Brian Larkin & Lesley Orr
Rm 1, 121 George St. 3:30 – 5:00pm. Wednesday 20 August.
Those who fought and died in the First World War will be remembered in many ways. But what about those who refused to fight? What about the women who, rather than urge their men to go to war, organised to oppose it? What consequences and difficulties did they face?
Lesley Orr, feminist historian and Development Worker for Fellowship of Reconciliation Scotland has been involved in peacemaking campaigns at home and abroad. She has taught history, practical theology and gender studies at Glasgow, Edinburgh and QueenMargaretUniversities and was Consultant to the World Council of Churches Decade to Overcome Violence.
Brian Larkin is Coordinator of the Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre and has campaigned for peace for many years. In 1980 he refused to register for the Selective Service, facing up to a year in prison. Campaigning for nuclear disarmament he has taken part in numerous nonviolent direct actions and served many months in jail. He wrote the script for the highly successful Divergent Voices from the First World War which made space for the voices of CO’s and women who opposed the war and was performed at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
A Just Festival Conversation. Tickets £6/£4 from www.justjust.org.uk or Just Festival Box Office at St John’s Church, Princes St.
