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27 February
“Polling
Day Plus One – Where next for the peace movement?”
With Professor Dave Webb (CND Vice-chair)
and
Lindis Percy (Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases).
Friends Meeting House, Church Street, Paddock, Huddersfield HD1 4TR. 1.30pm.
Come at noon for a ‘bring and share’
lunch!
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Monday 8 February
LONDON. Inequality and its Social
Impact with
Richard Wilkinson. There is compelling new evidence that large income inequalities within societies damage
the social fabric and quality of life for everyone, and that inequality has
an enormous impact on health. This raises fundamental questions about
social and economic policies pursued by governments around the world.
Richard Wilkinson is a leading epidemiologist and his recent book 'The Spirit
Level' has received widespread acclaim . He is on the steering group of
the Equality Trust, an Emeritus Professor at Nottingham
University and an Honorary
Professor at University
College. He will talk
about the evidence on the impact of inequality and the implications for
social and economic policy makers. Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique Café
Diplo at The Gallery, 70/77
Cowcross Street, London
EC1M 6EL. Nearest tube station Farringdon. 6.45pm (doors open 6.30). £3,
concessions £2, tickets on door. Info 07984 178 193 or see our website http://monde-diplo-friends.org.uk/
9 February
LEEDS. The Festival of Politics and Global
Ethics, Leeds
Metropolitan University presents:
A farewell to arms? Taking on Trident with Dr Steven
Schofield. The talk will focus on some of the employment myths around
nuclear weapons production and the potential for alternative, civil work
but also raise some of the broader issues of what we mean by an alternative
industrial strategy at time of economic and environmental crisis.
7.00-8.00pm Caedmon G12, Headingley Campus.
Open event - all welcome. The Festival of Politics and Global Ethics. http://tinyurl.com/ye73m2w
LONDON. The London Pacifism and
Nonviolence Discussion Group meets on the second
Tuesday in the month, at 7pm, in Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross,
London N1. Tonight we will look at Nonviolence and the Theatre. Queries?
Albert Beale, on 020-7278 4474.
Wednesday 10 February.
GRASSINGTON. Grassington & District Peace Group AGM at 7.30pm
in the Methodist Church Room, Chapel
St., Grassington. Usual AGM business then the
main attraction: A Journey through the Ancient Kingdom of Zanskar”with Mike Stephenson. High in the
Himalaya in northern India,
the villages of Zanskar are some of the most
remote communities on earth. In winter their isolation is almost total, the
only way to get from one village to another is a dangerous walk along the
frozen Zanskar river. Mike’s son
Ben’s research for his Geology PhD took him to Zanskar,
living and working in the area, summer and winter. He launched a project to
bring skis to the region and teach the villagers how to use them so that
they could travel more freely and safely in winter. He acquired working
skis from all over the world and set up a ski school for the villagers of Zanskar. Mike’s journey to Zanskar
to see the ski school in action is the subject of his talk.
LONDON. All
Star No Sweat Haiti
Solidarity Fundraiser. Come and join us to raise money for radical union
organisations like Batay Ouvriye,
MODEP and Anten Ouvriye
at The Cross Kings, York Way,
N7. Music from Robyn Hitchcock and comedy from
Robin Ince, Josie Long, Shappi
Khorsandi, Jeremy Hardy and Hils
Barker. £12 from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/70232
LONDON. Seminar: The Silent Voice: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent
Activism and Resistance. Part of the Social Anthropology Seminar Series at
SOAS, featuring research by Anne de Jong.
Little is published about the large and widespread network of nonviolent
resistance and opposition that exists in Israel
and the Occupied
Palestinian Territories.
De Jong’s research focuses on those
Palestinians and Israelis that refuse to be separated and work together on
a daily basis to break the, in their opinion, artificial division Israelis
- Palestinians. More info by email mm101@soas.ac.uk,
es7@soas.ac.uk or click here or here. 15:00 SOAS
College Buildings,
Room G51 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
(Tube Russell Sq).
Thursday 11 February
LONDON. Spiritual responses to global
crisis. A five week series of reflective workshops. All at 6.30 - 9.15pm.
Prayer and hope. How often do we have the experience of watching the news
and feeling despair or hopelessness? Within our own individual lives we
know from experience that crises can herald change and transformation. How
can we engage our spirituality to look for the hope within the despair, and
to inhabit more fully our prayers for others and for humanity.
St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N
4AG. 020 7496 1610 enquiries@stethelburgas.org http://tinyurl.com/ykutgdr
LONDON. Children Under Fire: Gaza
Children Drawings Exhibition. Artiquea Gallery, 82 Wandsworth
Bridge Road, London SW6 2TF (Parsons Green tube).
Gallery opens at 18:00. Organisers: Oxford Friends of Gaza , Sponsors: Artiquea Gallery, Women Solidarity for Independent
& Unified Iraq
http://solidarityiraq.blogspot.com
& Moslem Education Centre Oxford (MECO)
11 February – 1 May
USA. Footprints for Peace
International Peace Walk. From Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Facility, Tennessee to the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty
Review Conference at the UN in New
York. Info www.footprintsforpeace.net nptwalk@footprintsforpeace.net
Friday 12
February
LEEDS. The Festival of Politics and Global
Ethics, Leeds
Metropolitan University presents: 'The Future of
the Left'. Public lecture by Jeremy Corbyn MP.
Jeremy Corbyn was first elected to the Commons in
1983 and is a hard left member of the Labour Party and a member of the
Socialist Campaign Group. He is a long time supporter of the Campaign for
Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and is one of the three Vice-Chairs. He has also
been a fierce vocal opponent of the US led war on Iraq and is an elected member
of the Stop the War Coalition steering committee. 4.00-5.00pm. Northern
Terrace 222, Civic Quarter. Register
for this event
Friday 12 February - Sunday 14 February
BIRMINGHAM. Art and Conflict: personal
conflict. For anyone wishing to explore conflict through a new medium.
Conflict is an emotive subject. The course is about finding new ways to
look at it. There will be a variety of practical exercises –
individual, pair and group – to gain insights into different aspects
of personal conflict and your active role in them. No artistic skill
needed, just the willingness to have a go. All art materials provided.
Please wear old clothes. Ensuite Fee: £172.00 Standard Fee: £162.00.
Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, 1046
Bristol Road, Birmingham
B29 6L. http://tinyurl.com/yaz5q5f
Saturday 13
February
LONDON. Zed
Books present: ‘Possibilities for the Post-Capitalist Era’ with
Harry Shutt. Economist Harry Shutt
will be discussing his latest book ‘Beyond the Profits System:
Possibilities for the Post-Capitalist Era’, as well as the reissue of
his remarkable1998 publication ‘The Trouble With Capitalism’,
in which he predicted the current economic crisis. 5pm to 6.30pm. Housmans,
5 Caledonian Road,
King’s Cross, London
N1 9DX 020 7837 4473 shop@housmans.com
www.housmans.com
14
February
ALDERMASTON. Overnight
all-night candlelit vigil organised by Christian CND, at the Tadley Gate, Aldermaston. This will begin with a short
service at 9.00pm on Sunday, 14th February, and finish in the same way at
7.00am the next morning. ccnd@gn.apc.org
www.ccnd.gn.apc.org
15 February
ALDERMASTON.
Trident Ploughshares blockade. Alison Crane 0845 4588362 can help find trainers and provide training
materials for your local group. Let us know about your training so we can
help publicise it. There are non-arrestable roles to take on, people are needed as legal observers and to help
with refreshments. Plus at 11am there will be an Interfaith Liturgy at the Tadley Gate. http://www.tridentploughshares.org
0845 45 88 366. blockawe@yahoo.co.uk
How to get there? Accommodation? Contact chris@cnduk.org
LEEDS. The Festival of Politics and
Global Ethics, Leeds
Metropolitan University presents: Obama, One Year On with Dorron Otter, Steve Wright, John
Willott. 1.00pm at Cavendish G04, Headingley Campus. Open event - all welcome. http://tinyurl.com/ye73m2w
LONDON. Screening: Pray the Devil Back to
Hell. A gripping account of a group of brave and visionary women who
demanded peace for Liberia,
a nation torn to shreds by a decades-old civil war. The women's historic
yet unsung achievement finds voice in a narrative that intersperses
contemporary interviews, archival images, and scenes of present-day Liberia
together to recount the experiences and memories of the women who were
instrumental in bringing lasting peace to their country. Followed by a
Q&A with Kate Nustedt, Director of Women for
Women International. 7pm at Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London
W2 1QJ Tel: +44
(0)20 7479 8950. Closest Tube Station: Paddington. http://frontlineclub.com/events/how-to-book-events.html
16 February
LONDON. Musicians Against Nuclear Arms
(MANA) Concert for Peace. Margaret Lion, piano and Tony Lamb,
clarinet. Works by JS Bach, Vanhal, Chopin,
Poulenc, Gershwin and others. Hinde Street Methodist
Church. Details from:
71 Greenfield Gardens, London
NW2 1HU. 020 8455 1030. admin@mana.org.uk
www.mana.org.uk
LONDON. London Campaign Against Arms Trade meet on the third Tuesday
in the month at 6.30pm, in the Driver pub, junction of Wharfdale
Road and Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London N1.Map - http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=530535&y=183315&z=0&ar=Y
LONDON. Nobel Laureate Jody Williams to
speak at CND Public Meeting: ‘Banning nuclear weapons is easier than
you think’. In 1997, Jody received the Nobel Peace Prize for her
successful work to secure a Ban on Landmines. Now she is transferring her experience
to campaigning for a global ban on nuclear weapons. Following the blockade
of Aldermaston on February 15th, join us on the 16th February to learn from
and build on Jody’s experience. The meeting will draw the focus
towards the impending nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in
New York
in May, and the prospects for securing a Nuclear Weapons Convention to make
global disarmament happen. Other speakers include Jeremy Corbyn MP, Vice-President of CND Bruce Kent, Kate Hudson CND Chair, and Director of the
Acronym Institute Dr. Rebecca Johnson. 7pm, London School of Economics,
Room D202, Clement House, 97-99 Aldwych, London WC2 www.cnduk.org
Wednesday 17
February
LEEDS. The Festival of Politics and Global
Ethics, Leeds
Metropolitan University presents: The Age of
Stupid. Film followed by discussion on the politics of climate change after
Copenhagen.
Open event - all welcome. 5.00pm at Priestley G05, Headingley
Campus. http://tinyurl.com/ye73m2w
LONDON.
‘David Paul Press present: ‘This Room in the
Sunlight’ with Bernard Kops. Celebrated East
London poet, dramatist and novelist Bernard Kops will be
launching his latest volume of poetry, including both new works and those
from earlier in his illustrious career. 7pm to 8.30pm. Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road,
King’s Cross, London N1 9DX 020 7837 4473 shop@housmans.com
www.housmans.com
LONDON. Annual
Ash Wednesday witness of repentance and resistance to nuclear war
preparations - Ministry of Defence, Whitehall,
London. 3pm at Embankment Gardens
(right out of Embankment station, facing the river). Pax Christi, St Joseph's, Watford Way, London
, NW4 4TY 0208
203 4884 www.paxchristi.org.uk
Thursday 18
February
LIVERPOOL. Equality is not Enough with
Germaine Greer. Germaine Greer’s 1969 international bestseller, The
Female Eunuch turned her into feminism’s best known and most
controversial names, bringing her both adulation and opposition. In this Rebel
Rant, taking up the themes she introduced in The Female Eunuch, and looking
back on the both the legacy and the effect of her work and that of the feminist
movement, she will argue that ‘Equality is not Enough’ The Art
& Design Academy Liverpool John Moores
University, Duckinfield Street, Off Brownlow
Hill, Liverpool L3 5RD. 7.30pm. The event will be BSL signed and the venue
is fully accessible. Tickets: £8 & £5 concessions, available from the
Philharmonic Hall Box Office Tel: 0151 709 3789 Online: www.writingonthewall.org.uk
For more details of Rebel Rants visit www.writingonthewall.org.uk
or call Madeline Heneghan on 0151 703 0020.
NORWICH. Film: Rethink Afghanistan,
by award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald and Brave New Foundation. This
is a ground-breaking documentary that shatters all perceived truths behind
the war in Afghanistan.
The film covers a number of different segments including troops, Pakistan, cost of war, women in Afghanistan,
civilian casualties, security and solutions. It will be followed by
discussion. UEA Arts Block room 01.02. Further information from
info@norwichstopwar.org.uk or http://www.norwichstopwar.org.uk.
Friday 19 February
LEEDS. The Festival of Politics and Global
Ethics, Leeds Metropolitan University
presents: Question Time: General
Election 2010. Your chance to hear and question candidates ahead of the
general election. Hilary Benn MP (Labour), Greg Mulholland MP (Liberal
Democrat), Alec Shelbrooke PPC (Conservative),
Martin Hemingway PPC (Green), Journalist (to be confirmed), Academic (to be
confirmed), Chair: Ryan Stephenson (President of the Politics Society).
1.30-3.00pm (arrive 1.15) Northern Terrace 222, Civic Quarter. Organised by
Leeds Met Students' Politics Society.
Register
for this event
19 – 21
February
BRISTOL.
Climate Camp National Gathering The venue for the meeting space will be at
The Bridewell Island, Silver Street, Broadmead,
Bristol BS1 2DL, which is in Bristol City Centre. Crash space available.
Crèche, entertainment, vegan food. Please let us know if you have any
specific requirements that we have not covered and we will try our best to
help. Email gathering@climatecamp.org.uk.
20 February
EDINBURGH.
The 2010 Middle East Festival: Day
Workshop: The History and Themes of Egyptian Cinema. Facilitator: Dr
Walter Armbrust, Albert Hourani
Fellow, St. Antony's College; University Lecturer, University of Oxford.
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL. Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop:
10am-4.30pm. Cost: £10. (Free for students). For Registration Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469. Middle East Festival Website for information on other events: www.mesp.org.uk
HEXHAM.
Hexham Debates (3rd series) A series of talks on the theme of 'War, Peace and Democracy', organised by
Northumbrians for Peace and Hexham Quaker Meeting. Cardinal Keith O'Brien (leader of Roman
Catholic church in Scotland)
'Trident seen with the eyes of a 21st century faith'. 11.00am -
12.30pm, at The St Mary's Centre, St Mary's RC Church, Hencotes, Hexham, Northumberland. Info sheet: www.hexhamquakers.org.uk/hexhamdebates2010.pdf
LONDON. Deciphering the complexities of
Muslim groupings. Understanding Islam study day. With
Chris Hewer. 11 – 5. St Ethelburga's
Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG.
020 7496 1610
enquiries@stethelburgas.org http://tinyurl.com/yz6oddt
LONDON. East London Against The Arms Fairs Musical Protest.
At the ExCel Exhibition Centre western entrance,
just off Custom House Docklands Light Railway Station, London E16 IXL. start
2pm. Please come and join in. More musicians & singers needed (any
style but no amplifiers thanks). More non-musical supporters also needed to
give leaflets, hold posters etc. Access: Lift from station level then
walk/push to Excel Centre Further info please see website ELAAF.org
LONDON.
Where next after Copenhagen?
Building a campaign for emergency climate action in the UK. Post-election
action/demonstration to challenge the new government to take emergency
action on climate. How can we best use the Climate Emergency EDM?
(Early Day Motion 189
– previously 2057
signed by 45 MPs – which calls for 10% cuts by end 2010, a
million green jobs by end 2010, banning domestic flights, 55 mph speed
limit, 2hrs climate info TV per week etc……see more at http://www.campaigncc.org/climateemergencycopenhagen )
Plus Campaign against Climate Change AGM. Starts at 12:00pm at SOAS Thornhaugh
Street, Russell Square, London,
WC1H 0XG. Map here.
Monday 22 February
LONDON. What price Democracy? The
hidden forces behind the Honduran coup with Dr Francisco Dominguez. In
June last year, Manuel Zelaya, the democratically
elected President of Honduras, was kidnapped in a military coup, and flown
to Costa Rica.
Honduras has long been an
ally of the US,
which is its chief trading partner, and maintains a military base in the
country. However, during his presidency, Zelaya
had moved sharply to the left, and there was a strong perception that he
was becoming allied to the radical forces in Latin
America. Following the coup, in complete contradiction to its
avowed defence of democracy, the US took very timid and
insubstantial steps against his abductors, and the future remains
uncertain. Francisco Dominguez is the Head of the Centre for Brazilian
and Latin American Studies at Middlesex
University, and has
broadcast and published extensively on issues within the region. He will
discuss the current situation within Honduras, and its implications
for the global political order. Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique Café Diplo
at The Gallery, 70/77 Cowcross
Street, London
EC1M 6EL. Nearest tube station Farringdon. 6.45pm (doors open 6.30). £3,
concessions £2, tickets on door. Info 07984 178 193 or see our website www.mondediplofriends.org.uk
Wednesday
24 February
UK.
Campaign Against Arms Trade Universities Day of Action. Make this year's
Day of Action against the arms trade even bigger. Take action on your
universities' links to the arms trade through the careers service,
investments, and military involvement in research. Find out more here: www.caat.org.uk annemarie@caat.org.uk +44-(0)20
7281 0297 CAAT, 11 Goodwin St,
Finsbury Park,
London N4 3HQ
LONDON. Last Hours
Collective present: ‘Excessive Force - policing in Britain’. The Last Hours
Collective alongside guests from FITWatch and the
LDMG, will introduce their graphic anthology ‘Excessive Force’,
dealing with police brutality, and will be discussing the state of policing
in the UK
today. 7pm to 8.30pm. Housmans, 5
Caledonian Road, King’s Cross, London N1 9DX 020 7837
4473 shop@housmans.com
www.housmans.com
Thursday 25
February
COVENTRY. Palestinian Fairtrade
for a Sustainable Future. As part of Fairtrade Fortnight. Zaytoun and Pax
Christi are pleased to welcome Olive farmers from Palestinian Co-operatives
who will speak about their lives and work, and the challenges of the
political situation in Palestine.
12.30pm at The Herbert, Jordan Well, Coventry
CV1 5QP. Come along and learn more -
free admission. Zaytoun
is an ethical business supporting marginalized farming
communities in Palestine Pax Christi is an international peace organisation. Sponsored by Coventry Fairtrade
City Steering Group.
Further details: Ann Farr annfarr@phonecoop.coop Tel: 024 7667 9398.
LONDON.
No Sweat Forum - Haiti
Earthquake. No Sweat are holding a public meeting
about the earthquake in Haiti
and its impact on the labour movement there.
Speaking at the meeting will be Charles Arthur from the Haiti Support Group
and No Sweat activists. 7pm. Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road, King’s
Cross, London
N1 9DX 020 7837 4473 shop@housmans.com
www.housmans.com
Friday 26 February
ARNCLIFFE. Balkans
Peace Park
Project – B3P. Public slide/talk by Richard and Antonia in Amerdale Hall, Arncliffe,
7.30pm on. £4 admission. Info: Richard Hargreaves [strand@hawkswick.net]
27 February
GUILDFORD. Surrey
Strictly Fairtrade Tea Dance. 4 – 8pm at University Hall, University of Surrey
Campus, Guildford. Tickets £4 from
University Box Office (01483 686876, store@surrey.ac.uk
HUDDERSFIELD. “Polling
Day Plus One – Where next for the peace movement?” How will a
future Conservative government affect the peace movement? With Professor
Dave Webb (CND Vice-chair) and Lindis Percy (Campaign for the
Accountability of American Bases). Network for Peace Annual General Meeting
will be held at the Friends Meeting House in Huddersfield.
Church Street,
Paddock, Huddersfield. HD1 4TR. Map at: http://tinyurl.com/ydtg2la The
business part of the meeting will start soon after lunch around 1.30pm. Speakers session starts around 2.30pm. All welcome
whether NfP members or not. You are welcome to join us for a ‘bring
and share’ lunch at noon!
LONDON. ‘Inside Quatro:
Uncovering the Exile History of the ANC and SWAPO’ with Paul Trewhela. Paul Trewhela
discusses his new book which uncovers the brutality inflicted upon
dissident members and enemy agents by the ANC and SWAPO whilst in exile
during South Africa‘s era of apartheid. 5pm to 6.30pm. Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road,
King’s Cross, London
N1 9DX 020 7837 4473 shop@housmans.com
www.housmans.com
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1 March
LONDON. Embassies Walk. Join CCND as we
visit each of the London Embassies of the Nuclear Weapons States, to ask
how they are progressing with their 'unequivocal undertaking... to
accomplish ... nuclear disarmament...' (Final Document Review Conference of
the NPT, May 19, 2000, New York).
We will also visit the embassies of the New Agenda Coalition countries.
Join us for some or all of the walk, which will be
split into two or three separate walks (embassies being too far apart to do
them all in a day!). More details later.020 7700 4200 email. http://www.ccnd.gn.apc.org/html/events.php
Thursday 4 March
LONDON. War
On Want: Comedy Gig 2010: 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. War on Want's Comedy Gig is back. Featuring a brilliant
line-up that includes Stewart Lee, Ed Byrne, Ian Stone, Ivor Dembina and Dan Antopolski, Gig 2010 promises to be our best and most
hilarious event yet. Doors open 19:00. Tickets now on sale. Tickets cost
£20 for reserved seating, or £15 for standing and
are available now from www.waronwant.org
020 7549 0555.
5 March
MILTON KEYNES. Just Supper at The Well,
followed by (at 8.15) Towards a New Politics, with Dr Ken Ritchie, Director
of the Electoral Reform Society. To reserve a place at Open Table 7.30pm,
please ring 01908 242190 or bookings@thewellatwillen.org.uk
Please give at least 24 hours notice if a meal is required. All welcome.
Info: office@mkpeacenadjustice.org.uk
www.mkpeaceandjustice.org.uk
Friday 5 March
– Saturday 6 March
EDINBURGH.
The 2010 Middle East Festival: Two-Day
Non-Residential Retreat: Always Coming Home: Healing, Empowerment and
Freedom Through the Christian and Sufi Spiritual Traditions. Facilitators:
Rev Prof Stephen G. Wright and Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz (Saadi
Shakur Chishti).
Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat: 10am-4.30pm. Cost: £40/£30
(Concessions) for both days, or £20/£15 for first
day. Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria
Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL. For Registration Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469. Middle East Festival Website for information on other events: www.mesp.org.uk
Saturday 6 March
CARDIFF.
Open Networking Day: Speaker, Rev Roy Jenkins on “Torture: the
crucial challenge for Christians”. Opportunities for networking
with local activists and representatives of national agencies. 10.30
– 4.00 Venue: St Brigid’s,
Church, Crystal Glen, Llanishen, Cardiff, CF14
5QN. www.justice-and-peace.org.uk;
The Administrator, NJPN, 39 Eccleston Square, London
SW1V 1BX, Tel:
020 7901 4864, Email admin@justice-and-peace.org.uk
EDINBURGH. Love,
Lover and Beloved: An Evening of Sufi Devotions and Ecstatic Music.
Facilitators: Diwan Ensemble, and Murshid Saadi Shakur Chishti (Dr Neil
Douglas-Klotz). Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL.
Registration: 6.30pm-7pm. Event: 7pm-9.15pm. Cost: £8/£6 (Concessions) on
the door on the night. Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331 4469.
LONDON. Million Women Rise. For women and
children only. An annual national demonstration against male violence to
coincide with International Women’s Day. Assemble at Park Lane for a
march to Trafalgar Square
for a rally and celebration. See www.millionwomenrise.com
YORK. Campaign Against Arms Trade Universities Network Gathering at York University.
An opportunity for
members of the network to meet each other, plan campaigns, share skills and
celebrate the success of the National Day of Action. Find out more
here: www.caat.org.uk annemarie@caat.org.uk +44-(0)20
7281 0297 CAAT, 11 Goodwin St,
Finsbury Park,
London N4
3HQ
Saturday 6 -
Sunday 7 February
ABERYSTWYTH. MTG Climate Camp Cymru gathering to decide 'What next?'
Saturday lunch, Sunday breakfast, gig Saturday night, accommodation. Morlan Centre http://climatecampcymru.org/
7 March
EDINBURGH.
The 2010 Middle East Festival: Two
Afternoon Workshops: Healing Words: Storytelling as a Pathway to Peace.
Sunday 7 March and Sunday 14 March 2010. Facilitator: Michael Williams, Ph.D.. Time: Registration: 3pm-3.15pm. Workshop:
3.15pm-5.45pm. Cost: £10/£8 (Concessions) per workshop. Venue: Meeting
Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria
Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL. For Registration Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469. Middle East Festival Website for information on other events: www.mesp.org.uk
EDINBURGH.
Land-Song-Being: Sacred Chants with Fionntulach
and Peter Govan. Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria
Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL. Registration: 7pm-7.30pm.
Event: 7.30pm-9.30pm. Cost: £10/£8 (Concessions) on the door on the night.
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331 4469.
LONDON. Walk in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting
with yourself – the first Sunday of every
month. Please join us in a slow, silent walk in peace for peace. Meet by
‘Speakers Corner Café’, just south of Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park (Marble Arch tube), at 10.55am to start
walking at 11.00am, returning to starting point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare
020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com
www.walkinpeace.co.uk
8
March
EVERYWHERE.
International Women’s Day. http://www.internationalwomensday.com/default.asp www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/women/womday97.htm
Same week Women's Day of Prayer for World Peace.
You can order Pax Christi's celebrating women peacemaker cards to send
greetings to women peacemakers at home and internationally. Pax Christi, St Joseph's, Watford
Way, London , NW4 4TY
0208 203 4884 www.paxchristi.org.uk
EDINBURGH. Songs for Coming Out in Daylight.
Facilitators: Dr Bill Manley and Dr Geo Athena Trevarthen.
Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria
Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL. 6.30pm-7pm. Event:
7pm-9.15pm. Cost: £8/£6 (Concessions) on the door on the night. Contact:
Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331 4469.
EDINBURGH. Workshop: Céile Dé - The Spouses of
God. Facilitator: Fionntulach, Order of Céili Dé. Registration:
9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm. Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions). Venue:
Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria
Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL.For Registration Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469. Middle East Festival Website for information on other events: www.mesp.org.uk
LONDON. International assistance to
countries at war - the Democratic Republic of Congo with Dr
Zoë Marriage. Zoë Marriage is
Senior Lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies,
where she teaches courses on Security and on Violence, Conflict and
Development. Zoë has researched extensively into aid and assistance in
countries at war in Africa and
into security, particularly with reference to the Democratic Republic of
Congo. She is the author of Not Breaking the Rules, Not Playing the Game (Hirst, 2006). Zoe will discuss the security
situation in Congo and
explore what the implications are for international development organisations and the countries in which they are based.
Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique Café Diplo at The Gallery, 70/77 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EL. Nearest tube
station Farringdon. 6.45pm(doors open 6.30).
£3, concessions £2, tickets on door. Info by email at friendsmondediplo@yahoo.co.uk or
see our website www.mondediplofriends.org.uk
9 March
EDINBURGH.
Day Workshop: Speak from the Heart – How to Deepen Communication that
Leads to Healing and Well-being. Facilitator: Vérène
Nicolas. Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm. Cost: £20.
Places are limited to 15 participants. Please book early. Venue: Meeting
Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria
Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL.For Registration Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469. Middle East Festival Website for information on other events: www.mesp.org.uk
LONDON. The London Pacifism and
Nonviolence Discussion Group meets on the second
Tuesday in the month, at 7pm, in Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross,
London N1. Tonight we will look at Nonviolence and gender. Queries? Albert
Beale, on 020-7278 4474.
Thursday 11 March
EDINBURGH. Day Workshop: Towards a
Sustainable Culture of Peace – Connecting to the Source in the midst
of Conflict. Facilitator: Lee Gershuny, Ph.D.. Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions). Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7
Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL.For Registration Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469. Middle East Festival Website for information on other events: www.mesp.org.uk
KINGSTON. Low carbon energy: is nuclear the
answer? Dr David Lowry, independent research consultant with specialist
knowledge of UK
and EU nuclear and environmental policy, will consider the issues
surrounding nuclear power including its relationship with nuclear weapons.
7.30pm at C-SCAIPE, Kingston
University, Penrhyn Road,
Kingston. Organised by
Kingston Peace Council/CND as part of Think in Kingston, Kingston Borough Council's
annual festival of ideas. All welcome. Free. Wheelchair accessible.
Further info: Hilary evans39@gotadsl.co.uk 020 8898
4850.
LONDON. Radical Activist Network public
meeting: No Shock Doctrine for Haiti. Speakers: Peter Hallward, author of Damming the Flood: Haiti,
Aristide, and the Politics of Containment. Selma James, writer and
solidarity activist, Global Women's Strike. Nick Dearden,
director of Jubilee Debt Campaign. 7.30pm-9.30pm at Brockway Room, Conway
Hall, 25 Red Lion Square London WC1 (googlemap).
Organised by the Radical Activist Network
Supported by War on Want and Climate Camp London Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=281283087948&ref=nf
Friday 12 March
EDINBURGH.
Day Workshop: Chanting in Daily Life as a Pathway to Peace. Facilitator: Madhuram, Yoga in Daily Life - Scotland. Registration:
9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm. Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions). Venue:
Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria
Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL.For Registration Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469. Middle East Festival Website for information on other events: www.mesp.org.uk
WIMBLEDON.
Barn Dance . Tickets £8 0208543 0362. South London
CND Umbrella Group. 7-10pm Dundonald School Dundonald Road London SW19,Dundonald
Road Tram stop or short walk from Wimbledon
town centre.
13 March
EDINBURGH.
Day Workshop: Health, Well-being and Healing Through Spiritual Dance and
Movement. Facilitators: Sarah Bonner-Morgan (Wu Chi to T’ai
Chi and back again - Yin and Yang in everyday life); Audicia
Lynne Morley (The Planetary Dance, Earth Run. A community dance of
planetary healing); Jenny Williams (Is this how Jesus danced? Moving and
singing with the Aramaic words of Jesus); and Linda Wyman (An introduction
to the Alexander Technique).
Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm. Cost: £20/£15
(Concessions). Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria
Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL.For Registration Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469.
EDINBURGH.
Evening Workshop: Health and Happiness. Facilitator: Dushyant
Savadia. Registration: 5.30pm-6pm. Workshop:
6pm–9pm. Cost: £8/£6 (Concessions). Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker
Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL.For Registration
Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469.
HEXHAM.
Hexham Debates (3rd series) A series of talks on the theme of 'War, Peace and Democracy', organised by
Northumbrians for Peace and Hexham Quaker Meeting. Alastair McIntosh (Quaker
environmentalist) 'The Roots of Climate Change in the Violence of Hubris'.
11.00am - 12.30pm, at The St Mary's Centre, St Mary's RC Church, Hencotes, Hexham, Northumberland. Info sheet: www.hexhamquakers.org.uk/hexhamdebates2010.pdf
Monday 15 March
EDINBURGH.
Day Workshop: A Beginner's Guide to Beginner's Mind and Heart: Interspiritual Meditation in the Sufi, Christian and
Buddhist Traditions. Facilitator: Murshid Saadi Shakur Chishti (Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz). Registration:
9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm. Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions). Venue:
Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1
2JL.For Registration Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469.
EDINBURGH. An
Evening of Sacred Chant with Rabbi Shefa Gold.
Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria
Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL. Registration: 7pm-7.30pm.
Event: 7.30pm-9.30pm. Cost: £10/£8 (Concessions) on the door on the night.
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331 4469.
Tuesday 16 March
BRIGHTON. A 4
week trial for 5 anti-arms campaigners at Brighton
magistrates court. In relation to the Brighton carnival against the arms trade 2008 (edo/ ITT). http://www.smashedo.org.uk
EDINBURGH. Day Workshop: The Path of Love. Facilitator: Rabbi Shefa Gold. Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop:
10am-4.30pm. Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions). Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker
Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1
2JL.For Registration Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469.
Wednesday 17
March
EDINBURGH.
Day Workshop: The Tao of Movement, Stillness, Breath and Sound.
Facilitator: Muriel Kirton, M.A., M. Ed.. Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm.
Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions). Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7
Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL.For Registration Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469.
GLASGOW. Demolishing homes, demolishing a nation -
why we need boycott. Speakers: Geoff Halper
(ICAHD - Israeli Committee against House Demolitions), Geoff is a founder
of ICAHD, which focuses on opposing Israel's house demolition
programme. Ghada Karmi
(Palestinian author and academic), Ghada is the
author of In Search of Fatima, Married to Another Man. Scottish Palestine
Solidarity Campaign, c/o Peace & Justice Centre, Princes Street,
Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ. www.scottishpsc.org.uk campaign@scottishpsc.org.uk
Thursday 18 March
EDINBURGH.
Day Workshop: The Colours of Grief: Transformation and Healing in Times of
Loss and Change. Facilitators: Lilli Anathal Conradt and Susanne Olbrich.
Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm. Cost: £20/£15
(Concessions). Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL.For
Registration Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469.
EDINBURGH. Concert:
The Nightingale and the Rose: Musical meeting points of Christianity,
Judaism and Islam in medieval Spain and beyond. Alva: Vivien
Ellis – voice, percussion, Giles Lewin
– ‘Ud, vielle.
St John’s
Episcopal Church, Princes
Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ. Doors open: 6.45pm.
Concert: 7.30pm-9.30pm. Cost: £10. Booking: Tickets Scotland Ltd, 127 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DT.
0131 220 3234. http://www.tickets-scotland.com/ 9am-6pm (8pm Thursday),
11am-6pm Sundays. Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331 4469.
EDINBURGH. Demolishing homes,
demolishing a nation - why we need boycott. Speakers: Geoff Halper (ICAHD - Israeli Committee against House
Demolitions), Geoff is a founder of ICAHD, which focuses on opposing Israel's
house demolition programme. Ghada Karmi (Palestinian author and academic), Ghada is the author of In Search of Fatima, Married to
Another Man. Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, c/o Peace &
Justice Centre, Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ. www.scottishpsc.org.uk
campaign@scottishpsc.org.uk
Friday 19 March
LONDON. Creating
Safe Space. Safe space is a fundamental requirement for authentic and
meaningful dialogue in diverse groups. This is particularly important when
the focus is on conflict and reconciliation, or the theme is a sensitive
one such as faith and belief. The perceived safety of an environment will
have a direct impact on the ease with which relationships are formed and
their sustainability. This workshop will explore a wide range of practical
methods for creating safe space in different contexts. These include:
opening dialogues and meetings effectively; attending to boundaries;
keeping engagement voluntary; being aware of the impact of the facilitator;
authenticity; aftercare; and more. With Justine Huxley (St
Ethelburga's Centre). 10am-5pm £40 (£20
conc.). To book phone with credit card details, post a cheque
made out to St Ethelburga’s, or book online at http://secure.stethelburgas.org/civicrm/event/info?id=63&reset=1
St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, 78 Bishopsgate,
London EC2N 4AG. 020 7496 1610 www.stethelburgas.org
20 March
EDINBURGH.
Day Workshop: Contemplation and Social Action – finding balance in
our lives. Facilitator: Jane Ozanne.
Registration: 9.30am-10am. Workshop: 10am-4.30pm. Cost: £20/£15
(Concessions). Venue: Meeting Room, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL.For
Registration Forms: http://www.eicsp.org/downloads-org/category/104-mesp-2010-registration-forms
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2010@hotmail.co.uk, 0131 331
4469. Middle East Festival Website for information on other events: www.mesp.org.uk
EDINBURGH.
Demonstration - Cut Trident not Jobs. 11:00am - 1:00pm Assemble
Scottish Parliament 11 am March off 11.30 am to city centre rally at 12.30
pm Organised by Scotland's for Peace
LONDON. Seminar: Militarism, Masculinity and Men with Cynthia Cockburn.
Most of us have a hunch that militarism is connected in some way to
masculinity. But to raise the matter seems to bring us perilously close to
suggesting that, in matters of violence and war, women have clean hands.
What can reasonably be thought and said about this difficult issue? Even
more to the point, what can be done? 1pm. Amnesty International Action
Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London
EC2A 3EA. The Spring Seminar will follow the WILPF Annual General
Meeting. All are welcome, or come
along and join us for lunch at 12:00pm. Registration starts at 10:00am. AGM
Formal business starts at 10:30am. Lunch from 12:00pm. For more information
contact 0207 250 1968 or email office@ukwilpf.org.uk
Monday 22 March
LONDON. Film Event - A Place in the City with Jenny Morgan
and Firoze Manji.
Nearly 17 years since apartheid ended, millions of black South Africans
still live without sanitation, adequate water supplies, or electricity. In
this film, shot in and around Durban, the grassroots shack-dwellers'
movement Abahlali baseMjondolo
– many of whose leaders are now in hiding – makes the case for
decent services, and against forcible eviction. Producer and director,
Jenny Morgan grew up in Durban
and has made numerous films for TV about social injustice. In the
discussion following the film, she will be joined by Firoze
Manji, the executive director and editor of Pambazuka News, the innovative online newsletter which
champions human rights and civil society organisations in Africa. Friends
of Le Monde Diplomatique Café Diplo at The Gallery, 70/77 Cowcross Street, London
EC1M 6EL. Nearest tube station Farringdon. 6.45pm (doors open 6.30). £3,
concessions £2, tickets on door. Info 07984 178 193 or see our website www.mondediplofriends.org.uk
27 March
YORK.
Campaign Against Arms Trade Regional Gathering in York. 10.30am-5pm, Priory Street Centre, 15 Priory Street, York, YO1 6ET.
Meet other CAAT supporters, find out the latest on the campaign and attend
workshops which will help you ensure your parliamentary candidates know
that their constituents want an end to government support for the arms
trade. Email or call Rhiannon: rhiannon@caat.org.uk for more information. +44-(0)20 7281 0297
CAAT, 11 Goodwin St,
Finsbury Park,
London N4 3HQ
LONDON. Peacebuilding
in an Unstable World. Wesley
Chapel, City Road,
London. AGM and Meeting held
by Uniting for Peace (a joint Action for UN Renewal and World Disarmament
Campaign meeting). Peace is a prerequisite for building a safer society
which can live in harmony. We live in an interconnected and interdependent
world. Violence and wars have to be consigned to history for humankind to
make progress for a peaceful future. Speakers include John Jacob English
(Free University of Ireland and author of ‘Collapse of the War
System’) and Jeremy Corbyn MP.
Contributions also from Lord Peter Archer of Sandwell,
Vijay Mehta, and Brian Cooper. Speakers will explore the above challenges
and find solutions in promoting a culture of peace and non-violence for
peace building in an unstable world. Meeting from 10.30-5.00pm. For
registration please contact: Vijay Mehta (vijay@vmpeace.org)
Advance bookings (please sent at least £6) to: either Vijay or Brian. Vijay
Mehta. 97 Commercial Road,
London, E1 1RD
(0207 377 2111) Brian Cooper, WDC, Po Box 28209, Edinburgh,
EH9 1ZR (0131 446
9545)
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2 – 7 April
DOVER TO SOUTHAMPTON. Relay along the South Coast
from Dover to Portsmouth to carry a Flame of Hope for
abolition of nuclear weapons. Our flame will to join a flame from Hiroshima in time for the crucial Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York. You can join in just one of
the days of the relay to carry the Flame of Hope. You carry it by bike. Or
you could run. You could take part for only a part of the relay. Or you
could just be there on one of the days on the South Coast
when the Flame is handed over. To register online just click on http://www.peacebourne.serifweb.com/FlameGen/index.html
or contact George, 01323 844269
Sunday,
4 April
LONDON. Walk
in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting with yourself
– the first Sunday of every month. Please join us in a slow, silent
walk in peace for peace. Meet by ‘Speakers Corner Café’, just
south of Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park
(Marble Arch tube), at 10.55am to start walking at 11.00am, returning to
starting point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com www.walkinpeace.co.uk
SUSSEX. Flame of Hope. Christian CND will
be participating in this walk along the south coast of Britain. The south coast walk (Dover to Southampton) is part of a feeder march
relaying a Flame of Hope which will be carried to New
York to join a flame brought form Hiroshima, in time for the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. CCND's
part of the relay will be from Dungeness to Hastings. You can join us for some or all of the walk, by foot or by bike, or you could run if
you want to. Or you could just be there on the day when the Flame is handed
over. More details from CCND, 020 7700 4200 email.
http://www.ccnd.gn.apc.org/html/events.php
9 April
MILTON KEYNES. MK Peace and Justice
Network AGM. Just Supper, followed at 8.15pm by AGM; 8.45pm presentation by
Chris Gossop ‘Planning for a Low Carbon
Future – reconciling the interests of the developed and the
developing world’. To reserve a place at Open Table, 7.30pm, please
ring 01908 242190 or bookings@thewellatwillen.org.uk.
Please give at least 24 hours notice if a meal is required. Info: office@mkpeacenadjustice.org.uk
www.mkpeaceandjustice.org.uk
10 April
EAST HORSLEY. The Peace Party Fund-raising Vegetarian Buffet
Dinner and Entertainment. 7.00 pm at East Horsley Village Hall, Surrey. For further details contact Julie Roxburgh (01483 761396) or John Morris (0772 096 5577).
HEXHAM.
Hexham Debates (3rd series) A series of talks on the theme of 'War, Peace and Democracy', organised by Northumbrians
for Peace and Hexham Quaker Meeting.
Ian Cobain (journalist) 'Britain's role in the illegal
detention and torture of terrorist suspects held overseas.' 11.00am -
12.30pm, at The St Mary's Centre, St Mary's RC Church, Hencotes, Hexham, Northumberland. Info sheet: www.hexhamquakers.org.uk/hexhamdebates2010.pdf
11 April
CHICHESTER TO PORTSMOUTH.
‘Flame of
Hope’ walk. See 2-7 April for details. This section of the walk is
organised by South East Hants Peace Council. We are looking for helpers -
walking, cycling, jogging, buggy riding whatever. Please contact vida.henning@ntlworld.com or
Maureen 023 9237 6773. Also the leg from Portsmouth
to Southampton needs organisers - volunteers ?
13 April
LONDON. The
London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group meets
on the second Tuesday in the month, at 7pm, in Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road,
Kings Cross, London N1. Tonight we will look at Nonviolence and ecology.
Queries? Albert Beale, on 020-7278 4474.
16 – 17 April
LONDON. Movement for the Abolition of
War Peace History Conference. Venue: Imperial War
Museum. Details
later. www.abolishwar.org.uk
24 April
BRISTOL.
Campaign Against Arms Trade Regional Gathering in Bristol. 10.30am-4.30pm, The
Anglican/Methodist Church Centre, Prewett Street, Redcliffe, Bristol,
BS1 6PB. Meet other
CAAT supporters, find out the latest on the campaign and attend workshops
which will help you ensure your parliamentary candidates know that their
constituents want an end to government support for the arms trade. Email or
call Rhiannon: rhiannon@caat.org.uk for more information. +44-(0)20 7281 0297
CAAT, 11 Goodwin St,
Finsbury Park,
London N4
3HQ
26 April
WORLDWIDE. Chernobyl Day. http://www.chernobyl.info/
27 April
LONDON.
Defending Rights of the Child and building a Safer Future for Children. Meeting from 6.00 - 9.00pm. Human
Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, EC2 3EA (tube: Old Street Station).
Speakers include Kema Rajandran,
Vijay Mehta, Marianne Malky, Thana Narashiman, Herb Mallard, Hamid
Kamali-Shervadani, Kathy Hill, Camila Batmanghelidjh, John
Paul Flintoff and Dr Raymond
Mills-Johnson. Please join us in an open discussion on escalating knife
crimes, child soldiers, human trafficking, abductions and kidnapping which
is increasing the cycle of violence, exploitation and abuse of children on
an unprecedented scale. The meeting will explore ways in which flow of
abductions, and organized crime can be stopped. The rights of children
which have been promised under the UN Convention should be defended and
made a reality for all vulnerable children of the world. This is a FREE
public meeting. Complimentary refreshments will be served. For registration
please RSVP contact: Vijay Mehta: vijay@vmpeace.org
or 0207 377 2111. Donations welcome . Please make cheques payable to Action for UN Renewal and post to 97 Commercial Road, London E1 1RD.
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2
May
LONDON. Walk
in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting with yourself
– the first Sunday of every month. Please join us in a slow, silent
walk in peace for peace. Meet by ‘Speakers Corner Café’, just
south of Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park
(Marble Arch tube), at 10.55am to start walking at 11.00am, returning to
starting point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com www.walkinpeace.co.uk
3 - 28 May
NEW YORK.
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon)
in New York.
Lots of useful information at: http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/legal/npt/nptindex1.html
8 May
LONDON. Musicians Against Nuclear Arms
(MANA) Concert for Peace. With: The Chilingirian
String Quartet. Hinde Street
Methodist Church.
Details: 71 Greenfield
Gardens, London NW2 1HU. 020 8455 1030. admin@mana.org.uk www.mana.org.uk
11 May
LONDON. The
London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group meets
on the second Tuesday in the month, at 7pm, in Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road,
Kings Cross, London N1. Tonight we will look at Pacifism and Conscientious
Objection. Queries? Albert Beale, on 020-7278 4474.
Monday
15 May
EVERYWHERE. International
Conscientious Objector’s Day. http://www.wri-irg.org/co/15may.htm
Use the opportunity to tell the story of Franz Jägerstatter in your school
or parish. (21 May is feast of Blessed Franz Jägerstatter) Pax Christi has
prayer cards and resource materials to support you. Pax Christi, St Joseph's, Watford Way, London , NW4 4TY
0208 203 4884 www.paxchristi.org.uk
HEXHAM. Hexham Debates (3rd
series) A series of talks on the theme of 'War,
Peace and Democracy', organised by Northumbrians for Peace and Hexham
Quaker Meeting. Prof Mary Mellor
(economist) 'Making money for peace'. 11.00am - 12.30pm, at The St
Mary's Centre, St Mary's RC Church, Hencotes,
Hexham, Northumberland. Info sheet: www.hexhamquakers.org.uk/hexhamdebates2010.pdf
LONDON. Open Networking Day and AGM:
Speaker, Frank Regan on “New Wine for Old Wineskins?”. Opportunities for networking with local
activists and representatives of national agencies. 10.30 – 4.00:
CAFOD offices, London
(address to be confirmed). www.justice-and-peace.org.uk;
The Administrator, NJPN, 39 Eccleston Square, London
SW1V 1BX, Tel:
020 7901 4864, Email admin@justice-and-peace.org.uk
24 May
WORLDWIDE. International
Women’s Day for Disarmament. http://www.ifor.org/WPP/networking_may24.htm
Wednesday 26 May
EDINBURGH. Talk: Meditation and
Spirituality in a "Secular Age." With Fr Laurence Freeman, OC, O.S.B. Forum Panellists: Ani Rinchen Khandro, Kagyu Samye Dzong Edinburgh Tibetan Buddhist. Centre for World
Peace and Health; Venerable K Sri Rewatha, Scotland's
Buddhist Vihara. St John’s Episcopal Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ.
7.30pm onwards. Cost: £7/£5 (Concessions). Booking: Tickets Scotland Ltd, 127 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DT.
0131 220 3234. http://www.tickets-scotland.com/ 9am-6pm
(8pm Thursday), 11am-6pm Sundays.
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5 June
HEXHAM. Hexham
Debates (3rd series) A series of talks on the theme of
'War, Peace and Democracy', organised by Northumbrians for
Peace and Hexham Quaker Meeting.
Prof Greg Philo (Glasgow University Media Unit) 'More news, fewer
views' 11.00am - 12.30pm, at The St Mary's Centre, St Mary's RC
Church, Hencotes, Hexham, Northumberland. Info
sheet: www.hexhamquakers.org.uk/hexhamdebates2010.pdf
LONDON.
Exploring Forgiveness: facilitating discussion through story sharing.
Explore the nature of forgiveness and alternatives to revenge in a
day’s workshop which draws on the learning, resources and personal
stories from the Forgiveness Project. With Marina Cantacuzino
(director & founder of The
Forgiveness Project), and Bernd Leygraf
(consultant psychotherapist). 10 – 5. St Ethelburga's Centre for
Reconciliation and Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG.
020 7496 1610
enquiries@stethelburgas.org http://tinyurl.com/yl5ay5t
5 - 11 June
LONDON. Pax Christi ICON of Peace at St
Ethelburga's Centre of Peace and Reconciliation, City of London.
Daily meditations, schools workshops on themes of reconciliation and
peacemaking, evening meetings …. See website for details. Pax
Christi, St Joseph's,
Watford Way, London , NW4 4TY
0208 203 4884 www.paxchristi.org.uk
6 June
LONDON. Walk
in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting with yourself
– the first Sunday of every month. Please join us in a slow, silent
walk in peace for peace. Meet by ‘Speakers Corner Café’, just
south of Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park
(Marble Arch tube), at 10.55am to start walking at 11.00am, returning to
starting point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com www.walkinpeace.co.uk
7-11 June
DERRY. INCORE (International Conflict Research
Institute) International Summer School 2010 at the University
of Ulster Magee Campus in Derry. The INCORE Summer School provides a structured
learning opportunity to analyse the dynamic and constantly changing field
of conflict resolution and peacebuilding; the three courses to choose from
his year are Peacemaking and Peacebuilding: Exploring the Lessons Learned
from Northern Ireland,
Evaluation in Conflict Prone Settings, and Interpersonal Reconciliation
after Violent Political Conflict.
For more information visit http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/courses/ss/ INCORE contacts; e-mail school@incore.ulst.ac.uk
ph 028 7137 5500. INCORE, University
of Ulster, Aberfoyle House, Northland Road, Derry/Londonderry
BT48 7JL.
15 June
LONDON. Inequality and
Millennium Development Goals. Meeting
held by Uniting for Peace (a joint Action for UN Renewal and World
Disarmament Campaign meeting). Keynote
speaker: Sir Richard Jolly (former under-Secretary General for United
Nations). Meeting from 6.30-8.30pm, at Friends House, Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ. Progress towards the MDGs is slipping away according to the Millennium
Development Goals Report 2009. Extreme poverty remains a daily reality for
more than 1 billion people who live on less than $1 a day. The completion
of the MDGs slips away everyday as other issues,
like the global financial crisis, and climate change take centre stage. Sir
Richard Jolly, will examine the above challenges and will bring forth
strategies and solutions for the successful outcome of the MDGs for the benefit of the poorest people of the
world. For registration please contact: Vijay Mehta (vijay@vmpeace.org) Advance bookings
(please sent at least £6) to: either Vijay or Brian. Vijay Mehta. 97 Commercial Road, London, E1 1RD
(0207 377 2111) Brian Cooper, WDC, Po Box 28209, Edinburgh,
EH9 1ZR (0131 446
9545). Donations welcomed.
19 June
LONDON. 25th Annual
Celebration of the London
Peace Pagoda. 2pm. Battersea Park, London
SW11 4NJ. 020 7228 9620.
OXFORD. Pax
Christi Annual General Meeting Will be held in Oxford (venue TBC) Speaker Dr Jane Clements, Director
of Forum of Discussion of Israel and Palestine (FODIP) Other highlights New Schools and Youth Worker. Matt Jeziorski
joined us at the beginning of November and is settling into the job. Pax
Christi, St Joseph's,
Watford Way, London , NW4 4TY
0208 203 4884 www.paxchristi.org.uk
19 – 20
June
LEAMINGTON SPA. Leamington Peace
Festival. Based in Leamington
Spa town centre it features two entertainment areas, children's tent,
workshop tent, over 120 stalls including charities, activists, spiritual
groups, healers, crafts and fair
traders. Check back or join our e-mailing list for soon-to-be-announced
programme information We always need volunteers to help over the festival
weekend - please email info@peacefestival.org.uk to register interest. For details, email:
info@peacefestival.org.uk or
phone 0845 388 4207.
19-27 June
UK. Campaign Against Arms Trade Stop Week.
Put ending government support for the arms trade through its arms sale
department - UKTI DSO - at the top of your new MP's
agenda by joining our mass lobby. Take action along with thousands of CAAT
supporters around the country: Demonstrate public support for our campaign.
Join our mass lobby of your new MP. Raise awareness with a fundraiser for
CAAT! Info annemarie@caat.org.uk +44-(0)20
7281 0297 CAAT, 11 Goodwin St,
Finsbury Park,
London N4
3HQ
20 June
UK. Campaign Against Arms Trade Day of
Prayer. If you are a member of the CAAT Christian Network, join
thousands of other Christians to raise awareness about the arms trade in
your faith community on our day of prayer.
Email christian@caat.org.uk
for more information.
+44-(0)20 7281 0297 CAAT, 11
Goodwin St, Finsbury
Park, London N4 3HQ.
26 June
NORWICH. Fifth Annual Norwich Peace Camp & Peace Cycle
Event. Norwich Peace Camp began as an idea, partly inspired by the
International Peace Cycle, to bring together local peace, community, faith,
environmental, charity and other groups and organisations for an event in
the Norwich Forum. The first ever Norwich Peace Camp was in July 2006 and
took up just one quarter of the atrium of the Forum. Since then it has
expanded each year to include many more members and for 2010 the
entire atrium has been booked. More info at http://www.norwichpeace.org
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4 July
LONDON. Walk in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting
with yourself – the first Sunday of every
month. Please join us in a slow, silent walk in peace for peace. Meet by
‘Speakers Corner Café’, just south of Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park (Marble Arch tube), at 10.55am to start
walking at 11.00am, returning to starting point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare
020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com
www.walkinpeace.co.uk
MENWITH HILL. Annual ‘Independence
FROM America’
day. Organised by Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB),
9 Swarcliffe
Road, Harrogate, HG1 4QZ. Tel no: 01423 884076 http://www.caab.org.uk
9-10 July
BARNSLEY. InterAct
Conference 2010: 'Being and Belonging'. Co-operative perspectives on Community and
Citizenship. Northern College, Barnsley, (Wentworth Castle).
Organised by CLADA (Co-operative Learning and Development Associates). www.clada.coop
With support from the Co-operative Group, Midcounties
Co-operative, Midlands Co-operative, the Phone Co-op, East of England
Co-operative Society and Lincolnshire Co-operative. Flier at: http://www.clada.coop/images/uploads/Education_Conference_2010_A3_Poster_09_DH_Layout_1.pdf
Booking form at: http://www.clada.coop/images/uploads/Interact2010BookingForm.doc
10 July
HEXHAM. Hexham
Debates (3rd series) A series of talks on the theme of
'War, Peace and Democracy', organised by Northumbrians for
Peace and Hexham Quaker Meeting.
Phil Shiner (Lead solicitor, Public Interest Lawyers) 'Challenging
the legality of the use of force under international law'. 11.00am -
12.30pm, at The St Mary's Centre, St Mary's RC Church, Hencotes, Hexham, Northumberland. Info sheet: www.hexhamquakers.org.uk/hexhamdebates2010.pdf
16 – 18
July
SWANWICK. Annual Justice & Peace Conference: “Our Daily
Bread: Food Security, People and Planet”. Speakers include Vandana Shiva, Alistair McIntosh, Shay Cullen, Elizabeth Dowler. The
Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire.
Booking forms available from mid-February. www.justice-and-peace.org.uk;
The Administrator, NJPN, 39 Eccleston Square, London
SW1V 1BX, Tel:
020 7901 4864, Email admin@justice-and-peace.org.uk
23 – 27
July
OXFORDSHIRE. Peace News Summer Camp is back this year! Info later. www.peacenews.info
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1 August
LONDON. Walk
in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting with yourself
– the first Sunday of every month. Please join us in a slow, silent
walk in peace for peace. Meet by ‘Speakers Corner Café’, just
south of Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park
(Marble Arch tube), at 10.55am to start walking at 11.00am, returning to
starting point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com www.walkinpeace.co.uk
6 August
WORLDWIDE. Hiroshima Day.
LONDON. Hiroshima Day Commemoration, Tavistock Square,
12noon. Contact London
Region CND.
9 August
WORLDWIDE. Nagasaki Day.
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5 September
LONDON. Walk
in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting with yourself
– the first Sunday of every month. Please join us in a slow, silent
walk in peace for peace. Meet by ‘Speakers Corner Café’, just
south of Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park
(Marble Arch tube), at 10.55am to start walking at 11.00am, returning to
starting point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com www.walkinpeace.co.uk
21
September
WORLDWIDE. International Day of Peace. http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/
BROMLEY. Peace Day Event.
Bromley Peace Council will be marking Peace Day at Community House, South St, Bromley from 7.30 - 10.00pm with speakers, stalls, music
and readings. Info email
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2 October
WORLDWIDE. International
Day of Non-Violence (Gandhi’s Birthday). http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22926&Cr=non&Cr1=violence
3 October
LONDON. Walk
in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting with yourself
– the first Sunday of every month. Please join us in a slow, silent
walk in peace for peace. Meet by ‘Speakers Corner Café’, just
south of Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park
(Marble Arch tube), at 10.55am to start walking at 11.00am, returning to
starting point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com www.walkinpeace.co.uk
17-24 October
UK.
‘Peaceing Together One World’. One
World Week. http://www.oneworldweek.org/
24
October
WORLDWIDE. United Nations Day. http://www.un.org/events/unday/2008/background.shtmlTop of page
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5 – 7 November
AMMERDOWN.
Workshop: Living life authentically requires looking closely at our values
and examining how we live them out. Then we can recognise damaging
behaviour, thought and communication patterns, and begin to learn and
practice new ways of interacting - using compassion and nonviolence to
transform relationships of oppression and violence. Participants of this
weekend workshop will have space to reflect on and share what living
authentically means for you/us and explore how living authentically can be
a force of positive social change. We will work in a participatory, organic
way. The methods include everything from whole/small group discussions,
games, drama, drawing, quiet reflection time, video and much more. Join
Turning the Tide and St
Ethelburgas Centre for Reconciliation and Peace for this weekend
workshop at the lovely Ammerdown Centre. For bookings contact the Ammerdown
Centre: http://www.ammerdown.org/contactus.htm, for more information about
the course, contact Turning the Tide
http://www.turning-the-tide.org/about
6 November
LONDON. CAAT's National Gathering.
9.45am-4.30pm, Conway Hall, 25
Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL (Nearest tube: Holborn). Come along, hear from passionate speakers,
take part in informative workshops, meet other CAAT supporters from around
the country and go away inspired to take action! www.caat.org.uk/events/ +44-(0)20 7281
0297 CAAT, 11 Goodwin St,
Finsbury Park,
London N4
3HQ
7 November
LONDON. Walk
in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting with yourself
– the first Sunday of every month. Please join us in a slow, silent
walk in peace for peace. Meet by ‘Speakers Corner Café’, just
south of Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park
(Marble Arch tube), at 10.55am to start walking at 11.00am, returning to
starting point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com www.walkinpeace.co.uk
24 November
LONDON.
Musicians Against Nuclear Arms (MANA) Concert for Peace. With: The MANA
Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder CBE at St. James's Church,
197 Piccadilly LONDON W1 Details: 71
Greenfield Gardens, London NW2 1HU. 020 8455 1030. admin@mana.org.uk
www.mana.org.uk
1 December
EVERYWHERE. Prisoners
for Peace Day. http://www.wri-irg.org/co/01dec.htm
5 December
LONDON. Walk
in Peace: A little bit of peace, starting with yourself
– the first Sunday of every month. Please join us in a slow, silent
walk in peace for peace. Meet by ‘Speakers Corner Café’, just
south of Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park
(Marble Arch tube), at 10.55am to start walking at 11.00am, returning to
starting point at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com
www.walkinpeace.co.uk
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Quite a few of the above events came from Schnews
(thanks Schnews!)
http://www.quaker.org.uk/peace/exchg/peaceact.html
http://uk.oneworld.net/
(recommended for London
events )
http://www.greenevents.co.uk/
www.veggies.org.uk
For events in the Nottingham area
http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/whatson.htm
Lots of environmental events, mostly with a Christian focus.
International events: http://www.ipb.org/newsletters.html#newsletters
www.protest.net
http://www.radicalendar.org/calendar/
http://www.worldpeace.org.au/calendar.asp
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