Are you interested in both nonviolence and globalisation?

• Are you campaigning against war?
• Are you involved in nonviolent direct action or curious to
  learn more?

The War Resisters' International conference Globalising
Nonviolence
will be a great opportunity to meet activists from all over the world,
to get to know what makes them tick, and to see how you can help each
make another world possible. Around the world, a movement of movements
is converging. This movement seeks to counterpose the perspective and
values of people's power to those of global financial institutions,
transnational corporations or governments. This is a movement of
globalisation from below.

WRI believes that this movement of movements has a major role to
play
in this globalisation from below. Hence the theme of our upcoming
international conference - Globalising Nonviolence.

Come to the WRI conference "Globalising Nonviolence"

Paderborn, 23-27 July 2006

Dear Friends!



WRI's next Triennial, Globalising Nonviolence, will begin in about one
month from now. The organising team has been working very hard on
building this conference, and on making it fascinating and attractive.
However, as of now, only very few participants have registered to the
conference. So WE NEED YOUR HELP!



First of all, if you still haven't, please consider coming to our
conference yourself. Also, if you have friends and fellow activists,
working on resisting economic globalisation or promoting peace and
nonviolence, who would be interested in attending the conference,
please invite them to come. You can also spread invitations to the
Globalising Nonviolence conference over the electronic and physical
mailing lists of WRI affiliates and of other organisations you are
active with.



Below is a sample letter of invitation, which you can use to attract
potential participants to the conference. If you need any additional
information about the conference itself, there is quite a lot of it on
the conference website, and, on top of that, we would be glad to answer
any questions that might arise.

Are you interested in both nonviolence and globalisation?



Are you campaigning against war?



Are you involved in nonviolent direct action or curious to learn more?



Do you want to share your knowledge and ideas with other activists from
all over the world?





We would like to invite you to the Globalising Nonviolence conference,
organised by the War Resisters’ International.

The title of the conference, Globalising Nonviolence, has a triple
meaning: it aims at

• making nonviolence more central in the global movement of
  resistance to war and economic domination,
• adapting nonviolent analysis and strategy to the global threats,
  global wars and global actors we face today, and
• consolidating, reviving and expanding the antimilitarist,
  nonviolent, global network connected with WRI.

This conference will be a great opportunity to meet activists from all
over the world, to get to know what makes them tick, and to see how you
can help each make another world possible.

It will feature speakers from all five continents and a rich variety of
workshops, to which you are warmly invited to add your own workshop too!



It will feature in-depth discussion of theoretical and practical issues
– from studying about militarism in culture and the economy, through
developing the theory and strategy of nonviolent struggle, to such
issues as developing a campaign against war profiteers and practical
training in nonviolence.



It will also feature a diverse cultural programme and a host of
opportunities for social interaction.



The conference will take place between 23 and 27 July, near Paderborn,
Germany. Further information about the conference is available at: href="http://www.globalisingnonviolence.org">http://www.globalisingnonviolence.org.
To register you can go directly to the online registration form or
write us at: registration@globalisingnonviolence.org.

See you there!





Thanks a lot,



The Triennial Organising Committee.

Registration information

War Resisters' International, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX,
Britain

+44 20 72784040

registration@globalisingnonviolence.org

globalisingnonviolence.org