9th  - 24th May 2025

Open 11.00 - 18.00 Wednesday - Saturday

FREE 

PANEL DISCUSSION, Weds 22 May, 7pm

As Europe enters a new cycle of rearmament and we witness the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people, this event will bring together some of the groups and movements presented in the London version of our For Peace! exhibition.

The session will explore how we can learn from past and ongoing campaigns, in order to enrich our struggles today.

We will hear from:

• Aly Renwick and Maev McDaid speaking about the Troops Out Movement
• Juley Howard from the Western Shoshone Solidarity Group
• Chris Rossdale, author of Resisting Militarism
• Maev McDaid @maevmcdaid , a researcher and activist, who will speak about linking struggles and solidarity from Ireland to Palestine.

The exhibition will be open to view before the event. SIGN UP HERE

Drawing on archives from MayDay Rooms and Four Corners' collection, 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 the workers’ movement, Women’s Liberation, anti-colonial, socialist, and anarchist movements to address questions of non-violence, class, international solidarity, and the role of liberation struggles.

For Peace! is structured around two gestures of the peace movement. Looking inwards, we feature efforts to disarm the British state and remove US bases. Looking outwards, we showcase international networks of solidarity and highlight the colonial legacy of global weapons infrastructure. We also present some current campaigns to demilitarise education, to stop the arms trade and against the genocide of Palestinians.

Featuring campaigns from the last 100 years, the exhibition combines original printed materials, banners, badges, handicrafts, photos, audio interviews and video footage.