Registration and fees Concessions and costs £25 for the whole package; £12 concessions. We have kept the registration fee at the same low rate. Concessions are only for full time The History Conference Presents Eloquent Protest, without attendance on students, the unemployed and retired people. Saturday, £10; £5 concessions. If you are able to make a donation on top of Saturday alone, without attendance on the Friday, £20 (inc. lunch) and concessions £10 fees it would be very much appreciated. with lunch, £5.00 without. peace History: The Peace Walk is included in all options. Book your ticket Bookings can be made via Eventbrite at An International www.eventbrite.com/e/peace-history-conference-an-international-perspective-tickets-18001047618 Bookings can also be made by completing the form below. Peace History Conference Booking Form Perspective Name(s)

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Additional donation £ Total Enclosed £ 9th and 10th Please make your cheques payable to GM&D CND and return form and cheque to: Jacqui Burke, October 2015 Greater Manchester & District CND, Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Manchester M4 7HR at Friends Meeting House, 0161 273 8283 [email protected] www.gndcnd.org.uk Mount St, Manchester M2 5NS I/we will be joining the Peace Trail I/we would like to be accommodated in a home stay on Friday 9th, if available

design by mike carter www.mikesplace.org.uk Programme Peace History: Friday 9th October An International Perspective 2.30 – 5.00 A guided walk round parts of the Manchester Peace Trail covering sites connected with the growth of Manchester as the world’s first industrial city November 5th marks the 35th anniversary of Manchester City Council declaring Manchester a and its importance as a centre for radical political activity, led by peace Nuclear Free Zone, the first city in the world to do so. campaigner Steve Roman (www.discoverpeace.eu) At this year’s Peace History Conference we are taking a wider-world view, looking at three elements relating to World War I and the following century with an international dimension. 6.45 – 8.45 Eloquent Protest (arranged by Hazel Roy and Caroline Clegg) The Chinese Labour Corps were one of the non-European forces contributing to the war effort that Saturday 10th October are ignored in our Euro-centric history of the conflict. The different treatment of the Corps by the British and French shines a light on the differing racial attitudes in the two countries. 9.30 – 10.00 Registration While the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom still works for peace around the 10.00 – 10.30 Welcome to the Conference world, its origins and development are not so well-known. Chair: Alison Ronan The arms trade continues to cause conflict and undermine economies and justice in all corners of 10.30 – 11.30 Chinese Labour Corps WW1 (Jenny Clegg) the globe but the role of Manchester and the North in the arms trade being one of the causes of Dr Jenny Clegg is a former lecturer in Asia Pacific Studies at the University WWI needs to be better understood. of Central Lancashire. Author of China’s Global Strategy – toward a Join us for a stimulating day of presentations and discussion. multipolar world (2009). Member of CND’s International Advisory Group And enjoy the Friday evening prelude of Eloquent Protest , with Roy Bailey, Claire Mooney and other and long time peace activist artists for peace. 11.30 –12 noon Tea/coffee break The Conference is organised by Greater Manchester & District Campaign for • The Movement for the 12 noon – 1.00 Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Abolition of War • The Working Class Movement Library • Northern Friends Peace Board • (Helen Kay and Keeley Khoury) International Peace Bureau Was your Great Granny a 'Dangerous Woman'? How the women's peace Registration movement began. If you would like to take part in this conference please fill in the booking form overleaf and send it 1.00 – 2.00 Lunch and stalls with a cheque made payable to GM&D CND. Alternatively book via Eventbrite at www.eventbrite.com/e/peace-history-conference-an-international-perspective-tickets-18001047618 2.00 – 2.20 Chair: Jacqui Burke, Greater Manchester & District CND Living Along the Fenceline - Hawai’i Registration packs will be sent out immediately and will include the full programme and conference information such as hotels, hostels and possible home stays. A film made in 2011 which tells the stories of seven remarkable women who live alongside U.S. military bases. This chapter, Hawai’i, shows the Your registration will include tea/coffee morning and afternoon and lunch on Saturday. expansion of the U.S. military base after WW I and Hawai’in people’s wish Registration also includes joining the Peace Trail. to close the military base and turn it and the island into a centre of peace. There will be an opportunity to register on Friday evening or from 9.30am on Saturday. Please arrive in plenty of time to register on Saturday as we do not want the first speakers to be 2.20 – 3.45 Arming All Sides with Kat Hobbs, Campaign Against the Arms Trade interrupted once they have started their talks. 3.45 – 4.15 Tea/ coffee break We regret that we cannot undertake visa applications, accommodation or travel. 4.15 – 4.50 The Arms Trade Now - and open up to the floor. Kat Hobbs (CAAT) There will be stalls to visit and interest you on Friday and Saturday 4.50 Summary (Rae Street) www.peacehistoryhub.com 5.00 Close Follow us on Facebook and Twitter