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• Israeli peace activist speaks in Friends House

  21 March 2024

  Resisting militarism in Israel, particularly during the current violence in Gaza, was discussed at Quaker offices in Euston earlier this month.
  

• Quakers condemn crackdown on right to protest

  11 March 2024

  Quakers have joined 45 other groups in writing to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to warn of the chilling effect of new legislation and policing powers.

• Stop tinkering with tax rates and offer real reform to address poverty, charities tell Government

  6 March 2024

  As the Government announces a 2p cut in national insurance in its 2024 budget, Quakers have joined 90 other organisations in calling for real tax reform.

• Quakers in Criminal Justice urge Labour party to move away from punitive rhetoric

  4 March 2024

  With a general election due by next January, Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) have urged the Labour party to look beyond retribution to evidence-based rehabilitation.

• Quakers and others say government’s public position on weapons licences to Israel at odds with what it has admitted in litigation

  29 February 2024

  The government must suspend arms transfers to Israel instead of stating that it has provided no lethal or military equipment, Quakers and others warned this week.

• Quakers join global week of action urging insurers to withdraw fossil fuel coverage

  26 February 2024

  Quakers and other faiths held a vigil outside Lloyd's of London this Monday, 26 February, urging them to use their power to bring about a safer, prosperous future for all.

• Quakers host major climate justice festival

  26 February 2024

  Friends House, the home of Quakers in Britain, played host to a major climate justice festival in London this weekend, with speakers including Mikaela Loach, Mick Lynch and Naomi Klein.

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