Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) is asking Friends to call on their MP to back EU legislation to keep tar sands fuel out of Europe. Environmental groups argue that…
Tax justice campaigners recently demonstrated against Cadbury at the company’s famous Bournville factory in Birmingham. The ecumenical protest was organised by the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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