Exhibition opening Thursday 8th May 18.30 - 20.30 RSVP HERE

Open 11.00 - 18.00 Wednesday - Saturday

9th  - 24th May 2025

FREE 

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.