You are warmly invited to MAW’s 2026 Remembrance Lecture “The Changing Face of War – Thoughts on the Erosion of Ethics”. We are honoured to have as our speaker Rowan Williams, Chair of Academi Heddwch Cymru (Wales’s peace institute), and former Archbishop of Canterbury Sunday 8th Nov at 3pm, Hamilton …
MAW Remembrance Lecture for 2008.Hope in a time of war; a religious perspective on peacemakingKathy GallowayThe text of this lecture has recently come to light, and speaks to us as appropriately now as it did eighteen years ago. It can be downloaded here: https://abolishwar.net/wp-content/uploads/2008_rem_lect.pdf Kathy Galloway died in 2025; the …
Our conference for peace activists and scholars to discuss methods and strategies to lead us in a new direction took place on Saturday, 14 September, 2024. We had an excellent line-up of inspirational speakers: Paul Rogers, Diana Francis, John Gittings, Jonathan Cohen, Gwen Burnyeat and Tanya Hubbard. It was held …
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 …
On 15th November 2021, Coventry University awarded an Honorary Doctorate to Bruce Kent – MAW’s President Emeritus, and Vice President at CND and Pax Christi EW. Here is his inspiring speech to the students: “Dear Friends, It is an honour, a pleasure and a complete surprise to find myself here …
Nearly 70 friends celebrated MAW’s first 20 years at our online birthday party on 27 May – sadly with only a virtual cake! Our founder Bruce Kent started proceedings by recalling the Hague conference from which MAW was born and then outlined MAW’s many achievements since that time. MAW chair …
In January we celebrated the entry into force of the new UN treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons, but our joy was short-lived. On 26/02/21, we heard from Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey that Labour’s support for the ‘nuclear deterrent’ is ‘non-negotiable’. Much worse was to come with the publication of the …
It is with great pleasure that we announce the arrival of a new President at the helm of the Movement for the Abolition of War, Prof Paul Rogers, taking over from our founder, Bruce Kent. In a letter to MAW supporters and friends, Paul writes: “…Beyond all this, the current …
MAW celebrations as Nuclear Prohibition Treaty is ratified MAW members will be among the millions of people delighted to know that The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which opened for signature at UN in New York on 20 September 2017, entered into force on 22 January 2021 when …
Fabian Hamilton MP, Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament 7th November 2020 MAW Annual Remembrance Lecture2 pm Saturday 7th November“Peacebuilding in the post-Covid World” The event on Zoom was attended by more than 100 people, and after Fabian’s excellent talk, there was a lively question and answer session. You can …
