Issue 07-05-10
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Time for change
Quakers of all ages and backgrounds in every corner of Britain will be affected by the decisions of the new government We invited a selection of Quakers to tell us what change they would most like the next government to implement and why Visit http://thefriend.org/article/what-change/ to read the introduction to…
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What change?
At the time of writing the election campaign is in full swing. Gordon Brown is reflecting on television debates and microphones. David Cameron is endeavouring to cover every corner of Britain in days. Nick Clegg is an unlikely visitor to the snooker world championship in Sheffield. Even Tony Blair has… -
Over seventy thousand prisoners denied the opportunity to vote in election
Over 70,000 British adults will not be allowed to vote this week – because they are in prison. It is six years since the European Court of Human Rights ruled that a blanket ban on prisoners’ voting is unlawful. Campaigners have accused ministers of avoiding the issue for the sake… -
Nuclear weapons ban backed
The mayor of Hiroshima has backed a campaign by British churches to eliminate nuclear weapons. Tadatoshi Akiba, whose city was the first to suffer the horror of nuclear attack, was speaking on the eve of the nuclear non-proliferation summit, which opened in New York this week. Quakers have formed an… -
The cost of conflict to be examined in Quaker-led town discussion
Verbal sparks may ignite in Colchester Town Hall next week as military, academic and political heavyweights take part in a panel debate organised by local Quakers. The meeting is the culmination of a series of public events organised by Colchester Friends as they seek to put the peace testimony into… -
Conscientious objection to military service affirmed by UN committee
Conscientious objectors to military service are celebrating after the United Nations Human Rights Committee upheld a decision to protect their rights. The Committee has unanimously confirmed that conscientious objection is protected under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. This follows a landmark decision three years ago, when the…
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Ireland YM epistle 2010
The Yearly Meeting Epistle is a traditional greeting, written in the course of each country’s Yearly Meeting and agreed to by all the participants. The Epistle is sent to Yearly Meetings throughout the world. RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IRELAND YEARLY MEETING Quaker House Dublin, Stocking Lane, Dublin 16 Fax/Phone/Answering… -
Dilemmas of peace
At age seventeen I was asked ‘Was Hitler a war monger or an opportunist?’ I finally opted for ‘war monger’, although now, I consider he was both: I find no contradiction in this. Nor am I uncomfortable maintaining a peaceful stance while someone else prefers a fighting one: indeed Quakers… -
Pro patri mori
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Letters – 7 May 2010
Use your vote With the general election campaign dominating the news it’s all too easy to forget that across large parts of England and in all of London there are local council elections as well. Too often people use their local vote as though it was an extra parliamentary vote… -
An American in Ireland
This journey has been both internal and external. A week ago I was in the States dreaming of being among Irish Friends. I knew that Ireland Yearly Meeting (8 to 11 April) was just a little bigger than my own Yearly Meeting in Illinois. Our Yearly Meeting meets in a… -
Faith versus reason in ancient Alexandria
At first sight, Alejandro Amenabar’s Agora, one of the current crop of cinematic ancient world blockbusters, would seem to confirm all the prejudices about Christianity into which Friends are prone to lapse. Irrational and credulous, intolerant and misogynist: the emerging Christians of fourth century Alexandria are an unappealing lot. How… -
Q-Eye – 7 May 2010
Guildford candidates Can any other Local Meeting equal the record of Guildford, which had not only one but two candidates standing in the general election: Sue Doughty, a former Liberal Democrat MP, and John Morris from the Peace Party? Guildford has form in the parliamentary stakes. William Penn is reported…
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