Lockdown reading?
Two recent books reviewed here: The Big Book of Wisdomby Larry CullifordHero Press Postnational Memory, Peace and War: Making Pasts Beyond Bordersby Nigel YoungRoutledge
Day Conference 2019: Save the Earth, Abolish War
Date: Saturday 29th June 2019Venue: Mander Hall, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD The conference examined the theme of militarism and the environment; in particular how military activities contribute to climate change, and how climate change causes conflict. Presentations “Abolishing war – hopeful lessons from history”Peter van den Dungen, …
Happy birthday Bruce!
[This page is from 2019; Bruce died three years later, on 8 June 2022 – see an obituary here: https://abolishwar.net/obituary-bruce-kent/] Today we celebrate the birthday of a very special man. Bruce Kent is 90 today and he’s still campaigning against nuclear weapons and working for a world of peace. Here …
Remembrance Lecture 2018: “Active Remembrance & Waging Peace Together”
Caroline Lucas MP St John’s Waterloo3rd November 2018 We are so grateful to have had the chance to hear the inspiring Caroline Lucas at the MAW Annual Remembrance Lecture. Watch the lecture and the Q&A below. …Remembrance needs to be something we actively do; it needs to be something we …
“From War to Peace”
MAW has published a new booklet, “From War to Peace – Thoughts on the end of Warfare”, a collection of quotations and illustrations which updates and builds on an earlier publication. “Wise and powerful words”. Order it now, or download a pdf version
Bruce Kent writes about the UN and nuclear disarmament
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 …