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Pro What? Part 1 a success!
Thanks to everyone who took part in session 1 of ‘Anti-Austerity, but Pro-What?’ last night. The event brought together around 60 people took part from a range of backgrounds, to explore what our alternatives to austerity and neoliberalism are (hence ‘Pro What?’) In particular, we’re looking for an alternative to neoliberalism’s ‘big 5’: free markets,…
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Interesting Articles on Trident
With a decision on the replacement of Trident due early this year, and anti-nuclear politicians rising to prominence, there’s been a flurry of interesting articles exploring the issue in more depth. Here’s a round-up of some of the most interesting analysis published in recent weeks: The video above is an interview with Retired British Naval…
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Trident: Fit for the 21st Century?
We all want to live in a safe, secure world – but can Trident nuclear weapons help achieve this? Or could peace-building, cooperation and justice provide a better solution? An article posted earlier this month on The Conversation blog, identified what the author sees as the ‘Five biggest security threats facing the world in 2016’:…
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Time to Bin Trident
Let’s spend £100 billion on health, housing & renewables: not nuclear weapons. In early 2016, parliament will vote on whether to renew the Trident system of nuclear weapons. Costing over £100 billion across 40 years, it will be the biggest spending decision this parliament makes. Instead, that money could pay for any of these things:…
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Inspiration from Eileen on reaching a Low Carbon Future
Many thanks to Eileen Flanagan of Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT), who gave an inspirational talk yesterday, helping us to find hope following the conclusion of the Paris Climate Conference. Eileen highlighted the positive outcomes of the Paris summit (particluarly the ambition to limit global warming to 1.5C) and contrasted this with the detail of…
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Paris: a step forward & the road ahead
Photo credit: Owen de Visser The Paris Climate Conference came to a conclusion on Saturday, with a deal being struck by 196 countries to try to limit greenhouse gas emmissions and curb climate change. Thank you to everyone who took part in actions leading up to (and during) the conference, to push for a meaningful…
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Paris Conference enters Final Stages
We’ve been focussing on the COP21 Paris Climate Conference, asking you to demand a strong agreement that takes steps towards a low-carbon future. As the conference enters its final days, here’s a quick round up of what’s been happening. The first few days were dominated by various world leaders making speeches – many of them…
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Birmingham Declared a City of Sanctuary
Birmingham has today officially been declared a City of Sanctuary: making an official commitment to be a place of welcome to refugees & asylum seekers. According to the Birmingham Mail, the formal ceremony took place at 11am on Friday 4th December at Birmingham’s Town Hall. Councillor Shafiq Shah officially made a commitment to make Birmingham…
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Birmingham Faiths Walk in Solidarity with Paris Climate Pilgrims (Press Release)
PRESS Release 24/11/2015 FOR IMMEDIATE USE BIRMINGHAM FAITHS WALK IN SOLIDARITY WITH PARIS CLIMATE PILGRIMS This Saturday evening, members of faith communities from across Birmingham will walk and gather together in support of a low carbon future. The walk, leaving the church of St Martin in the Bullring at 7pm on Saturday 28th November, will…
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Equality: Perceptions, Reality and Action
It’s the final week of our focus on Love, Equality & Money: but there are still plenty of ways to keep taking action to make our economy more equal. But, before taking action, why not check your perception of income equality against the reality: courtesy of this handy quiz from OECD: So, did the reality…