{"id":666,"date":"2025-04-26T12:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T11:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sparksocialjustice.org.uk\/wp\/?p=666"},"modified":"2025-04-26T15:22:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T14:22:02","slug":"conversations-about-non-violence-17-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparksocialjustice.org.uk\/wp\/conversations-about-non-violence-17-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversations about Non-violence, 17 May"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-666\" data-postid=\"666\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-666 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_soj1281 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_l4sk281 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_sd67469   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>This is a partnership event between SPARK Social Justice, the J&amp;P Commission, Pax Christi in the Leeds Diocese and the Leeds Palestinian Film Festival.<\/p><p>Given the death and destruction there, it may sound ridiculous &#8211; but Non-violence is a response to Israeli aggression that has significant support amongst Palestinians.<\/p><p><strong>Join a conversation<\/strong><strong> on the issue of non-violence with Palestinian activist and academic Mahmoud Zwahre and Andrew Rigby, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Illustrated with film<\/strong><strong> by West Bank filmmakers<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Includes updates<\/strong><strong> from the West Bank and the significance of \u2018Sumud\u2019 in the Palestinian struggle.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11946 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leedsjp.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mahmoud_zwahre.jpg\" alt=\"photo of man\" width=\"266\" height=\"160\" \/>Mahmoud Zwahre\u00a0<\/strong>is a leading activist and organiser in popular non-violent resistance against settler violence in the West Bank and currently a scholar at Coventry University<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11947 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leedsjp.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/andrewrigby.png\" alt=\"photo of a man\" width=\"177\" height=\"219\" \/>Andrew Rigby <\/strong>has researched and written about unarmed resistance in the Occupied Palestinian Territories since the 1980s, activities informed by his deep commitment to nonviolence as practice and principle.<\/p><p>Use the link below to book a place (\u00a35 waged, \u00a33 unwaged)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/we-choose-non-violence-conversations-with-palestinian-activists-tickets-1324851649949?aff=oddtdtcreator\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/we-choose-non-violence-conversations-with-palestinian-activists-tickets-1324851649949?aff=oddtdtcreator<\/a><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .tb-column-inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_column -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .row_inner -->\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_row -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a partnership event between SPARK Social Justice, the J&amp;P Commission, Pax Christi in the Leeds Diocese and the Leeds Palestinian Film Festival.Given the death and destruction there, it may sound ridiculous &#8211; 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