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Stroove 22nd to 24th March 2013

May 1, 2013 by Hilery

This will go down in PIH annals as the Win­ter Won­der­land Stroove. It is a real tes­ta­ment to PIH mem­bers dogged per­se­ver­ance that every­one man­aged to make it either arriv­ing by car, bus or train. Even a major break­down in the mid­dle lane of the A8 did not put peo­ple … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Singing in parliament as New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage

April 17, 2013 by Chris

New Zealand passed a bill allow­ing legal same-sex mar­riage Wednes­day, prompt­ing a jubi­lant cel­e­bra­tion in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives. The bill passed with 77 in favour and 44 against, mak­ing New Zealand the first coun­try in the Asia-Pacif­ic region to legal­ize same-sex mar­riage, reports BBC News. As the speak­er read … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Scrap Trident Demonstration 13th April 2013

April 17, 2013 by Hilery

It was an ear­ly start for the choir to arrive at George Square in Glas­gow for the Scrap Tri­dent demo, but we were there in good num­bers to join with our fledg­ling sis­ter choir. It was a well-attend­ed march which had unfor­tu­nate­ly been grant­ed a rather short route. We were … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Axe the Bedroom Tax Day, March 30th

April 8, 2013 by Hilery

Sat­ur­day 30 March 2013 — Axe the Bed­room Tax Day We gath­ered at the cor­ner of St Andrew Square, a group of some 15–20 Protest singers well wrapped up and ready to give voice to the Bed­room Tax protest. Our song sheets con­tained a mix of gold­en oldies and some … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Scrap Trident demonstration, April 13th.

April 8, 2013 by Hilery

At last after long nego­ti­a­tions with Glas­gow City Coun­cil the Scrap Tri­dent Coali­tion can now announce that the assem­bly point for the march and the venue for the ral­ly and speak­ers fol­low­ing it will be George Square. Assem­ble George Square 10.15amMarch starts 10.45amRally George Square 11.45am to 1.15pmThis means that … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Buy Nothing Day video

December 3, 2012 by Protest in Harmony

Here’s a video of the singing for Buy Noth­ing Day: Thanks to Daniel Killeen for this!

Solidarity with people of Gaza

November 16, 2012 by Hilery

As many peo­ple are aware, there will be a demon­stra­tion in Edin­burghto­mor­row in sol­i­dar­i­ty with the peo­ple of Gaza, call­ing for an end to’­Op­er­a­tion Pil­lar of Cloud’. Shereen is going, and oth­­­er­PiH-ers plan to be there. We will have song­sheets, and it would begood to have as many folk as pos­si­ble to … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Rise up singing

August 26, 2012 by Protest in Harmony

The Rise up Singing week­end will be Sat­ur­day Sep­tem­ber 15th — Mon­day Sep­tem­ber 17th 2012. Rise Up Singing info sheet Reg­is­tra­tion form Here is some more infor­ma­tion about the event: Rise Up Singing Sep­tem­ber 2012 song­sheet (words of mass songs and some oth­ers to sing) Words and record­ings of the … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Glasgow workshops

August 26, 2012 by Protest in Harmony

Due to pop­u­lar demand we will be hav­ing two tri­al protest in har­mo­ny ses­sions in Glas­gow in Sep­tem­ber to see if there is an appetite for more reg­u­lar ses­sions out west.Both ses­sions will be at the Uni­tar­i­an Church, 72 Berke­ley Street, Glas­gow G3 7DS, which is an acces­si­ble build­ing. Dates … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Bhopal Survivors’ Tour

August 22, 2012 by Protest in Harmony

Invi­ta­tion to PIH to sing 7pm on Fri­day, 14 Sep­tem­ber 2012, Augus­tine Church, Edin­burgh Scot­tish Friends of Bhopal is involved in organ­is­ing a tour of Britain and Ire­land of two Bhopal sur­vivors in Sep­tem­ber of this year. The sur­vivors will be in Scot­land from 14–18 Sep­tem­ber. On Fri­day the 14th, they will be speak­ing to a pub­lic … Con­tin­ue read­ing →