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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In May 1939, around 2,000 people marched through London against conscription. Conscientious objection wasn’t just an individual choice: it was part of a wider public movement. Find out more 👇 www.conscienceonline.org.uk/_files/ugd/6...

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

£7.3bn. That’s how much the MoD paid BAE Systems in 2025/26. We all contribute to military spending through our taxes. But we have no right to object and redirect our money towards peace instead. We think we should have that right. #peacetaxtuesdays

Graphic showing that £7.3bn was paid by the MoD to BAE Systems in 2025/26.

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today is the International Day of Peace. This year’s theme is “Invest in Peace.” Peace isn’t passive. It takes investment in diplomacy, conflict prevention, development and peacebuilding. If we want peace, we have to fund it. Peace needs a budget. #InvestInPeace

Today is the International Day of Peace. But peace needs a budget.

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A legal right not to pay for war? It’s happened before. In 1820, Quakers in Russia were granted exemption from military taxes after petitioning for freedom of conscience. Learn more👇 www.conscienceonline.org.uk/_files/ugd/6... #educationforpeace

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Your taxes are paying for military technology. The MoD has spent almost £30m on SpaceX satellite services, including around £13m on its military-focused Starshield system. People should have the right not to fund war through their taxes. #peacetaxtuesdays

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Franz Jägerstätter refused military service for the Nazi state because it violated his conscience. In August 1943, he was executed. ➡️ Read his story: www.conscienceonline.org.uk/_files/ugd/6... #educationforpeace #conscientiousobjection

He refused to serve the Nazi state. He was executed.

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Give peace a budget. Support Conscience and help us campaign for a world where taxes fund peace, not war. 💜 Support our work: www.conscienceonline.org.uk/donate

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

War has a budget. Peace needs one too. After last weekend’s international peace tax conference in Brussels, we’re bringing one message back to Britain: Peace needs investment — in diplomacy, mediation, conflict prevention, peace education and more. #peacetaxtuesdays

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Government is promising a “clear path” to higher military spending. What about a clear path for those who conscientiously object to paying for war? Give taxpayers the right to redirect the military part of their taxes towards peacebuilding. #peacetaxtuesdays

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

150 alternatives to making weapons. In the 1970s Lucas Aerospace workers drew up 150 proposals for socially useful products, including wind turbines, heat pumps and medical technology. Learn more → www.conscienceonline.org.uk/_files/ugd/6... #educationforpeace

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The UK is allocating more than £63bn over four years to its defence nuclear programme. That's roughly £43m every day. You can conscientiously object to military service. But not to paying for preparations for war. Shouldn’t conscience count at tax time too? #PeaceTaxTuesdays

£63 BILLION. Britain’s defence nuclear programme over the next four years.

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

War gets a budget. Why not peace? This September, peace tax campaigners from around the world will meet in Brussels to argue for alternatives to funding war through taxation. Help Conscience be there 👇 gofund.me/c45f24db0 #peacetaxtuesdays

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In WWII, the proportion of conscientious-objector applications completely rejected by different tribunals ranged from 6% to 41%. How fairly can conscience be judged by somebody else? ➡️Find out more: www.conscienceonline.org.uk/_files/ugd/6... #educationforpeace

6% or 41%? Rejection rates for conscientious objector applications varied enormously.

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

War has a budget. Peace should have one too. We are raising £800 to help two Conscience representatives take the UK Peace Tax campaign to an international conference in Brussels this September. Every donation and share will help. 👉 gofund.me/8f720bf8a #GivePeaceABudget

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

On 6 and 9 August 1945, atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 81 years later, we remember all those killed and harmed and renew the call: nuclear weapons must never be used again. Choose disarmament, diplomacy and peace. #hiroshimaday

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 6 and 9 August 1945

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Even buying a pint can contribute to military spending. VAT goes into the same public funds used to finance government spending, including the military. If you conscientiously object to war, shouldn’t you have the right not to fund it? #peacetaxtuesdays

Pint of beer, showing all taxes contribute to military spending

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

For 40 years, Conscience has worked with peace tax campaigners around the world to defend the right not to finance war. This September, the movement gathers again in Brussels. Read the story and help us get there: www.conscienceonline.org.uk/post/give-pe... #peacetaxtuesdays

40 years of international peace tax campaigning

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A peace tax is not a tax cut. Conscientious objectors would still pay their taxes in full, but the military portion would fund peacebuilding and non-military security instead. No one should be forced to fund war against their conscience. #peacetaxtuesdays

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

110 days in prison. For refusing to fight. In 2017, conscientious objector Atalya Ben-Abba refused conscription into the Israeli military. Her story shows the price people can still pay for following their conscience. Learn more → www.conscienceonline.org.uk/_files/ugd/6... #educationforpeace

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A new Prime Minister. The same arms race? As Andy Burnham entered Downing Street yesterday, arms companies gathered at Farnborough to compete for expanding military budgets. Real change means investing in communities, not more war. #peacetaxtuesdays

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

True or false? Conscientious objection is only about refusing military service. False. Some people also object to being forced to fund war through their taxes. Learn more → www.conscienceonline.org.uk/_files/ugd/6... #educationforpeace

Graphic, asking a true or false question

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · 08/07/2026

We're looking for a Quaker who would be interested in supporting @taxesforpeace.bsky.social's work, by being the @quaker.org.uk rep on their Executive Committee! Could this be you? Talk to us by mid-August :) quaker.org.uk/our-organisa...

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Opportunities

A list of all service roles for Quakers in Britain.

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

£15bn more for military spending is not free money. The Government’s plan includes £4bn from departmental capital budgets, £2bn from energy and £4.7bn still to be found. Taxpayers who morally object still have no choice. #peacetaxtuesdays

Graphic, asking where £15bn in extra military spending is coming from.

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Today, NATO leaders meet in Ankara. The UK arrives after finding another £15bn for the military. Conscience has joined 54 organisations in warning that real security also means peacebuilding, diplomacy, development and climate action: rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/open-letter-... #peacetaxtuesdays

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We’re proud to have joined @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social & other organisations in signing this public letter to the PM. Billions more are being found for military spending. But what about peacebuilding, diplomacy, climate action and conflict prevention? rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/open-letter-...

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Open Letter to PM on Military Spending

Following the release of his government’s Defence Investment Plan (DIP), more than 50 organisations from across the UK have jointly written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to warn against …

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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Open Letter to PM on Military Spending

Following the release of his government’s Defence Investment Plan (DIP), more than 50 organisations from across the UK have jointly written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to warn against …

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ForcesWatch @forceswatch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Today the government has published the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan Starmer says UK defence spending will reach £80 billion a year by 2029, adding that the 3.5% he promised to Donald Trump by 2035 is still on target. Read more over on our Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DaN-mwSCPP...

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ForcesWatch @forceswatch.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A coalition of 13 peace organisations, including ForcesWatch, are calling on the Government to rule out any future introduction of conscription, mandatory national service, or compulsory registration in the UK. Sign the petition👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Armed Forces Day may be over, but the normalisation of militarism continues. War should not be packaged as family entertainment. Our taxes should build peace, not normalise war. #peacetaxtuesdays

War is not family entertainment.

Armed Forces Day may be over, but the normalisation of militarism continues.

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A new PM is not enough if the policy remains the same: cut welfare, increase military spending. Real change means choosing care over militarisation, and defending the right to redirect taxes from war to peace. #PeaceTaxTuesdays #WelfareNotWarfare

New Prime Minister. Same increases to military spending?

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Studying war, conscience or peace? Our Education for Peace resources are free to use, with factsheets and booklets on conscientious objection, war tax resistance, military spending and alternatives to militarism. Explore them here → www.conscienceonline.org.uk/education-fo... #educationforpeace

Studying war, conscience or peace? Start with our free resources.

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Westminster is arguing over how to fund higher military spending. But the real question is: why is more militarisation treated as inevitable, while peace, healthcare, housing and climate action are treated as optional? Fund peace, not war. #peacetaxtuesdays

We’re being asked:
“What should be cut to fund more weapons?”

We should be asking:
“Why is more militarisation treated as inevitable?”

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

What if our taxes funded peace, not war? Join the movement for peace, not war, and help build support for real change. conscienceonline.org.uk

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Following John Healey's resignation as Defence Secretary over the #DefenceInvestmentPlan, CND is calling for the government to take a new direction – away from the disastrous war drive and nuclear expansion currently underway 👇

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Campaigning for peace? Our Education for Peace resources offer clear, free explainers on war taxes, conscientious objection, military spending and alternatives to militarism. Use them in conversations, workshops and outreach → www.conscienceonline.org.uk/education-fo... #educationforpeace

Campaigning for peace? Start with the facts.

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Reports suggest net-zero spending could be cut to fund another military spending boost. Military spending is never “free”. It comes at the expense of climate action, public services, diplomacy and peacebuilding. Security should mean protecting life, not war. #peacetaxtuesdays

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Teaching about war, conscience or peace? Our Education for Peace factsheets and booklets are free to use, ideal for discussion, learning and reflection. Explore the resources → www.conscienceonline.org.uk/education-fo... #peaceeducation #educationforpeace

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Tonight at 6:30pm online: join our second Supporters’ Panel. We’ll be discussing how Conscience can grow its reach in 2026, reach wider audiences, build stronger alliances, and strengthen the campaign for taxes for peace, not war. Register here: www.conscienceonline.org.uk/events-1/sup...

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Supporters’ Panel: 2nd Meeting (4th June) | conscience

Join our second Supporters’ Panel to help shape Conscience’s work and discuss how we can grow our reach in 2026

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Conscription is not inevitable. The UK Government can rule it out and uphold the rights of those who refuse to participate in war. Conscience is one of 13 peace organisations supporting this petition. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no... #peacetaxtuesdays

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

New to our Education for Peace resources? Start here. We’ve produced free factsheets and booklets on conscientious objection, war tax resistance, military spending, and alternatives to militarism. Explore the full resource library → www.conscienceonline.org.uk/education-fo... #educationforpeace

New to our education resources? Start here.

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

No one should be forced to fight, kill or die for the state. We are one of 13 organisations calling on the UK government to rule out military conscription and uphold the rights of conscientious objectors. Sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no... #peacetaxtuesdays

Say no to conscription. Sign the petition.

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Conscience: Taxes for Peace Not War @taxesforpeace.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

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