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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 2d

On October 7th, we hold in our hearts all those whose lives have been lost and those who are still suffering, and pray for a just peace.

A prayer for 7 October

Find out about Quakers and how our faith translates into action.

www.quaker.org.uk

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · 6d

Sickened by the UK & French governments' agreement on the joint development of their nuclear arsenals? Hear some fresh ideas here:

‘An Alternative Vision of Security for France and the UK'

Sat 1 Nov 10am-12.30pm, London

Register here: tinyurl.com/48aay9af

Followed by a peace walk and vigil.

An Alternative Vision of Security for France and the UK

Coming together to consider a broader vision of security for France and the UK beyond nuclear weapons

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 9d

I thought and prayed very hard about what to say with opportunity of giving the BBC Daily Service ahead of World Quaker Day. It was broadcast this morning. Here it is: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

(Picture from the BBC Studios in London)

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Rethinking Security @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social · 21d

📢New event

We see growing hostility & racism in our politics and streets, climate breakdown across the globe, and ongoing war & genocide. Competition & militarism are not the answer.

Join our discussion on 08 October to share ideas for a counter-narrative.

rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/home/events/

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · 22d

Tonight at 7pm: a stellar line-up perform at the Together for Palestine concert at Wembley Arena. It's also being shown live for free here: www.youtube.com/live/RWBVHFv...

Some of the donations received will be going to one of our partners, Taawon (taawon.org/en), who provide emergency aid in Gaza.

Together for Palestine

YouTube video by Brian Eno

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · 22d

A 30-second explainer by Pete, a Quaker, on what we should be doing with the money we waste on the violence-promoting arms trade. #WarStartsHere

www.youtube.com/shorts/SVAwq...

Quakers are opposed to the arms trade

YouTube video by Quakers in Britain

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · 22d

Debby, a Quaker, explains why events such as the DSEI arms fair have such cataclysmic effects on us all. #WarStartsHere

www.youtube.com/shorts/Pyimk...

We are not called to resolve conflicts by taking up arms

YouTube video by Quakers in Britain

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caatuk.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social · 22d

The UN Secretary-General released a new report last week that raises alarm to rapidly increasing global military spending and move to a human-centred notion of security.

www.un.org/en/peace-and...

The True Cost of Peace: Rebalancing world military spending for a sustainable and peaceful future | United Nations

Global military spending is soaring, fueling a new arms race and placing immense pressure on national budgets and priorities.

www.un.org

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 23d

Our government must explicitly ban trade with settlements, including services, investments and financial support which strengthen and deepen the occupation.

Quakers join international campaign to stop foreign complicity in Israel's illegal settlement project

Quakers in Britain has joined more than 80 civil society organisations in a new campaign, Stop Trade with Settlements.

www.quaker.org.uk

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 23d

The UK trades with illegal settlements in Palestine, driving the humanitarian crisis in the occupied territories and undermining the viability of a future Palestinian state.

We have joined an international campaign to stop foreign complicity in Israel’s illegal settlement project.

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · 23d

The Global Week of Action for Peace and Climate Justice has started. Check out the website for events that are happening around the world, actions you can take online, and resources.

climatemilitarism.org/weekofaction/

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Scientists for Global Responsibility @responsiblesci.bsky.social · 24d

1/🚨 New SGR report out today: Military Spending Rises and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The evidence is clear: higher military spending will have devastating consequences for the planet.

Here’s what the research reveals 🧵

www.sgr.org.uk/publications...
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Military spending rises and greenhouse gas emissions: what does the research say?

With military spending climbing rapidly around the world, this report assesses and compares the results of 11 recent studies which have tried to estimate how such spending rises will impact greenhouse...

www.sgr.org.uk

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 29d

No one should profit from war and violence.

As protests against arms dealers continue today, Quakers handed in their demand to Clarion Events, calling on them to drop the DSEI arms fair.

📸Michael Preston for Quakers in Britain

A group of protesters holding signs, including a peace flag and a war starts here banner. They are standing outside the gates of a red brick office building next to a road.

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · Sep 8

Come join us today to protest against the DSEI arms fair in London.

2pm at Westminster meeting house for a walk to arms company HQs
6.30pm at Royal Victoria DLR for a vigil at ExCel for the victims of war.

All details here: www.quaker-roots.org.uk/events/

Quakers sit with candles at a DSEI vigil for the victims of war.

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · Sep 4

DSEI London - one of the world's biggest arms fairs - opens on Tuesday 9th September. Join us to show all those involved that fueling war, death and destruction is not OK. #WarStartsHere

www.quaker-roots.org.uk/events/

Events

www.quaker-roots.org.uk

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · Aug 20

The UK government and others have condemned it — but words are not enough.

Please help push the UK government to take meaningful action and stop Israel from blocking Palestinian self-determination.

Email your MP: www.eyewitnessblogs.com/urgent-actio...

Urgent action: Tell your MP to stop the “burial” of a Palestinian state. – Eyewitness Stories from Palestine and Israel – EAPPI UK & Ireland

www.eyewitnessblogs.com

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · Aug 20

Israel has just announced the go ahead of the long-frozen E1 settlement plan.

If allowed to proceed, the plan will forcibly expel thousands of Palestinians, cut the West Bank in two, and destroy the possibility of a viable Palestinian state.

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ellen @elfenzo.bsky.social · Aug 14

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CANDLELIT VIGIL FOR VICTIMS OF THE ARMS TRADE

People of all faiths and none are invited to join a silent candlelit vigil on the eve of the DSEl Arms Fair in London

Monday 8th September, 7.00-8.00pm Royal Victoria Square, London, E16 1BD

Meet at Royal Victoria DLR station at 6.30pm to walk to the vigil together. Bring a candle and a jar.

For more information email peace@quaker.org.uk or info@paxchristi.org.uk

DSEI - WHERE WAR AND REPRESSION START AND WHERE THEY CAN BE RESISTED

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · Aug 14

Come join us to help change the narrative that war is inevitable and might is right. Our silent candlelit vigil for the victims of the arms trade will take place at the DSEI arms fair in London. Let's send a message of peace to those who profit from war.

www.quaker.org.uk/events/dsei-...

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · Aug 13

It seemed like Israel had been dropped from the list of countries with their own 'pavilion' at London's DSEI arms fair. However, the DSEI website is once again proudly confirming that they'll be there selling their genocide-tested weaponry.

Join us in opposing DSEI: www.quaker-roots.org.uk/events/

Flags of eleven nations shown on the DSEI website as having their own pavilion at the arms fair this year. Israel's is one of them.

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Simple. Radical. Spiritual. @quakers.bsky.social · Aug 12

We all need to discern our calling concerning Gaza. Genocide is not something we should look away from; we need to be guided on how we can best help stop the genocide.

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · Aug 10

Quakerist.

Woman wearing Quakers tee shirt assists police with enquiries.

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · Aug 12

DSEI arms fair - so many ways to get involved.

Peace Hub @quakerpeacehub.bsky.social · Aug 12

Opportunities to take action against the DSEI arms fair, include:

✒️ 'Drop DSEI' online action with @caatuk.bsky.social
🚶 Peace Pilgrimage 1-8 Sept
⛺ Peace Camp as DSEI sets up 1-7 Sept
🕯️ Witness as the Arms Fair begins 8-12 Sept

peacehub.org.uk/news/2025/08...

Stop the Arms Fair theme days of action 1st to 12th September. Follow link in post for full details.

Peace Pilgrimage Oxford to London September 1-8 2005. A walking boot. peacepilgrimage.org.uk

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · Aug 8

DSEI, one of the world's largest arms fairs, comes to ExCel London again next month. The Mayor of London doesn't want them to be there and neither do we.

Come and join our hour-long silent candle-lit vigil at ExCel on Monday 8th September.

#Quakers #PaxChristi

www.quaker.org.uk/events/dsei-...

DSEI London Arms Fair Vigil

A silent candle-lit vigil coordinated by Quakers in Britain and Pax Christi (Catholic peace organisation) to protest against the biennial DSEI arms fair - one of the largest in Europe with over 1600 e...

www.quaker.org.uk

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · Aug 7

A report on a barely covered atrocity - the massacres by the RSF at the Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan - and the UK government's shameful lack of response, despite its designated leading role on Sudan at the UN.

Trigger warning: distressing text and video

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 7

‘They slaughtered us like animals’: the inside story of how one of the biggest atrocities of the Sudan war unfolded in Zamzam

As the UK prepared to host a global summit on bringing peace to Sudan, the RSF paramilitary began a ‘genocidal’ massacre in Zamzam refugee camp. But when reports emerged of the killings, London held its silence. For the first time, using intelligence reports and witness testimony, we piece together what occurred during the April atrocity – and why it was not stopped

www.theguardian.com

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ICAN @nuclearban.bsky.social · Aug 6

At exactly 8:15 a.m. JST, around the time you’re reading this, 80 years ago, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.

Today, we remember the lives lost, the survivors who continue to speak out, and the urgent need for nuclear disarmament. Read more here: www.icanw.org/remembering_...

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