Edinburgh Peace and Justice Resource Centre

The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) works for the reduction and ultimate abolition of the international arms trade, together with progressive demilitarisation within arms-producing countries.

CAAT is a network of people based in the UK who recognise that the arms trade severely undermines human rights, security and economic development at global, regional, national and local levels. CAAT also understands that government decisions are unduly influenced by arms companies. In seeking to end this trade, CAAT's priorities are to:

Edinburgh Stop the War Coalition Meetings - Friends Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh at 19.30

Organised by Stop The War
6.30pm at the Annandale Street Mosque, 45 Annandale Street EH7 4LS.
Please note that previous versions of this advert have had the incorrect address. All the Edinburgh North and Leith election candidates will be present – but since this will be the only hustings meeting specifically on Afghanistan we hope people will attend from across the city. The election candidates will be asked to make their position on the war in Afghanistan clear. Come along and put your questions on Afghanistan, war and peace, human rights and the economic cost of war.

Organised by Stop The War
Why the troops should be withdrawn from Afghanistan
with Joan Humphries (whose grandson was killed in Afghanistan in 2009), Mohammad Asif (Scottish Afghan Society) and Jane Shallice (UK Stop the War Coalition) in the Candless Room, St. Georges West Church, 58 Shandwick Place EH2 4RT
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia … have your say in the election

After the remake of Nineteen linking the war in Vietnam to the war in Afghanistan, at least from the perspective of the disastrous effect on a generation of young Americans, here is another video of an anti war song begging our US fellow global citizens to remember that we can learn from history.

Saturday 24th April, 6.30pm: Election Meeting

Stop the War election meeting on Afghanistan , 7pm at the Annandale Street Mosque. All the Edinburgh North and Leith election candidates will be present – but since this will be the only hustings meeting specifically on Afghanistan we hope people will attend from across the city. The election candidates will be asked to make their position on the war in Afghanistan clear. Come along and put your questions on Afghanistan , war and peace, human rights and the economic cost of war.

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.

Towards a Sustainable Culture of Peace:
Connecting to the Source in the Midst of Conflict

Event: Workshop Series: Towards a Sustainable Culture of Peace:
Connecting to the Source in the Midst of Conflict.
Facilitator: Lee Gershuny, Ph.D., Artistic Director of The Elements World Theatre.
Organiser: Jointly organized by the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace, EICSP, Scottish Charity SC038996, and, The Elements World Theatre, a company limited by guarantee and registered in Scotland No. 283766, Scottish Charity SC022072.

The 2010 Middle Eastern Film Festival on Tour,
Supported by Regional Screen Scotland

The film screenings are part of the Middle Eastern Film Festival on tour, with funding from Regional Screen Scotland.

WILPF monthly meeting at Peace and Justice Centre, St John's Church, West end Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Time: 18.00