KINGSTON PEACE COUNCIL
CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT 

DFID Submission

KPC/CND member Jim McCluskey has written an excellent submission to the Department for International Development (DFID) addressing the relationship between poverty and war, covering both the direct effects and the influence of arms manufacture and trade, in response to DFID's public consultation on "Eliminating World Poverty: Assuring our Common Future".

The Palace of Crystal

Extracts of Harry Davis's book The Palace of Crystal are now available on this web site.

Forthcoming meetings

Our next monthly meeting is on Wednesday 8 July 2009 at 7.45pm at the Quaker Meeting House, 78 Eden Street, Kingston, KT1 1DJ. All welcome.

Welcome to KPC/CND

We are a local group providing a focus for people in Kingston and the surrounding area who wish to work for international understanding, the peaceful resolution of conflict, the abolition of nuclear weapons and an end to the arms race and general disarmament. We publish a monthly newsletter Kingston Peace News.

Our activities include:

  • Monthly meetings: we meet on the second Wednesday of every month, 7.45pm, at the Quaker Meeting House, Eden Street, Kingston to discuss current business and campaigning activities, share ideas, listen to invited speakers or watch videos. Visitors and new ideas are always welcome.
  • A regular street stall: on the first and third Saturdays of every month, 11am-2pm, in the market, next to the entrance to the parish church.
  • Stalls at local fairs to publicise our activities and raise funds
  • Vigils and public meetings and other events to raise public awareness of peace-related issues.
  • Letter writing and lobbying
  • Supporting other peace and justice campaigns, in particular the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
  • Taking part in regional and national demonstrations
'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has'
Margaret Mead, anthropologist