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Tree for Bruce

Many people came together on Saturday 4th March 2023 in Finsbury Park to plant a tree in memory of Bruce Kent. As well as many peace activists, there were relatives of Bruce and numerous people from the local community. Bruce had been a Trustee of the Friends of Finsbury Park. …

UN Submission

Here is MAW’s submission to the UN, sent 15/01/23 “Dear Secretary General Movement for the Abolition of War (MAW) is grateful for this opportunity to submit our views for the new UN Agenda for Peace. MAW is a voluntary UK organisation founded in 2001 to challenge popular thinking on the …

AGM, 2022

Annual General Meeting Saturday 12 November 2022Welsh Church of Central London (Chair’s report is here) Who’s who and candidates for election President: Professor Paul Rogers. We are delighted and honoured to have Paul as President of MAW. He is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford and …

Chair’s Report 2022

MAW AGM 12/11/22 For me, and I am sure, many other MAW members, two events have cast a particular shadow over the year – war in Ukraine, and the death of our dear friend and founder, Bruce Kent – I’ll return to them later on. I usually follow a more …

AGM, 2022

Annual General Meeting Saturday 12 November 2022Welsh Church of Central London (Chair’s report is here) Who’s who and candidates for election President: Professor Paul Rogers. We are delighted and honoured to have Paul as President of MAW. He is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford and …

AGM, 2022

Annual General Meeting Saturday 12 November 2022Welsh Church of Central London (Chair’s report is here) Who’s who and candidates for election President: Professor Paul Rogers. We are delighted and honoured to have Paul as President of MAW. He is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford and …

Nuclear Risks

Remembrance Lecture: Free live event in Central London & also on-line Saturday 12th November 2pm Kate Hudson, General Secretary CND UK “Nuclear Risks in the Light of the Ukraine War“ Welsh Church of Central London30 Eastcastle StreetOxford CircusLondon W1W 8DJ & online. Each year, the Movement for the Abolition of …

Becky Garnault fund

Applications are invited from young people aged between 18 and 34 for small grants from the Becky Garnault fund for projects which promote peace, reconciliation and/or environmentalism. The closing date for this year’s applications is 31 October 2022. Becky was a former Vice-Chair of MAW and a co-founder of MAW …

‘On Peace’

At 7 pm Wednesday 21 September, the UN International Day of Peace, MAW held an event ‘On Peace’ in central London, in-person at The Brockway Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London and on-line. Our Vice-President Martin Bell, known to millions as a distinguished former war correspondent, exchanged ideas with …

Obituary: Bruce Kent

22/06/1929 – 08/06/2022 In 1969, Bruce visited Biafra at the height of the Nigerian Civil War – it was his Road to Damascus. He saw the mass starvation of civilians employed as a weapon of war while the British government supplied arms to the Nigerian government. “No other event in …