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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 10d

💥We're recruiting! The Commonweal Trust is looking for a Collection Development Worker to join our team. More information and how to apply on our website at:
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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 10d

🎶 Our theme in September has been music - how it acts as a powerful tool by unifying people and building solidarity, helping to raise morale and give a voice to marginalised communities. These are just a few of the many songs that communicate messages of protest, hope & resistance 🎶

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 17d

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Secrets of the Streets: Workshops

Sunday 28th September 10.30am – 1pm Workshops will run 10:30am – 11:30am and will be repeated 12pm – 1pm. Each workshop is limited to 30 places, which are allocated on a first come first serv…

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 17d

🎶This coming Sunday why not join Commonweal for a workshop on the role of music within social change movements?🎶
As part of HONK! Bradford, a festival of activist and community streetbands there will be a series of FREE workshops open to all. Link for more info and booking in comments below.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Sep 11

In the current political climate, the wealth of wisdom contained in the Collection is needed more than ever.

Our Annual Report reflects a time of global uncertainty, increasing authoritarianism and rising right-wing populist politics, and what we are doing in response.

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Commonweal Trust Annual Report 2024 - 2025 - Commonweal

In the current political climate, the wealth of wisdom contained in the Collection (the history, theory and practice of nonviolence) is needed more than ever. I write this Annual Report at a time not ...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Aug 26

Commonweal Ceilidh with the wonderful Ey Up Klezmer!

Sunday 12th October 6.30-10.00pm

Join us at the Saltaire Bar BD18 3HN(formerly the Shipley and District Social Club) for an evening of dancing and a buffet. Help us help activists build a better world!

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Aug 12

CRAFTIVIST WORKSHOP! Wednesday 13th August 1.00pm - 2.30pm at Room 0.17 in the JB Priestley Library, ground floor, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, BD7 1DP.

Hear about the history of craftivism, how it's a form of activism & have a go at crafting an olive branch as a symbol of peace.

Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Jul 31

The old and the new! We have just received a wonderful donation of books about South Asia, pre- and post- independence, along with other books about empire, colonialism and slavery. Thank you so much Barry Pavier.

Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Jul 29

There are so many wonderful pamphlets in the Commonweal Collection, covering a huge range of topics - from student protest to the animal liberation freedom struggle, from anarchists to feminists, from theory to practice. Drop us a message if you would like to help us with our summer stocktake 😊

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Jul 18

Collection workdays - this summer! www.tickettailor.com/events/commo...

Select tickets – Collection Workdays – First Floor, JB Priestley Library, ground floor, University of Bradford, Richmond Road

✅ Interested in the history of protest? ✅ Fancy a bit of reminiscing? ✅ Ever fancied being an archivist? We have four workda...

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Isobel Cook @isobelcook.bsky.social · Jul 17

I've produced a reading guide in collaboration with @commonwealuk.bsky.social on the topic of Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, site of Britain's largest antinuclear protest.

You can find it, and other guides to books about peace activism, here:
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Reading lists - Commonweal

With over 14,000 books, pamphlets and journals in the Collection, sometimes it can be hard to know how to start so here are some reading lists to get you started! New lists will be added regularly, so...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thank you so much for putting together the reading list Isobel - a great collection!

Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Jul 9

When we ask people what gives them the resolve to keep campaigning, people often refer to past protests that succeeded such as the campaign against the Poll Tax - a mass movement that defied the state and won.

This, and many other books about successful campaigns, are available in the Collection💥

Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Jul 8

Banner making workshop at Commonweal this morning. Some great ideas for designs and motifs expressing participants' desire for peace and justice across the world. Thank you to the workshop leader Mussarat Rahman, and all the people who came and helped.

#Craftivism #PeaceAndJustice

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Jul 3

So interesting to visit the Working Class Movement Library in Salford, a radical library enabling working class people to learn from and interpret their history so they can apply a class perspective to contemporary politics and economics. Looking forward to future collaborations!

Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Jun 25

Lovely to have Bridget Sojourner visit Commonweal today. Bridget was a Peace Studies student in Bradford in the 1980s when she was a regular protestor at Menwith Hill US Air Base. She was delighted to know that there are still regular protests happening at the US base.

Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Jun 18

Read about how stories and poems in the Commonweal Collection address the barriers to peace and the denial processes in which we engage in a world filled with war, and help us navigate a world in conflict in this blog by volunteer Josie Mulligan.

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Talking of the danger: How poetry and storytelling help us navigate a world in conflict. - Commonweal

A playwright sets out to discover the reasons for nuclear armament, a former army nurse rallies against business as usual, the poet and activist Adrienne Rich reminds us that we are responsible for ou...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Jun 17

💥New shelving being installed as the Collection continues to grow. Thank you to our wonderful colleagues at the JB Priestley Library for your help to make this happen.

Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · May 1

💥Opportunity💥
Commonweal are looking for new Trustees who share our values and who are interested in the power of peace and nonviolence to change our world for the better.

Fins out more: www.commonwealnonviolence.org/blogs/become...

#SocialChange #Peace #Commonweal

Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Apr 29

Commonweal recently held its first nonviolent direct action reading group at The Peace Museum. Read the brilliant blog by Ludi Simpson, activist & group participant summarising session one. Can books inspire or just inform? Let us know your thoughts.

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What readings have inspired you? - Commonweal

For the first session of the Commonweal Nonviolent Direct Action monthly reading group, we were asked "What readings have inspired you?". Can reading a book or a blog or a speech be inspiring? “No! Re...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Apr 29

The conflict in the DRC is long running and complex.

Join Bradford Congo Campaign and the Peace Society this Wednesday to find out more about the challenges faced during decades of war.

And if you would like to read about the history of the conflict, do get in touch 📚

Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Apr 24

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Justice - The Commonweal Trust

HOW HAVE NON-VIOLENT ACTIVISTS STOOD UP TO POWER, AND WON? In this episode of The Leeds Sanctuary Podcast, Emma speaks to Emma Goodway of The Commonweal Trust, a charity sharing a collection of prin

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Apr 24

In the Leeds Sanctuary podcast Outreach Worker Emma talks about the Bristol bus boycott in response to black and brown people not being employed by the Bristol omnibus company.

Read more about the boycott in Memoirs of a Black Englishman by Paul Stephenson, available to borrow from the Collection.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Apr 24

💥How have activists stood up to power and won?

Listen to Outreach Worker Emma talking about the campaigns that have inspired her in her activist journey in this new podcast from Leeds Sanctuary.

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Justice - The Commonweal Trust

HOW HAVE NON-VIOLENT ACTIVISTS STOOD UP TO POWER, AND WON? In this episode of The Leeds Sanctuary Podcast, Emma speaks to Emma Goodway of The Commonweal Trust, a charity sharing a collection of prin

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · Apr 17

A peace camp at RAF Lakenheath is protesting plans to reintroduce US nuclear missiles to the UK. The right to protest and the history of campaigning for nuclear disarmament feature in many of our books, including Angie Zelter's most recent book - Activism for Life.

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Angie Zelter talking about the need for protest

YouTube video by Lakenheath Alliance for Peace

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