| Description | Contains correspondence and literature, dated 1955-1974 and some undated, from the following Society of Friends' Peace Committee, Peace News: the international pacifist weekly newspaper, Institue for Social Research, National Peace Council, Non-Violent Defence Group, the British Peace Committee, the Accra Assembly, Women against war, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, Peace Pledge Union, Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace, Soundings, Non-Violent Action in Vietnam, A Quaker Action Group, War Resisters' International. Individuals include Eddie Linden and Walter Stein.
The file also contains several typed scripts including 'Ethics and Responsibilty in politics: a critique of the present adequacy of Max Weber's Classification of ethical systems', 'A South African Contribution to the study of Non-violent Action' and 'The need for a functional substitute for violent conflict' by Gene Sharp, 'The Theory and practice of non-violent resistance to evil by Gerhardt Edward Steinke and 'Paragraphs on military service and freedom of conscience' by unknown author. |