Bruce Kent – Why I support the #StopTrident demo
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.
Searching out Gandhi, John Hills, 2017
MAW Executive Member John Hills visited the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi in October 2016.
Remembrance Lecture 2016: “Humanity in the midst of war”
Vickie Hawkins, Executive Director, MSF UK The annual MAW Remembrance Day LectureSunday 13th November, 3pmImperial War MuseumLambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ This talk looked at some of the challenges experienced by Médecins Sans Frontières, an independent, medical, humanitarian organisation, over the past fifteen years, as it works to provide …
Report on Peace History Conference 2016: Conscience and Conscription
‘Conscience and Conscription: Resistance to War 1916-2016’Friday 14th and Saturday 15th October 2016Venues: Holy Trinity Church and Leeds City Museum A brief report of the event: We saw the range of resistance by CO’s – from degrees of accommodation with the state to the pure martyr ‘absolutist’. Jude Wright …
A Brief History of MAW
We have just published this brief history to celebrate our first 15 years! “The abolition of war needs action. There are too many people who are against war but do nothing about it. Of course, everybody cannot do everything, but everyone can do something.” Robert Hinde, 1923-2016, former MAW President
Youth Competitions 2015 – results
Essay Competition “What Can Be Done to Abolish War?” First Prize:Andris Thompson, (UK)(Read the essay here!) Runners up:Mairiga Jonathan, (Nigeria)Nur Shafiqah (Malaysia)Alemnew Gebeyehu Dessie (Ethiopia) Photography Competition “What Does Peace Mean to You?” First Prize:Vijay Kumar (India) Runner up:Ahmed Abbas (Egypt) Vijay Kumar ’Colours Makes Us Same !!!’ The Colour …
Remembrance Lecture 2015: “Future Wars and How to Prevent Them”
Professor Paul Rogers 8th November 2015 Professor Paul Rogers was speaking at MAW’s Annual Remembrance Day Peace Lecture on8th Nov 2015 at the Imperial War Museum, London. You can watch the whole video of Prof Paul Rogers’ incisive but hopeful analysis, or a six-minute edit, below. Full talk Six-minute edit
Press release: “Say No to UK bombing Syria”
The Movement for the Abolition of War PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2015 SAY NO TO UK BOMBING SYRIA, URGES MAW The UK’s involvement in bombing Syria will be counterproductive, encourage recruitment of terrorists and increase the risk of further attacks on innocent civilians following the Paris …
Press release: MAW backs Corbyn “no”
The Movement for the Abolition of WarPRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1 OCTOBER 2015 MAW BACKS CORBYN’S DECLARATION THAT ‘I WON’T PRESS NUCLEAR BUTTON’ The Movement for the Abolition of War has given full support to Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn for saying he would not be prepared to launch …
“Combat Stress” booklet
In this new booklet by Sue Dowell & Dr Colin Kelcey, MAW sets out the latest thinking on the medical condition, Combat Stress. Buy it now!
