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SUMMARY:ISHIRO HONDA: MEMOIRS OF A FILM DIRECTOR + Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director is a documentary that explores the life and career of prolific Japanese director Ishiro Honda\, highlighting his filmography (e.g. his work on the Godzilla films)\, war experiences\, and obsession with the atomic bomb. Through interviews and analysis\, it also delves into his friendship and collaboration with Akira Kurosawa. \nThe screening will include a talk from the director (Jonathan Bellés) + Q&A panel with special guests. \nDoors at 11:30am. Register here.
URL:https://gmdcnd.org/event/ishiro-honda-memoirs-of-a-film-director-qa/
LOCATION:Cultplex\, 50 Red Bank\, Cheetham Hill\, Manchester\, M4 4HF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Peace and Craft Fair 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday 1st November at the Birch Community Centre for live music\, a peace cafe\, plenty of jolly company\, and stalls selling artisan jewellery\, handmade felt critters\, calligraphy\, gorgeous glassware and olive oil from Palestine\, books\, bookmarks\, scrummy homemade cakes\, second hand CDs\, peace and green-friendly merchandise\, and lots more! Entry is free and the centre is fully accessible. \nIt’s going to be a blast\, so if you want to help promote the event\, then drop us an email and we can get some leaflets your way\, especially if you live near the community centre or in the Witherton area. \nWe look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://gmdcnd.org/event/peace-and-craft-fair-2025/
LOCATION:Birch Community Centre\, Brighton Grove\, Manchester\, M14 5JT\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Why US Nukes on UK soil are bad for Britain public meeting
DESCRIPTION:Evidence is clear that US nuclear weapons have arrived in Britain – at the Lakenheath NATO base in Suffolk. These deadly weapons make us all a target. And they increase the risk of Britain being dragged into Trump’s reckless wars. \nThe majority of the population totally understand how these nuclear weapons don’t make us safer. That’s why a majority oppose their deployment here in Britain. \nJoin us for our upcoming public meeting\, featuring Kate Hudson (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament)\, Angie Zelter (Lakenheath Alliance for Peace) & Rae Street (Campaigner for peace & justice for over 50 years). As part of Lakenheath Alliance for Peace’s tour to highlight how we can work together to end the threat of nuclear weapons\, increased militarisation of our state\, and endless wars\, please join us for this public meeting on 13th November\, 6.30pm @ Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\, M2 1NL. \nThe Lakenheath Alliance for Peace is a coalition of groups that is dedicated to preventing the return of US Nuclear weapons to USAF Lakenheath. It is committed to nonviolent direct action for a peaceful and non-threatening world. The campaign demands that military resources be directed towards global peace and justice and the prevention of human disaster caused by climate change and biodiversity loss.
URL:https://gmdcnd.org/event/why-us-nukes-on-uk-soil-are-bad-for-britain-public-meeting/
LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\, Manchester\, Greater Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:GMD CND AGM 2026
DESCRIPTION:Greater Manchester & District CND will be hosting our 2026 Annual General Meeting\, at Bridge 5 Mill\, 22A Beswick St\, M4 7HR on Saturday 24th January. The AGM will begin at 11.30am. This will entail us carrying out our democratic duties as an organisation\, discussing motions and nominating officers and members of the GM&D CND Co-ordinating Group. We endeavour to have as broad a representation of experience and interest as possible in our organisation\, so do please consider standing for election at our AGM. This organisation is yours\, and we want you to shape it. \nThis will include a strategic overview from CND council member\, Jenny Clegg. The deadline for motions has passed. You can find them here (add link). The deadline for nominations to Co-ordinating Group\, amendments to motions\, emergency motions and remaining peace group reports must be submitted by 20th January. Please send to gmdcnd@gn.apc.org. \nAnybody who is a member of CND can attend the AGM. If you are not\, feel free to join the organisation\, or you can attend as a non-voting observer. We encourage anyone who is interested to stand for Co-ord and the associated roles. GM&D CND is a democratic organisation and we want as much experience as possible reflected in our leading bodies. \nSee you there!
URL:https://gmdcnd.org/event/gmd-cnd-agm-2026/
LOCATION:Bridge 5 Mill\, 22A Beswick Street\, Manchester\, M4 7HR
ORGANIZER;CN="Greater Manchester & District CND":MAILTO:gmdcnd@gn.apc.org
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SUMMARY:Britain’s war economy - why we need an alternative
DESCRIPTION:Britain’s public services – education\, healthcare\, local government\, mail\, and transport – are all suffering from chronic neglect and underinvestment. \nThe North West ranks as the second most deprived area in the country. In Manchester\, a high of 41% of neighbourhoods are classed as deprived whilst Barrow\, host to BAE Systems’ nuclear submarine programme\, has a considerable concentration of unemployment and high rates of child poverty. \nMassive public investment is needed to rebuild the social and economic fabric of working-class communities. Yet amidst intensifying global conflict\, escalating climate crisis and soaring inequality – with the decision to dramatically increase defence spending in its 2024 Strategic Defence Review\, the Labour government committed to increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP.  At the same time\, it decided to cut spending on education. \nAnd now\, under political pressure from Trump\, as Starmer moves the country towards actual ‘war-fighting readiness’\, the military spend is expected to ratchet up to 5 per cent of GDP. \nThe government presents the increase in arms manufacturing as the way out for the country’s economic and social problems\, announcing new jobs in the sector as good for local communities as a whole. \nBut\, the ever-higher expenditure on arms means less money for our education\, health\, councils\, and the green transition: the plans will not only exacerbate our problems but tie us ever more closely to the US\, carrying us rapidly along the path to war between the major powers. \nTo the country and the North West region’s shame\, British participation in the F-35 programme has implicated us in Israel’s grave violations of international law in Gaza. \nAnd now\, Starmer’s approach towards militarisation is reaching out into wider society and schools. \nA resolution on Wages not Weapons was passed last year by the TUC Congress\, calling for the reversal of policy dating from 2022\, of support for immediate increases in defence spending.  Noting that ‘actively campaigning for ever-higher spending on arms risks signalling approval of a wider drive to war\, it called on the trade union movement to ‘stand\, in our best traditions\, for peace and against militarisation’. \nThe North West\, home to leading arms companies including BAE systems\, MBDA\, Thales and WFEL\, is seen as a ‘national strategic asset’.  Potential sites for new munitions factories have been identified in the region\, whilst the UK’s National Cyber Force (NCF) was recently opened by BAE Systems in Lancashire. \nBased on CND’s recent Alternative Defence Review\, this event aims to raise awareness of militarisation and its wider impact on the North West and to come up with concrete strategies for taking the TUC motion into workplaces and communities\, focusing on developing practical ideas on: \nWhat are the costs and consequences of increasing military spending? How do we stop the race to war? \nHow can we tackle the government’s arguments that investment in the military sector is good for the country? How should trade unions and communities respond? In which areas can we have the most effect? \nThere will be a panel session featuring leading figures in the peace movement\, Kate Hudson (Vice President of CND) and Alex Gordon (National Officer of Stop the War Coalition and formerly President of the National Union of Rail\, Maritime and Transport Workers)\, plus contributions from peace campaigners in Germany and Belgium\nBut mostly\, this conference is about what you can do. There will be breakout sessions focusing on specific areas of work\, such as: \n\nHow to initiate conversations in workplaces and communities;\nHow to link the concerns of workers in service sector and military manufacturing;\nHow to put our leading positions in education\, science and innovation to use to foster peace and development rather than confrontation;\nHow to build new networks for peace\, bringing industry\, local government\, universities and research centres together.\n\nSaturday 7th March\, Cross St Chapel\, Cross St\, Manchester M2 1NL\, from 1pm-4.30pm. There will be refreshments. \nYou can register for the event here!
URL:https://gmdcnd.org/event/britains-war-economy-why-we-need-an-alternative/
LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\, Manchester\, Greater Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:No to Nuclear: Book Launch Conversation with Linda Pentz Gunther & Martin Empson
DESCRIPTION:The UK government is eager to expand nuclear power\, following the example of the United States. It asserts that nuclear power is “domestic” energy\, protects national security\, provides jobs and keeps electricity bills down. But is any of this true? \nIn her new book\, No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives\, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War\, Linda Pentz Gunter debunks the pro-nuclear myths\, and shows how choosing nuclear power will guarantee continued use of fossil fuels\, squeezing out renewables and actually making climate change worse. \nBut she also looks at the nuclear power and nuclear weapons story —inextricably linked\, especially through Britain’s Trident nuclear submarine fleet — from the perspective of the people the entire nuclear sector harms. \nIn an articulate\, compelling\, and vivid writing style\, Pentz Gunter brings home the significant toll on people\, animals and nature\, reflecting on our destructive compulsion to damage the only place we can call home. \nShe reveals how Indigenous communities and working people\, especially those of colour\, are deliberately targeted by every aspect of the nuclear power and weapons complex\, preyed upon for profit\, a form of colonialist adventurism that ensures the suffering of the many to enrich the few. The book is guaranteed to provoke a lively debate and is essential reading for those who care about climate and the sustainable stewardship of Planet Earth. \nLinda Pentz Gunther will be in conversation with Manchester-based campaigner Martin Empson\, a long-standing member of Campaign Against Climate Change. He is the treasurer of the campaign’s trade union group and helped initiate the Million Climate Jobs campaign. Martin is a socialist\, based in Manchester and has written on questions relating to the environment and capitalism as well as the social movements needed to stop environmental disaster. He is the author of System Change Not Climate Change: A Revolutionary Repsonse to Environmental Crisis (Booksmarks\, 2019). \nJoin us on Saturday 14th March from 2-4pm at Cross St Chapel\, to meet Linda and discuss the issues! \nRegister here.
URL:https://gmdcnd.org/event/no-to-nuclear-book-launch-conversation-with-linda-pentz-gunther-martin-empson/
LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\, Manchester\, Greater Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Protest Against US Nuclear Weapons at RAF Lakenheath
DESCRIPTION:Evidence is clear that US nuclear weapons have arrived in Britain – at the Lakenheath NATO base in Suffolk. These deadly weapons make us all a target. And they increase the risk of Britain being dragged into Trump’s reckless wars. \nClick here to sign our petition against US nukes in Britain \nThe majority of the population totally understand how these nuclear weapons don’t make us safer. That’s why a majority oppose their deployment here in Britain. \nCND calls on the government to make an urgent formal statement on their return and allow for a transparent debate and vote in Parliament. Stationing these bombs here makes Britain a target in the event of a war between NATO and Russia. \n‘Don’t make us a target!’: email your MP about US nukes in Britain \nCND supporters have repeatedly protested at RAF Lakenheath and across the country since we first heard about the possibility of US nuclear weapons coming to Britain and we will continue to do so. Anti-nuclear campaigners from Greenham Common to Lakenheath have forced the US to withdraw their nuclear weapons before\, and we now do so again. \nBook your tickets on our minibus to RAF Lakenheath to join a national protest against the continued presence of US nuclear weapons on British soil.
URL:https://gmdcnd.org/event/protest-against-us-nuclear-weapons-at-raf-lakenheath/
LOCATION:RAF Lakenheath\, Chester St\, Lakenheath\, IP27 9PS
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SUMMARY:Gentle\, Angry Women film screening with discussants
DESCRIPTION:Join the Greater Manchester & District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament for a screening of Barbara Santi’s seminal film\, Gentle\, Angry Women. \nA new generation of young female activists uncovers a powerful\, often overlooked chapter of women’s history and the alarming reality of British nuclear armament. As they navigate the complexities of teenage life and social activism\, three young women – Poppy\, Xanthe\, and Evie – embark on a journey of discovery\, following in the footsteps of over 30\,000 women who forty years earlier united in peaceful\, liberating protest\, the remarkable Greenham Common Women’s Peace Movement. \nThis coming-of-age documentary\, driven by intergenerational dialogue\, bridges past courage and present hope\, speaking to the need for action and change. \nThe Greater Manchester screening will be accompanied by discussants and maybe even a special appearance! \nSupported BFI YACF\, Cultivator Screen Growth Fund\, Good Growth Hub\, People’s Postcode Lottery and Canon UK
URL:https://gmdcnd.org/event/gentle-angry-women-film-screening-with-discussants/
LOCATION:Cultplex\, 50 Red Bank\, Cheetham Hill\, Manchester\, M4 4HF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:"The VERY Narrow Bridge" film showing
DESCRIPTION:Award Winning Documentary. Families from both sides of Palestine Israel\, seek peace\, not revenge\, after searing deaths. \n\n\n\n\nAward Winning Documentary. Families from both sides of Palestine Israel\, seek peace\, not revenge\, after searing deaths \nTHE VERY NARROW BRIDGE is a compelling\, profound and graceful documentary which traces four courageous journeys – of 2 Palestinians and 2 Israelis – from terrible pain and loss to understanding and hope\, across the divide. \nTrailer \nThis event is free\, but we are asking optional contributions towards the film makers costs. £5-10 suggested. [cash only]. No refunds. \nWheelchair ramp available upon prior request. \nEmail: NarrowBridgeLittleborough@proton.me \nFILM SHOW 6-7.45 pm\, Sat 9th May 2026\, doors open 5:50 pm \nDiscussion and free refreshments following the film. \nNo alcohol\, smoking or drugs are allowed at the venue. \nPlease book your place as only 30 people max can attend.
URL:https://gmdcnd.org/event/the-very-narrow-bridge-film-showing/
LOCATION:Ebor Studio\, William St\, Littleborough\, OL15 8JP
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SUMMARY:Conscientious Objectors Day: It’s Your Right to Refuse to Fight
DESCRIPTION:Every year on May 15th we remember conscientious objectors\, both past and present. Around the world many people are imprisoned or forced to flee their home countries for refusing to join the armed forces. On May 15th we stand in solidarity with them\, as well as celebrating the memory of those throughout history who have resisted conscription. \nAcross the 2020s\, we have seen war rage in Europe and genocide take place in Palestine. Both acts of mass violence\, have seen the importance of conscientious objection raised once again\, as citizens refuse the turn to war. These brave people must be defended. \nIn Manchester\, on 15th May in Peace Gardens\, Lincoln Square\, M2 5AD\, we will be commemorating those who refuse to enlist in the armed forces by joining the international peace mobilisations. There will be readings and poems and speeches. \nAs in previous years we will have reflections. \nPlease let us know if you will bring your own reading. \nPlease also share this information widely and visit CO-Day.org to find out more about what is happening elsewhere.
URL:https://gmdcnd.org/event/conscientious-objectors-day-its-your-right-to-refuse-to-fight-3/
LOCATION:Lincoln Square Peace Garden\, Manchester\, M2 5HX\, United Kingdom
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