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Brighton and Hove Action For Peace - Local group taking non-violent forms of action for peace. Online newsletter.

Greenham Common Commemorative Sculpture - Update on the commemorative sculpture celebrating the activism of the Greenham Common women. Video clips of the sculpture and interviews with marchers, photos, history of the peace march and camp.

Sheffield Against the War - Web site for the Sheffield Stop the War Coalition, a broad based organisation of people opposed to military retaliation for the attacks on September 11th. Events, anti-war news, downloadable resources, and email lists.

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament - Campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. Information sheets, news, briefings and reports, press release archive, and diary of upcoming events and actions.

UK Stop the War Coalition - Bringing together diverse groups and individuals to stop the war by the USA and Great Britain on Afghanistan and to argue for peace and justice. Provides news, articles, mailing lists, calendar of peace events throughout England and Wales, photos, and resources for groups and individuals.

Cambridge Students Against the War - Group of students from universities and colleges in Cambridge who are opposing the war currently being waged by the American government and its allies against Afghanistan. Upcoming events, anti-war campaigning resources, mailing lists, and photos of past events.

Cambridge Campaign for Peace - Promotes the peaceful resolution of international conflicts through discussion, respect of International Law, and with the mediation of the United Nations. Upcoming events, campaigns, and action alerts.

Exeter Stop the War Coalition - Formed to organise activities to protest and to prevent the continuation and escalation of the war in Afghanistan. History of the Palestine-Israel conflict, articles, upcoming local and regional events, and political cartoons.

Youth and Student Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament - Section of CND which unites young people and students of all ages in the campaign for nuclear disarmament and other peace activism. Information on current campaigns, diary of past events, activism resources, and upcoming events.

d10 - Fluid group of people of different ages, nationalities, genders, sexualities, and political and religious beliefs who take nonviolent direct action together against war and militarism. Reports and photos of previous actions and alerts on upcoming events.

Voices in the Wilderness UK - Campaigns to end the economic sanctions against the people of Iraq. Library, campaign diary, news, and suggestions for activism.

Active Resistance to the Roots of War & Justice not Vengeance - ARROW is a nonviolent direct action affinity group set up in 1990 whose main focus has been US/UK military intervention in the Third World. Justice not Vengeance is a group of individuals who have come together to show their opposition to military retaliation in response to the events of 11 September 2001. Principles, anti-war briefings, events diary, and mailing lists.

Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign - Main emphasis is to enlighten the Scottish Government and the public of the reality of Palestinian life under Israeli rule in Palestinian occupied territories. News, publications, upcoming events, campaigns, and suggestions for activism.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign - Largest and most active campaigning organisation in the UK on the issue of Palestine. Aim is to build an effective mass campaign, organising protests, political lobbying, and raising public awareness. News, events, campaigns, and membership form.

Trident Ploughshares - Campaign to disarm the UK Trident nuclear weapons system in a non-violent, open, peaceful, and fully accountable manner. Background, news, events, newsletters, handbook, and petitions.

Campaign Against Arms Trade - Campaigns for the reduction and ultimate abolition of the international arms trade and the UK's role in it as a leading arms exporter. News, reports, information, newsletter, events diary, and suggestions for activism.

Brent and Harrow Stop the War - Part of the growing coalition in opposition to the war. Membership is open to anyone living or working in or around Brent or Harrow. Events, articles and arguments, petitions, and resources for activism.

Edinburgh Stop the War Coalition - Unites a wide variety of individuals, members, and affiliated groups in an effort to stop the war currently declared by the United States and its allies against "terrorism". Events, news, and message board.

Lakenheath Action Group - Campaign to get rid of US nuclear weapons in England. News of upcoming actions and events, resources, and links to other anti-nuclear campaigns.

Kingston Peace Council/Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament - Local peace and nuclear disarmament group working in the Kingston-upon-Thames area of South West London. Newsletter, forthcoming events, and articles.

Bath Stop The War Coalition - Broad coalition of Bath activists opposed to the war of revenge which George W. Bush, Tony Blair, and their allies are waging against the people of Afghanistan. Forthcoming events, war and peace news from around the world, book reviews, and message board.

Norwich Stop The War Coalition - Bringing together diverse groups and individuals to stop the war by the USA and Great Britain on Afghanistan and to argue for peace and justice. Diary of scheduled events, reports, news, and press releases.

Haringey Stop The War Coalition - Haringey residents who are actively opposed to the current "war on terror." Founding statement; briefings on Palestine, Iraq, and Afghanistan; activism suggestions and resources; email list; events; and affiliated groups.

Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament - London-based group of Christians witnessing on the basis of their faith against nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, while also positively campaigning for peace. Press releases, event calendar, FAQ, and membership information.

Cambridge Clarion Group - Aims of the group are to stop the bombing of Afghanistan and to stop the bombing of innocent people everywhere. Strategies, upcoming local and national events, articles, and photos.

UCL Stop the War Coalition - Group of staff and students at University College London opposed to war, in particular concerned about the aftermath of September 11. Events, articles, news, and suggestions for activism.

No War On Iraq Liaison - Group convened by Alice Mahon MP that campaigns in Parliament and elsewhere against war with Iraq. News and analysis, events, mailing list, no-war pledge, and suggestions for activism.

Network for Peace - Organisation-based network which acts as a contact point for queries about peace organisations, actions, vigils, and demonstrations. News, events diary, and membership information.

Children for Peace - Campaign of the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Trust working to develop in young people a better understanding of the nature and causes of conflict and equip them with peace building skills. Mission, programs, ways to become involved.

Northern Friends Peace Board - Organisation of Quakers in the north of Britain set up to support "the active promotion of peace in all its height and breadth". Events calendar, news, articles, and activist resources.

Doncaster Stop The War Coalition - Individuals and political groups who strongly oppose war and the racism that encompasses it. Believes in action through solidarity with anyone who opposes this war. Local and national events, news, and resources for activism.

A Manifesto for Peace and Progress - Outlines the case against war in Iraq, proposes solutions for the Iraqi people, and calls for the defense of democratic and human rights, and for a government of peace in London. Manifesto, signatories, and contact information.

Peace Not War - Provides lyrics and audio from CD of anti-war songs by various artists. Includes anti-war art, peace group search engine, musicians' statements, and information on where to buy the compilation CD.

Scarborough coalition against war and globalisation - Broad-based group in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, working to stop Bush and Blair's war drive. Photos and reports on past events, information on ongoing and future actions, and ways to become involved.

York Against the War - Local affiliate of the National Coalition to Stop the War organises and participates in actions and has a stall each week in Sampsons Square. News, reports and photos of past actions, upcoming events, resources, and e-mail lists.

Reclaim the bases! - A weekend (April 5-6, 2003) of protest, nonviolent action, and civil disobedience at military bases throughout the UK. Background, planned events, organisers and contacts, forum, resources, and news from the bases.

Surrey Stop The War Coalition - Broad based coalition of individuals and organisations opposed to the military response to the September 11th, 2001 attacks. Aims, activities, reports, photos, resources, and contact information.

Media Workers Against War - Organization run by volunteers working in all types of media provides anti-war news, views, and updates on the international peace movement. Objectives, supporters, contact information, and ways to become involved.

Cut It Up - Group of concerned peace activists who are also Labour Party members. News, forum, links, resources, and ways to get involved.

Our World Our Say - Campaign to increase the pressure on the British government by enabling every person in the country to send a message to Tony Blair to express their opposition to the war against Iraq. News, resources, and ways to get involved.

Campaign for the Accountability of American Air Bases - Opposed to weapons of mass destruction in general and nuclear weapons in particular. Focus is on raising public awareness and accountability of American bases in the UK. News, articles, photos, and events.

Stop the War - Yorkshire CND - A broad based coalition to coordinate the anti-war campaign in Yorkshire. Details of activities and events.

Cornwall Stop The War Coalition - Group in Cornwall speaks out against the war in Iraq. Actions and events, mailing list, flyer request form, and contact information.

York Students Against the War - Anti-war group at the University of York campaigns against US and British aggression and the "war on terrorism". News, photos, meetings and events, newsletter, and links to other local groups.

Kres - the Cornish Voice - Group of Cornish students opposed to the war. "Kres" is the Cornish word for peace. Guestbook, membership information, and AP news links.

Faslane Peace Camp - Britain's only permanent peace camp, it exists to protest against nuclear weapons using non-violent direct action. It's situated beside the Faslane Naval Base, 30 miles from Glasgow, where the Trident submarines are based. History of the camp, news, photos, and upcoming events.

Students Against War UK - Group organising and promoting anti-war protests and demonstrations. Offers upcoming events, photos of past protests, war news, articles, and links to related sites.

Disobedience - Open network made up of diverse groups and individuals taking direct action to stop the war and start the peace. Calendar of events and actions, useful addresses, resources for activism, and email discussion list.

Students Against the War UK - Interactive site for school and university students involved in the anti-war movement. Includes first-hand reports from protests, discussion forums, and calendar of forthcoming actions.

Milton Keynes Stop the War! Group - Broad coalition of groups and individuals in the Milton Keynes area set up to oppose the war against Iraq. Continuing to call for aid not bombs, UN not US, and no more pre-emptive strikes. Events, resources, and discussion board.

PeaceUK - Informal association of individuals committed to working for a better world. UK events calendar, "Stop the War" email list, news and comments on current crisis, photo archive, and links to peace activism groups.

Boycott 4 Peace - Resource for consumers in the UK who want to oppose the injustice of the Iraq war and contribute to peace in the Middle East by putting pressure on the US and UK governments through the companies which support them. Boycott list and suggestions for direct action.

Suffolk 4 Peace - Informal association of individuals committed to working for a better world. Meetings and events, photos, news, and resources for boycott of American products.

Yorkshire CND - Campaigns locally and provides information on peace and nuclear issues. Events diary, ways to become involved, news, and resources.

Bradford Stop the War Coalition - Local group dedicated to opposing Bush and Blair's so-called 'War on Terror'. Activities diary, accounts of previous protests, and resources for anti-war activists.

No War on Iraq Alliance - London-based coalition of academics united in their opposition to the 2003 war by the United States and its allies on Iraq. Features cartoons which attempt to dissect the possible motives behind a second Gulf War.

Antiwar.co.uk - Anti-war news, events calendar, media alerts, gallery, and links.

Bridgwater Peace Group - Broadly based group committed to seeking alternatives to war. Includes meetings, events, press releases, constitution, and contact information.

Camberwell and Peckham Stop The War Groups - Local affiliates of the Stop the War Coalition. Includes group's activities, petitions, resources, war news, and contact information.

Nottingham Student Peace Movement - Anti-war, pro-peace organisation made up of students at the University of Nottingham. Includes events, photos, list of books for loan, newsletter, and contact information.

Bridport Peace Group - Group in Dorset working for a more peaceful and just world. Includes upcoming events, articles, and contact information.

Colchester Peace Campaign - Launched in the aftermath of the terrible events in America on September 11th. Many local people believe that killing more innocent people in Afghanistan is not the answer. Meeting and vigil news, photos, and links to related sites.

The Totnes Peace Group - Non-profit, non-political organisation opposed to war. Provides news, event information, and articles of interest to those in the South Devon area working for peace.

Adopt-A-Minefield - Raises awareness and funds to clear landmines and rehabilitate landmine survivors. Landmine facts, calls for proposals, achievements, and resources for action.

North Manchester Against Wars - Anti-war group based in Crumpsall/Prestwich area of Manchester. Meetings and events, reports, activism resources, and forum.

Movement for the Abolition of War - Building a civil society movement for the abolition of war by challenging popular thinking about the acceptability of war and raising awareness of constructive alternatives. Includes events calendar, reasons to abolish war, resources, and membership form.

Australians Against the War - Group working to mobilise Australians living in London to come out against not only the war and occupation in general, but to campaign specifically against the role of the Australian government in supporting Bush's illegal action in Iraq. Includes events calendar, resources, and contact information.

Cymdeithas y Cymod - The Fellowship of Reconciliation in Wales is a faith-based pacifist organisation actively working to promote peace and understanding through non-violent means. Includes events, history, resources, and membership leaflet.

Schools Against war - Student coalition based in Northern Ireland which is organizing anti-war groups in schools, planning demonstrations, and providing resources. Local contacts, mailing list, and advice.

Whenever you eliminate the inedible, whatever remains, however unpalatable, must be food. -- Anonymous "Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise." (Alice Walker) What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions; life is plurality, death is uniformity. -- Octavio Paz "The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul." (Isadora Duncan) The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries. -- Iris Murdoch Peace Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -- Mark Twain That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach. -- Aldous Huxley There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent. -- Michel de Montaigne Peace The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows. - Aristotle Onassis They gave me a book of checks. They didn't ask for any deposits. -- Joe Early, Congressman (D-Mass), at a press conference to answer questions about the House Bank scandal "A new baby is like the beginning of all things--wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities." (Eda J. Le Shan) "God is dead: but considering the state Man is in, there will perhaps be caves, for ages yet, in which his shadow will be shown." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, The Joyful Wisdom) More light! -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, dying words Peace The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities. -- Thomas Jefferson By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. -- Socrates Peace The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy. - Von Clausewitz "Every act of violence increases the recruitment of terrorists. Iraq has been turned into a base of terror." (Noam Chomsky, from The Toronto Star, March 23, 2004) I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals... -- G. K. Chesterton Grove giveth and Gates taketh away. - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands Oregon Democratic Senate candidate Tom Bruggere, in describing his support for comprehensive health care during a candidates' forum, said he supported "erection-to- resurrection" coverage. He later a Peace You can't say civilization isn't advancing: in every war they kill you in a new way. -- Will Rogers Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration. -- Thomas Edison You have a cough? Go home tonight, eat a whole box of Ex-Lax--tomorrow you'll be afraid to cough. -- Pearl Williams Peace I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away. -- Nancy Mitford Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony. -- Oliver Herford Assassins! -- Arturo Toscanini, to his orchestra They had a dispute about a night out with the boys. But he finally decided to let her go. -- Anonymous If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance. - George Bernard Shaw Peace "I've just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record." (Dylan Thomas, final words) A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's reall Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. -- Margaret Thatcher Peace My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there. -- INDIRA "Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet." (Mae West) I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults of the first. -- Benjamin Franklin "Common sense and education are highly compatible; in fact, neither is worth much without the other." (Donald G. Smith) Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. -- Orison Swett Marden Peace In medieval times, people thought that evil spirits could enter a person through an open mouth. These days they more often leave that way. -- David Deckert Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature. -- Tom Robbins Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. -- James Matthew Barrie Peace If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible. -- James McNeill Whistler Love is blind -- marriage is the eye-opener. -- Pauline Thomason "It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world." (John Steinbeck Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness. -- Sigmund Freud Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends. -- Virginia Woolf, Bernard, in The Waves, 1931; repr. 1943, p. 189 Peace "The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding." (Albert Camus) Talent does what it can; genius does what it must. - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. -- Crowf Peace cannot imagine any condition which would cause this ship to founder. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that. -- E. I. Smith, Captain of the Titanic "Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even greater one." (Vladimir Nabokov) The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history...this century's history.... We all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century. -- Dan Quayle, then Indiana senator and Republic Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some. -- Alfred Hitchcock "How is it that we never have time to do a job right, but we always have time to do it over?" (Anonymous) Peace Only the little people pay taxes. -- Leona Helmsley, hotel owner and prison inmate, 1989 "I'll endorse with my name any of the following; clothing AC-DC, cigarettes, small tapes, sound equipment, ROCK N' ROLL RECORDS, anything, film, and film equipment, Food, Helium, Whips, MONEY!!" (And In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are. -- Gamaliel Bradford Peace After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school board is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of David Steele to the post. -- Philip Streifer, Superintendent Fine art and pizza delivery: what we do falls neatly in between. -- David Letterman I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence. -- Doug MacLeod The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is. -- Arnold Bennett We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. -- Aesop Peace "The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet." (Andy Warhol) I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street. -- Virginia Woolf "Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise." (Alice Walker) Peace "An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics." (Plutarch) No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. -- Booker T. Washington Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe. -- Jackie Mason Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. - Martin Fraquhar Tupper I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain. -- Carol Leifer Peace He who dies a thousand deaths meets the final hour with the calmness of one who approaches a well remembered door. -- Heywood Brown Love is friendship set on fire. - Jeremy Taylor "I'm basically an optimist in life but this doesn't prevent me from deducing as a scientist that we are probably doomed." (Vladimir Chaloupka, physicist, University of Washington, regarding mankind's Peace "Nothing is permanent but change." (Heraclitus) Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot. "The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it." (Abbie Hoffman) It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it. -- François de La Rouchefoucauld A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants. -- Arthur Schoperhauer Peace "When even one American--who has done nothing wrong--is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth--then all Americans are in peril." (Harry S. Truman) Reading computer manuals without the hardware is a frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software. -- Arthur C. Clarke It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot, irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it. -- J. Bronowski, The Ascent of Man Peace I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters. - Frank Lloyd Wright "I know that God won't give me more trouble than I can handle ... but sometimes I wish he wouldn't trust me so much." (Mother Teresa) Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy. -- Anonymous He who awaits much can expect little. -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez "In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes." (Andy Warhol) Peace Reality is nothing but a collective hunch. -- Lily Tomlin In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. - W.B. Prescott "I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me." (George Bernard Shaw) Peace
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