On Saturday 20th June activists from around the country gathered in London to demonstrate against the Government’s ongoing policy of "austerity". Despite brutal cuts to public services and welfare benefits plans to waste £100 billion on replacing Britain’s nuclear weapons continue.
Images by Zoe Laycock
Helping Other Voices to be Heard – Nimrod Evron
Venue: Liverpool Friends’ Meeting House, 22 School Lane, L1
Time/Date: 19:00 – 21:30, Thursday 18th June 2015
This is a rare opportunity to hear a first hand account of Israeli opposition to the Israeli State’s policies of occupation and oppression. Nimrod Evron is a Jewish Israeli activist and Educator who’s activism includes involvement in New Profile’s Refusal Support Network and Alternative Summer Camp for Youth. He is not speaking as a politician but is offering to share his experiences covering topics which include: Direct action with Palestinians, worker immigration rights, the current situation on the Israeli left, Israel and the international community, international activist engagement with the Israeli public.
Liverpool Quakers are committed to peace by peaceful means – we welcome all to attend
Celebrating the life of Sam Watts
Sophie Scholl film screening
Liverpool Pax Christi will be showing the film Sophie Scholl on Monday 11th May, 7:30pm at Sacred Heart Church, Low Hill, L7.
Sophie Scholl was part of the White Rose Movement, which was active during the time of the Nazis, and distributed literature amongst students, urging them to rise up against Hitler. She and her brother were executed and the film chiefly focuses on the last few weeks of her life and her interrogation by the Gestapo. Admission is free!
You can watch a short trailer for the film below.
International Conscientious Objectors’ Day – May 15th
May 15th is International Day of Conscientious Objectors – Liverpool Quakers mark the day with a stall on School Lane from 2.30pm. From 7pm there will be an opportunity to find out about & celebrate the stories of those who opposed World War 1. Emily Johns (Editor of Peace News) will be presenting this event at the Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane.
There will also be music and pom pom making at the Meeting House as part of Light Night