Why the Remembrance Day red poppy is not what it seems

 

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7 November 2014

Dear No Glory supporter, 

Many people are realising the red poppy is not what it seems

It’s been hijacked by arms companies, promoters of militarism and sanitisers of war.

• Lockheed Martin (the world’s largest arms company) sponsored last week’s Poppy Rocks Ball, while Thales (those nice folk who bring you drones) have joined London mayor Boris Johnson in a big Red Poppy billboard at Westminster. See http://bit.ly/10tQfOB
  
• Incredibly, the official poppy appeal video has the cheek to take a classic anti-war song – and strip out its anti-war message. See http://bit.ly/10W13pT
  
• The Guardian's art critic Jonathan Jones triggered orchestrated fury by noting the Tower of London poppy display is trite, pretty and meaningless. See http://bit.ly/1sEJTCs and http://bit.ly/1vIyILn
  

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Meanwhile the white poppy grows ever stronger

• Anti-war veterans will carry a white poppy wreath on Remembrance Sunday. See http://bit.ly/1x0SDHq
  
• More and more people choose to remember the dead of the First World War with this symbol of peace. See http://bit.ly/1xhWIcr
  
• So many people ordered white poppies from No Glory that we were unable to satisfy the demand. We’re very sorry for any inconvenience.
• If you can’t find a white poppy through the Peace Pledge Union (http://www.ppu.org.uk) or a local peace group, then consider making your own – glue two overlapping pieces of white paper, each with four circular petals. Write Peace in green in the middle and fashion a stalk out of green garden wire.

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Book tickets for our special London benefit on Thursday 27 November
Join us for a great night of song and story, with Robb Johnson performing his wonderful Gentle Men song cycle, which The Guardian called a "folk classic" and Billy Bragg says is "a wonderful mixture of the political and personal". This benefit performance for No Glory will be introduced by writer A.L. Kennedy. Tickets £10 / £8 including an interval glass of wine. Book here: http://bit.ly/1xhYvhA

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Have a listen to a fine new song about Remembrance Day
By Vincent Burke with a stunning video to accompany it which is a timeline of all Britain's wars over the past 100 years.  See http://bit.ly/1xhYJFu
Vincent will be playing it for Veterans Against War on Remembrance Sunday: See http://bit.ly/1x0SDHq

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Don’t forget our big debate on 6 December at the Imperial War Museum
Two historians, Sir Hew Strachan and Dr Neil Faulkner, author of No Glory's best-selling pamphlet, The Real History of the First World War, will debate whether Britain should have entered the First World War. More details and to book here: http://bit.ly/1xhZhv9

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Check out other events around the country at our website
Our events list is updated regularly. Upcoming events include Norwich Stop The War special event on Saturday 8 November, and an Alternative World War 1 Day School in Manchester on Saturday 15 November.  Please let us know about anything you’re organising.  Events calendar: http://bit.ly/1xi09zQ

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Donate to help fund No Glory's campaigning
No Glory depends entirely on donations to fund all of its activities, events and on-line resources. Please do consider supporting us. You can make a donation here: http://bit.ly/1xi0CSF

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Follow No Glory online
We regularly update our website, Facebook and Twitter with articles, videos, music, details of upcoming events, links. Keep in touch:

• Website http://noglory.org/
  
• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nogloryinwar
  
• Twitter https://twitter.com/STWuk

Anti-War Updates

22 October 2014

No Glory this autumn – white poppies | conference | concert | debate

No Glory has a busy Autumn ahead, with a wide range of events, including an important conference this Saturday, an acclaimed concert and a mouth-watering debate. The highlights are:

1) Conference:  1914-2014 - One Hundred Years of War

This Saturday 25 October, No Glory in conjuction with Stop the War Coalition, is organising an important conference in London, titled 1914-2014: One Hundred Years of War.

The conference brings together an impressive lineup of speakers, including Adam Hochschild from the USA, author of the classic book on the First World War, To End All Wars; Boris Kagarlitsky Russian writer and campaigner; Guardian journalist Seumas Milne; renowned playwright David Edgar, cultural historian Priyamvada Gopal; Lindsey German from Stop the War Coalition; historian Neil Faulkner, author of the best-selling pamphlet, The Real History of World War One; and Explo Nani Kofi from Ghana.

1914-2014: One Hundred Years of War
London Conference • Bishopsgate Institute
Saturday 25 October • 12 Noon - 5pm

Organised by No Glory and Stop the War Coalition

Full details and list of speakers here...

Tickets £20 / £15 concessions / £8 students
Buy online...
Or call 020 7561 4830

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2) Putting white poppies at the centre of Remembrance Day

Each year more and more people choose to wear the white poppy - as a respectful way to put peace at the heart of remembering those who died in war. This year, 100 years on from 1914, is a fitting time to spread the white poppy as widely as possible. Here’s what you can do:

• Wear a white poppy yourself. It will probably trigger conversations with colleagues and strangers - a powerful way to get the message out there. Some may choose to wear both red and white poppies.
• Buy white poppies to share with others.
• Spread the word. Tell others how to find out more and buy white poppies for themselves.
• Send us a Selfie of yourself with your white poppy for a gallery on the No Glory website. Send to info@noglory.org.

You can buy white poppies here...

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3) Performance of Robb Johnson's acclaimed Gentle Men

If you’ve ever seen Robb Johnson in concert, you’ll know what a great performer he is. Politics with passion and fun – and fabulous music. Robb has kindly agreed to perform his acclaimed WW1 song cycle Gentle Men as a fund raiser for No Glory.

A wonderful mixture of the political and personal - Billy Bragg
A folk classic - The Guardian
In all the artistic commemoration of the First World War, I wager nothing will show more humanity or understanding than Gentle Men - BBC

Come and support No Glory, while enjoying some fine entertainment.

Gentle Men - For No Glory
Thursday 27 November 7.30pm
St Giles-in-the-Fields • London WC2H 8LG
Inroduced by author AL Kennedy

Tickets: £10 /£8 (including a glass of wine in the interval, supported by Barefoot Wine)

More details and to book...

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4) Debate: Should Britain have joined the First World War?

On the afternoon of Saturday 6th December No Glory in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum is organising a debate between historians Hew Strachan and Neil Faulkner. They will debate Should Britain have joined the First World War? It will be a fascinating clash. Tickets and more details will be available soon - but do put the date in your diary now.

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5) Events Calendar

We are continually updating our calendar for World War One events of all descriptions, whether organised by No Glory and by many other organisations around the country. Please send us information about any WW1 events you are planning.
See the calendar for details of events in your area...

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6) Keeping informed on the issues around the WW1 centenary

The No Glory website is widely recognised for its range of articles and resources that take a view opposing the glorification of World War One. We update the website regularly. Recent additions include:

• Why Robert Fisk's father who fought in the First World War threw away his poppy in disgust
• How the UK government is rebranding the first world war to promote militarism today by Nick Megoran
• War, the arms trade and attacks on civil liberties: spot the difference between 1914 and 2014 by Symon Hill

You can also keep up-to-date with No Glory by following us on Twitter or Facebook.

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7) Donate

No Glory depends entirely on donations to fund all of its activities, events and on-line resources. Do consider supporting us. You can make a donation here...

 

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Adam Hochschild and the truth about World War One

As we approach Remembrance Day Stop the War is co-hosting along with the No Glory in War campaign a day conference on World War One and the hundred years of war that has followed.

Acclaimed US based author Adam Hochschild will be presenting his audiovisual account of World War One, based on his best selling book 'To End All Wars'. Adam is an award winning author of a string of books including 'King Leopold's Ghost and' 'Bury the Chains'.

One Hundred Years of War
25 October 12pm - 5pm
Bishopsgate Institute, London

Book online

Agenda:
11am - registration opens

12- 1pm :
Opening plenary: 1914 -1918, the winter of the world. Horror and resistance
David Edgar, Priyamvada Gopal, Neil Faulkner, Adam Hochschild

1 - 2.15pm:
A brief history of World War One
Adam Hochschild

War and disability
Richard Reiser

2.45 - 3.45pm:
World War One, imperialism and the colonial world
Priya Gopal, Boris Kagalritsky and Explo Nani-Kofi

Selling to both sides, the arms trade and WW1
Matthew Burnett-Stuart

3.45pm - 5pm:
Closing: opposing war one hundred years on
Jeremy Corbyn, Boris Kagarlitsky, Lindsey German

Our speakers: Adam Hochschild author and historian, Cultural historian Priyamvada Gopal, writer and journalist Seumas Milne, historian Neil Faulkner author of The real history of World War One, Lindsey German author of Women and War and convenor of Stop the War Coalition, Matthew Burnett-Stuart Campaign Against Arms Trade Jeremy Corbyn MP, playwright David Edgar, disability history month organiser Richard Rieser.

The conference will take place at the Bishopsgate Institute on Bisghopsgate near Liverpool Street Station, London.

You can book your ticket online with Eventbrite or by calling the box office on 020 7561 4830.
Friends of Stop the War are entitled to one free ticket and Student can get in for £8.

Full details of the conference can be found on the Stop the War web site and you can also share the event with your Facebook contacts.

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Wear a white poppy on Remembrance Day

Each year more and more people choose to wear the white poppy - as a respectful way to put peace at the heart of remembering those who died in war. This year, 100 years on from 1914, is a fitting time to spread the white poppy as widely as possible. Here’s what you can do:

• Wear a white poppy yourself. It will probably trigger conversations with colleagues and strangers - a powerful way to get the message out there. Some may choose to wear both red and white poppies
• Buy white poppies to share with others
• Spread the word. Tell others how to find out more and buy white poppies for themselves.
• Send us a Selfie of you with your white poppy for a gallery on the No Glory in War website
• Buy your White Poppy at the One Hundred Years of War conference this Saturday or buy online on the Stop the War web site.
  

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