It’s 100 Seconds to midnight. Time to pull back from the brink
With Donald Trump no longer having the authority to launch US nuclear weapons and the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition...
P&J Peace Cranes Exhibition to highlight Nuclear Weapons Ban
In 2015, Peace & Justice (Scotland) member Atsuko Betchaku (1960-2016) – a historian and pacifist – embarked on an international collaborative project of folding...
JOIN the Twitterstorm Friday 22 Jan celebrating the Nuclear Ban Treaty!
This Friday (22nd Jan) campaigners across the globe will be celebrating the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entering into force, making...
Support the Ban Treaty 22 Jan:Call on UK to sign up; lobby your MP; Ring bells!
On the 22nd of January the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will enter into force, making nuclear weapons illegal under a UN...
Leave a gift in your will
Each of us leaves our mark on the world – through our relationships with other people and through our beliefs and ideas. Leaving a...
PeaceBuilders Videos: A Creative Response to supporting schools during COVID
By Fiona Oliver-Larkin, Edinburgh Peace & Justice Centre’s PeaceBuilders Programme Coordinator As the coordinator of a team of people who usually work in-person in...
SupportAhmed Al-Babati: Conscientious Objector to UK / Saudi War on Yemen
We salute Lance Corporal Ahmed Al-Babati who was arrested by Military Police outside Downing Street on Monday after taking part in a protest against...
75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Peace Cranes Events Review
The Mistake, The Priest’s Tale, The Doctor’s Tale Review by Annie Mae Milburn This month marks 75 years since the US dropped two atomic bombs on...
ICAN Paris Forum – The Light in Dark Times
Over 200 participants, including P&J intern and University of Edinburgh law student Anna Karisto travelled to Paris for the ICAN Paris Campaigners Forum. Anna writes: ...
Peace & Justice Centre Joins XR Peace coalition
The Peace & Justice Centre has joined Extinction Rebellion Peace, a coalition of peace groups that is taking part in the nonviolent global rebellion...
Ten great social justice-inspired shows to see at the Edinburgh Fringe this year
Politics remains a hot topic for shows and exhibitions at the Edinburgh fringe. Peace and justice, climate change, refugee and migrant rights – are...
Conscientious Objectors Day Vigil Held on Princes St
About 40 people attended the Conscientious Objectors Day at on Princes St in Edinburgh on the 15th of May 2019 where we were seen...
Vigil to Mark Centenary of Release from Prison of Conscientious Objectors Today at Wellington Statue
Fifth Annual Conscientious Objectors Day Vigil Wednesday, 15 May. 5 – 6pm outside West Register House, East End of Princes St. Descendants of prominent...
Save the INF; Support Other Measures to Lower the Risk of Use of Nuclear Weapons & Ban Them
Peace & Justice is supporting a protest tomorrow in Edinburgh at the Russian Consulate on Melville St (9am) and US Consulate on Regent Terrace (10:15am)...
Conscience the Peace Tax Campaign Inaugural Meeting for Scotland
On 8th October, Conscience: Taxes for Peace not War hosted a public meeting at the Quaker meeting house in Glasgow titled ‘The Future of...