Campaign CND Review 2019 Give the gift of peace

Dear friend of CND,

I’ve been, like you perhaps, in the CND world for a long — and happy — time. Funding has always been a problem.

Perhaps I won’t see the abolition of all nuclear weapons before I depart but I very much want the work we are all engaged in to continue — despite my absence!

Campaigning for a nuclear weapons-free world does not produce much income.

But I will make sure that there will be a slice of whatever I leave in my Will for CND. And I very much hope you will consider doing the same.

Doing so could help ensure the longevity of CND, transform the campaign, and raise greater public awareness.

I doubt if you need much persuading. Do your best!

Warm wishes,

Bruce Kent CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019

N this issue of Campaign Review, we not only Campaign for have a chance to reflect on the past year but Nuclear Disarmament Ialso to consider how we take our campaign CND campaigns non-violently forward into the new year and beyond. to rid the world of nuclear Our survival is still very much in jeopardy weapons and to create genuine security for future because of the twin threats of climate change and generations. CND calls for the nuclear war. UK to scrap its Trident nuclear However, there have also been some weapons system and the encouraging developments. In this magazine, planned replacement. there are wonderful examples of our collective CND works to secure UK campaigns calling on the government to save £205 billion by scrapping support for the Treaty on the the Trident replacement programme. Prohibition of Nuclear weapons, which would make it CND members and supporters have also been raising awareness of illegal under international law the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. At the time of for its signatories to make or writing, 34 countries had ratified this treaty, and we’re confident it will possess nuclear weapons. We hit the required 50 next year and enter into force. also work to end Britain’s Our work in 2019 has included the link between climate change participation in the US Missile and the military. Weapons production and military exercises are Defence system and – with other campaigns internationally generating huge amounts of CO2 emissions. We protested at the – against missile defence and DSEI Arms Fair in London to highlight this connection, point out the weapons in space. exhibiting companies involved in nuclear weapons development and Other current campaigns production and make the case for diversification of jobs in the already include the prevention and declining defence industry. cessation of wars in which We took a significant step forward in broadening our campaign nuclear weapons may be this year as we joined Extinction Rebellion Peace and participated in used, opposition to NATO and its nuclear policies, and to the XR October Rebellion. Similar moves to bring together peace, nuclear power. environment and climate change campaigns are being made CND is funded almost entirely internationally. Another example of international campaigning by members and supporters, collaboration was the protests organised in opposition to the NATO and our policies are decided summit in London early in December. upon by our annual national The UK government is set to continue with its extremely delegates’ conference, where dangerous and enormously expensive nuclear power programme. Read our national leadership is also elected. Details of our national about our work to oppose nuclear power production in this magazine. offices, and our network of You will also find in this issue updates on our very important work regions can be found at the with parliamentarians and in developing and disseminating peace back of this Review. education material. Whatever the result of December’s general election, there will be plenty for us to do in 2020 and we look forward to continuing our work together with you, to help realise our vision of a safer, more peaceful and more secure world.

1 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT New nuclear arms race

CND General Secretary Kate Hudson analyses the events that have shaped CND’s work this year.

HIS YEAR opened INF Treaty scrapped with the grim news Landmark nuclear that once again the T disarmament treaty the Doomsday Clock’s hands were Intermediate-range Nuclear set at two minutes to midnight. Forces Treaty was scrapped They’ve never been closer, not in 2019, following US even at the height of the Cold President Donald Trump’s War and the trend of increasing announcement he was nuclear dangers has continued. withdrawing the US from The trend that became so the agreement. CND apparent last year – President protested, labelling it ‘an act Trump’s attacks on the treaties of diplomatic vandalism’. and agreements that have We arranged a photo stunt curtailed nuclear weapons – has in Parliament Square and continued and worsened. The wrote to the Prime Minister Intermediate-range Nuclear Boris Johnson, highlighting that the end of this treaty Forces (INF) Treaty finally bit cannot mean a return of US the dust in August this year. nuclear weapons to British soil. There are so many dangers as a result of its cancellation: a new nuclear arms race, US missiles for President Trump – far from The Iran nuclear deal is back in Europe – and that the actual role designated to it verging on extinction following includes Britain – trained on which is essentially scrutiny and US withdrawal and the failure of Russia, US missiles in Okinawa accountability. the other signatories to trained on China, nuclear war. US withdrawal from the sufficiently support the Iranian While other European INF treaty also calls into economy as the wrongly re- countries urged the US and question whether Washington imposed US sanctions take their Russia to continue with the will work with Moscow to toll. There has been some minor Treaty, Britain gave craven renew Obama and Medvedev’s support but not sufficient to support to the US. The House New START treaty in 2021, prevent serious hardship for of Commons Defence when it is due to expire. If US ordinary Iranian citizens. Committee produced a report hawks get their way, once the Whilst opposing these into the breakdown of the INF Treaty expires there will be no negative developments, which pretty much turned the restraints on nuclear weapons however, we always work to Committee into a cheerleader left. A grim prospect indeed. pose positive alternatives, and it 2 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019 has been good to watch the Indeed, this year NATO two decades long. of the UN’s Treaty on celebrated its 70th birthday, These activities have turned the Prohibition of Nuclear meriting an assessment of the the end of the Cold War from Weapons (TPNW). We have nuclear-armed military alliance a unique opportunity for new taken a variety of approaches that came into being to ensure diplomacy and peaceful to support it, from pressure on western military superiority development into a new era of our own government to during the Cold War. Most global tension, encircling Russia and China thereby creating the conditions for a new Cold War, tearing up international legal norms, notably around national THE NEW sovereignty, and introducing bogus notions of ‘humanitarian war’. A second NATO anniversary fell in March 2019: WORLD 20 years since the first former Warsaw Pact states joined NATO. Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic signed up, DIS and just days later they found ORDER themselves at war with their neighbour Yugoslavia. The war was illegal and brought No to Nato devastating human consequences to what remained of Yugoslavia – including the lobbying embassies in the UK, strikingly, during its first 40 legacy of toxic Depleted urging states to sign and years of existence – namely the Uranium. It was also the first congratulating those who have. Cold War – NATO embarked use of ’s baseless The number of ratifications is on no wars or military justification for wars of steadily increasing and it’s campaigns. Yet in the 30 years intervention. We saw how that possible that it will achieve the since the Cold War and the developed in Iraq and 50 required to bring it into force removal of its political and elsewhere. during 2020. Our own military rival, the Soviet Union, Combatting the climate government still opposes the NATO has massively expanded emergency has achieved a real TPNW and this is one of the territorially, changed its mission sense of urgency with the biggest challenges we face: statement from a defensive to outstanding work of young breaking the logjam of the an aggressive posture and activists across the globe. This nuclear weapons states – and embarked on a series of wars, is an issue that touches us all, the power they exert over of which its intervention in not only as individuals but also NATO and allied states. Afghanistan is getting on for in wider campaigning terms. It 3 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT is one of the twin existential threats identified by the Bulletin Scrapping Trident would be a great of the Atomic Scientists – alongside way to cut the UK’s carbon footprint nuclear weapons, and there are – £205 billion could be used to install key ways in which they solar panels in every home or build contribute to the problem. In the event of nuclear war, enough wind turbines to power all nuclear weapons would cause households in the UK. severe damage to the climate and environment on a scale incomparable to any other weapons. Research by the Red Cross shows the effect of a ‘limited’ nuclear war would disrupt the global climate to such an extent that a billion people could face starvation. Trident uses massive energy and resources in research, carcinogenic waste for which production, operation and no safe storage solution exists, dismantling and eventual waste and leads to cancer clusters storage. Scrapping Trident and periodic catastrophic would be a great way to cut the disasters. UK’s footprint and the £205 Meanwhile major industrial billion being spent on the countries like Germany have replacement could be used to Companies are falling over abandoned nuclear power and install solar panels in every themselves to offload their are embracing renewable home or build enough wind interests in nuclear power and energy sources. The billions turbines to power all the UK government itself has used to subsidise nuclear households in the UK. We are shown signs of backing off. power can be instead invested wholeheartedly supporting the Over the last two decades in developing renewable movement that is rising up to there has been a concerted technologies, leading to secure demand action on climate effort to suggest that nuclear and clean energy sources and change, and we are part of power is a clean and safe form the creation of thousands of Extinction Rebellion Peace, to of energy that can contribute to new jobs. make sure we play our part. dealing with the problems of New research has found Related to that, support for climate change. But this myth that almost all nuclear power nuclear power has been falling has now been thoroughly plants built since the nuclear away as renewables provide busted and the reality is that the industry’s inception have increasingly cheap energy, while British public massively generated large financial cost overruns, radioactive waste subsidises an industry that is losses. Indeed, the history of problems and faulty not carbon neutral, produces nuclear power is seven construction dog new build. enormous amounts of decades of economic ruin and 4 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019 environmental catastrophe. for nuclear weapons and war and their attendant missiles, Toshiba’s decision in 2018 to when it denies that money is warheads and paraphernalia. abandon plans to build a available to meet these very In short, £205 billion on reactor at Moorside in real social and human needs. weapons of mass destruction Cumbria and Hitachi’s Quite simply, government and not on our NHS, jobs, suspension of work in 2019 on priorities have been wrong for a education, welfare – or the Wylfa Newydd plant in very long time. meeting the challenge of Anglesey simply reflect the Over the past ten years, climate change. This spending economic reality. since the collapse of Lehman is now under way, but the case Major nuclear disasters take Brothers and the subsequent for cancellation must be won. place on a regular if infrequent financial crisis, every govern - There are so many ways in basis – Chernobyl and ment has pursued brutal which the nuclear programme Fukushima are the most well- austerity policies that have is disastrous. Recently the known examples, and there are attacked the poorest and most parliamentary Public Accounts also Three Mile Island in the vulnerable in our society. Their Committee revealed the latest US and our own Windscale narrative has been that we can’t catalogue of Ministry of disaster in 1957. But very large afford to properly fund the Defence incompetence and numbers of health and safety NHS or provide proper living negligence. It warned that the breaches take place on a levels of welfare payments, yet infrastructure supporting the regular basis, putting the at the same time the rich Royal Navy’s nuclear workforce and local residents continue to get richer. submarine fleet is no longer at risk. In truth, nuclear power The ‘super-rich’ are the ‘fit for purpose’ and that MoD is too dangerous to use, but blight of our time, and it is to decisions to delay maintenance thankfully, with renewable the eternal shame of our at its 13 nuclear sites had energy available, it’s just not government that they put created a ‘ticking time bomb’. needed. Work still needs to be these people’s interests above This is just a disaster waiting done, however, to get that those of the British people. to happen. But what we don’t message over, not least to the Clearly, the money is there, it want is yet more money being Labour Party and TUC who is just going to the wrong poured into this bottomless pit. still mistakenly think that place. It really is time for government nuclear is an important part of For a really shocking to step away from nuclear the energy mix. example of this, we need look weapons and release the funds One thing is certain, the no further than the British to meet the needs of our society British economy has been government’s spending on and all our communities. No systematically deprived of the nuclear weapons. In 2016, one one must be left behind in 21st investment it needs to grow of Theresa May’s first actions century Britain. We call on our and flourish, and our society is as prime minister was to push government to prioritise the being denied the funding it Trident replacement through lives and wellbeing of all its needs to ensure the health, parliament – thus allocating citizens rather than the welfare and happiness of its £205 billion of tax payers’ production of weapons of mass citizens. money to building and destruction. It’s time for our It is truly appalling that the sustaining the Dreadnought government to recognise: government can find money class of nuclear submarines People not Trident. 5 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT A world without E LIVE in increasingly Wunstable times, where nuclear dangers are growing alarmingly. The international rules-based system is collapsing before our eyes. The Doomsday Clock is currently set at two minutes to midnight. The hands have never been closer, even at the height of the Cold War. And against this backdrop, the British government wants to waste billions of pounds on replacing Trident. But the good news is that a global majority support our aim of creating a world without nuclear weapons. And with that in mind, CND nations, regions, groups and specialist sections global cooperation crumbling, have been working hard this unstable world leaders in charge year to create a better and safer of nuclear weapons and more world. nuclear weapons being One of the main activities produced. The event was well- we undertook was a national attended and thought- house present for the meeting, Global Dangers tour, in which provoking. Victoria also joined which ended up being an tens of groups took part West Midlands CND. This inspirational afternoon. A lively including Crawley CND, meeting was attended by people discussion was had at South which was joined by Lloyd from different groups and Cheshire and North Russell-Moyle MP to discuss backgrounds and engendered a Staffordshire CND’s (SCANS climate change and nuclear wide-ranging discussion. CND) well-attended stop on weapons. The dangers facing us all the Global Dangers tour. Kent Area CND was proud were discussed by Isle of Tavistock Peace Action to host a public talk with guest Wight CND and their guest Group also arranged a meeting. speaker Victoria Brittain, which speakers, as part of Ventnor Norwich CND hosted tackled pressing issues such as Fringe Festival. There was a full Commander Robert Forsyth 6 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019 nuclear weapons meetings as part of the tour. Separately from the tour, CND groups also organised numerous events up and down the country. Aberdeen and District CND started the year with a peace rally with speakers, poetry and music. The group worked closely with Faslane Peace Camp in 2019, including on re-establishing a Friends of Faslane group and arranging a weekend of workshops, and hosted the Scottish Peace History Exhibition. Social the biggest audience the group events arranged included a has ever had. Following an New Year party and a inspiring talk, the group even tremendously fun, fundraising gained new members on the Ceilidh. night and numerous donations. Birkenhead CND London Region CND’s promoted CND’s work by contribution to the tour was to displaying an exhibition on ’60 organise a programme of Years of CND’ in three local events with Francis Daehoon libraries and arranging stalls at Lee representing People’s fairs. Working with Solidarity for Participatory Merseyside CND, the group Democracy, a South Korean did a lot of work raising who spoke about his peace organisation. Starting in awareness of the breakdown of experiences as a Trident London, he met faith leaders the INF treaty. Wallasey submarine commander, and and parliamentarians, including CND started 2019 with a how his views about nuclear Shadow Minister for Peace and successful AGM and social and missiles changed. Birkenhead Disarmament Fabian Hamilton carried on the year promoting CND’s meeting discussed the MP. Francis spoke at a public CND’s campaigns at events dangers of cyber-attacks on meeting with former MEP such as the Wirral Earth nuclear facilities. , author of Talking to Festival. Merseyside CND Caroline Lucas MP joined North Korea, before travelling participated in the Global Day Reigate and Redhill CND to Scotland and Yorkshire. of Action against Military for their stop, which enjoyed Yorkshire CND hosted several Spending, highlighting the cost 7 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

Youth activism 2019 has undoubtedly been an incredible year for youth activism generally across the world, most notably in the climate movement. Youth Merseyside CND and Student CND has continued to grow both online and in university and college campuses across the UK. The group has been present at major events including the IPB Youth Congress in Berlin and the youth climate strikes in London. London Region CND is focussed on winning support among Britain’s biggest student population. Hereford Peace Council engaged with students by having a stall at an ‘Infofest’ for local colleges. And GMDCND has Chesterfield District CND appointed a University Liaison Officer to boost its student recruitment. of Trident replacement. Mid Somerset CND and Peace Group has given Together with Wallasey CND talks in local schools and attended the local sixth form and the Merseyside Pensioners college Freshers Fair. Association, the groups hosted As the next generation continues to inspire us all, CND a very successful screening of will continue to focus on engaging more young people in ‘The Plan: That Came From our campaigns. The Bottom Up’, which is about workers developing arms trade campaigns group Trident bus adverts out and alternatives to producing dED_UCATION’s brilliant about in Manchester. military products. new podcast – dED Go Kent Area CND took their In a similar vein, Greater DEEP! Other events arranged People’s Budget stall around Manchester & District CND included one with folk legend their region, asking passers-by (GMDCND) co-hosted a mini- Peggy Seeger in conversation how they would prefer to spend conference on the film. 2019 with actress Maxine Peake, a the money currently committed was another action-packed year public meeting on the arms to Trident replacement. Most for this region. Other highlights trade in Manchester, a public wanted the money spent on included participating in Yoko meeting on peace campaigning health, education and housing, Ono’s Bells for Peace event, in the Labour Party and a with less than 1% choosing which opened this year’s screening of Dr Strangelove, nuclear weapons! Kent Area Manchester International followed by a Q&A with local CND had a successful year in Festival. academics. GMDCND also general, with plenty of street GMDCND activists spoke enjoyed spotting – and taking stalls, demonstrations, a visit to on anti-university ties to the photographs of – CND’s Stop a nuclear bunker and attending 8 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019

Glastonbury 2019 Glastonbury festival is an important part of CND’s campaigning calendar and we had a fantastic time this year as the sun shone, over a thousand festival-goers Christian CND signed up as members of CND and Caroline Lucas MP greeted the crowds on our behalf. As well as discussing our campaigns at our stalls at Green Futures field and near the Pyramid stage, we participated in debates at Speakers’ Forum and appeared on the on-site radio station. Many CND groups campaign at Glastonbury, including Youth and Student CND. GMDCND participated in a climate march at the festival by wearing nuclear waste Kent Area CND barrel costumes. Mid Somerset CND and Peace Group talked to many festival-goers and were interviewed by the BBC. Now we are looking forward more than ever to next year’s special Glastonbury Festival, which will mark the 50th anniversary of the event, where we will be highlighting CND’s role in its history.

nuclear ‘deterrent’. Derby throughout the year. Their Derby CND CND then braved the mud to annual Embassies Walk this the annual United Nations join another festival, Northern year visited NATO member service for peace at Canterbury Green Gathering. The group’s state diplomats to talk about Cathedral. Members were very main activity of the year is the nuclear ban treaty and successful in having letters Derby Peace Week, where included a petition hand-in at printed in their local press. Derby CND works with many 10 Downing Street. Christian Derby CND also asked the other local organisations and CND organised the first public their views on the cost some from Derby’s twin town Barbara Eggleston Memorial of nuclear weapons. The group in Germany – Osnabruck. Lecture in 2019 where Bruce joined a local eco-festival, Highlights of the week Kent gave a rousing speech Belper Goes Green, where included the Peace Concert and about changing attitudes on people were drawn to the a workshop promoting peace nuclear weapons in the colourful stall and their ‘Tax with the Derbyshire Police and churches. In June, the group re- Choice Box’. Again, most Crime Commissioner. dedicated the Peace Garden at chose health, education and Christian CND had a RAF Molesworth, the scene of housing over a supposed packed calendar of events long-running anti-cruise 9 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT campaigns in the 1980s. They were busy again on the Christian festival circuit this year, with a stall at Big Church Day Out and a workshop at the National Justice and Peace Network gathering. Christian CND attended both Church of England Synods in York and London. International efforts by the group included a Leicester CND delegation attending the 2019 Preparatory Committee for the nuclear ban. Hereford Peace 2020 nuclear Non-Proliferation Rochdale and Littleborough Council also highlighted the Treaty Review Conference. Peace Group ban treaty by visiting their local CCND also attended and MP to discuss it, even if he did organised a fringe meeting with indefatigable in writing to the reiterate his support for nuclear the UK’s Deputy Disarmament press and using social media. weapons! The group also Ambassador and other Tavistock Peace Action continues to produce posters international guests. Group campaigned to raise with messages of peace, which Isle of Wight CND awareness of the end of the are sent monthly to members. connected with a variety of INF treaty with leaflets and a Woking Action for Peace people, places and ideas during petition calling on the tackled a myriad issues by this year. They had their first government to commit that the organising public debates and venture into the annual UK will not allow any US film showings on peace issues Brighstone Christmas tree missiles to be stationed in throughout the year. South festival, during which beautiful Britain. Leicester CND Cheshire and North origami cranes drew organised a banner drop to Staffordshire CND (SCANS considerable attention along draw attention to the end of CND) held an area-wide with the peace messages the INF treaty and the global members’ meeting. displayed. The group arranged a very well-received ‘Celebrate Greenham’ exhibition, which Trade union work felt very relevant in this time of CND and our groups continued our work with trade nuclear uncertainty. unions in 2019, particularly highlighting the cost of Rochdale and Trident and advancing the prospects for a Defence Littleborough Peace Group Diversification Agency, as well as its shadow, prior to Labour holding office. CND attended the Trades Union make sure to promote CND Congress while Merseyside CND ran our stall at the and our iconic symbol at all Unison conference. GMDCND attended the Manchester events they attend; which this Trades’ Council May Day weekend while Mid Somerset year included stalls and a vigil CND and Peace Group represented CND at Tolpuddle and rally to commemorate festival. Peterloo. Members are 10 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019

CND Annual Conference Our annual conference this year was partly co-hosted with the International Peace Bureau to discuss ‘21st Century Security: challenges Tavistock Peace Action Group and solutions’. It was a hugely successful weekend Salisbury CND had an with excellent speakers and even more active year than engrossing sessions on both usual, which included hosting days. Southern Region CND’s At the AGM and policy AGM. The group was involved conference, motions were with the 2019 Salisbury passed on issues such as the Festival, which included films, INF treaty, space, nuclear talks and discussions on a power and defence diversification. range of peace, environmental During the weekend, CND Vice-President Bruce Kent was and anti-nuclear issues. Along awarded the Seán MacBride Peace Prize for his lifelong with a stall during the festival, commitment to the peace movement, an occasion the group published flyers celebrated with a reception. which were promoted at performances. world – including Paris, organisations and faiths. Their Throughout the year, Washington and Berlin to annual peace picnic at Charlton Norwich CND held a name a few – are becoming House was attended by over 50 monthly peace vigil outside St nuclear ban communities as people who made peace cranes, Peer Mancroft Church in the they sign up to support the listened to speeches and centre of Norwich. The group TPNW. CND has encouraged poetry, and enjoyed food and had a presence at the Earthcare all our groups to work on entertainment. Summer Fair and at the getting their local councils With the Reigate and Burston Strike School annual involved and as well as Redhill CND banner proudly rally, where many people Norwich, other places to sign waving in the sky, the group signed CND’s petitions. A up in the UK so far are this year started a programme huge success for the group Edinburgh, Fife, Renfrewshire, of regular street stalls. Visitors came in September when Hebden Royd (which was from Germany attended one of Norwich City Council voted officially first!) and West their monthly meetings, giving unanimously to sign the ICAN Dunbartonshire. an interesting perspective on Cities Appeal, making Norwich Sydenham and Forest Hill the nuclear issue. Another a nuclear ban community. This CND had an active 2019, interesting meeting was with came after Norwich CND had working closely with Bromley the local Labour party, where organised a petition calling on Borough CND to build up a Reigate and Redhill CND the council to do so. South East London Peace members spoke about why Towns and cities around the Network with other CND is so important to them, 11 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT followed by questions from move forward. party members. As in other GMDCND hosted the places across the country, it CND and peace bloc at the appears that the local Labour Tory Party conference in party here is very sympathetic to Manchester, joined by groups CND’s aims. including Rochdale and Indeed, Labour CND had a Littleborough Peace Group fruitful year, beginning with a and SCANS CND. conference on the ‘Peace Over the last year West Policies Labour Needs’. A great Midlands CND has arranged East Midlands CND line-up of speakers including the several stalls, including one at Shadow Peace and the local Moseley Festival. Disarmament Minister Fabian These stalls are useful for Hamilton MP spoke in depth collecting signatures for the about the party developing a Scrap Trident petition and to peace doctrine. A trip to have conversations with the Telford for Labour’s annual public. The group produces a Oxford CND women’s conference followed. bimonthly newsletter and has Committee member and former a good presence on social Greenham peace camper Karen media. West Midlands CND Robinson was able to draw reports that one topic in attention to CND when she particular which engages spoke at a fringe meeting, and people in discussion is that of many of the 1,300 delegates and the nuclear convoys which visitors signed up for Labour regularly use the motorways CND news as a result. A few around Birmingham. weeks later Labour CND Another group which Labour CND circulated material at Scottish knows a lot about these Labour conference. convoys is Oxford CND, Nottingham CND has The Labour CND team was whose members have spent displayed the group’s continued active in Brighton for the many hours in 2019 on presence in its local community , where nukewatch duty, monitoring this year with fabulous banners CND arranged a stall and fringe the vehicles carrying nuclear and a highly visible tablecloth, meeting. CND also had a convoys. Oxford CND also including at the city’s May Day presence at The World found time to have regular Rally. They arranged a Transformed, a hugely popular meetings, stalls and events. fascinating meeting with festival running alongside the Two of their most notable Commander Robert Forsyth main conference. Fabian events this year was an Action and heard his account of Hamilton hosted a conference for Peace weekend full of service aboard nuclear report-back meeting in discussion and workshops, and submarines and how he is now parliament for Labour CND, supporting the AWE an anti-Trident campaigner. which attracted a lively audience Burghfield blockaders’ march The group distributed CND and a discussion of how to to court in Reading. leaflets when ‘Dr Strangelove’ 12 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019

the group designed and made visitors about CND. The CND new ‘Trees not Trident’ badges. t-shirts sold out at Stainsby Winning the prize for the Music festival! A training day most glamorous campaigning was held on effective public of the year, members of speaking, an excellent initiative. Nottingham CND appeared Demonstrating it’s not all in a film! An Aldermaston work and no play in CND, Nottingham CND march from the 1960s was London Region CND took recreated for ‘Adrift in Soho’. time to welcome in 2019 with a CND staff were also warmly meal and an after-dinner welcomed at the film’s speaker, former CWU general premiere in Leicester Square. secretary Billy Hayes. The Southampton CND had a region’s local groups keep stall at a Conchord Singers CND’s flag flying across the concert, which has now become capital. Peterborough CND a regular event, and at the had an anti-Trident stall at the Sydenham & Forest Hill CND LEFTFEST event. The group Peterborough Women's also organised a Summer Social. Festival. It has been a busy and Wimbledon Disarmament exciting year for East Coalition/CND continued its Midlands CND with national campaigning in 2019 with a speakers drawing big audiences regular newsletter and stalls, to many events. The common including at Mitcham Fair and SCANS CND thread has been working the Raynes Park Festival. The closely with other activists in group sponsored an art many other campaigns. The exhibition entitled ‘The Art of region was also highly effective Peace’, featuring creative work online, redesigning their by mainly local artists. This website and enhancing their included painted placards by use of Facebook. The WDC/CND member Edwin Merseyside CND traditional May Day Gala in Cluer, which are a feature of the Chesterfield was particularly group’s Friday night Vigils for was shown at the local cinema, well-attended with the East Peace and have been carried in suggesting people get in touch Midlands CND banner again many a demonstration. if they were worried about proudly carried on the march. Work continued across the nuclear war. Nottingham The petition that day attracted country in 2019 on promoting CND gave a peace talk to a an exceptionally large number the TPNW, or global nuclear church congregation and of signatures. ban treaty. CND continued followed it up with a question During the summer, all the work on a diplomatic initiative to the Diocese about how to local groups in the region made to build global support for the implement their commitment imaginative use of local fairs treaty and co-hosted an event to the global nuclear ban. For and festivals, taking the in London on this with the the Nottingham Green Festival, opportunity to engage with Kazakh Embassy. 13 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

Yorkshire CND also highlighted this topic, beginning Arms Fair blockade the year with a series of meetings CND and Trident in towns and cities across the Ploughshares arranged a region putting the spotlight on No Nuclear Day, as part of the TPNW. The tour began in a week-long blockade of Sheffield with a well-attended London's DSEI arms fair in meeting focusing on actions to Newham. DSEI is one of support the treaty locally. the world's largest arms Energetic meetings in Bradford, fairs and takes place at the Leeds and Hull followed suit. To Excel centre every two years. CND highlighted the support all this activity, role of exhibitors BAE Yorkshire CND produced a Systems, Rolls-Royce and Lockheed Martin in the handbook entitled ‘How we’re replacement of Britain's nuclear weapons system. Despite going to ban nuclear weapons’, very heavy policing, it was a successful day where outlining ways in which entrances to the venue were blocked for many hours campaigners can take action on with 21 people arrested. Groups taking part in the the treaty locally. Huge blockade included GMDCND, Christian CND, Kent congratulations to the region for Area CND, Salisbury CND, SCANS CND and getting seven Yorkshire MPs Yorkshire CND. Rochdale and Littleborough signed up to a parliamentary Peace Group even made it to the press! Sydenham pledge on the TPNW! and Forest Hill CND was there, and also arranged an Demonstrations and direct accompanying film evening. The Mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz, was present and is very encouraging of action have featured heavily in the campaign to stop the arms fair. Newham Council 2019 for Yorkshire CND, as had even passed a motion condemning the fair. well as having a presence at Hereford Peace Council had decided to make the festivals and local fairs, arms trade the focus of its work in 2019 and held a student gatherings, union public meeting on the subject. conferences, plus film showings and fundraising events. Sounds like a hectic and productive year! Mid Somerset CND and Peace Group has also been busy. The group has been involved in a number of events throughout the year including stalls at local community events, International Women’s Day, International Workers’ Day and Sidcot School Peace Festival. A stall at Street Christmas Cracker Fair and carol singing in Wells Yorkshire CND 14 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019

Thanksgiving Service CND protested against a Royal Navy thanksgiving service to mark 50 years of Britain’s so-called Continuous At Sea Deterrent (CASD) at Westminster Abbey in May. The service was greeted with outrage by people from all walks of society, including 200 Anglican clerics who publicly condemned the service thanks to mobilisation from Christian CND. Over 5000 letters of opposition were sent from members Mid Somerset CND of the public to the Dean of Westminster and the Defence Secretary. But the service went ahead with CND joined by Brian Eno and Bruce Kent among others to protest outside. Christian CND organised an alternative witness outside Westminster Abbey during the service. Groups in attendance included Norwich CND and Salisbury CND. The latter also wrote to their local Church of South Lakeland CND England Bishop to express the group’s misgivings. Nottingham CND held a local demonstration in raised money for Safe Passage, a solidarity with a purpose-made banner. charity which helps refugee children. across the country had several high-profile figures to its Bristol CND held a mobilised for this crucial vote public meetings this year, number of stalls across the city, to make sure Trident and including ex-The Guardian including at the City of nuclear weapons was not journalist Richard Norton- Sanctuary festival. St Albans swept under the carpet during Taylor, local MP Catherine West CND participated at sustaina - the campaign. For example, and Sam Mason, a trade unionist. bility festival SusFest for the Woking Action for Peace A new group officially second year running, handing partnered with their local launched in March – welcome out leaflets and talking to paper to host a hustings South Lakeland CND! Kate stallholders. The group also meeting. When we know Hudson addressed around 50 commemorated Stanislav which MPs have been elected, people at the first event and Petrov day and arranged a CND will be using the data planning is ongoing for future library exhibition. collected by all of the groups to campaigns. The group has As Campaign Review was start a new lobbying campaign. already collaborated closely going to press, we were about Thank you for all your work on with other local CND groups to find out the result of the this campaign. on a variety of events. general election. CND groups Haringey CND welcomed 15 Hiroshima and Nagasaki events Aberdeen & District CND enjoyed uplifting music at St Andrews Cathedral while Christian CND took part in a service at Coventry Cathedral. West Midlands CND read poems and prose at Birmingham Cathedral. Despite the torrential rain, Norwich CND enjoyed a peace picnic. GMDCND also arranged a peace picnic as well as an event with the Lord Mayor. Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group scattered white flowers on the water. Leicester CND held a silent vigil, followed by poetry and readings on a peace walk, then a demonstration outside Rolls- Royce in Derby with Derby CND and East Midlands CND. Wimbledon Disarmament Coalition/CND Local dignatories joined Hereford Peace Council. Bromley Borough CND held a vigil and silent march while Woking Action for Peace floated candles down the River Wey. Salisbury CND read out a letter from the Mayor of Hiroshima before floating candles. SCANS CND held a CND stall, followed by an evening of music and poetry. As the group was campaigning at Stafford - shire Vegan Festival the same week, the group chose to have a Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day theme to the stall, and in honour of the anniversary, the organisers kindly waived their fee. Reigate and Redhill CND marked the day with a ceremony followed by a walk, with banners, to the town centre. South Lakeland CND London Region CND’s commemoration began with a song from Raised Voice Peace Choir. A cultural evening followed, Hiroshima to Chernobyl: say no to nuclear. Compered by Bruce Kent, it included a video-link up with CND’s representative at the events in Japan. Over 65 people joined Southampton CND to light candles in paper boats. Wimbledon Disarmament Coalition/ - CND battled the wind to float paper lanterns – a small number stayed alight! The singing was led by a local choir. The following weekend, the group arranged a peace picnic. London Region CND Linking with other groups locally meant that Yorkshire CND’s annual Hiroshima Day event in Bradford was extra special this year. There was a colourful march through the city and a four-minute warning cabaret at the peace picnic following on from the ceremony. Mid Somerset CND and Peace Group held their annual candle float vigil at dusk. Bristol CND was joined by Red Notes Choir and the Mayor of Nagasaki’s speech was read out along with a poem from a Hibakusha. St Albans CND displayed peace doves with members’ messages in the town centre, a photo of which appeared in the local press. Southampton CND

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17 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT Climate not Trident

UCLEAR weapons cause severe damage Nto the climate and environment on a scale incomparable to any other weapon. Although the UK’s nuclear weapons system, Trident, has never been used, it still uses a massive amount of energy and resources when Yorkshire CND’s giant mock missile at XR Peace rebellion you take into account the research involved, its production and operation, and the eventual waste storage. Scrapping Trident would be a great way to cut the UK’s carbon footprint. This is why CND is proud to have increased our involve - ment with the climate change movement in 2019. We joined Extinction Rebellion as part of XR Peace and supported the school strikers. East Lancs CND at climate strike rally Our first action as part of XR Peace was the October including Oxford CND joined CND, SCANS CND and Rebellion. Activists kick- the Rebellion. Nottingham CND spoke at started the two weeks of Alongside this direct action, or attended Global Climate protest by blocking the road CND organised sessions with Strike rallies. Nottingham near the Ministry of Defence, speakers and performers, all CND also report that CND’s by locking-on to Yorkshire highlighting the link between Climate not Trident leaflets CND’s giant mock-missile. nuclear weapons and climate have been very well-received. Other actions included a die- change. Crawley CND held a public in outside the Ministry of CND groups across the meeting in conjunction with Defence and blockading the country worked to highlight Crawley Extinction Rebellion, to entrance to BAE Systems, the Climate not Trident organise locally on the issue. St who manufacture Britain’s message. Aberdeen and Albans CND also arranged a nuclear submarines. Groups District CND, Merseyside meeting with a speaker from 18 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019

XR. Leicester CND worked Isle of Wight CND East Midlands CND with their local Friends of the created a billboard advert arranged petitions urging local Earth group. A lot of this making the connection councils to declare a climate group’s campaigning in 2019 between climate change and emergency and support the was linked to climate change. nuclear weapons. This ran for TPNW. This pressure has led At the Riverside Festival, a month and was viewed by to Derbyshire declaring a people were queuing to sign thousands of islanders and climate emergency. their cards to US President visitors alike. Urgent action like this is Donald Trump, stating climate Tavistock Peace Action essential as we call on the change and nuclear war were Group arranged a public government to stop prioritising the two major threats to the meeting on ‘Rethinking Security war and weapons over the planet. in a Time of Climate Crisis’. future of our planet. No to Trump

S President Donald GMDCND co-organised Trump continued to the Together Against Trump Ugalvanise campaigners demonstration in Manchester, on a wide range of subjects in and produced a new video on 2019 and CND was involved in ‘The Dangers of Donald protesting both his visits to the Trump’. GMDCND was also UK during the year. represented at a packed His disregard for inter - seminar for politics students at national treaties – including the the University of Manchester INF treaty - and the rules-based on the subject of ‘Trump, INF international order has made and Avoiding Apocalypse’. the world a much more London Region CND dangerous place and nuclear arranged a conference war more likely. discussing ‘Trump’s finger on Protests took place across joined the protests. Oxford the nuclear button’ with a star the country in June on Trump’s CND and Peterborough line-up including Palestinian state visit, including a national CND spoke at their respective Ambassador Husam Zomlot, demonstration in London and local demonstrations. SCANS Catherine West MP, and one in Portsmouth, where the CND held a Together Against Green Party Co-Leader US President attended a D-Day Trump demonstration which Jonathan Bartley. The commemoration. attracted wide interest from the conference also heard from Groups including local media, including Radio Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin Merseyside CND, Kent Area Stoke and a lead story in the in the USA via video link. CND and Norwich CND local newspaper. 19 No to Nato

HE North Atlantic Treaty Organisation T (NATO) marked its 70th anniversary in 2019. When a Heads of State summit was arranged in the UK in December, CND co-organised the protests against this nuclear-armed alliance. Queen was holding a reception Working with British and for the Nato leaders. international partners, we Thousands of demonstrators arranged a counter-summit headed down The Mall as entitled ‘The New World guests arrived. Disorder’ to present the CND groups across the alternatives to war and global country arranged local action to tensions. The conference heard came together to arrange a ‘No protest at the summit, from a series of high-level and to NATO, No to Trump’ including Aberdeen and informative speakers from demonstration, marching from District CND, East across the world. Trafalgar Square to Midlands CND and West A range of organisations Buckingham Palace, where the Midlands CND. 20 No to war

ENSIONS flared between Iran and the TUS and the UK this year. Many CND groups took action to highlight the growing crisis. Merseyside CND joined a public meeting while GMDCND was represented at a ‘Don’t Attack Iran’ meeting Merseyside CND Ledbury CND outside the Tory Party conference. The latter initiated worked with the Friends of an e-mail campaign to local Manchester Peace Garden to MPs about the threat of war organise a tribute to and was interviewed by local conscientious objectors past and and regional media. present. Hereford CND and Derby CND was also Leicester CND also arranged invited to speak at a ‘Don’t events for Inter national Bomb Iran’ public meeting, Conscientious Objector Day. Wimbledon DC/CND making the link with the Iran Leicester CND celebrated nuclear deal. Both Sydenham of the white peace poppies this year as it has succeeded in its and Forest Hill CND and they were selling. To mark campaign to ban the army from Nottingham CND hosted Remembrance Day, Norwich allowing children to handle guns public meetings on the matter. CND, Sydenham and Forest at their city-centre recruitment In other anti-war Hill CND, Wallasey CND, campaigns. And alongside campaigning, GMDCND co- Reigate and Redhill CND members from the local Afghan hosted the Peace History and Oxford CND laid a community, the group flew kites Lecture 2019, arranged a wreath of white poppies not drones to mark the Afghan meeting on the arms race and and/or spoke at events. new year. East Midlands CND has organised regular peace Nottingham CND donated also marked the Persian new vigils outside arms factories in over £200 from their white year by flying kites at RAF its region. The group also poppy sales to a refugee Waddington. hosted screenings of ‘War charity. Wimbledon Tavistock Peace Action School’ – a documentary about Disarmament Coalition/ Group’s anti-war work this military recruitment in schools CND laid a wreath of white year included a stall in support – across Greater Manchester. and red poppies at their local of Palestine and a public Wallasey CND also showed official ceremony, followed by meeting on Yemen’s civil war. this film at their local library. their own short service. Southampton CND held a Isle of Wight CND Rochdale and meeting on autonomous reported an excellent take-up Littleborough Peace Group drones. 21 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT Missile Defence and US bases

HE United States missile defence system Tis made up of a series of bases around the world, designed to detect and shoot down incoming missiles. Britain plays an integral role in the US missile defence system. CND has campaigned against the US missile defence Keep Space for Peace – Nottingham CND programme since the first plans in the 1980s. CND was one of the organisers America demonstration at But the US military ambitions of the march and rally at USAF Menwith Hill, with excellent now go even further, to include Croughton, where they were performances and speeches. space. In January, President joined by Southampton CND Yorkshire CND was also Trump announced the USA’s among others. Merseyside present, as the group continues new missile defence policy, CND arranged a stall to mark to focus on US bases in which included a space-based the week. Yorkshire. They are updating layer of sensors as part of an Oxford CND also arranged their Menwith Hill exposé enhanced system in a clear an event to walk the Path of ‘Lifting the Lid’, alongside the escalation of policy. MADness (Mutual Assured Menwith Hill Accountability CND groups confronted Destruction) up and down the Campaign. these reckless policies and runway to remember Upper Yorkshire CND has also called on the UK government Heyford base’s role in the cold created a new film explaining to refuse to co-operate with war nuclear stand-off. the role of RAF Fylingdales in Trump’s arms race. On a bright but a basic and easy to grasp way, Keep Space for Peace week exceptionally cold summer day, featuring a cap-wearing 2019 in particular highlighted East Midlands CND joined Yorkshireman! It can be these campaigns. Oxford the Independence from watched on their website.

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22 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019 Nuclear power

EW research in 2019 and Sydenham and Forest found that almost all Hill CND’s May Spring Fair Nnuclear power plants also raised funds for the built since the nuclear children of Chernobyl. industry’s inception have And sadly, the Chernobyl generated large financial losses. disaster is not the only nuclear Of course, CND has always accident that we commem- Fukushima protest maintained that the history of orated. Many groups joined nuclear power is seven events to mark the anniversary decades of economic ruin and of the Fukushima nuclear environmental catastrophe and accident, including Merseyside we continued to campaign CND and Kent Area CND. against government plans to Haringey CND arranged a build new nuclear power public meeting. stations Bromley Borough CND CND mobilised for a Stop asked questions to their local New Nuclear event in which council on the nuclear waste we surrounded the Springfields Springfields protest trains that travel through their nuclear fuel production site area. South Lakeland CND dressed as nuclear waste barrels worked with Radiation Free with groups including Lakeland to oppose the GMDCND, Oxford CND opening of a new coal mine and Yorkshire CND that’s very close to the Our event at The World Sellafield nuclear power station Transformed festival this year, and its huge stocks of which runs alongside the radioactive waste. Labour Party conference, Rochdale and Little- focused on designing a non- Bromley Borough CND borough Peace Group nuclear energy policy for members were almost blown Labour. Chernobyl nuclear disaster, skywards in their nuclear A new TV drama, including Bromley Borough waste costumes at a Chernobyl, became the highest- CND. GMDCND hosted a demonstration at Capenhurst. rated tv show of all time this talk on a new book about The group has had letters year, graphically revealing to a Chernobyl – Manual for printed in the national press new generation how nuclear Survival, and supported a on nuclear power. accidents create human misery Chernobyl photography Derby CND arranged a and environmental destruction. exhibition. Isle of Wight well-attended talk on the link Many CND groups gathered to CND continues to support the between the civil and military mark the anniversary of the Chernobyl Children’s Project nuclear industries. 23 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT CND Cymru

UCLEAR WASTE report on the GDF consulta- across the country in 2020. was the main focus tion, the decision on the Wylfa Four CND Cymru activists Nof our activity in the nuclear power station planning were amongst the ‘Burghfield first half of 2019, in response application (now delayed until 8’, arrested for closing the to the Welsh government’s March 2020), and for EDF's Atomic Weapons Establish - consultation on an under- new application for a licence to ment in 2018. After three ground nuclear waste dump, or dump more mud from Hinkley separate court appearances, a Geological Disposal Facility Point into Cardiff Bay. four were eventually found to (GDF) as the authorities like to At the Eisteddfod, and for have no case to answer, whilst call it. Planned face-to-face most of the second half of the the other four were found consulta tion meetings in year, we’ve been trying to guilty of aggravated trespass, Swansea and Llandudno were increase knowledge of, and given conditional discharges cancelled and replaced by support for, the Treaty on the with £795 costs each. Our webinars because ‘too many’ Prohibition of Nuclear crowdfund appeal was very people registered to attend! Weapons (TPNW). We successful, raising enough to We also asked county, city, succeeded in getting six further cover all those costs in about town and community councils Welsh Assembly Members and ten days. in Wales to state that they another MP to sign the ICAN We are planning a nuclear would oppose any plans to site Parliamentary Pledge waste speaking tour for 2020, a GDF in their area – and we supporting the treaty. We as well as activities to mark the included the list of those 82 showed the new film ‘The 75th anniversary of the councils in our submission to Beginning of the End of Hiroshima bombing, and – the consultation. Nuclear Weapons’ in the Welsh hopefully – the entry into force We are still waiting for the Assembly, and plan to show it of the TPNW. 24 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019 Scottish CND

NE of our main areas of work has Obeen a People not Trident campaign. This campaign argues the case that money currently spent on Trident should be diverted into areas such as health, education and dealing with climate change. The People not Trident campaign has used street stalls, leaflets and social media to put its messages across. Scottish CND has also continued to work with ICAN partners to support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Our main work involves helping to raise awareness about the importance of this treaty through public events and lobbying politicians. Scottish Peace Movement over Scottish CND also the last 60 years and has been continues to support and very well received by our provide organisational support supporters and the general to the Scottish Nuclear public. Check it out here: Disarm ament Cross Party www.banthebomb.org/history Group. We are also 2019 has also been a year represented at Nuclear-Free Scottish CND Trade Union when a number of a Scottish Local Authority Network Network and the charity Peace CND reports and pamphlets meetings. Education Scotland. on issues such as NATO have We play a part in a number The Heritage Lottery- been updated. These resources of Scottish Peace movement funded Peace of History are available via our website or networks such as the Don’t exhibition has now toured a through making contact with Bank on the Bomb Network number of venues across our office. Scotland, the Scottish Peace Scotland. This exhibition Given the state of today’s Network, No to War/ No to chronicles the history of world, Scottish CND are NATO network Scotland, Scottish CND and the wider needed now more than ever. 25 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT Parliament and parties

ORKING to oppose nuclear Wweapons in parlia- ment has been a big challenge this year with MPs largely focused on other issues, not to mention the much-anticipated general election which was eventually called for December 12th. Nevertheless, we have worked with Parliamentary CND to raise questions and Early Day Motions to hold the Labour Party Conference fringe event government to account. The government was forced responsibility to honour the non-nuclear energy policy to to admit that work on UK’s commitment to abolishing submit to the party. There was manufacturing new Astute-class nuclear weapons and called on it great enthusiasm for this project submarines is running to sign the United Nations’ and there were many in-depth significantly behind schedule, historic Treaty on the contributions from party meaning there could be further Prohibition of Nuclear members and our panel of delays to the Trident replacement Weapons. expert speakers. programme. Evidence given by We had a strong presence at Thanks to GMDCND we the Secretary of State for the Labour Party conference, at had a strong Stop Trident Defence, Ben Wallace, to the which we welcomed a new poll presence on the demonstration at Defence Select Committee stated in The Times newspaper the Conservative Party that it will be at least January showing that 70% of party conference in Manchester. 2021 before the new boats enter members backed scrapping This magazine went to print into service, pushed back from Trident. Our fringe event on the day of the election and August 2019. ‘Securing our survival: nuclear so the result is unknown as we On the International Day for disarmament in a time of crisis’ write. But we worked hard the Total Elimination of was extremely popular. during the campaign to ensure Nuclear Weapons, CND – We also held a ‘policy lab’ that Trident was not ignored in along with representatives from event at The World the debate. We launched a the United Nations Association, Transformed festival, running new lobbying tool, enabling the Quakers, Pax Christi and alongside the conference. Labour our members and supporters to Stop the War, handed in a letter is committed to nuclear power find out the views of candidates to the Prime Minister at 10 against all the evidence, so our and vote according to Downing Street. We reminded very well-attended event aimed candidates’ stance on nuclear the government of its to come up with an alternative weapons. 26 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019 Peace Education

HIS YEAR has been a record-breaking year Tfor CND’s Peace Education programme. Over the 2018-2019 academic year we delivered more sessions than ever before, and worked with over 7,500 students in schools and colleges across England. 450 trainee teachers received our Westminster Kingsway training in Teaching Controversial Issues. Our survivors, to communities sessions have been almost affected by uranium mining, universally well received, with and Greenham Common 88% of students, 94% of Women’s Peace Camp. (Find teachers, and 99% of trainee out more at teachers rating our sessions as http://bit.ly/CNDCriticalMass) either ‘extremely good’ or ‘good’. In other news, we re-started We also saw continued interest the CND Peace Education blog in our free teaching materials, this year. The school speaker and celebrated reaching 100,000 network continues to grow and downloads of our resources on flourish. We came together for the Times Educational a training day in Manchester, Supplement’s website. with the aim to share best We are delighted that our practice, particularly around award-winning teaching pack packs were distributed. student engagement. The day Truman on Trial received the Our new pack Critical Mass: also saw volunteer school Association for Citizenship Lessons on gender, race and speakers introduced to Teaching’s Quality Mark in nuclear weapons was published workshops from our most May, joining our other packs, in November after a year of recent teaching pack. Under Pressure and The Bomb research, development and We are looking forward to a Factor in gaining the award for preparation. It features five busy 2020 and hope to build on its high quality. We also cross-curricular lessons the success of the past year. If enjoyed speaking to delegates exploring topics often you would like to stay up to date at the National Education considered at the ‘margins’ of on what we get up to, please Union conference, where nuclear weapons debates, from follow us on Twitter: hundreds of our free teaching the art of atomic bomb @CNDPeaceEd.

27 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT Fundraising

ROM long-term Continuing your members to brand new support in 2020 Fones – including those 2020 is set to be a critical year who signed up at this year’s for the campaign. In addition to Glastonbury – thank you so our continued lobbying to see much for supporting CND in Trident scrapped, we will be 2019. The campaign has had a attending the nuclear Non- very busy and active year, and Proliferation Treaty Review none of this would have been Conference in New York in possible without you. Thank April, and working hard on you for being part of this getting the UK government to large, committed network of live up to its disarmament people, standing up for a dangers facing the world to a obligations under the treaty. If world free from nuclear wide audience. Our supporters you want to help, please donate weapons. and members also helped us at cnduk.org/NPTAdvert. Any stage a widely-publicised ‘die- amount makes a difference. What you’ve helped in’ at Westminster Abbey, To help support our work in achieve this year protesting against the decision the long term, please consider CND members and to hold a thanksgiving service switching your membership supporters fully funded a full- there for Britain’s nuclear payments to direct debit, if you page newspaper advert in weapons. haven’t already. This saves us January urging the Thanks to your help, we time and money, leaving us government to support the were also able to take part in more of both to spend on critical INF treaty between the massive protests against campaigning to get rid of USA and Russia. In Donald Trump’s state visit in nuclear weapons. September we launched a bus the summer and his presence Lastly, we are incredibly advert campaign in Manchester, at the NATO Heads of State grateful to everyone who has funded by you, to coincide with and Government meeting in pledged a gift in their Will to the Conservative Party December. As the year drew CND. By doing the same, you conference, taking a crucial to a close with a snap general can extend your support for the anti-Trident message to the election announce ment, our campaign, potentially for heart of the establishment. members and supporters decades. To discuss how to do In the Spring, with your helped us make Trident this, please call 020 7700 2393 support we were able to help impossible to ignore as an or email [email protected]. local groups launch our election issue. None of these Once again, a massive thank Global Dangers speaking tour, hard-hitting actions would you for being part of the taking discussion of and have been possible without campaign, we could not do it opposition to the new nuclear your support, so thank you. without your support.

28 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019 CND in the media T the end of 2018, about 200 Anglican clerics Trump announced who condemned the service. Ahis intention to We also set up op-eds in the withdraw the US from the New Statesman, Politics 1987 Intermediate-range Home and Huffington Post Nuclear Forces treaty. We for some of the clerics and began a 60-day campaign to MPs to express their views. save it. We regularly featured The Bishop of Colchester’s in the media commenting on article was headlined in The the story. Telegraph as a ‘public spat In January 2019, Hitachi between bishop and dean over indicated it would withdraw Westminster Abbey’s nuclear from the Wylfa Newydd deterrent commemoration’. nuclear plant. We responded: diplomacy work on the We welcomed good news ‘The government’s nuclear Korean peninsula.’ during Labour Party energy policy is in tatters. From an exposure point of conference in September. A Hitachi appears to have view, the thanksgiving service new poll showed that 70% of reached the same conclusion for nuclear weapons at Labour Party members as Toshiba, who withdrew Westminster Abbey was the support getting rid of Trident. from the Moorside plant, that shameful ‘highlight’ of the During the general election, new nuclear isn’t economically year. Our condemnation of we hit a record on social viable.’ this ‘morally repugnant’ media. A video we posted Later we heard the Bulletin service was carried on the condemning the Lib Dem of the Atomic Scientists had kept front page of The Times, BBC leader for her glib ‘yes’ the Doomsday Clock at two News and in a very large response to pressing the minutes to midnight. We said: number of other media outlets nuclear button was viewed over ‘With Trump’s expected both in Britain and one million times. It highlights withdrawal from the INF internationally. the very large number of people treaty, it sadly comes as no We told the media, ‘This who agree with us. surprise.’ service sends out a terrible Finally, CND achieved a At the end of February, we message about our country. It great deal of media exposure welcomed a thawing of says that here in Britain we during two Trump visits tensions between Washington celebrate weapons – in a place because of our involvement in and Pyongyang. However, ‘it of worship – that can kill the protests. In June we remains to be seen how the millions of people.' highlighted Trump’s nuclear US President who has spent When church authorities arms race and in December the last year weakening crucial decided to go ahead with the we highlighted the dangerous arms control treaties can make service, we told the press role of NATO.

29 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT Have the conversation!

T the time of writing As well as talking about why we’re about to find replacing Trident is a bad idea – Aout the result of the the £205 billion cost, the fact general election. Nuclear that it doesn’t address our real weapons featured heavily in the security needs, its purpose of campaign debates with the killing millions of innocent media seemingly hell-bent on civilians – we also have good reducing our national security Manchester – the first city in news to share. to a ‘will they/won’t they press the UK to back the nuclear Most of the world is with the button?’ game of bluff. The ban treaty us. The Treaty on the idea seemed to be that you Prohibition of Nuclear have to be willing to kill our neighbours, colleagues, Weapons – or nuclear ban millions of innocent people to friends and family. CND has treaty – is expected to enter be fit to be prime minister of numerous resources full of into force in 2020 and we’re this country! facts and arguments against challenging towns and cities This discourse showed the nuclear weapons. We can use across the UK to become urgent need to have a genuine these as a basis for discussion, nuclear ban communities to debate about nuclear weapons, including within more formal show their support. Paris, what they are and what their settings such as our local Berlin, Washington and use would mean. We also need trade union branches and Manchester have all already politicians to realise that within other community adopted motions declaring their nuclear weapons are not groups. We can even try and support, along with many something to posture wildly recruit our friends as CND others. Who is next? about – they are indeed members! The stronger we are Together, we can – and will weapons of mass destruction. as an organisation, the more – change minds. And change The truth is that there is we can achieve. the world! much ignorance out there about nuclear weapons, as well as wilful posturing and rhetoric CND Conference – save the date for effect. CND took the Join us in London for CND Conference on 10th and 11th opportunity of the general October 2020. The weekend will include the AGM and election to engage with policy conference for members and observers, as well as candidates on the topic. But we a day of public discussion, debate and activity hosted by London Region CND. must continue this engagement into 2020 and beyond. 17th July: Deadline for nominations for directly-elected It’s down to us, as members of national council and national officers 3rd August: Deadline for ordinary resolutions campaigners for a world 7th September: Deadline for amendments and special without nuclear weapons, to (constitutional) resolutions have those conversations with 30 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2019 CND personnel Officers: Chair Dave Webb; Vice-Chairs Daniel Blaney, Carol Turner, Tom Unterrainer; Treasurer Linda Hugl; General Secretary Kate Hudson Vice-Presidents: Pat Arrowsmith, MP, John Cox, Dr Ian Fairlie, Rebecca Johnson, Bruce Kent, Caroline Lucas MP, , Canon Paul Oestreicher. CND National Council: Directly elected: Adam Beese, Sophie Bolt, Jenny Clegg, Roslyn Cook, David Cullen, Tom Cuthbert, Rik Garfit-Mottram, Philip Gilligan, Hannah Kemp- Welch, Ellie Kinney, Anna Liddle, Rachel McGrath, Julie Ward, Rebecca Warren, Katy West. Nations, regions and areas: CND Cymru – Sonia Klein, Duncan Rees, Linda Rogers; East Midlands – Diane Lunzer, Lesley Mathews; Kent Area CND – Geoff Meaden; London Region – Gini Bevan, David Leal; North West (Greater Manchester) – Gerard Collier; North West (Merseyside) – Barbara Hardcastle; North West (South Cheshire & North Staffordshire) – Jason Hill; Northern (Cumbria and Lancashire) – Irene Sanderson; Scottish CND – Gordon Dickson, Janet Fenton, Lynn Jamieson; South West (Exeter) – Tom Milburn; South West (Cornwall) – Tony Staunton; South West (Plymouth) – Michal Lovejoy; Southern (Oxford) – Nigel Day; West Midlands – Gillian Cox; Yorkshire – Colin Archer, Hugh Hubbard Specialist sections: Youth and Student CND –Amber Goneni; Labour CND – Barbara White; Green CND – Amelia Womack; Christian CND – Kelvin Gascoyne. Staff at Holloway Road – General Secretary Kate Hudson; Campaigns Officer (Research and Information) Sara Medi Jones; Campaigns Officer (Parliamentary) (until July 2019) Amy Keegan; Campaigns Officer (Parliamentary) (from September 2019) Rachel Earlington; Press and Communications Officer Ian Chamberlain; Supporter Database Manager Kirsty Stewart; Finance Officer Eve Cuthbert; Fundraising Officer John Asquith; Membership and Fundraising Assistant (until August 2019) Scarlett Gurnham; Designer Sue Longbottom; Peace Education Officer (until August 2019) Owen Everett; Peace Education Worker (until August 2019) / Peace Education Officer (from September 2019) Joe Jukes; Office Manager Rob Wells. National, regional and specialist section – CND Cymru Jill Gough, Brian Jones, Phil Steele; Scottish CND Cristina Albert, Emma Cockburn, Flavia Tudoreanu; Greater Manchester Jacqui Burke, Andrew Gibson; London Region Hannah Kemp-Welch; Yorkshire Catherine Bann, Matt Fawcett; Christian CND Claire Poyner, Russell Whiting. Volunteers at Holloway Road Maddie Benderschi, Luba Mumford, Jade Owens, Jaynell Park. Peace Education Assistant Magda Gruszczynska In addition, the Peace Education team would also like to thank all School Speakers for their fantastic work.

While we sadly lost dear friends and long-time National Council members Peter Le Mare, Jim Taggart and this year, we will remember the times we campaigned together fondly and with thanks. In their names, the fight goes on.

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