Peace History Conferences 2010-13
Peace History Conference 2013 Manchester, 9-10 November Peace History Conference 2012 Peace History Conference 2011 Peace History Conference 2010
YouTube taster for “Conflict and Climate Change” DVD
Watch our new short ‘taster’ for the “Conflict and Climate Change” DVD…
Conflict and Climate Change DVD and book
“An extraordinarily good resource, and a hopeful one about engaging with the issues of conflict and climate change” – Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers Buy now for just £9 + P&P
Press release: Conflict and Climate Change resource pack
Movement for the Abolition of War PRESS RELEASE EMBARGO: 18:00 HOURS, 2 OCTOBER 2013 SCHOOLS DVD HIGHLIGHTS LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND WARMembers of the press are invited to attend the launch at 6.00pm on Wednesday October 2 at the National Union of Teachers, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H …
Conscientious Objection: A briefing, 2013
An information briefing about conscientious objection and peace activism in the First World War. Published 2013 by Fellowship of Reconciliation, Pax Christi, Peace Pledge Union, Quaker Peace and Social Witness, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
Network for Peace AGM, 2013
Network for Peace AGM 2013 report, with reports of the talks by Sam Walton, Quaker Peace and Social Witness, and Emma Sangster, Forces Watch on ‘Marching orders for the military ethos: a culture of peace vs a culture of war’ – How and why the government is planning to increase …
“Cruel Britannia: a secret history of torture” review
by Ian CobainPortobello Books, 2012 Lesley Docksey Cruel indeed. Some years ago I started to record the number of times government ministers claimed, in statements to parliament, to the press and on air, that for instance; ‘the Government’s clear policy is not to participate in, solicit, encourage or condone the …
“Antimilitarism: Political and Gender Dynamics of Peace Movements” review
by Cynthia CockburnPalgrave Macmillan, 2012 Sue Gilmurray No matter how passionately we loath war, there is a place for turning our critical faculties on the peace movement and asking questions about what we do and how we might be more effective. Cynthia Cockburn provides a bracing look at a variety …
“Poetry of the Taliban” review
ed Alex Strick van Linschoten & Felix KuehnHurst & Company, 2012 Lesley Docksey The publication of this book was greeted by ill-informed rants from British generals on the Today programme and elsewhere, saying that the Taliban were ‘thugs’ who killed women, ignoring the fact that the Afghan war lords (and …
“Deserters” review
by Lars G. PeterssonDanish Resistance Museum Publishing, 2005also published as “Hitlers Fahnenflüchtige”, chipmunkapublishing, 2012 Annette Bygott In Germany during World War II, a careless remark, an anti-war entry in a diary, a kind gesture towards a Russian prisoner – all could be viewed as ‘aiding the enemy’ and prove fatal. …
