Postscript – Nuclear Warfare and the Arts Following our meeting last month on nuclear weapons (see review here), SELHuG committee member Tony Brewer shares some further thoughts below…. It is sometimes claimed that the Arts can shed light on situations that are otherwise obscure or even totally opaque. One example is Michael Frayn’s play Copenhagen,… Read more »
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Review: Campaigning against Armageddon
Review by SELHuG committee member Helen Warner At our November 4th meeting, the speakers were Gini Bevan and David Leal from CND National Council, both executive members of the London Region. David gave a detailed overview of nuclear weapons’ development, from the 1930s-45 ‘road to the bomb’, (a scientist-led drive to ‘beat the Nazis to… Read more »
Write for Rights campaign
When: Thursday 9 December, 6 – 7pm Where: via Zoom. Link here. Write for Rights Letter writing session For the last couple of years, our December meeting has involved a short introduction to the Amnesty International Write for Rights campaign, with some actual letter writing when we met in person. This campaign is held every… Read more »
Review: Humanist Climate Action
Review of our October meeting. As Cop 26 opens in Glasgow this week bringing world leaders together to commit to radically slow down climate change, the message is clear: we have 10 years to turn this around. By 2030 we need, across the globe, to implement a plan to limit the temperature rise to 1.5°C… Read more »
December meeting: Human rights in action
When: Thursday 2nd December, 7.30pmWhere: New Cross Learning (map)Speaker: Lillie Ashworth, Advocacy Officer at Humanists International This meeting will be in person but we will also be zooming this meeting for those that can’t attend or are unsure about returning to ‘real life’ meetings. Zoom link HERE Human Rights in action: the advocacy work of Humanists International Freedom… Read more »
