Drawing on archives from Glasgow Women’s Library and MayDay Rooms, we revisit the peace movement’s material history, trying to better understand the diversity of tactics and intersecting movements which have shaped it. As European states enter a new cycle of rearmament, this exhibition speaks to those hoping for and struggling for peace.
We orient the history of the peace movement away from a few well-known campaigns to highlight little-known histories that are nonetheless integral to the struggles for a demilitarised world. For Peace! interweaves historical strands from Women’s Liberation, anti-colonial, socialist and anarchist movements, to address questions of non-violence, class, international solidarity and the role of liberation struggles.
A sister version of this exhibition will be on display at Four Corners (London) 8-24th May. There will also be an open-access online archive of the For Peace! Collection which will launch in the Autumn. We hope that the exhibition and archive will act as a resource for those struggling against the war-state everywhere.