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Film Screening – An Ordinary Insanity
At 1am UK time on Friday morning, you can join a free online premiere of An Ordinary Insanity, a new 28-minute documentary featuring Daniel Ellsberg.
Filmed by Oscar-nominated director Judith Ehrlich one year before his death, Ellsberg provides a powerful wakeup call about the global threat posed by nuclear weapons and offers concrete steps to greatly reduce the danger of nuclear annihilation. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring director Judith Ehrlich, Ellsberg family members, nuclear weapons experts and activists, and an audience Q&A.
After the premiere, the film will be available to view free online and to use for screenings and events to help build greater awareness of the threat we face and to encourage action.
View the film trailer. Learn more and register here.
Magnifica Humanitas – Just War Theory is outdated
In a powerful section of his new encyclical, Pope Leo condemns the normalization of war and the out dated use of just war theory to justify violence. Is Just War Theory finally dead as part of Catholic Social Teaching ?
On the 23rd June, Anna Blackman from Glasgow University and who has just joined our Exec Committee, is joining a Tablet webinar to discuss this very issue.
You can find more details and book your ticket by following this link:
Tablet Webinar: Just war – can violence ever be justified?
Annual General Meeting 2026 – Saturday 6th June
We are holding our AGM on Saturday 6th June at Maria Fidelis School in Euston, London and have just published the programme and agenda for the day which you can find here
For further details on registering to attend and voting in the meeting, see our dedicated AGM page here
Pax and the Church – Valerie Flessati writes in the Tablet
In a recent edition of The Tablet, one of our Vice Presidents, Valerie Flessati wrote about the history of Pax and its consistent promotion of conscientious objection as a Christian response to war despite opposition from the Church hierarchy. You can read the full article here
The image shows the PAX conference at Spode House in 1963. Seated in the front row is Dorothy Day (far right) and Bede Griffiths OSB (bearded, in the centre). Next to Dorothy is Simon Blake OP, and next to him Eileen Egan.
Petition: Say no to Military Conscription
On International Conscientious Objectors Day, we joined a coalition of Peace Organisations promoting a petition calling on the UK Government to:
- rule out any future introduction of conscription – mandatory national service or registration – in the UK.
- assert and uphold the rights of conscientious objectors, ensuring protection for those who refuse to participate in the armed forces.
To add your signature to the petition online click here:
Petition: No to Military Conscription
To collect signatures from others you can download the text of the petition and a signature form here. Any completed forms should be posted to Peace Pledge Union, 1 Peace Passage, London N7 0BT.
No Military Conscription Petition 2026 Text
No Military Conscription Paper Form
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