SEPTEMBER 2008
Wednesday 3rd
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Talk: Depleted Uranium - Iraq's Nuclear Nightmare
Venue: Conway Hall, Holborn, LondonSpeaker: Doug Weir, Campaign Against Depleted Uranium
Organised by London Region CND
Friday 5th to Monday 8th
Green Party Autumn Conference
Location: London School of Oriental and African StudiesFurther information will be added on our
Conference web pages
Sunday 7th
11.00 to 20.00
London Vegan Festival
Venue: Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 (underground - High Street Kensington).Admission £1 (under 16s free)
Further information from the Vegan Campaigns website
Saturday 13th
11.00 to 20.00
Guided walk around London's merchants of death - arms traders and mercenary companies
Gathering: Clock tower outside Victoria StationAfter the walk, there will be a pub lunch at around 13.00
Organised by Campaign Against the Arms Trade
Further information from the CAAT website
Sunday 21st
12.00 to 17.00
Brighton's Car Free Day
Loads of great events to join in and enjoyFurther information from the Journey On website
OCTOBER 2008
Wednesday 1st
19.00 to 20.30
Forum on the World Food crisis
Venue: St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LLAdmission £8
Details of speakers and topics from the website of the organisers, the Global Development Forum
Thursday 2nd
International Day for Nonviolence
Marking the anniversary of Gandhi's birthdayFurther information from a United Nations webpage marking the inauguration of the annual event
Saturday 4th
World Animal Day
Campaign and event details from the World Animal Day websiteSaturday 4th
12.00 to 16.00
“Keep Space for Peace” vigil
Location: Menwith Hill spy base, YorkshireCampaign and event details from the Space for Peace website
Monday 6th
19.30
Talk on the “War on Terrorism, seven years on”
Venue: Ilkley Playhouse, Weston Road, Ilkley LS29 8DWSpeaker: Paul Rogers, Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford
Admission free, tickets available on the door on the night from 6.30pm on a first come, first served basis.
Co-hosted by Ilkley Quakers as part of Quaker Week 2008.
Saturday 11th
12.00
Hand off Iraqi Oil protest
Location: Shell House, SE1 7NA (Opposite Waterloo train station. Nearest tube: Waterloo)Marking 100 days to the end of the Bush occupation of the Whitehouse
Event and campaign details from the Hands Off Iraqi Oil website
Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament AGM
Venue: University of Westminster, Regent Street, LondonEvent and campaign details from the CND UK website
Sunday 19th to Sunday 26th
One World Week
Theme: “Growing Together”Event and campaign details One World Week website
Tuesday 21st at 19.30
Talk: “Secret prisons and ghost prisoners in the unwinnable War on Terror”
Venue: The Forum Theatre, MalvernSpeaker: Reprieve Human Rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith
Arranged by Amnesty International Malvern Hills Group
Tickets £9.50p (£8.50p concessions) from the Amnesty Bookshop, Edith Walk, 01684 563507 or the theatre box office
Saturday 25th
Scientists for Global Responsibility AGM and Annual Lecture
Venue: Alan Baxter and Associates’ Gallery, Cowcross Street, Farringdon, London EC1.Theme of lecture: Sustainable buildings and communities
Event and campaign details Scientists for Global Responsibility website
Monday 27th
Mass Blockade of the Aldermaston Weapons of Mass Destruction factory
Event and campaign details Trident Ploughshares websiteNOVEMBER 2008
Whole month
National Vegan Month
Going vegan is one of the most effective ways to reduce your ecological footprintEvent and campaign details Vegan Month website
Saturday 1st
11.00 to 17.00
West Midlands Vegan Festival
Venue: Wolverhampton Civic Hall, North St, Wolverhampton WV1 1RQCelebrate World Vegan Day with Delicious Food, Stalls,
Entertainment, Speakers, Workshops, Cookery Demos,
Raffles, Vegan Society Awards. And much more...
Admission adult - £1, under 16s are free !
Event and campaign details Festival website
Saturday 8th
Campaign Against the Arms Trade: National Gathering
To discuss future campaign strategyEvent and campaign details CAAT website
Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd
Shared Planet gathering
Venue: The University of BirminghamShared Planet is the UK’s largest student conference on world poverty, human rights and the environment.
Speakers will include Green Party MEP Dr Caroline Lucas and Tony Juniper of Friends of the Earth
Event details from the People and Planet website
Saturday 22nd
Vegan Society AGM
Venue: York -details to followEvent and campaign details Vegan Society website
Wednesday 26th
Mass Lobby of Parliament for the Rights of the People of Palestine
Venue: House of CommonsEvent and campaign details Palestine Solidarity Campaign website