Quaker James Deane, from Central Meeting in Bristol, was one of the twelve partially naked XR protesters who stormed the House of Commons public gallery. Photo: Evelina Utterdahl.
Quaker activism rocks the country
As part of a news round-up, Rebecca Hardy looks at the impact that Friends’ activism had in 2019
by Rebecca Hardy
3rd January 2020
2019 was a year in which Quaker activism rocked the country. Hundreds of Friends took part in the mass protest against the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair in September, shutting down the road for around nine hours and raising awareness of the world’s largest arms fair in a sea of peace banners. According to Roots of Resistance (RoR), which mobilised Friends, around forty people were arrested on the ‘No Faith in War’ day when police officers interrupted around 700 people of faith during a Meeting for Worship and ordered them to move.
