Record

Repository	Jesuits in Britain Archives
Ref No	ABSI/SJ/13/12/2
Title	Peace, Disarmament and Conscientious Objection Groups
Date	Mid 20th Century-late 20th Century
Level	File
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.
AccessConditions	The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to archive material in the Jesuits in Britain Archives.
Language	English
Language	French

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