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Stop Trident demo a success – let’s keep taking action!
People from across the UK came together on Saturday to say: Stop Trident! Now let’s keep that momentum going. Tens of thousands of people marched through London, as part of ‘the biggest anti-nuclear demonstration in a generation’, organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). The event highlighted the broad range of people who are…
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Pro What Part 2 – the conversation continues
Thanks to everyone who took part in the second session of ‘Anti-Austerity but Pro What?’ yesterday. In part 1 last week, we’d started the conversation about our ideas on alternatives to austerity and neoliberalism, found plenty of common ground and generated lots of words. This week things got a bit more focussed – if we’re…
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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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Trident: Hop on the Coach to stand up & be counted
Parliament will be making a key decision on whether to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system in 2016, so this is a key time to show that ordinary people want to see it scrapped, Costing over £100 billion across 40 years, this will be the biggest spending decision this parliament makes: so it’s important they…
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Workshop: Anti- Austerity: But Pro What?
Anti-Austerity: But Pro What? 18 & 25 February @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm At Impact Hub Birmingham,Walker Building, 58 Oxford Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 5NY Want to see a fairer society, here in the UK and around the world? Feel like you’re constantly firefighting against things you don’t agree with? Fed up of media…
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Exhibition – Displacement: Stories of Hope & Humanity
A free exhibition of artwork and poetry exploring human stories of displacement. 11 January – 19 February at Peace Hub Displacement affects millions of people worldwide, and though these are often times of great suffering, helplessness and hardship, stories of hope and humanity do emerge. This exhibition looks to uncover the stories of compassion, the camaraderie, and…
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Take Action to Bin Trident
Our current theme is about consigning Trident nuclear weapons to the rubbish bin, and instead focussing on peace building, cooperation and justice. So, if you agree that over £100 billion could be better spent on health, housing and renewables across the next 40 years, instead of on nuclear weapons, what can you do about it?…
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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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Reminder: Eileen Flanagan: Finding Hope Post-Paris 16th Dec
A quick reminder that Quaker Activst Eileen Flanagan will be speaking on Wednesday 16th December, 1:45pm at Bull St Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham, B4 6AF Eileen Flanagan will speak about how the Quaker testimonies of peace, equality, and simplicity led her to a concern about climate change and how she found a way of responding…
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Low Carbon actions a success: now all eyes on Paris
Three events successfully brought people from Birmingham together to take action for a Low Carbon Future. Now all eyes turn to Paris, as world leaders arrive there for the COP21 Climate Summit. On Saturday 28th November, members of Birmingham’s faith communities came together for a walk & gathering in support of a low carbon future. …