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London - Report, Photos & Radio Interview - Veterans for Peace UK Officially Launched

Solidarity | 17.04.2012 10:57

Veterans for Peace UK held its inaugural meeting on Easter Sunday. 11 veterans attended the meeting. The meeting was started with the reading of The Statement of Purpose. We then had an extended check in where there was a good exchange of experiences.

The aims of VFP UK were laid out;
1) To resist war through non-violent action.
2) To support war resisters.
3) To counter militarism and educate on the true nature of war.

A clarification of our committment to acting non-violently was made, Gerry Condon (VFP USA) explained that even though there are many pacifists within VFP it is not a pacifist organisation. Bruce Kent enlightened us with some stories of resistance from within the British Army that are not well known.

REPORT/ PHOTOS CONTINED..............
 http://tinyurl.com/c9oz2wp



*RADIO INTERVIEW WITH FORMER SAS SOLDIER BEN GRIFFIN, VETERANS FOR PEACE UK (10 mins)
 http://tinyurl.com/crr6brc




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Additional report on VFP UK launch

17.04.2012 22:49

There's another report of the Veterans for Peace UK launch on 9 April - with photos - at  http://mattsalusbury.blogspot.co.uk/

Matt Salusbury
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- Homepage: http://mattsalusbury.blogspot.com

UK Veterans Launch VFP Chapter

18.04.2012 07:22

The first chapter of Veterans For Peace in the United Kingdom is now a reality. On a dreary “Easter Monday” afternoon in a working class section of London, England, veterans, allies, friends and families gathered for the inaugural event of Veterans For Peace UK. The Guiseppe Conlon Catholic Worker House hosted the event in the sanctuary of an old church draped with banners proclaiming peace and justice. British and Scottish veterans, young and old, fresh from their first official meeting as a VFP chapter, testified in word and song that they will go to war no more.
REPORT CONTINUED....
 http://tinyurl.com/c6zu39c

by Helen Jaccard and Gerry Condon, Vets for Peace USA