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(l to r) Bruce Kent, Michael Akehurst (of Bury St Edmund’s clerkship team) and attender Kevin Mayhew. Photo: Photo: Graham Gosling.

Veteran anti-war campaigner Bruce Kent gave a talk on 5 October

Bruce Kent speaks at Bury St Edmunds

Veteran anti-war campaigner Bruce Kent gave a talk on 5 October

by Tara Craig 17th October 2014

Veteran anti-war campaigner Bruce Kent gave a talk at Bury St Edmunds Meeting House on Sunday 5 October.

A seventy-strong audience heard him speak on ‘Striving for Peace in a Troubled World’. Bruce called on more young people to campaign for peace and said that a relatively small number of people could make a difference.

‘The trouble is, we are a generation that wants things to happen instantly. We want the flowers to grow the moment we put the seeds in. It doesn’t really work like that,’ he added. ‘Wars are not compulsory. We can actually eliminate wars, if we take our time and work towards changing the structures that produce war.’

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