Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre

Edinburgh Stop the War meeting. Freemason's Hall

Opening of Middle East Festival of Spirituality and Peace Byzantium - Splendour Perfected. Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College St. 18.00-20.00

Maya Evans: Talk on her recent Visit to Afghanistan 

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.

The new government in Libya had to deal with a surprisingly tenacious last-ditch resistance by ‘forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi’, with heavy casualties on both sides. As in all wars, the cost in terms of death and destruction is difficult to assess accurately, but it ought to prompt the question of whether it was necessary to have the war at all. And the war in Libya was the result of deliberate choice. It did not have to happen.

The peace pole on the lower terrace behind St John’s Church, Princes Street, outside the Peace and Justice Centre, was the focus of a simple ceremony on Wednesday 21st September at 4 pm.

In 1981 the UN General Assembly established 21st September as World Peace Day, a day to reflect on the possibility of a world where war was no longer a major blight on the human race.