Why We Should Be Optimistic I dedicate this blog to Bruce Kent. He is the one person I have most admired ever since I met him in 1966 when he was Catholic Chaplain to the University of London and I was President of the University of London Union. Bruce’s integrity, …
“If War is the Answer it must be a very Stupid Question” is certainly an eye-catching post card MAW produces in bright ‘canary yellow’. The problem with the wording of the card is not that the sentiment is wrong, nor that it’s not sufficiently challenging but rather does it make …
In work for global justice and peace, not surprisingly, there are highs and lows. My earliest ‘high’ comes in the form of a League of Nations colour poster issued just before the 1932 Geneva disarmament conference. It shows lots of children marching hopefully towards peace. The League of Nations Union …
Bruce Kent, MAW Vice President, responds to an article by Robert Fox in the Evening Standard, following the US missile attack on Syria. Dear Editor US STRIKES ON SYRIA Robert Fox (ES 7th April 17 p5) could not have got it more wrong. Individual States have no legal right whatever …
Bruce Kent, MAW President Emeritus & CND vice-President, on why he’s supporting the Stop Trident national demonstration on Saturday 27 February 2016 in London.
MAW Executive Member John Hills visited the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi in October 2016.
by Bruce KentThis article first appeared in Pax Christi’s newsletter, Justpeace, for March/April 2005 “Making Poverty History” must also mean making war history. World annual military expenditure is again creeping up to the 1 trillion dollar mark – that’s a thousand billion dollars a year – a sum that dwarfs …
