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About 70 peo­ple joined the third annu­al Con­sci­en­tious Objec­tors Day vig­il on 15 May to remem­ber the 16,000 COs of the First World War and all those who have refused com­pul­so­ry mil­i­tary ser­vice around the world in the past and … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

We sang and sang, and sang — at rehearsal, on the Roy­al Mile, out­side the Par­lia­ment — to show how Edin­burgh wel­comes refugees.

It has been a busy year for Protest in Har­mo­ny, it start­ed rel­a­tive­ly qui­et­ly, but then things grew apace. The choir num­bers have con­tin­ued to grow, new blood is always impor­tant in any organ­i­sa­tion. We are always look­ing for ways … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

‘Sol­i­dar­i­ty for ever, the union makes us strong’. Protest in Har­mo­ny mem­bers made a joy­ful noise, along with drum­mers and a pipe band, on the May Day March from Mid­dle Mead­ow walk to the Pleas­ance where a ral­ly was held … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

  Protest in Har­mo­ny made a strong show­ing at the March and Ral­ly against Tri­dent on 4th April, with our very own Pen­ny Stone lead­ing some singing from the stage in George Square, Glas­gow. About a dozen of us set … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

On Sun­day Novem­ber 30th 2014, three bus­es packed with enthu­si­as­tic pro­test­ers set off from Edin­burgh to Faslane. We were going to link up there with peo­ple from all over Scot­land for the Scrap Tri­dent Demon­stra­tion. We had a good jour­ney … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

’ Two of our num­ber in Bhopal. ‘Nev­er give up, oh nev­er give up,’ we sang in the dark Decem­ber evening. ‘Nev­er, nev­er, nev­er, nev­er, nev­er give up’ to the peo­ple still cam­paign­ing for jus­tice and com­pen­sa­tion for the dis­as­trous … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Straight after our reg­u­lar rehearsal some 15–20 of us made our way down to The Mound for this event. While the TTIP robots were get­ting into their cos­tumes we were invit­ed onto the plinth to per­form our songs, some of … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Over 60 peo­ple gath­ered at Edinburgh’s Work­ers Memo­r­i­al Day Tree in Princes Street Gar­dens to com­mem­o­rate Inter­na­tion­al Work­ers’ Memo­r­i­al Day on 28 April 2014. The gath­er­ing mourned all those who have died through work, but in par­tic­u­lar remem­bered the 30th anniver­sary … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

5th April 2014. A damp and dis­mal Sat­ur­day morn­ing, but it did not deter about 40 singers turn­ing up to sup­port the walk­ers on the Spring Walk for Peace at George Square in Glas­gow. Reg­u­lars at Protest in Har­mo­ny were … Con­tin­ue read­ing →