Records of the Peace Tax Campaign 1977-1990

Howard, Martin, approximately 1730-1781

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Drewett, Gerald

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Keeble, Stanley

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Peace Tax Campaign

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The Peace Tax Campaign was started in 1977 by Stanley Keeble, a Cornish Quaker. The objective of the campaign was to establish the legal right to conscientious objection to military taxation, as a parallel to the established legal right to conscientious objection to military service. The suggestion was that the proportion of tax that would be used for military purposes should instead be used for peacemaking. Keeble aired the idea with his contacts in peace organisations ...