{"id":76,"date":"2021-01-02T11:57:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T11:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/innatenonviolence.org\/wp\/?p=76"},"modified":"2022-05-05T14:59:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T14:59:12","slug":"nonviolent-news-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innatenonviolence.org\/wp\/2021\/01\/02\/nonviolent-news-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonviolent News No.285 Supplement, January 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
A World Beyond War? Conversations on alternatives<\/span><\/span>\r\nThe Irish chapter of <\/span><\/span>World Beyond War (WBW) have a <\/span><\/span>w<\/span><\/span><\/span>eekly <\/span><\/span><\/span>series of <\/span><\/span>online <\/span><\/span>seminars starting at 7pm on Wednesday 13<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/sup><\/span> January and running for 5 weeks.  \u201c<\/span><\/span>War: Who wins and who loses? How is it waged and financed? How does it impact the civilian populations of the world? How does it contribute to human misery? What are its effects on the environment? And why it doesn\u2019t have to be like this.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nOn 13<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/sup><\/span> Januar<\/span><\/span>y <\/span><\/span><\/span>the topic is<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2018Ireland, the United Nations and the Security Council\u2019 with Denis Halliday, <\/span>former UN Assistant General Secretary<\/span>; January 20<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup>, \u2018<\/span>T<\/span>he military industrial complex and politics\u2019 with Clare Daly <\/span>MEP<\/span>; January 27<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup>,\u00a0 \u2018Militarism and Ecological Destruction\u2019 with Dave Donellan, <\/span>peace activist<\/span>; February 3<\/span>rd<\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span>,\u2019 <\/span>Militarism<\/span><\/span><\/span> and human displacement\u2019 with Suad Aldarra & Yaser Alashqar, <\/span>respectively from Syria and Palestine; <\/span>February 10<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup>, \u2018<\/span>Are <\/span>militaries <\/span>l<\/span>the most appropriate Peacekeepers?\u2019\u00a0 with Edward Horgan, <\/span>former Irish peacekeeper<\/span>  All these are on Zoom <\/span>from <\/span>7pm to 7.45pm.  <\/span>For further details (click on the individual sessions) and booking see<\/span> https:\/\/worldbeyondwar.org\/ireland\/<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
F<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00e9ile Br\u00edde \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Seeds of the Heart -<\/span><\/span><\/span> and Afri\u2019s <\/span><\/span>v<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>ideo<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> report<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
Afri’s 29th F\u00e9ile Br\u00edde gathering will take place on line for the first time in 2021, on 6th<\/sup> February beginning at 2pm. There have been 28 such gatherings as part of community events organised by C\u00e1irde Bhr\u00edde in Kildare, taking place around Brigid’s Day in February – but this year due to Covid restrictions it has to be<\/span><\/span> a virtual event. This year’s title\u00a0is ‘Seeds of the Heart’ and it will look at\u00a0 issues to do with care for the planet and ‘welcoming the stranger’, among others. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
Confirmed speakers so far include social entrepreneur Ruairi McKiernan and founders of S\u00edolta Chro\u00ed Karen Jeffares and Gareth Conlon. There will be<\/span><\/span> music from Kila’s Dee Armstrong\u00a0 and friends among others.\u00a0 For further details contact admin@afri.ie<\/span><\/a> or see the website in due course https:\/\/www.afri.ie\/<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
A 10-minute <\/span>v<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>ideo<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> report on Afri\u2019s work in 2020 can be seen at <\/span>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3uEeGm0NUpc<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/pre>\n
D<\/span>e Borda seminar: Consensus voting<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
\u2018<\/span>D<\/span><\/span><\/span>emocratic Decision-making, Consensus Voting in Civic Society and Parliaments\u2019 <\/span><\/span><\/span>is an online seminar organised by the de Borda Institute, h<\/span><\/span><\/span>osted by Anna Tulin Brett (NUI, Galway) <\/span><\/span>and i<\/span><\/span>ntroduced by Prof\u00a0H<\/span><\/span>u<\/span><\/span>gh Miall, (Conflict <\/span><\/span>Research Society). <\/span><\/span><\/span>This short session <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>takes place on Thursday 14<\/span><\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span> January from 10.30am. The link is <\/span><\/span><\/span>https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/86570929098?pwd=OTVHQkl5Q3ZhUjRwLzFpeDZpNFR4Zz09<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> Meeting ID: 865 7092 9098\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span>Passcode: 5G34xF\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>The de Borda website is at <\/span><\/span>http:\/\/www.deborda.org\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
Arms Trade networking<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
An online cross-border network of people interested in or working on arms trade issues has grown out of a seminar organised by INNATE. It is quite informal and will share information, perceptions and possibilities for work on this issue. The next meeting is on<\/span><\/span>line on<\/span><\/span> T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>uesday 26<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span> January at 7.30pm<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and anyone interested is welcome; contact INNATE <\/span><\/span>innate@ntlworld.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> to receive the link <\/span><\/span>and report from the last meeting.<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
Nuclear weapons illegal on 22nd<\/sup> January<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
The nuclear armed powers may ignore the <\/span><\/span>matter and pretend it isn\u2019t happening <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>but anything to do with nuclear weapons becomes illegal in international law on <\/span><\/span>2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2nd<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> January when there is an opportunity for civil society to draw attention to this through the ringing of church bells, and other manifestations of this important development \u2013 <\/span><\/span>the day will be marked by various groups and organisations internationally.<\/span><\/span> INNATE has a downloadable poster for home printing, \u2018Nuclear weapons illegal\u2019, at <\/span><\/span>http:\/\/www.innatenonviolence.org\/posters\/index.shtml<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
H<\/span>olocaust memorial<\/span> exhibition<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
To mark\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Holocaust Memorial Day<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Conflict Textiles\u00a0has\u00a0partnered\u00a0with\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Linen Hall Library <\/span><\/span><\/span>in Belfast<\/span><\/span><\/span> to <\/span><\/span><\/span>present a small\u00a0online exhibition, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Light during the darkness: Remembering the Holocaust <\/span><\/span><\/span> (12<\/span><\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span> January – 1<\/span><\/span><\/span>st<\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span> February)<\/span><\/span><\/span> with a<\/span><\/span><\/span> brief guided tour <\/span><\/span><\/span>on 27<\/span><\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span> January from 2.00 \u2013 3.30pm; there will be<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0inputs from a transnational panel of\u00a05\u00a0contributors on Holocaust-related family memorabilia. You can register on <\/span><\/span><\/span>https:\/\/linenhall.com\/events\/online-event-light-during-the-darkness-remembering-the-holocaust\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> and the exhibition details are at <\/span><\/span><\/span>https:\/\/cain.ulster.ac.uk\/conflicttextiles\/search-quilts2\/fullevent1\/?id=226<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
Eco-Congregation Ireland gathering<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
Eco-Congregation Ireland is holding an online meet up on Saturday 16<\/span><\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span> January 2021 at 11.00am. This online event will be for faith communities to share experiences and ideas. There will be input from a congregation that has received their Eco-Congregation Award, as well as a church on their journey towards their Award. Participants are welcome to bring their questions about any aspect of their ECI journey whether that is about getting started, working towards an ECI Award, the ECI Awareness and Endeavour Certificates or hosting the ECI Climate Justice Candle. If you would like to attend please email Karen Nicholson to register and to get the Zoom link – <\/span><\/span><\/span>info@ecocongregationireland.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> You can also sign up to receive the regular ECI newsletter. <\/span><\/span><\/span>https:\/\/www.ecocongregationireland.com\/<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A World Beyond War? Conversations on alternatives The Irish chapter of World Beyond War (WBW) have a weekly series of online seminars starting at 7pm on Wednesday 13th January and running for 5 weeks. \u201cWar: Who wins and who loses? How is it waged and financed? How does it impact the civilian populations of the … Continue reading Nonviolent News No.285 Supplement, January 2021<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonviolent-news","tag-peace-news-in-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innatenonviolence.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innatenonviolence.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innatenonviolence.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innatenonviolence.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innatenonviolence.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/innatenonviolence.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/innatenonviolence.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innatenonviolence.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innatenonviolence.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innatenonviolence.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}