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November 11, 2020

Sharp rise in white poppy orders from schools

Events in 2020 have encouraged teachers and young people to ask difficult questions about what should be mourned and what celebrated, says the Peace Pledge Union.
November 5, 2020

Making the signal: virtue and conflict

As we approach Remembrance Sunday, the usual arguments over poppy colour have been a little less strident as memorial celebrations are subject to lockdown this year.
November 18, 2018

Peace organisations challenge EU Defence Fund

Forty two European peace, human rights and faith-based groups have produced a statement challenging the European Defence Fund.
November 10, 2018

Commemorating a centenary or forgetting the pity of war?

How a war ends is as important as the manner of its beginning. It is in that ending that injustice and hatred may be sown.
November 9, 2018

Alternative Remembrance ceremony for peace

Eleven peace groups will hold an alternative Remembrance commemoration on Armistice Day.
November 6, 2018

100 years after World War 1, reconciliation key in remembrance, says Justin Welby

It ended 100 years ago, and on 11 November, church leaders will remember World War 1, praying and calling for reconciliation, despite a century passing since one of humanity’s most brutal conflicts.
November 3, 2018

Young people make their remembrance about peace

The centenary of the armistice that ended World War I is a poignant moment. A national project, INSPIRE, will engage thousands of children in remembrance and in peacebuilding.
September 27, 2018

Humanists to speak at Welsh National Remembrance Service for the first time

A humanist representative will take part and speak at the Welsh National Service of Remembrance.
November 12, 2017

Wearing poppies in hope and remembrance

The white poppy represents the hope of peace. Many wearers of the white poppy believe that remembrance, opposition to war, and work for peace can go hand in hand.
October 31, 2017

Respect is not enough

Recently a former British Army Colonel posted a picture of a white poppy on Twitter with the mes