Our second in the conference blog series is brought to you by Harmon Gattis of the Darvell Community. Throughout history, people have protested injustice, discrimination, hate and other social issues. From the Israelites protesting their harsh treatment under Pharaoh, to today’s uprisings against oppressive governments, the world has seen countless movements rise and fall. However, […]
This is going to be a busy year for peacemakers. A few important dates to start with are 2014 14-16th February: Our conference with the Student Christian Movement on active nonviolent peacemaking 14th April: Global Day of Action on Military Spending (did you know that hundreds of millions of pounds have already been spent on
Welcome to the beginning of conference! In order to get us all thinking about the theme before conference, we’ve put together a blog series, roughly one a week for the couple of months leading up to conference (14-16 Feb, make sure it’s in your diary!). Contributors are as varied as the day is long (24
Save the date: 14 April 2014 55,000 arms trade jobs. Govt funding: £700m. 56,000 NHS jobs: for the chop. Think it’s squiffy? Join FoR and a flurry of peace organisations to call for a shift in priorities. Watch this space.
As part of the Drones Week of Action, Brian Terrell came to Peace House (FoR HQ) to speak about the use of armed drones. A refreshing take on a disturbing topic, he spoke on the inaccuracy and lack of training in drone warfare. As more civilians are tragically killed, we’re making more squares for our portable quilts. Email us if you would like the big
When FoR signed a document backing nonviolent direct action at DSEi this year, we didn’t intend to sit by and let others do the legwork. Campaign Against Arms Trade did a fantastic job of resourcing and mobilising people, creating a framework of events on which other organisations built. Click here to see us all in action.
Do you know anything about the history of FoR? As many of you know next year is our centenary and Aaron Holliday (our Centenary Events Intern) is putting together a booklet about the history of the movement. If anyone would like to contribute to the booklet please do get in touch. Perhaps you have some
