Rethinking Security NGO meeting podcast Sept 2016

Rethinking Security 1 Gee Intro.MP3

Imprisoned for drawing a cartoon and prosecuted for shaking hands with her lawyer – this is one woman’s real-life nightmare. Artist and activist Atena Farghadani tells her story from Iran, where she has faced horrific punishment for speaking out. Actress Nazanin Boniadi voices Atena's words in English.
Find out more about Atena: www.amnesty.org.uk/atena
Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes: www.amnesty.org.uk/itow

Atena Farghadani and Nazanin Boniadi - In Their Own Words, S2 Ep4

Following the UK General Election on 8th June 2017, Ellis speaks to Jessica Metheringham, the Parliamentary Engagement Officer at Quakers in Britain. Jess reports on Quaker action during the campaign on key issues like nuclear disarmament and economic inequality and how to keep these on the agenda.  She also reflects on the impact of the Lobbying Act on civil society's voice during the election.

Read more about Quakers and the Lobbying Act on the ACEVO website:
https://acevoblogs.wordpress.com/2017/06/02/quakers-and-the-lobbying-act/ 

Follow @politicalQuaker and @ScotPolQuaker on Twitter

#16 – Q:Witness – Post GE2017 round-up

In the first episode of the CAAT Podcast series, we introduce the UK's arms trade. What arms does the UK produce? Who do UK companies sell arms to? And what is the role of the government in the arms trade?

Joining us to introduce these issues are two leading academics: David Wearing, who is working on a book about UK-Saudi-Gulf relations, and Anna Stavrianakis, author of 'Taking aim at the arms trade, NGOs, global civil society and the world military order'. As with all our contributors, their opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Campaign Against Arms Trade.

To find out more about the arms trade and to take action against it visit: www.caat.org.uk/issues/introduction.

Introduction to the Arms Trade

One of the world's biggest arms fairs came to London in September and hundreds of protestors took part in a week of action attempting to block its set-up. In this episode, we explain what an arms fair is and why they're wrong - and talk to some of those who campaigned against DSEI.

Stopping the DSEI Arms Fair

Universal human rights are the legal and practical sibling to the Quaker idea that every person is unique, precious and a child of God - simply, that every person has a right to be treated with dignity and respect.

In this episode we explore human rights from a European and international perspective. As Quakers in Britain issue a manifesto about the need to welcome newcomers to the UK with respect and dignity, we reflect on the perception of human rights in a Brexit landscape and hear about the Quaker spiritual view on human rights from Helen Drewery, Head of Witness and Worship at Quakers in Britain. In a wide-ranging conversation we speak with Sylvain Mossou and Martin Leng from the Quaker Council of European Affairs about human rights, the impact of Brexit, and responding to child immigration detention. 

Further reading
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Read the Quaker United Nations Office briefing at: http://quno.org/resource/2017/12/briefing-friends-human-rights-migrants-under-new-york-declaration

Quaker Council for European Affairs: Briefing on the European Convention on Human Rights www.qcea.org/2017/08/new-brochure-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/ 

Report on child immigration detention in Europe: www.qcea.org/2017/07/report-child-immigration-detention-in-europe/

#26 – Q:Witness – Human rights

anarchy ....(5)..... jesus

Spoke with queer radical Christian blogger Hye Sung Francis about making Quakerism militant again, empire as false authority, nonviolence as a lack of empathy, antifa Jesus, escalation and diversity of tactics, prophecy, being heartbroken as a people, radical generosity and solidarity, revolutionary End Times, being at peace in a scary world, taking up a cross, speaking in tongues, joyous worship, the need for religion, Jesus the anti-king destroyer of hierarchy, how difficult white boys are, prison abolition, and pistachio ice cream.

Notes:
-Did I say Paul? I meant Peter. I sound pretty scattered, I'm tired y'all. 
-I made assumptions about some other people's gender identity/sexual orientation/privilege that I should not have, and I apologize.

Referenced:
Hye Sung's blog: 
www.hyesungfrancis.com

Psalm 46 (climate change)

The Magnificast, another radical Christian podcast
https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TheMagnificast/

"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution" -Emma Goldman

1 Corinthians 12

"A Religious Solution to the Social Problem" by Howard Brinton
https://pendlehill.org/product/religious-solution-social-problem/

The Friendly Fire Retreat, can be reached at friendlyfireinfo@protonmail.com

S1E24 Anarchist Jesus, Rebuilding Radical Christianity, and Hope with Hye Sung 12.15.17

Welcome to the Young Quaker Podcast! This episode we’re talking about Quaker social witness, and how the spiritual meets the political in Quakerism. Below you can find a list of links mentioned in the podcast, as well as a link to a mini glossary of any Quaker terms that were used in this episode. Enjoy!

If you have any feedback for us or would like to be a guest on the show, please get in touch at youngquakerpodcast@gmail.com or tweet us @youngquakerpod

Host: Jessica Hubbard-Bailey
Script Editing: Laurence Hall
Audio Editing: Jack Sibley
Music: Jack Sibley & Joseph Hubbard-Bailey

Quaker Peace and Social Witness: http://www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisation/our-structures/quaker-peace-and-social-witness-central-committee
Q:Witness: http://www.quaker.org.uk/our-work/podcast
F/riendly Fire: friendlyfireinfo@protonmail.com , Blair Ellis on Facebook, & May Day retreat invitation: http://youngquakerpodcast.libsyn.com/friendly-fire-may-day-retreat-invitation 
The Young Quaker magazine: http://theyoungquaker.org.uk/
Young Friends General Meeting: http://yfgm.quaker.org.uk/
Quakers in Britain: www.quaker.org.uk

For the mini-glossary of Quaker terms used in this episode, please go here!: http://youngquakerpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-three-full-show-notes

The Young Quaker Podcast

#3 - Young Quakers And Witness

Tom Shakespeare, is an English sociologist and broadcaster. He is Professor of Disability Research in the medical faculty at the University of East Anglia (UEA)and a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.    He is also known for his work and activism around disability rights in the UK.

In this episode, he talks about the role of religion in his upbringing, agnosticism and finding solace in Quakerism. He also talks about his work as an activist, and the challenges that people with disabilities face in the age of austerity.

This episode also features a conversation with Theos' Natan Mladin about the idea of 'thinking about thinking'.

Follow us on @sacred_podcast and on Twitter, follow Elizabeth at @Theoselizabeth. You can also follow Theos at @theosthinktank to keep up to date with news, events and the latest research.

#16 Tom Shakespeare

Weakness

A podcast from Quakers in Britain and Woodbrooke.

#26 – Q:Witness – Human rights

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