Edinburgh Peace and Justice Resource Centre

We will assemble at 11am  Holyrood, with  First Minister Alex Salmond MSP (SNP) at the Scottish Parliament and set off up the Royal Mile at 11.30.
Rally in the Grassmarket with Protest in Harmony and Commotion drummers
at 12.30 when Alex Salmond will speak, along with Mark Lazarowicz MP (Labour), John Barrett MP (Lib Dem), Alis Ballance, candidate,  (Greens), Rev Ian Galloway (Church of Scotland), Kate Hudson (CND Chair) Trade Union representative Mike Kirby, and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch, chaired by actor David Hayman.

25 Years ago, I recorded the song 19, the idea came about whilst watching a documentary which highlighted the plight of young men and women who fought in Vietnam. In World War 2 the average age...
25 Years ago, I recorded the song 19, the idea came about whilst watching a documentary which highlighted the plight of young men and women who fought in Vietnam.

In World War 2 the average age of the combat soldier was 26, in Vietnam he was 19 these words really made me stop and think.

The Peace & Justice Centre organised this event as part of 'We need peace in Sudan' - see sudan365.org - on the 9th January. This is the fifth anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan, which signaled the end of the civil war. Millions were killed. Millions were displaced. Millions suffered dire human rights abuses.

Crunch Time for Trident at Kelvingrove Park.
Singing for Peace, 20 June 2009

Crunch Time for Trident at Kelvingrove Park.
Singing for Peace, 20 June 2009

Here we have Scotland's for Peace reminding us that the power of song has always been a big part of campaigning when it comes to kicking nukes out of Scotland. It's crunch time for Trident, we really can't afford it!!!
Part two will follow soon...

Protest against nuclear weapons in Scotland ! Sing Out for Peace - Crunch Time for Trident in Glasgow on Saturday 20 June.

Assemble in George Square at 11 am to set off at 11.30 am for Kelvingrove Park where there will be a rally with a difference at 12.30 pm. Protest in Harmony and other choirs will lead the singing of peace songs from the new Scottish CND Songbook. There will also be street theatre, face painting and the chance to meet and make friends over a picnic.

BUDGET UPDATE
On Monday 20th April a group of workers took their own red boxes to Alastair Darlingś office round the corner from the Centre. They were presenting the budget alternatives to to squandering billions on useless and dangerous nuclear weapons to be based in Scotland.

The alternative budget was created by Scotland's For Peace. Their Budget for Peace Campaign attracted thousands of words in submissions from across civic Scotland.

First footage of HMS Vanguard after collision with Le Triomphant in the Atlantic. Vanguard was moved at night into the Faslane shiplift in an attempt to avoid being seen. It is reported that there is a significant dent in the hull of Vanguard. The submarine is armed with 14 Trident missiles, 48 nuclear warheads and powered by a nuclear reactor. Filmed at 3 am.

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon's every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation.