Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre

Ugandan Fair trade coffee grower spoke at the Peace and Justice Centre on the 2nd of March. The event was part of Fairtrade Fortnight and was jointly organised with the One World Shop.

Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers is the group that hosted  Maya Evans when she travelled to Afghanistan over Christmas with Voices for Creative Nonviolence. Get to know them on their website: http://livewithoutwars.org/  All they want is to Live without wars. That is the simple message of this video. 

On Saturday 16 April Scottish Clergy Against Nuclear Arms held an Easter Witness Against Faslane. About 200 Christians and other peacemakers outside the North Gate of Faslane where a Trident is based. Cardinal Keith O'Brien, former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Alan MacDonald and Bruce Kent, retired Secretary General of CND spoke to the gathering . They were united in declaring that the possession of nuclear weapons is contrary to the Easter message of peace.

The next Scottish Parliament can make a real difference if citizens ensure that the candidates know what the real issues are, regardless of which party they belong to.

One third of Scottish children are living in poverty. Instead of providing the resources their families need now and the education to lift them out of that poverty, the coalition government plans welfare cuts of £18 billion. Meanwhile they waste billions every year on UK nuclear weapons, and expect to waste more than £76 billion on upgrading Trident.

The Global Day of Action on Military Spending is a day to mobilize people around the world against the excessive military spending which promotes war and threatens human security.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute estimates that 2010 global military expenditure was $1630 billion, an increase of 1.3 percent from 2009. Although this represents the slowest rate of increase since 2001, governments are still investing in war when they could actually be investing in peace and human security.