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York Quaker speaks truth to power
A York Quaker has turned the tables on her local council to defend disabled people. City of York Council was obliged to debate the impact of its cuts programme last week after Ceri Owen gathered enough signatures to trigger a special discussion. -
Boycott, divestment and sanctions
Meeting for Sufferings (MfS), held at Friends House on Saturday 2 April, returned to the issue of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) as a response to the occupation of the Palestinian territories.
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Boycott agreed
British Quakers have recommended a boycott of goods produced by Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The decision was made after lengthy discussion and discernment by Meeting for Sufferings (MfS), the central committee of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), the formal organisation of Quakers in England, Scotland and Wales. -
Conscientious objectors appear in court
Two conscientious objectors have appeared before military courts in the last week. -
March for the Alternative
Several hundred Quakers from around Britain joined the ‘March for the Alternative’ on Saturday, campaigning against the government’s cuts. A number of Friends also participated in nonviolent direct action later in the day.
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Letter on Libya
Representatives of Britain’s Quakers have written to the prime minister to express disagreement with his decision to bomb Libya. -
Hot air rises
Hot air is helping to produce ground coffee in the Friend editorial offices in London. -
Peace House Coventry
An attender at Coventry Meeting is prepared to go to prison for refusing to complete the census. -
Rowntree Visionaries project
On Wednesday 23 March a report on the five-year project ‘Visionaries for a just and peaceful world’ was launched at an event in the Royal Institute of British Architecture in London. -
Opposition to the census grows
Opposition to the granting of the £150 million 2011 census contract to arms company Lockheed Martin is gathering pace as the census date of 27 March looms.
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