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My dad was a conscientious objector in the 1950s

Karen Robinson

Jun 3, 2023
9 min

My dad was a conscientious objector in the 1950s

Latest from our Education Worker, Karen Robinson International Conscientious Objectors’ Day is a special day. Observed on 15 May each...

Autumn into winter – reflections on the war in Ukraine

Karen Robinson

Dec 13, 2022
3 min

Autumn into winter – reflections on the war in Ukraine

Amidst tranquil Cotswolds, autumn's beauty contrasts with Ukraine's grim reality. Winter spells fear for many. Peace is their desperate need

Karen Robinson

Jul 23, 2022
3 min

Holding his son’s hand

A gentle man. Sat quietly on the ground, next to his son who is laying on the ground in a body bag. Laying on the ground in the place...

Karen Robinson

Feb 26, 2022
3 min

A grim, grim day

“It’s serious, isn’t it?” my mum asked me on Thursday morning, fear and concern etched in her voice. She had been watching the breaking news

Ashamed to be a citizen of a nuclear-armed state

Karen Robinson

Aug 3, 2021
5 min

Ashamed to be a citizen of a nuclear-armed state

We in the UK are one of the nuclear-armed states. We are part of the problem.

Stories of three people who conscientiously objected to war

Karen Robinson

Jul 18, 2021
5 min

Stories of three people who conscientiously objected to war

...In 2011 Michael Lyons, a Royal Navy medic, was sentenced to seven months’ detention after refusing to undergo rifle training...

Applying for exemption from military service in Colombia: a personal account

Guest author

Jun 30, 2021
5 min

Applying for exemption from military service in Colombia: a personal account

A guest blog by Santiago Forero about his experience of applying for exemption from military service in Colombia. In Colombia military...

Learning about the foundation of the United Nations 75 years ago

Karen Robinson

Jan 2, 2021
4 min

Learning about the foundation of the United Nations 75 years ago

In 2020 people from different parts of the globe marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.

Karen Robinson

Dec 23, 2020
4 min

This year has been so hard for so many

This year has been so hard for so many. In some ways the first lockdown still feels very recent.

Reflection on the horror of war – 75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Karen Robinson

Aug 16, 2020
5 min

Reflection on the horror of war – 75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Latest from our Education Worker, Karen Robinson Yesterday was ‘VJ Day’ or ‘Victory in Japan Day’. On 15 August 1945, 75 years ago, Japan...

Campaigning in parliament for a Peace Tax

Karen Robinson

Jun 16, 2020
6 min

Campaigning in parliament for a Peace Tax

The last time Conscience launched a Bill in parliament, trying to change the law...

Inspiring online ceremony marks International Conscientious Objectors’ Day

Karen Robinson

May 30, 2020
4 min

Inspiring online ceremony marks International Conscientious Objectors’ Day

We were gathering together online at a very painful time. 33,614 people had died from Covid-19 in the UK alone...

International webinar marks Global Days of Action on Military Spending

Karen Robinson

May 2, 2020
2 min

International webinar marks Global Days of Action on Military Spending

I was very excited to be invited to speak at an international webinar ‘Move the Nuclear Weapons (and Fossil Fuel) Money‘ on 21 April.

Karen Robinson

Apr 17, 2020
2 min

Turning our priorities upside down

Ceasefires have been breaking out in different parts of the world. There is now a call for a global ceasefire.

Karen Robinson

Apr 1, 2020
3 min

Voices of Conscientious Objection

We are excited to let you know about a new project Conscience is developing. It is called Voices of Conscientious Objection. We are very gra

Karen Robinson

Mar 24, 2020
2 min

Fear in the sunshine

This afternoon I did something apparently normal. I went out of the house into the beautiful March sunshine.

Part of me still frightened and frozen inside – after standing outside Faslane nuclear weapons base

Karen Robinson

Dec 27, 2019
2 min

Part of me still frightened and frozen inside – after standing outside Faslane nuclear weapons base

We stopped before we got to the base. It was a beautiful, sunny, frosty December morning.

Karen Robinson

Nov 24, 2019
3 min

Anne’s story

“I was first introduced to the concepts of pacifism whilst a schoolgirl by learning about Benjamin Britten’s stance during the war..."

Karen Robinson

Oct 25, 2019
2 min

Counting the UK nuclear weapons money

We will be physically counting the £5.2 billion the UK spends on nuclear weapons in a year, protesting at the UK’s ownership of nuclear w

Karen Robinson

Oct 12, 2019
3 min

#everydaymilitarism

The other morning at the entrance to Great Portland St Underground St on my way to work there were three men in military uniform lined...

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