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Tax protesters target Cadbury
Tax justice campaigners recently demonstrated against Cadbury at the company’s famous Bournville factory in Birmingham. The ecumenical protest was organised by the Methodist Tax Justice Network (MTJN) and Methodists, Anglicans and Quakers took part. Campaigners claim that Cadbury used aggressive tax avoidance schemes from 2000 to 2010.
Disappointment at Bradley Manning verdict
The decision that whistle-blower Bradley Manning could face up to 136 years in prison, after being convicted of espionage and theft on 30 July, has been met with concern by many Quakers. The US army private leaked thousands of classified documents to website Wikileaks to spark a debate on US foreign...
Mountmellick hosts Quaker Tapestry
The Quaker Tapestry has returned to Ireland for the first time in more than twenty years. The Mountmellick Museum in County Laois is hosting a display of twenty panels from the Tapestry from 27 July to 10 August. The Tapestry will be exhibited alongside the world renowned ‘white-on-white’ Mountmellick embroidery on...
Hiroshima Day
Quakers throughout Britain took part in a wide range of events on Tuesday to commemorate Hiroshima Day. Taunton Friends hosted a vigil in the town’s market square at noon to remember all those who lost their lives when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. Maldon...
Ireland Yearly Meeting meets for first time in Cork
Ireland Yearly Meeting was held last week, for the first time ever, in the city of Cork. The event attracted Friends from all over Ireland and visitors also came from America, England, Scotland and several European countries to experience worship and fellowship.
Protest over Teutates Treaty
Christians active against the replacement of Trident crossed the English Channel this week to join forces with the French peace movement in Dijon. They have gone to support French peace activists who are protesting against the Centre de Recherche Nucleaire at Valduc. It is located just north of Dijon.
Pilgrims arrive in London
The pilgrims involved in the 2013 UK Pilgrimage for Peace and Economic Justice finally arrived in London last weekend – sixty-two days after leaving Iona. The journey, which began in Iona off the west coast of Scotland on 19 May, had taken a small group of pilgrims from one end of Britain...
Royal assent for same sex marriage bill
The change in the law that allows same sex couples in England and Wales to marry in Quaker Meetings has been welcomed by the recording clerk for Quakers in Britain. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill received royal assent on Wednesday 17 July.
Call for credit cost cap
The Association of Christian Financial Advisers (ACFA) is calling for a cap on the cost of credit. The call follows new research from R3, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals, which shows that people with payday loans are racking up overdrafts to pay them off.
QUNO in top 100 peace builders
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) has been praised as one of the 100 most influential global actors in reducing armed violence. Andrew Tomlinson and Jonathan Woolley (above), directors of the QUNO New York and Geneva offices, are named by leading NGO Action on Armed Violence in their recent top 100...