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    BROMLEY PEACE COUNCIL - Draft manifesto
    "WORLD PEACE WILL ONLY COME THROUGH THE ACTION OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF"
    THE AIMS:-
    *To promote activities in the Bromley area to help create the will to achieve lasting World Peace.
    *To actively pursue ways of achieving 'one world' through unity in diversity.
    * To encourage a free and tolerant interchange of ideas on the achievement of peace.
    THE METHODS
    *While recognising and welcoming the diversity of opinion in existence at the present time, the Peace Council calls on supporters of the above aims to coordinate and cooperate in working to achieve the following essential steps towards lasting peace:
    *An end to the development and storage of weapons of mass destruction, whose potential use endangers the existence of all forms of life on Earth.
    *Progressive moves towards a world system of justice to govern global affairs.
    *Progressive transfer of expenditure, plant and jobs from defence and arms production to socially useful ends.
    *Appropriate aid to 3rd world countries, linked with rational use of resources in our own, to minimize the risk of North-South conflict and to retain true cultural diversity.
    *Education to create a responsible non-violent society based on cooperation, internal peace and harmony between neighbours.
    THE ACTIONS
    *The practical purpose of the Peace Council is to encourage working groups on specific projects, such as:
    *PUBLIC EDUCATION - through schools, clubs, churches, public meetings, public events, the media etc. - on issues such as:
    *The causes of violence in society.
    *The social implications of defence spending.
    *Collective security and world government.
    *The North-South dialogue (The Brandt Report)
    *Human & Environmental rights.
    *The role of the individual in avoiding involvement in products promoting
    war (The Peace Tax Campaign).
    *The UN special session on disarmament & Earl Mountbatten's May 1979 speech.
    *Lucas Aerospace corporate plan.
    *The true implications of weapons of mass destruction & the futility of civil defence. ( The War Game).
    *The establishment of a peace directory in local libraries.
    *Promotion of twinning of Bromley with other towns, particularly in Countries with which contact is usually particularly limited, to promote cultural exchange and international understanding.
    *Concerts and other gatherings to bring people together in peace and enjoyment

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