Reflections On The Peace People – By Ciaran Mc Keown
Historians, like the media on which they often rely, tend to record what happened in terms of conventional categories – the struggles between violent forces, legal and illegal, and the party-political jockeying of adversarial politics. But history is changed by other, deeper forces – fear, hope, a sense of belonging or identity, a sense of meaning in the great mystery of being alive in the first place and ultimately a sense of the sacred without any orthodox codification. It was to these deeper forces that the vision and energy of the Peace People were applied. I make no claim for what was achieved although I know in my own mind and heart that it was vital and has gone on echoing. What is vital today, as the past is honoured,…
Community Talks
Feel Free To Come Along To Our 40 Years Anniversary Talks. First Talk Venue - Falls Library Time - 6.30-8.00pm Date - 16.8.16 Free Event All Welcome
40 years on
To commemorate our 40 year anniversary, come and join us to reflect on how peace and reconciliation has blossomed out of pain and loss See our archive of photos and films Chat or simply quietly reflect Enjoy the free tea & coffee The Peace House is open: Saturday:13th August 2016 from10am - 4pm Sunday: 14th August 2016 from10am - 4pm For more information: info@peacepeople.com 028 9066 3465
The Chilcot Inquiry must tell the truth
By Mairead Maguire The long awaited Chilcot report (5 years) on the Invasion of Iraq will finally be released on 6th July, 2016. The Report is to be welcomed and the hope expressed that this inquiry will tell the truth of what happened to the Iraqi people and clarify the UKs involvement, through an official Government recognition of facts of the wars, sanctions and invasion of Iraq and for transparency, accountability and reparation to be paid to the Iraqi people by the UK Government who participated in these illegal and immoral genocidal wars. The story of what was done to the Iraqi people by UK and Western allies is shocking and deeply disturbing. The two wars, the imposition of economic sanctions, causing the slow deaths of thousands of people,…