Category Archives: Peace

Wrap Up Trident event on Sat 24th Jan

You may remember the 9 mile long, pink scarf which was stretched from Aldermaston to Burghfield last August to say No to Trident?

There is an event in London on Jan 24th starting at 1pm using part of the same peace scarf to encircle Parliament and the MOD.

The Sing Out Trident choir plan to sing at it, songs that are easy to pick up, relevant to the No Trident Replacement cause. This is an important event leading up to the election this year, where we want the Trident issue to be on the agenda. We would very much welcome more singers to join us. PLEASE COME ALONG!

We will meet up by the Churchill statue at the corner of Parliament Square closest to Westminster tube station. If people want to have a chance to practise the songs we could arrange to meet before the event starts, say at 12.30 to give time for this.

Please let Morag know if you are able to come, via http://www.raised-voices.org.uk/contact.html

Peace Songs for Choirs from MAW for 2014

As the centenary of the start of WW1 approaches, Sue Gilmurray is producing a free resource of peace songs (7 her own, and 7 by others) for choirs for 2014. Links to lyrics, scores and audio extracts are on the Movement for the Abolition of War homepage.

Sue says “I am a singer and songwriter. Though between choirs right now, I sometimes sing with Raised Voices in London. I am currently contacting as many community choirs as possible to tell you about a project, under the auspices of MAW, to provide a free resource of 14 songs for choirs for 2014

“As people mark the centenary of WWI, we’d like to provide choirs with a variety of songs, some strongly anti-war, some simply pro-peace, that can help to nudge the events in a peaceful direction.

“I’d love to hear from you if you have any comments, and especially if you feel you can make use of this resource [use the MAW contact form]. Please pass the word around!”

National Demonstration – No Attack on Syria

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Following yesterday’s emergency protest, CND and The Stop The War Coalition call for a National Demonstration demanding “NO ATTACK ON SYRIA” in London on Saturday 31 August. Assemble , 12 noon, Temple Place (nearest tube Temple) for a march via Parliament and Downing Street, ending in central London for a political rally to say No attack on Syria.

If you have information about, or can organise some appropriate choir action for the event at this short notice, please comment on this post.

And if you can just be there, please do!

Emergency protest: No attack on Syria

As the volume of the warmongers’ hype begins to deafen us, the Stop The War Coalition is calling an emergency protest demanding “NO ATTACK ON SYRIA” at Downing Street, London, on Wednesday at 5pm 28 August 2013.

If you have information about, or can organise some appropriate choir action for the event at this short notice, please comment on this post.

And if you can just be there, please do!