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Nerve Anti-War Calendar 2014 - June

Union of opposites - this is about joining rival pairs to symbolise harmony; reconciliation of disharmony and disagreement. The two triangles represent the snow topped mountains, the purity of gold the luminous shining timeless quality of consciousness & the lotus flower symbolises beauty and spirituality. (Image: Eimear Kavanagh)

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2008 Cry Havoc and release the doves of peace (17th) 1 2010: Demonstration supporting the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
2 3 4 5 1982: Meeting of Merseyside Ad Hoc Committee for Peace in the South Atlantic 6 7 8 1916: Royal proclamation halts Liverpool dock strike and imposes arbitration
9 1914: National Peace Congress held in Liverpool (until 12th) 10 11 1947: Quakers challenge Government's stance on conscription 12 1957: First meeting of Merseyside Hydrogen Bomb Protest Committee (forerunner of CND) 13 2006: Anti-war play Ten Tiny Toes, set in Liverpool, opens at Everyman theatre 14 15
16 17 2008: Doves released at St Georges Hall to mark 100th British soldier's death in Afghanistan 18 1937: Merseyside Left Theatre perform Spanish civil war plays 'Guernica' and 'Spain' 19 20 1958: M'side Hydrogen Bomb Protest Committee launch street petition against nuclear weapons 21 22
23 24 25 1960: Michael Foot addresses Trades Council/ Labour Party, calls for nuclear weapons to be banned 26 27 1935: Nationwide Peace Ballot: over 11 million vote for arms reduction 28 1948: 'State of Emergency' declared to stop unofficial dock strike 29 1983: Liverpool Women for Peace visit Peace Camp at USAF Upper Heyford base
30 1988 Love-all at 'Cancerhurst' tennis (3rd July) Also in this month...
1915: Carl Bartels, German designer of the Liver Birds, is interned on the Isle of Man
1918: Liverpool Peace Society donate to conscientious objectors' dependants' fund (12th)
1937: Basque children (refugees from Spanish civil war) welcomed in Liverpool and Birkenhead (20th)

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