Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre

Angie Zelter, founder-member of the anti-nuclear weapon campaign group Trident Ploughshares,has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Mairead Maguire, who won the award in 1976.
 

You are cordially invited to a talk by Sophie Buxton, former Peace Brigades International Staff 19.00, Thursday 15th December, Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace Sophie Buxton was a civilian peacekeeper in Nepal during the recent conflict between Maoist rebels and the Royalist government. She worked with Peace Brigades International in rural areas among families of those who were "Disappeared" and observed elections and the development of the peace process with the the Carter Center.

Protest Dawn Raids on families with children

Monday 21 November, 10.00 am at Festival Court, Glasgow

Don't let the government brush arms sales to repressive regimes under the carpet!

When the Campaign Against the Arms Trade helped expose the UK's arms sales to Libya, Bahrain and other repressive regimes earlier this year, the government was forced to revoke more than 150 export licences. Now that the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa no longer dominate the media headlines, the UK government hopes its role in arming the region's repressive regimes will be forgotten. But it is still arming dictators and human rights abusers today.

Poppy Music for Remembrance Day. You are cordially invited to the launch of a new radical song night in Edinburgh. We will be gathering once a month to listen to singers of radical songs and to share songs, stories and poems with each other. Entry will be free, with raffle and donations collected for a different charitable cause each month.
Music from Karen Dietz, David Ferrard, Geordie McIntyre, Alison McMorland, Eileeen Penman, Lisa Rigby and Penny Stone.
All Welcome. The Village. South Fort St. 18.00 - 22.00.

This morning, a reporter called to talk about the news that the U.S. has killed Osama bin Laden. Referring to throngs of young people celebrating outside the White House, the reporter asked what Voices would say if we had a chance to speak with those young people.

ICBUW's view on DU in Cruise missiles and Tomahawks
Claims that DU is used in missiles still appear to lack foundation.
12 April 2011

The conflict in Libya has brought with it a lot of speculation, assertion and debate over the presence of DU in the munitions being used by the US and its allies. ICBUW has already identified the platforms which are known to fire DU and to have been deployed to the conflict.

Sharing the ethos (non violence, alternatives to war, human rights and environmental responsibility) is the only condition of membership apart from allowing us to keep your details on a database! We are open 10.00 – 16.00 Monday through Saturday and welcome visitors.

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  Edinburgh Peace & Justice Centre, Trident Ploughshares, and the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy are holding an event hosted by Bill Kidd MSP in the Scottish Parliament
1 Feb 2011, at 6.00pm, to mark publication by Luath Press of

TRIDENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
THE OBLIGATIONS OF SCOTLAND AND THE UK