collaboration with musicians.
Red Utopias with Marylise Vigneau
Red Utopias is a collection of three books that bring together the photographs and texts of 10 European authors and photographers.
No Pasaran
The ¡NO PASARAN!
BESA. Muslims in Albania that helped Jews during the Holocaust
After Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, many Jews found refuge in Albania. The Albanians not only protected their Jewish citizens, but also provided sanctuary to Jewish refugees.
A Long Jihad: My Quest for the Middle Way by Muhammad Abdul Bari
Discussion with the author on his recently published memoir.
Speakers:
Dr Salman Al-Azami and Muhammad Abdul Bari
Welcoming refugees: Community challenges and perspectives
Speakers:
• Nadine Daniel, National Refugee Welcome Coordinator, Mission & Public Affairs Division, Archbishops Council
• Sean Ryan, National Caritas Community Sponsorship Coordinator
A Mozart Evening
Concert for Peace with Musicians for Peace and Disarmament. Conductor: Jane Glover CBE with the MPD Chamber Orchestra. Interval speaker: Fabian Hamilton MP.
Pugwash Peace & Disarmament Conference – SYP UK Annual Conference.
Student/Young Pugwash UK is collaborating with British Pugwash to host a major, one-day conference exploring the prospects for arms control and disarmament over the coming years.
No War, No Warming: takeover at the British Museum!
A blockbuster exhibition with stolen ancient Iraqi objects is on display - sponsored by the oil giant BP.
UN Anti-Racism day Demonstration
As cities march across the world to mark UN anti-racism day, join them to say #NoRacismNoFascism
https://www.facebook.com/events/2013107605418593/
Growth, degrowth and climate justice.
With Jason Hickel, author of The Divide: a brief guide to global inequality and its solutions. And Ann Pettifor, prizewinning economist and author of The Production of Money.
Remember Fukushima: film screening and talk by Fukushima mothers
Film screening and talk by Fukushima mothers at SOAS university.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1503536093114824/
Remember Fukushima parliamentary public meeting
Public meeting with three Fukushima mothers.
Remember Fukushima march on parliament and rally
The march will assemble outside the Japanese embassy in London at 12pm for a 12.30pm start. Fancy dress and bright colours are welcome – especially yellow!
Routes to Peace in an Uncertain World
Join Leeds City Council, Leeds Peace Links Group, Leeds Beckett University and Mayors for Peace in the inaugural lecture of their new 2019 series of international peace lectures.
