Irish Pacifist Movement programme 1959-69, notes page 2

These are notes which Rob Fairmichael (then Rob Mitchell) made in 1978 from the Irish Pacifist Movement/IPM minutes about programme which took place in the period 1959-69. There are some fascinating details and it all feels well ahead of its time. These notes were made in preparation for writing an article on “Peace groups since the ‘Thirties” (1930s that is!) in Dawn’s “Nonviolence in Irish history” pamphlet which appeared in 1978 – for this see www.innatenonviolence.org/pamphlets/index.shtml

This page has some organisational details but also about having a ‘Ban the Bomb’ meteorological balloon at a fundriaising fete. Bob Burke spoke on Africa’s contribution to world peace and justice, and Owen Sheehy-Skeffington spoke at a joint IPM-FOR(NI) (Fellowship of Reconciliation in Northern Ireland) conference on capital punishment. Cross-border conferences tend to be thought of as a feature arising well into the Troubles of 1969+ - but IPM and FOR were at it from the end of the 1950s….

Also note [at the very bottom of the page] Charles Haughey made a donation of £15 in 1966 (it could be over €300 in 2020 prices but certainly a substantial donation then) - to an IPM gymkhana event though it was meant to be kept confidential; just one example of CJH being flaithiúlach with money that he probably shouldn't have had in the first place (and also probably an organisation he wouldn't have agreed with)....

The Irish Pacifist Movement (IPM) began in 1936 as the Irish Anti-War Crusade, and was subsequently renamed. It closed in 1969. It was associated with the War Resisters’ International (WRI) as a section. Its aims (much shortened) were a) actively opposing war b) promoting peaceful modes of settling disputes, and c) honouring the concept of the universal brotherhood of men (sic – this was a time when the use of ‘men’ in this kind of context was assumed to subsume ‘women’).

(From 1962) IPM had two variations on the classic nonviolent pledge for membership – anyone over 16 could join who subscribed to one of the two following pledges: “I undertake not to take part in war of any kind and to strive for the fulfilment of the aims and objectives of the Irish Pacifist Movement” or “I am conscientiously opposed to War and will strive for the fulfilment of the aims and objectives of the Irish Pacifist Movement”.

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