Prior to our AGM and Remembrance Lecture, MAW members are encouraged to attend the National Alternative Remembrance Ceremony in nearby Tavistock Square, WC1H 9EU, from 12 noon to 1pm, on Sun 9 Nov. The speakers at this event, organised by the Peace Pledge Union, will be Sir Mark Rylance – …
Annual General Meeting 2025Sunday, 9 November, 1.30pmat Mander Hall, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD, a few minutes’ walk from Euston and St Pancras stations and from Tavistock Square, venue for the National Alternative Remembrance Ceremony* earlier the same day. The AGM will include an annual report, the Treasurer’s …
You are warmly invited to MAW’s 2025 Remembrance Lecture “Ending Wars”. We are delighted to have as our speaker Lord John Alderdice, Founding Director of the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict in Oxford.Sunday 9th Nov at 3pm, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD (between St Pancras Station …
Lord John Alderdice, founding director of the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict, based in Oxford, gave the MAW 2025 Remembrance Lecture to a packed hall in Hamilton House, London on 9th November, Remembrance Sunday. Drawing on his experience as the key figure in bringing the Belfast/Good Friday agreement …
Professor Ian Linden21/7/2025 The quarterly newsletter Abolish War, produced by the Movement of the same name (MAW), regularly comes through my letter box. The Movement’s founding chairman, the late Bruce Kent, came to national prominence as General Secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) in the 1980s. Abolish War …
How can we argue for peace when the talk is all of war? There is a widespread feeling among peace activists today of despair mixed with perplexity. Despair because the world is moving away from what was already a fragile state of imperfect and partial peace into an even more …
Hilary Evans, MAW Exec Member, writes: When? Three significant dates: 26 June: the UN Charter was signed in San Francisco 24 October, UN Day: the Charter came into effect 10 January 2026: 80 years after the first meeting of the General Assembly was held in Methodist Central Hall, London (look …
The celebration of Life – yet ‘hear often-times the still sad music of humanity’ The actress Tilda Swinton is due to appear in a film apocalyptically called “The End” which is due to be released at the end of March. Its theme is about a billionaire family taking shelter in …
MAW statement, 13/02/25 Justice for Gaza & West Bank is Non Negotiable We deeply deplore President Trump’s recent proposals for the future of Gaza and its Palestinian residents, the implied impunity in his statements for increased violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, and his blatant disregard for the international …
Movement for the Abolition of War ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2024 to be held at 2pm, Sunday 10 November 2024 at Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD AGENDA 1 Apologies for absence2 Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2023 and matters arising3 Notification of any other business4 Chairperson’s report5 Acting Treasurer’s …
