'I was reminded of how different campaigning was in the 1970s.' Photo: Book cover of Peace! Books! Freedom! The secret history of a radical London building, by Rosa Schling
'I was reminded of how different campaigning was in the 1970s.' Photo: Book cover of Peace! Books! Freedom! The secret history of a radical London building, by Rosa Schling
A small group of volunteers has been working on the digitisation of Peace News, a publication with which many Friends will be familiar. Coincidentally, as the run from 1950-1959 was uploaded, a new oral history was published of 5 Caledonian Road, the premises that Peace News occupied in 1959 (and which continues to provide a base for associated radical ventures). The book offers a fascinating and inspirational story. The acquisition of the premises meant that office space could be rented out, providing the means to subsidise the two main projects: Housmans bookshop and Peace News.
"If you truly want to be led you must put yourself in a position that allows following" (PYM)
Though written within a Quaker and Christian context, this book can be used by anyone of any religious faith or secular inclination. The only requirement is a desire to follow, to be guided by, to align with the richness of the ineffable, which this book calls "the Way". This book seeks nothing less than to aid readers in aligning their lives with the same power and richness that animated the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
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