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Aramaic Chants and Classical Music from Iraq With a tribute to Ziriab 28 Feb 2014, 7 to 9 pm; at: Barnabas Church, London SW1W 8PF 7.00 - 7.05 Welcome and thank you (Victoria Brittain) 7.05 - 7.30 Aramaic chants by Behnam Keryo with Francisco Iannuzzelli on Oud 7.30 - 7.40 Alberto Portugheis - Isaac Albeniz's piano canticle CORDOBA 7.40 - 8.10 A Tribute to Ziriab (789-857)-Mini-Recital by Khatchatur I. Pilikian (Tenor) & Alberto Portugheis (Piano) 8.10 - 8.25 --------- Refreshments --------- 8.25 - 8.40 Francisco Iannuzzelli - Iraqi Maqams on Oud: Samai Huzam & Kapris by Sherif Muhiddin Haydar, and Asfour Tar (the flying bird) by Munir Bashir 8.40 - 8.50 Narmeen Zangana: Homage to Baghdad on Piano 8.50 - 9.00 Behnam Keryo: Epic of Gilgamesh with Francisco on Oud For further details visit the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation website.

25 Mauritian personalities against compulsory biometric ID Card including two former Presidents of the Republic “We express grave concern regarding the new compulsory biometric ID Card System.” SIGNATORIES Jean Jacques ARJOON, musician Sedley ASSONNE, writer Jean Claude BIBI, Barrister-at-Law, who is a former Attorney General Jean Clément CANGY, journalist/writer Jayen CHELLUM, who is a consumer rights leader Lindsey COLLEN, writer/activist Ivan COLLENDAVELLOO, Senior Council, who is former MP, and Select Committee Chairman Lindlay COURONNE, human rights activist Henri FAVORY, dramatic artist Raouf GULBUL, Barrister, who is member of the Bar Council Vinesh HOOKOOMSING, who is a Former Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mauritius Pushpa LALLAH, playgroup activist/widow of Former Chief Justice Ally LAZER, social worker Krishna LUCHOOMUN, artist/plastician Vidula NABABSING, academic/former MP Karl Auguste OFFMANN, GCSK, who is Former President of the Republic of ...

Millions of US troops have landed in Shannon Airport in Ireland since 2002 on their war to and from their endless wars. PANA and other groups have organised many demonstrations in protest against the destruction of Irish Neutrality and its integration into the US/EU/NATO military structures since then. The Irish State's commitment to the doctrine of perpetual war reached a whole new level when it imprisoned a 79 year old peace activist , Margaretta D'Arcy, for three months on the 15th of January. PANA, Shannowatch, the Galway Alliance Against War and other groups and individuals have continued to demand Margaretta's release. We need international solidarity, and we need it now. Please email a statement of support to: info@pana.ie and cc to: newsdesk@rte.ie Please pass on this video to all your contacts and to social media. We need the support of progressive media such as Democracy Now. We need you to hold vigils outside Irish Embassies and Consulates. Thanks Roger Co...

Iraqis have always strived to convey hope in their future on their journey towards peace and justice, despite the many wrongs and destruction of their homeland. From the Mesopotamian Aramaic chants of lament and repentance to classical music based on Maqam, from the epic of Gilgamesh in search for eternal life to the music of the exile. Tadhamun: Iraqi Women Solidarity cordially invites you to attend a musical evening: “Voices for Peace - Aramaic Chants and Classical Music from Iraq” to celebrate Iraqi culture and people, at St Barnabas’ Church – often described as one of the most beautiful churches in London. Date: Friday 28th Feb 2014 Time: 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm Venue: St Barnabas’ Church. St Barnabas Street, London SW1W 8PF Nearest tube stn: Sloan Square Admission: Free For further details of the programme visit the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation website Tadhamun – Iraqi Women Solidarity: http://solidarityiraq.blogspot.com For more info pls call: 07989861380/ 0796902932...

Turkey's draft atomic cooperation agreement with Japan would allow Ankara to use sensitive technologies that have potential nuclear-weapon applications. The bilateral accord would permit the export of Japanese nuclear technology to Turkey, which has contracted with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build four atomic reactors in the city of Sinop. The deal includes a clause that permits Ankara to extract plutonium from spent nuclear fuel and to enrich uranium -- practices that could be used to produce either reactor fuel or bomb-grade material, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the nuclear accord when he met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Tuesday. The two men agreed to work to expedite the process for approving the $22 billion reactor-construction project, the Associated Press reported. The Japanese parliament likely will debate passage of the nuclear cooperation agreement when it reconvenes later th...

Posted on January 8, 2014 by europeancollections As an academic with a strong Cambridge connection, it is perhaps unsurprising that Cambridge University Library has a fairly extensive collection of books by and about Bertrand Russell. Rather more surprising perhaps is the fact that we have a substantial number of works by Russell in translation. The Library holds many Russell translations published in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, which were usually acquired by donation and which were interspersed within the general intake. Then there was a hiatus until relatively recently, when the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation resumed donations. These new acquisitions stand together in a small special collection in CCC.64.1- and can all be consulted in the Rare Books Reading Room. The translations in this special collection currently number over 60 volumes. They are in a wide variety of languages including French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Italian, as well as Chinese and Japanese. Accor...

I am excited to share a video with you from our latest event, ‘On Palestine, G4S and the Prison Industrial Complex’ with eminent feminist scholar-activists Angela Davis and Gina Dent. http://waronwant.org/news/events/previous-events/18046-angela-davis-video War on Want, the School of Law at SOAS University and the Russell Tribunal on Palestine were honoured to host Angela Davis and Gina Dent for a discussion on Justice for Palestine and the Stop G4S campaign. It was a unique opportunity to hear Angela and Gina discuss Palestine and the struggle for liberty in a world of growing militarisation, privatised repression and the proliferation of prisons. In 2007, the British security company G4S signed a contract with the Israeli Prison Authority to provide security systems and other services for major Israeli prisons, which hold Palestinian political prisoners. G4S also provides equipment and services to Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank that form part of the route of Israel’...