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Quakers urge action to halt demolitions in occupied West Bank
26 August 2015
Quaker Peace & Social Witness and EAPPI UK and Ireland signed the following statement. Take action by writing to your MP asking them to raise these concerns with the government.
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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
24 August 2015
Candles exchanged between London and Hiroshima were lit to remember when the first atomic bombs were dropped seventy years ago. In silence, music and poetry, lives lost were remembered.
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Quaker film questions the militarisation of education
23 June 2015
Quakers in Britain launch public debate about the militarisation of education by releasing a short film: The Unseen March.
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Quakers oppose expansion of cadets in state schools
8 July 2015
In July's Budget, the Chancellor announced £50million to expand cadet forces across 500 state schools. This is the latest evidence of the creeping militarisation of schools by the Department for Education.
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Quakers call for action to tackle economic inequality
30 April 2015
Quakers in Britain are calling upon the next government to take urgent action to tackle economic inequality.
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Quakers speak on plight of migrants
23 April 2015
Quakers in Britain have written an Open Letter to the Prime Minister, expressing their deepest concern for the plight of migrants desperately trying to cross the Mediterranean.