Book launch, Old Picture House, 20 November
This is a rather unusual post. While I was campaigning for Seaton Hospital late last year (a campaign which has still to bear fruit, but we are working on it), I was also writing a book on a protest movement – The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
When our protest last November included the brilliant idea of ringing all the church bells, I thought of all the imaginative and daring ways that antinuclear campaigners used to highlight their issues. And when one of the bellringers joked that we needed to be making Molotov cocktails, I thought, no – but a peaceful obstruction of the bulldozers might be in order. (Non-Violent Direct Action is the technical term.)
Anyway, I am holding a launch event in the Old Picture House, Harbour Road, Seaton, on Wednesday 20th November at 5pm. All welcome!
I’ll be in conversation with Paul Arnott – himself a distinguished author – who will quiz me on why I wrote the book, what its lessons are amidst the growing world gloom, and all questions politics and protest. There will be ample opportunity to ask your own questions, and of course a bar.
If you want to learn more about The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the publishers’ website has all the details and you can buy it with 30% off, using the code ‘EM30’ at checkout. It will also be available for £15 on the night (cash or cheque), but no obligation to buy of course.
I hope to see you on the 20th November – do spread the word!
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