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Spiralling military spending. Peace campaigners under attack in Russia and Ukraine. The devastating violence in Israel and Gaza. In 2023 there has been no shortage of war and militarism for peace campaigners to resist.
A new campaigning network is preparing to map militarism in Wales and bring people together to challenge it.
On International Conscientious Objectors' Day, Rishi Sunak has been urged to offer asylum to Russians who refuse to be part of the war in Ukraine.
The Peace Pledge Union has backed teachers who are challenging a rise in military spending while education is desperately underfunded.
British peace activists have warned that the Putin regime may use the Tatarsky killing as an excuse to arrest Russian opponents of the war in Ukraine.
The Peace Pledge Union has backed students who are taking nonivolent direct action over Sheffield University's links with the arms trade.
Pacifists in the UK have sent messages of support to Russian peace activists who are resisting war and mobilisation.
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has been urged to make a public offer of asylum to Russian soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine.
British pacifists have said that repressive measures proposed in the Queen's Speech won't stop people taking direct action.
Teachers at a union conference have been visiting the Peace Pledge Union stand to express support for campaigns against militarism in schools.
