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The Inaugural Oldham Peace Day Lecture

Monday 18 September, 2017

Venue - The Performance Space, Oldham Library, Greaves St, Oldham OL1 1AL

Date and Time - THURSDAY 21st SEPTEMBER 2017 6PM

Contact - Richard Outram, Secretary, The Oldham Pledge to Peace Forum – richard.outram2@oldham.gov.uk Telephone: 0161 770 4024 | Mobile: 07583 097793


Vijay
Mehta is an author and peace
activist. He is Chair of Uniting for Peace and founding Trustee of Fortune
Forum Charity. The Sunday Times described him as a “longstanding activist for
peace, development, human rights and the environment, who along with his
daughter Renu Mehta has set a precedent for striving to change the world”

In
the inaugural Oldham Peace Day Lecture 2017, Vijay Mehta will explore that the
world today is more unstable than the height of the Cold War. Wars in
Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen and Syria have simply not worked and have made the
world a more dangerous place. The ‘War on Terror’ has not succeeded and its
escalation has displaced more people worldwide now than any time in history.

The
rise of populism, nationalism and racism, has resulted in Trumpism, Brexit and
formation of the right wing parties across Europe. History is a witness that
these were the causes which were instrumental to 1st and 2nd World War in which
100 million people perished. In this turmoil and chaos around the world, Vijay
will explore how to counteract the onslaught of the culture of militarism and
what actions we need to take for building a just, peaceful and sustainable
world.

Vijay
will also be signing copies of his latest book, ‘Peace Beyond Borders’, and
signing the Pledge to Peace.



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