Meeting for Sufferings report
15th April 2011

Meeting for Sufferings report

by Ian Kirk-Smith
15th April 2011

York Quaker speaks truth to power

by Symon Hill

A York Quaker has turned the tables on her local council to defend disabled people. City of York Council was obliged to debate the impact of its cuts programme last week after Ceri…

8th April 2011

Boycott agreed

by Symon Hill

British Quakers have recommended a boycott of goods produced by Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The decision was made after lengthy discussion and…

8th April 2011

Conscientious objectors appear in court

by Derek Brett

Two conscientious objectors have appeared before military courts in the last week.

March for the Alternative
1st April 2011

March for the Alternative

by Symon Hill
1st April 2011

Letter on Libya

by Friend Newsdesk

Representatives of Britain’s Quakers have written to the prime minister to express disagreement with his decision to bomb Libya.

1st April 2011

Hot air rises

by Friend Newsdesk

Hot air is helping to produce ground coffee in the Friend editorial offices in London.

1st April 2011

Peace House Coventry

by Friend Newsdesk

An attender at Coventry Meeting is prepared to go to prison for refusing to complete the census.

25th March 2011

Rowntree Visionaries project

by Symon Hill

On Wednesday 23 March a report on the five-year project ‘Visionaries for a just and peaceful world’ was launched at an event in the Royal Institute of British Architecture in…

Opposition to the census grows
25th March 2011

Opposition to the census grows

by Raymond Mgadzah
25th March 2011

Thousands will be marching against the cuts

by Symon Hill

Quakers will gather in London this Saturday alongside thousands of people from other faith groups in a major national protest against the government cuts. The groups, who will…

18th March 2011

American conscientious objector wins appeal

by Symon Hill

A conscientious objector in the US has won his appeal for discharge from the navy despite anti-Quaker insults used by an officer investigating his claim.