To address COVID, climate and the ecological emergencies we must move from an outmoded model of national security towards human security. Event organised by Peace & Justice. Professor Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University and President of the Movement for the Abolition of War.Professor Jenny Pearce, Latin America and Caribbean Centre (LACC). London ...
Panelists Ravinder Pal Singh, India – Senior Advisor, Control Arms Foundation IndiaLisaLinda Natividad, Guam/Palau – Primary Convener, Guahan Coalition for Peace and JusticeAlfredo ‘Fred’ Lubang, Philippines – Regional Representative, Nonviolence International Southeast Asia and National Coordinator, Philippine Campaign to Ban LandminesMohammad Shoaib Ahmadzai, Afghanistan – Managing Director, Community Development, Rehabilitation and Education Organisation World military ...
The next Conscience webinar discusses how we transform our military and fossil fuel-based industrial production. With guest speaker Sam Mason, Policy Officer at the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS).
An opportunity for us to come together, review last year's campaigning and look at how we build for bigger and better events next year as we emerge from lockdown. IntroductionReview of the Year (download pdf)New campaign around COP26Small group discussion of what you want from/can contribute to the network. The Year ahead (27 Oct Budget statement, ...
The International Peace Bureau will be live streaming from the congress in Barcelona with experts from across the globe with the latest info and campaigns on military spending. Checkout the rest of the programme: https://www.ipb2021.barcelona/ Youtube Livestream: https://youtu.be/iwOV11gByyg Moderator: Jordi Calvo - Centre Delàs & IPB Speakers (10-12 minutes each) Sam Perlo-Freeman - Campaign Against ...
The US administration is attempting to draw Europe into its cold war against China The most recent summits of both the G7 and NATO in June 2021 unfortunately saw a number European governments accede to the new cold war agenda advanced by US President Joe Biden. The NATO Summit’s communiqué identified China’s rise as a ...
Speakers at the event on 4 November will include: Stuart Parkinson of Scientists for Global Responsibility UK, Chris Nineham of the Stop the War Coalition, Alison Lochhead of Greenham Women Everywhere, Jodie Evans of CODEPINK: Women for Peace, Tim Pluta of World BEYOND War, David Collins of Veterans For Peace, Lynn Jamieson of the Scottish ...
The world’s militaries are major carbon emitters yet are not even required to report their emissions, let alone reduce them. This workshop will discuss the size of military carbon emissions, the role of the military sector in protecting the extraction economy, how they seek to capitalise on the climate crisis by offering armed ‘solutions’, and ...
This panel will identify the intersections of militarism, space tech, and climate change – and how these can be challenged. Contributors: Lisa Savage - Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Koohan Paik-Mander -Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Adrienne Kinne - Veterans for Peace (US), David Collins - Veterans ...
Asad Rehman, Executive Director, War on Want Each year, the Movement for the Abolition of War holds a Lecture to mark Remembrance day. This year, we are delighted to welcome Asad Rehman. Previously the Head of International Climate at major environmental NGO, Friends of the Earth, Asad Rehman is now the Executive Director of War ...
On 12th April Bradford CND will join the regular gate-side demonstration by Menwith Hill Accountability Campaign as part of the Global Days of Action on Military Spending month of protest. Menwith Hill is a US NSA spy base on the Yorkshire Moors which operates without UK parliamentary oversight. The US maintains over 1,000 foreign military ...
GDAMS 2022 Launch Event: The State of Disarmament – Featuring contributions from: Kate Hudson (UK), General Secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; Lindsay Koshgarian (USA), Program Director, National Priorities Project; Youngah Lee (South Korea), Coordinator of Center for Peace&Disarmament, PSPD; Alexander Neu (Germany), former member of the German Bundestag; Anne Jessen (Denmark), member of ...
