conscience TAXES FOR PEACE NOT WAR, works for a world where taxes are used to nurture peace, not pay for war.
We campaign for a progressive increase in the amount of UK tax spent on peacebuilding, and a corresponding decrease in the amount spent on war and preparation for war. We also campaign for the legal right of those with a conscientious objection to war to have the entire military part of their taxes spent on peacebuilding.
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we’re moving office
conscience is currently in the process of moving office, but hopefully it won’t cause too much disruption as we are only moving next door! However, we are currently experiencing difficulties with our server and therefore cannot access our normal email accounts. We hope to that all issues resolved by 19th January 2012. Please email us at claire.taxes4peace@gmail.com with any queries until this time.
watch contempt of conscience
Contempt of Conscience is a project started by Joe Jenkins before he joined the Peace Tax Seven and the ongoing campaign for a judicial review ...read more
protests against the arms trade
Yesterday conscience participated in the demonstration against the DESi arms fair opposite the Houses of Parliament. conscience believes that your taxes should not go towards ...read more
Ground the Drones
A Week of Action: 1st – 8th October 2011
conscience has agreed to support the Drone Campaign Network. We believe that the use of unmanned aerial vehicles is wrong and that the horrific nature ...read more
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help us to seize this moment of possibility
Dear Friends,
This spring is a fearful time for many across the Arab world who face violence and repression as they dare to ask for fairness and decent treatment from their governments. It is also a fearful time for the many across the UK who face redundancies, precarious working and benefits cuts, worrying about how to make ends meet.
But it is also a time of possibility. This is a special moment of public and media pressure on government spending. Military spending has already been cut – though it still enjoys a relatively privileged position in comparison with other government departments.
We want military spending to reduce permanently, not just in a time of ‘austerity’. We also want more to be spent on peacebuilding and alternatives to military action. This is an exciting time to be talking about how much the government ought to be spending, and on what, with millions of people feeling reluctant to continue paying for weapons when vital public services are deemed to be worthless.
Please help us to keep up the pressure this spring, by giving as much as you can to enable us to keep working. With your help, conscience will always be a voice amid the chaos, resisting complicity in war and suffering.
In peace,
Gayle Kinkead
Campaigns and Communications Officer
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