Manifesto:

The aim of the Bromley Peace Council is to work for lasting world peace through coordinating the efforts of organisations and developing the activities of individuals.

 

 

Accordingly it will work to:

promote activities in the Bromley area to help create the will to achieve lasting world peace;

actively pursue ways of achieving "one world" through unity in diversity;

encourage a free and tolerant interchange of ideas on the achievement of peace.

The methods

Whilst 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 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 all global affairs.

Progressive transfer of expenditure, plant and jobs from defence and arms production to socially useful ends.

Appropriate aid to third world countries, linked with a rational use of resources in our own, to minimise 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 Urgent issues are:

  • 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 and environmental rights

  • The role of the individual in avoiding involvement in product promoting war (the Peace Tax Campaign)

  • The UN Special Session on Disarmament and Earl Mountbatten’s May 1979 speech

  • The economic case for disarmament and alternative technology (the Lucas Aerospace Shop Stewards’ Corporate Plan)

  • The true implications of weapons of mass destruction and the futility of civil defence

 

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 and environmental rights

  • The role of the individual in avoiding involvement in product promoting war (the Peace Tax Campaign)

  • The UN Special Session on Disarmament and Earl Mountbatten’s May 1979 speech

  • The economic case for disarmament and alternative technology (the Lucas Aerospace Shop Stewards’ Corporate Plan)

  • The true implications of weapons of mass destruction and 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 unusually limited, to promote cultural exchange and international understanding

Concerts and other gatherings to bring people together in peace and enjoyment

 

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