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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Our book of the month is Friends in Common, by Joel White and Laura C Foster, and our most recent blog post shares some reflections on the book from our Collection Development Worker. www.commonwealnonviolence.org/blogs/reflec...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Lots of great books for sale at the Commonweal booksale today. We'll be selling more books at our stall at the Peace and Craft Fair at Victoria Hall, Saltaire on Saturday 10.00 - 4.00. See you there! ☮️☮️☮️

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

At our Living Library today we had three "books", all people who care passionately about libraries, sharing a personal experience or perspective on what libraries mean to them. Our "readers" all agreed that they were inspired by hearing from the "books". #LivingLibraries

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Today Emma was at our regular stall at the University, asking students what libraries mean to them. They said: - A safe space to be able to be able to think and immerse myself with the smell of books. - Somewhere that is more than just a place for books - a place for reading, chilling and more.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

An A to Z of just some of the 1,700 magazines, newsletters, bulletins and journals in the Collection can now be found on the Commonweal website www.commonwealnonviolence.org/periodicals-...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

We danced for a better world! The ceilidh on Sunday was a night of spirited music, community, and dancing. Thank you so much to Ey Up Klezmer for the wonderful music, Fiona for calling the dances, Jack for the sound, the Saltaire Bar for hosting us and everyone who joined in so enthusiastically 💃

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

💥We're recruiting! The Commonweal Trust is looking for a Collection Development Worker to join our team. More information and how to apply on our website at: www.commonwealnonviolence.org/come-and-wor...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

🎶 Our theme in September has been music - how it acts as a powerful tool by unifying people and building solidarity, helping to raise morale and give a voice to marginalised communities. These are just a few of the many songs that communicate messages of protest, hope & resistance 🎶 bit.ly/470VU3g

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

🎶This coming Sunday why not join Commonweal for a workshop on the role of music within social change movements?🎶 As part of HONK! Bradford, a festival of activist and community streetbands there will be a series of FREE workshops open to all. Link for more info and booking in comments below.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

In the current political climate, the wealth of wisdom contained in the Collection is needed more than ever. Our Annual Report reflects a time of global uncertainty, increasing authoritarianism and rising right-wing populist politics, and what we are doing in response. bit.ly/4608qzR

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Commonweal Trust Annual Report 2024 - 2025 - Commonweal

In the current political climate, the wealth of wisdom contained in the Collection (the history, theory and practice of nonviolence) is needed more than ever. I write this Annual Report at a time not ...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Commonweal Ceilidh with the wonderful Ey Up Klezmer! Sunday 12th October 6.30-10.00pm Join us at the Saltaire Bar BD18 3HN(formerly the Shipley and District Social Club) for an evening of dancing and a buffet. Help us help activists build a better world! www.ticketsource.co.uk/commonweal/t...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

CRAFTIVIST WORKSHOP! Wednesday 13th August 1.00pm - 2.30pm at Room 0.17 in the JB Priestley Library, ground floor, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, BD7 1DP. Hear about the history of craftivism, how it's a form of activism & have a go at crafting an olive branch as a symbol of peace.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

The old and the new! We have just received a wonderful donation of books about South Asia, pre- and post- independence, along with other books about empire, colonialism and slavery. Thank you so much Barry Pavier.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

There are so many wonderful pamphlets in the Commonweal Collection, covering a huge range of topics - from student protest to the animal liberation freedom struggle, from anarchists to feminists, from theory to practice. Drop us a message if you would like to help us with our summer stocktake 😊

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Isobel Cook @isobelcook.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I've produced a reading guide in collaboration with @commonwealuk.bsky.social on the topic of Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, site of Britain's largest antinuclear protest. You can find it, and other guides to books about peace activism, here: www.commonwealnonviolence.org/reading-lists

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Reading lists - Commonweal

With over 14,000 books, pamphlets and journals in the Collection, sometimes it can be hard to know how to start so here are some reading lists to get you started! New lists will be added regularly, so...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

When we ask people what gives them the resolve to keep campaigning, people often refer to past protests that succeeded such as the campaign against the Poll Tax - a mass movement that defied the state and won. This, and many other books about successful campaigns, are available in the Collection💥

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Banner making workshop at Commonweal this morning. Some great ideas for designs and motifs expressing participants' desire for peace and justice across the world. Thank you to the workshop leader Mussarat Rahman, and all the people who came and helped. #Craftivism #PeaceAndJustice

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

So interesting to visit the Working Class Movement Library in Salford, a radical library enabling working class people to learn from and interpret their history so they can apply a class perspective to contemporary politics and economics. Looking forward to future collaborations!

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Lovely to have Bridget Sojourner visit Commonweal today. Bridget was a Peace Studies student in Bradford in the 1980s when she was a regular protestor at Menwith Hill US Air Base. She was delighted to know that there are still regular protests happening at the US base.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Read about how stories and poems in the Commonweal Collection address the barriers to peace and the denial processes in which we engage in a world filled with war, and help us navigate a world in conflict in this blog by volunteer Josie Mulligan. www.commonwealnonviolence.org/blogs/talkin...

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Talking of the danger: How poetry and storytelling help us navigate a world in conflict. - Commonweal

A playwright sets out to discover the reasons for nuclear armament, a former army nurse rallies against business as usual, the poet and activist Adrienne Rich reminds us that we are responsible for ou...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

💥New shelving being installed as the Collection continues to grow. Thank you to our wonderful colleagues at the JB Priestley Library for your help to make this happen.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

💥Opportunity💥 Commonweal are looking for new Trustees who share our values and who are interested in the power of peace and nonviolence to change our world for the better. Fins out more: www.commonwealnonviolence.org/blogs/become... #SocialChange #Peace #Commonweal

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Commonweal recently held its first nonviolent direct action reading group at The Peace Museum. Read the brilliant blog by Ludi Simpson, activist & group participant summarising session one. Can books inspire or just inform? Let us know your thoughts. www.commonwealnonviolence.org/blogs/what-r...

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What readings have inspired you? - Commonweal

For the first session of the Commonweal Nonviolent Direct Action monthly reading group, we were asked "What readings have inspired you?". Can reading a book or a blog or a speech be inspiring? “No! Re...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The conflict in the DRC is long running and complex. Join Bradford Congo Campaign and the Peace Society this Wednesday to find out more about the challenges faced during decades of war. And if you would like to read about the history of the conflict, do get in touch 📚

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

In the Leeds Sanctuary podcast Outreach Worker Emma talks about the Bristol bus boycott in response to black and brown people not being employed by the Bristol omnibus company. Read more about the boycott in Memoirs of a Black Englishman by Paul Stephenson, available to borrow from the Collection.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

💥How have activists stood up to power and won? Listen to Outreach Worker Emma talking about the campaigns that have inspired her in her activist journey in this new podcast from Leeds Sanctuary. soundcloud.com/leedssanctua...

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Justice - The Commonweal Trust

HOW HAVE NON-VIOLENT ACTIVISTS STOOD UP TO POWER, AND WON? In this episode of The Leeds Sanctuary Podcast, Emma speaks to Emma Goodway of The Commonweal Trust, a charity sharing a collection of prin

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

A peace camp at RAF Lakenheath is protesting plans to reintroduce US nuclear missiles to the UK. The right to protest and the history of campaigning for nuclear disarmament feature in many of our books, including Angie Zelter's most recent book - Activism for Life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8XY...

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Angie Zelter talking about the need for protest

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

📌Our new NVDA Reading Group starts this Thursday at The Peace Museum and will consider how writers over the decades have assessed the success, failures and potential of nonviolent direct action. There are just a couple of places left - register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/commo...

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Select tickets – Commonweal nonviolent direct action monthly reading group – The Peace Museum

Join Commonweal at the Peace Museum to consider how writers over the decades have assessed the success, failures and potential ...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

📣 We are looking for new Trustees who share the Commonweal Trust’s values and who are interested in the power of peace and nonviolence to change our world for the better. www.commonwealnonviolence.org/blogs/become...

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Become a Trustee of the Commonweal Trust - Commonweal

Are you interested in activism for peace and social justice (and books!)? Do you want to help inspire a new generation of change-makers? The Commonweal Collection is a national peace and social change...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

What are you reading today? K is reading about Chile for a book she is writing: "I am very surprised to find information about my country. There is a full collection of Chile Fights. The time when Pinochet was the president and how my own country became corrupt and the freedom struggle."

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Join climate activist Ludi and others for our new Reading Group at @peacemuseumuk.bsky.social on 17 April. We'll be talking about how writers over the decades have assessed the success, failures and potential of nonviolent direct action and sharing texts that have inspired us. bit.ly/3RalgTK

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

We're delighted to be at the Northern Race Equality Conference today. Great conversations, fantastic speakers and a chance to talk to people about Commonweal and the Collection. Thank you to the Race Equality Network and others for organising such an inspiring and thought-provoking event.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

"This book is a must-read for anyone who believes a better world is possible.” A new addition to the Collection, and a timely read for current times.

Photo of Accompanying: Pathways to Social Change by Staughton Lynd

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Commonweal Connections yesterday focused on Community of Care: How do we create a community of care within social change movements? We talked about the cycle of despair & action, the need to find people who share your perspective, the need for time out, to get away from it all & for moments of joy.

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PeaceActing @speakingas.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Inspiring time becoming a member of @commonwealuk.bsky.social today - now I’ve access to 14,000 books, pamphlets and journals on social change and activism!

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Exciting to be adding new books to the Collection! These were donated and are now available at Commonweal. If you have any books you think would enhance the Collection do get in touch. We're especially looking for books on disability rights, and on peace building by authors from the Global South.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Wednesday 2nd April - Commonweal Connections: Lunchtime meet-up and Collection open afternoon - Community of Care Join us to talk about how we create a community of care within social change movements. We'll be exploring grief and fear, and how to not do the work of an oppressive system.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Nonviolent Direct Action (NVDA) Monthly Reading Group. Join us to consider how writers over the decades have assessed the success, failures and potential of nonviolent direct action. Starts 17 April, 2.00 - 4.00pm at The Peace Museum, Saltaire. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/commo...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

C is for Christian Action, a journal in the Collection which looks at the social & political responsibilities of Christians. It encourages its followers to challenge the status quo and to address inequalities in society by learning of the ‘levers of power in society’. Read more: tinyurl.com/yc7w92a4

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Donate now to the wonderful @peacemuseumuk.bsky.social and your donation will be doubled! The Peace Museum have been pledged £5,000 in match funding via the Big Give. For every £1 you donate, your support will be doubled during from 18th to 25th March. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

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Open the doors to peace – Big Give

The Peace Museum is the only one of its kind in the UK. We reach thousands of people every year, …

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Our first Commonweal Connections today focused on Women and Peace. Lots of good conversations inspired by the books and resources in the Collection, and of course by the people who came. Next session - Wednesday 13 May, on how we create a community of care within social change movements.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Tomorrow! join us to talk about the role of women in war and peace, or spend a bit of time volunteering in the Collection.

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

We were delighted to welcome Stephanie Urchick, president of Rotary International, to the Collection today. In Bradford, the Rotary Peace Centre hosts and supports ten fully-funded MA Rotary Peace Fellows from around the world, including Commonweal volunteer Precious!

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Commonweal Connections - Women and Peace Wednesday 12 March 1.00 - 2.00 pm: Lunchtime meet-up, a chance to talk, network, inspire & be inspired. 2.00 - 7.00 pm: Collection open afternoon, drop in any time to have a closer look at the books and periodicals. buytickets.at/commonweal1/...

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Select tickets – Commonweal Connections: Lunchtime meet-up and open afternoon – JB Priestley Library, University of Bradford

Women and Peace Join Commonweal staff, trustees, activists and academics at our monthly gathering to hear more about the month'...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

B is for Between the Lines, a Palestinian publication that originated during the Second Intifada. Over the next few weeks we'll be highlighting a different journal each week with an accompanying blog written by Commonweal volunteer Josie. www.commonwealnonviolence.org/periodical/b...

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Between the Lines (2001) - Commonweal

Between the Lines is a Palestinian publication that originated during the Second Intifada, the phase of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict from 2000-2005. It contains detailed political and academic com...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Outreach Worker Emma talks about her book of inspiration - all about love by bell hooks. Are there any books that you have read and felt inspired by? Are there books that have had an impact on your activism journey? www.youtube.com/shorts/NUHEc...

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My book of inspiration - all about love by bell hooks

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Our theme for March is women and peace - exploring the disproportionate impact of war, how those less likely to be directly involved in fighting are impacted and celebrating women’s roles in nonviolent social change. Today Emma & Precious asked students about women who have inspired them. #IWD2025

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

A is for The Abolitionist. Over the next few weeks we'll be highlighting a different journal every Wednesday to give an idea of the breadth of the Collection, with an accompanying blog written by Commonweal volunteer Josie. www.commonwealnonviolence.org/periodical/t...

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The Abolitionist (1983) - Commonweal

The Abolitionist is a magazine created by the Radical Alternative to Prison. Set up in 1970, the UK based group was committed to abolishing prisons and the development of alternatives. It worked close...

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Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Some wonderful books have been donated to the Collection by one of our Trustees including some great new fiction, books about disability rights and about race. If you have any books that you think would enhance the Collection, please get in touch.

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