Date: 
6 June 2013 - 2:30pm - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Friends House, Euston Road, London NW1

WW1 Centenary - remembering war, preparing for peace. An invitation to every anti-war and peace organisation to come together to discuss plans for the centenary of the first world war.

The government is planning on spending £50m of taxpayer’s money on commemorating the first world war, and will be investing £5m in the Imperial War Museum redevelopments – will there be any money set aside for the Peace Museum?

It’s likely the occasion will be used to present past and current wars in a good light and to shore up support for future wars, instead of the centenary being used as a time to reflect on the disaster of WW1 and how we should be working towards preventing all wars by developing negotiation, reconciliation and diplomacy skills.

If you are planning alternatives to the government’s £50m spending on militarism then please come along and share. If you are looking for ideas for your organisation to present an alternative, come along and get those ideas. If you are unable to come to the meeting – feel free to send a report on your activities, plans, thoughts.

All welcome.

Organisation Name and URL: 
Network for Peace
Contact Name: 
Claire Poyner
Contact Email: 
mail@networkforpeace.org.uk

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