Steve Hurd of Uganda Humanist Schools Trust (one of the charities we regularly support) has brought our attention to an excellent 20-mins video: ‘Faith Under Fire’, a BBC Africa Eye documentary, about the damaging effects of some religious cult groups in Uganda and growth of secular views among the young. Steve adds: “Robert Magara gives… Read more »
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News: update on Mubarak Bala protest
Actor and humanist Eddie Marsan speaks at Mubarak Bala protest Eddie Marsan, the actor on our screens right now in ‘The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe’ led speeches on 28 April protesting at the imprisonment and 24-year sentence of Mubarak Bala for blasphemy. Bala is President of the Nigerian Humanist Association. The Nigerian authorities… Read more »
News: Trans Rights Demo
Trans rights are human rights! by Hester Brown SELHuG were outside Downing Street with Humanists UK and thousands of protestors on Sunday 10th April to protest at Boris’s cowardly policy – to ban conversion therapy for gay, lesbian and bi-sexual people but not for trans people. It is not difficult to work out that if… Read more »
Bromley May meeting: The War Against the BBC
When: Wednesday 11th May 2:30 – 4:30 pm Where: United Reformed Church, Bromley (map)Speakers: Patrick Barwise and Peter York, discussing their book The War Against the BBC. Patrick Barwise is Emeritus Professor of Management & Marketing , London Business School. Peter York is author of twelve books, journalist, broadcaster , management consultant and President of Media… Read more »
Review: Killer Robots – AI and Contemporary Warfare
Bromley Meeting, 13th April 2022 Dr Elke Schwarz is Professor of Political Theory at Queen Mary, University of London. She has a particular interest in the ethics of warfare and especially in the use of autonomous weapons systems. She is the author of Death Machines: the Ethics of Violent Technologies (Manchester University Press). She opened… Read more »
