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Feminist Opponents of WW1 @ Feminism in London (25 Oct)

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Great granddaughter of framed WW1 peace campaigner visits UK

Press release 30 September 2014

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2 Oct ’14: Celebrating Alice Wheeldon

An evening celebrating the anti-war activists of 1914-1918 with pictures, poetry, song and talks.

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6 Sept: ‘The World is My Country’ @ the Poetry Bookfair

Come and celebrate the people and movements that opposed the First World War!

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More sketches: Hardie & Te Puea

More preliminary sketches, this time for posters 5 & 6 featuring, respectively, Scottish socialist Keir Hardie and Maori Princess Te Puea Herangi.

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Tell me lies about the ‘great war’

The First World War was not a war for Belgium, but for empire, argue Milan Rai & Emily Johns.

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First World War workshops @ PN Summer Camp 2014 (31 Jul – 4 Aug)

This year’s Peace News Summer Camp (31 July – 4 August) in Suffolk will be bringing peace activists from across Europe to mark the centenary fo the First World War – and to declare peace on the 100th anniversary of

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Emily at work on poster #4: The Women’s Peace Crusade

Emily at work on poster #4, about remarkable the Women’s Peace Crusade: ‘The first truly popular campaign [in Britain], linking feminism and anti-militarism’ (Jill Liddington).

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Choosing War: Douglas Newton on Britain’s rush to war in 1914

In his book The Darkest Days: The Truth Behind Britain’s Rush to War (Verso, 2104), historian Douglas Newton uncovers the truth behind Britain’s rush to war in 1914. In this exclusive early extract, reproduced from the June-July 2014 issue of

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Photos of Emily working on poster #3

Poster #3 focusses on Derbyshire socialist, feminist and anti-war activist Alice Wheeldon and her family, framed for an alleged attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Lloyd George. Here are some pictures of Emily at work on it …

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