Campaign Review 2012 CND personnel

Officers: Chair: Dave Webb; Vice-Chairs: Daniel Blaney, Sarah Cartin, MP; Treasurer: Linda Hugl; General Secretary: Kate Hudson. Vice-Presidents: Pat Arrowsmith, Tony Benn, John Cox, Joan Horrocks, Rebecca Johnson, Bruce Kent, Alastair Mackie, , Canon Paul Oestreicher, . CND National Council: Directly elected: Pat Allen, Adam Beese, Sophie Bolt, Jenny Clegg, Tom Cuthbert, Ian Fairlie, Caroline Lucas MP, Vijay Mehta, Lydia Merryl, Pat Sanchez, Tony Staunton, Jim Taggart, Carol Turner, Hannah Tweddell, Katy West, Nations, regions and areas: CND Cymru John Cox, Jill Gough, Jon Plumpton; East Midlands Ian Cohen, Richard Johnson, Lesley Mathews; London Region Jim Brann, Isobel McHarg, Nicholas Russell; North West (Greater Manchester) Philip Gilligan; North West (Merseyside) Gerald Poole; North West (South Cheshire & North Staffordshire) Owen Sloss; Northern (Cumbria and Lancashire) Joan West; Scottish CND Janet Fenton, Veronika Tudhope, Arthur West; South East (Kent) John Hemsley; South East (Sussex) Roslyn Cook; South West (Exeter) Tom Milburn; South West (Penzance) Peter Le Mare; South West (Plymouth) Michal Lovejoy; Southern (Oxford) Nigel Day; Southern (Southampton) Michael Waugh; Specialist sections: Christian CND Chris Gidden; Labour CND Joy Hurcombe; Student CND Fiona Edwards. Staff at Holloway Road: General Secretary Kate Hudson; Campaigns Officer (Parliamentary) Ben Folley; Campaigns Officer (Research & Information) Dawn Rothwell (until August 2012); Campaigns Officer (Trade Unions) Tansy Hoskins; Campaigns Officer (Youth & Community Engagement) Anne Schulthess; Press & Communications Officer Luke Massey; Peace Education Officer Anna Liddle; Peace Education Development Coordinator Lisa Rønsholt Bounds; Fundraiser Beckett Vester; Membership Officer Kate Charteris; Membership & Fundraising Intern Ilanga Preuss; Designer Sue Longbottom; Finance Officer Eve Cuthbert; Office & Personnel Manager Hannah Altendorff; Christian CND Claire Poyner. National and Regional: CND Cymru Jill Gough; Scottish CND John Ainslie; Greater Manchester Jacqui Burke & Doug Weir; London Region David Polden; Yorkshire Denise Craghill & Dominic Linley (other regional offices are run by volunteers). Volunteers at Holloway Road: Pat Allen, Eileen Maclean, David Esbester, Pat Arrowsmith, Annette Russell, Ellen Sheffield, John Morris, Gina Mackenzie, Luba Mumford and Jim Thomas. Internship Programme: Alex Martin, Zulfi Ali, Zuleika Sedgley, Shruti Joshi, Amy Gackowska, Zahara Husaini, Mark Soames and Rebecca Sharkey (ICAN). CND is indebted to people across the country engaged in tireless voluntary work for peace and nuclear disarmament. Without you there would be no CND. This Campaign Review is dedicated to you. CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2012

T is increasingly clear that the government’s financial policies Campaign for are not working. As Brendan Barber, general secretary of the Nuclear Disarmament TUC, said at the October demonstration in London, CND campaigns non- austerity is failing and ‘the government is making life violently to achieve British nuclear disarmament – for desperately hard for millions of people because of pay cuts for scrapping the Trident nuclear workers,I while the rich are given tax cuts’ and Unison leader Dave weapons system and Prentis pointed to the hundreds of thousands of public sector jobs preventing its replacement. being lost as cuts bite deep. CND works to secure a nuclear weapons convention However, the government refuses to change its which will ban nuclear policies and priorities for spending. George weapons globally, as Osborne announced in his autumn statement that chemical and biological his austerity programme would have to be weapons have been banned. extended until way past the next election. Of We also work to end course, it is clear how the government could save Britain’s participation in the US Missile Defence system billions of pounds, set a tremendous example to and – with other campaigns the world and send a New Year message of internationally – against peace and hope – by once and for all cancelling plans to missile defence and weapons replace the Trident nuclear weapons system. Calls for the need for in space. a full debate on all the issues, including an honest disclosure of the Other current campaigns costs involved and a proper analysis of all the alternatives include the prevention and (including scrapping the whole thing) are increasing. Outrage on cessation of wars in which nuclear weapons may be aspects of government policy is being voiced loud and clear and used, opposition to NATO opposition to spending billions on outdated, unnecessary and and its nuclear policies, and highly dangerous nuclear weapons is growing. to nuclear power. 2013 will prove to be a very interesting year. It could be the year in CND is funded entirely by members and supporters, which governments of the world realise the nonsense of spending so and our policies are decided much money and effort on weapons of mass destruction in the upon by our annual national name of ‘security’. CND’s role is clear – we need to work to ensure delegates’ conference, that the debate occurs at all levels, from the streets to local and where our national national media, to parliaments and international forums. We have a leadership is also elected. great opportunity now to begin building a world free from nuclear Details of our national threats. CND will continue to work hard in the coming year to offices, and our network of regions can be found at the achieve this increasingly urgent goal but we need you – please join us back of this Review. whenever, wherever and however you can. I am sure we can do it if we work together. Hard work to bring that about is the path we have to tread. May I thank all our members and supporters who embrace this cause with such energy and generosity of spirit. We will prevail!

1 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT Cut Trident – not jobs, h CRAP Trident and have emphasized the alternative East Mi cancel its replacement choices for spending. Our trade remains our key demand. union work – including a TheS costs issue continues to successful presence at dominate both parliamentary Tolpuddle, trade union and and street campaigning as TUC conferences and new government spending cuts bite. affiliations – has made steady Thanks to Parliamentary CND, in the context of the hypocrisy of government Trident costs and cuts. spending on Trident replace - ment including at Aldermaston Rolls Royce Raynesway and Rolls Royce in Derby – The Rolls Royce Raynesway ahead of any decision to factory in Derby, where the proceed – has been widely reactors and fuel rods for the highlighted. The government’s nuclear propulsion units in the own date of 2016 for a Trident and new Astute class decision on replacement has submarines are manufactured, of War’ in July, Hiroshima Day been repeatedly re-emphasised. has received massive govern - in August, and ‘Peace One Day We had a strong focus on ment investment this year to in September’. Unfortunately the cuts – and the opportunity expand its role in both the civil rather than investing their skills cost of Trident – on Budget and military nuclear industries. for peaceful and sustainable Day in March, including an East Midlands continue to purposes, Rolls Royce have MPs’ statement and photo- hold monthly vigils and announced they are dis- shoot together with a protest at demonstrations throughout the investing from marine turbine Downing Street. Eye-catching spring and summer, manufacture! bus adverts and a new campaigning to ‘Cut Trident For the Cut Trident campaign interactive web page helped /Create Green Jobs’, marking Merseyside CND had stalls in spread the message. The TUC ‘UN Day for the Child Victims Wallasey, Birkenhead and demonstra tion in October saw a large ‘Cut Trident, not jobs, health and education’ bloc, Dismantling together with an imposing Trident banner drop by CND Vice- ‘Plan for dismantling President Bruce Kent. Over a thousand supporters put their Briain’s nuclear arsenal. names to a full page advert in CND offers a step-by- The Guardian, urging the step guide’. govern ment to scrap Trident. The Guardian, 26/9/2012 New materials for groups 2 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2012

Kingston Peace Council ‘An assortment of Kingston Peace Council activists health, education dressed as nurses, teachers, dlands CND, May Day Peace Parade and patients – accompanied by George Osborne and David Cameron – invaded Kingston’s streets as part of ‘Think in Kingston’, a Festival of Ideas. 2012’s theme was money. We Tavistock CND asked shoppers to help George and Dave decide what to cut, Education, Health, Local Services or ‘Defence’.

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East Midlands CND at Rolls Royce By putting a ball in our magic machine that registered their choice they got a message announcing the result. Swingeing cuts are planned to our services St Albans CND but few cuts, if any, to ‘defence’ wars: Afghanistan (£5 billion/year plus), Liverpool, resulting in an weapons: Trident over £2 overwhelmingly positive billion/year just to maintain response and over 200 cards to it, and Trident renewal at some 30 MPs. £100 billion for its lifetime. The major event was the Overwhelmingly they Peace and Ecology Festival in thought cutting ‘defence’ July. About 12 groups brought was safest!’ Kingsbridge CND campaigning and information 3 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

The TUC March for a Future that Works ‘Other groups taking part in the protest include the Stop The War Coalition and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament – which argues that committing tens of billions of pounds to a new nuclear weapons system will have disastrous implications for public services.’ BBC 20/10/12 stalls and the ten acts, as usual drawn from Liverpool’s wealth of musical talent, went down a storm. Our Socialist Singers were a particular hit. Redbridge CND held a street stall in Wanstead High Street the day before Remembrance Sunday. We had White Poppies together Take Action with notices explaining the Jo Smolden, Mid Somserset history and reasoning behind CND with Tessa Munt MP Get your MP to sign EDM 96 which the White Poppy Campaign. n the government to cancel Trident Rep We also distributed leaflets Nuclear weapons companies calling for ‘No Trident held an ‘Introduction to UNISON, PCS, CWU, RMT, FBU, TSSA Renewal’. Nuclear Defence’ seminar in NUM and UNITY are all nationally aff CND. Unite North West Region, Unite Kingsbridge Peace Group Glasgow where young delegates and Eastern Region and Unite North continues to campaign against underwent two days of Yorkshire and Humberside have also Trident nuclear submarines at seminars and presentations on Devonport and to monitor nuclear defence topics and a n Affiliate your union or trades counc developments there, with a tour of Faslane naval base. local, regional or national level. Please http://www.cnduk.org/get-involved/tr strong link to the Nuclear Seven activists from Faslane for affiliation forms and more informa Submarine Forum via their Peace Camp interrupted the Chair, Sandy Matthews. seminar to question the 4 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2012

Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group ‘Our town has now been on the sharp end of cuts in essential local services for several years. We have lost acute inpatient services across the board at the Infirmary, and our Council has been forced to slash tens of £millions from its planned spending on services for some of the most vulnerable groups in our communities. Based on population, Rochdale’s share of the current costs of Britain’s unnecessary nuclear arsenal already amounts to £7million per year, but the staggering cost to Rochdale of so-called ’Trident Replacement’ totals over £300million. This is more than the Council would need to restore and maintain all local services at their previous uncut levels. It is time to tell the government and all those who support retention of any nuclear weapons that we want our taxes spent on decent local services, not Trident.’

h calls on legitimacy of preparing a new In December, the placement. Nuclear generation of young people Education Trust (NET) A, ASLEF, for nuclear arms industry published The Trident Alternatives iliated to employ ment. Delegates were Review and the future of Barrow, a e London presented with large posters report based on an independent East, with images of victims of survey and research designed to affiliated. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The look at industrial and employ - cil at a peace activists read out ment alternatives for Barrow in e see accounts from Hiroshima the event of a decision not to rade-unions survivors. Having made their replace Trident. ation. point, the protestors then n The report can be found at: handed out fliers. www.nucleareducationtrust.org 5 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT Towards a nuclear weapons-free Middle East N October, CND held a that without the creation of a large and vibrant nuclear weapons-free zone they conference in London will declare their commitment Ientitled Building towards a to the NPT under nuclear weapons-free Middle consideration. East. The conference was CND has prepared a sub - planned to coincide with the mission document for lead in to the Helsinki Helsinki – a culmination of Conference – a UN led initiative the findings from our designed to create a nuclear conference work shops and weapons free zone in the plenary sessions. Middle East. The conference Parliamentary CND was addressed by a number of members also initiated Early international speakers including Day Motion 273 in Ambassador Pekka Huhtaniemi Parliament, calling for the Ambassador Pekka Huhtaniemi, Perman of Finland; Sharon Dolev, Israeli creation of a nuclear weapons- to the UK, addresses CND’s Internationa Disarmament Campaign; Nasser free zone in the Middle East, Burdestani, Bahrain; Arife Kose, as part of a cross-party Turkey; Ghassan Shahrour, Syria initiative to put pressure on and Egyptian physician and the UK Government to activist Ahmed Saada. support the Helsinki process. In contrast to the cooperative and global nature Take Action of the CND conference, the US announced in November Heard an inaccurate or that Helsinki would be post - biased news story about poned indefinitely owing to Iranian nuclear weapons? ‘present conditions in the Don’t just let it go, raise Middle East.’ Whilst Helsinki the issue of accurate did not take place in 2012 – it is reporting and UK expected to take place in the complicity with the Israeli future, not least because Arab nuclear arsenal. nations, led by Egypt, have said 6 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2012

‘Middle-East security at the crossroads: Urgent need for a Sharon Dolev, Israeli WMD-free zone. Disarmament Campaign Preventative diplomatic action is needed to halt nuclear prolifera - tion and ensure disarma ment in the Middle-East’.

Kate Hudson on Aljazeera Opinion

Leanne Wood AM, Leader of Plaid Cymru nent Representative of Finland al Conference Peterborough Peace Campaign ‘In May, CND Vice-Chair Jeremy Corbyn MP gave a talk to Peterborough Peace Campaign, on nuclear weapons and Iran. It is important to spread the message that UN inspectors have reported of Iran that it has no weapons-grade nuclear material and is not seeking to create a nuclear weapon. Jeremy also reiterated the unnecessary nature of nuclear weapons – whilst five nations have declared possession and four others either have them (Israel, India, Pakistan, North Korea) or could develop them, there are 193 nations that are nuke-free and vast areas of the world are nuclear free-zones.’

7 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT No US Missile Defence ORKSHIRE CND continues to play the Yorkshire CND lead role in CND’s ‘Our new research report Lifting the Lid on Menwith Hill campaigning against the US was launched to a packed meeting house in Harrogate. Y The report details Menwith Hill’s key strategic role in Missile Defence System. The ‘intelligence led warfare’, illegal communication two UK component parts of interceptions and missile offence as well as challenging the ‘defence system’ are at the economic argument of its benefits to the local Fylingdales and Menwith Hill, economy by revealing the hidden costs of the UK both in North Yorkshire. US subsidised US spy base. The report by Steve Schofield Missile Defence is part of US received good press coverage including an article in The strategy for full military Guardian by Richard Norton Taylor. domination of land, air, sea, space and information. The UK is complicit in all current US Missile Defence plans and further development. This year’s activities have included a Recycle the Bases bike ride during Keep Space for Peace week, and protests at the South Korean Embassy to say No to the building of a base on Then in April a three-day creative and peaceful Occupy the UNESCO world heritage Menwith Hill camp sprang up! Yorkshire CND activists island of Jeju. We also continue took part in workshops and creative actions to draw to participate in the Global attention to the role of the base in North Yorkshire. An Network against Weapons and RT video report on the action is available on our website. Nuclear Power in Space. As part of Keep Space for Peace week a group of us Members of East cycled over 100 miles in North Yorkshire from Lancashire and Lancaster Fylingdales radar base to US Spy Base Menwith Hill to helped to swell the CND raise awareness of the militarisation of Space and US numbers in the welcome party Missile Offence. for the cyclists who had ridden from the Fylingdales Yorkshire CND campaigners Sylvia Boyes and Helen John are the (somewhat reluctant) heroes of an online video base in North Yorkshire to documentary ‘Disarming Grandmothers’. The fascinating Menwith Hill on Tuesday 9 personal account of their actions, trial and conviction October during Keep Space under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act is told for Peace week. Hot soup and in 31 short episodes and is available online at sausage rolls were served http://disarminggrandmothers.wordpress.com/’ outside the Main Gates. Many 8 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2012

In October Oxford CND marked Keep Space for Peace week with a march and Yorkshire CND/ meeting at Croughton. Recycle the Bases 9 October 2012 ‘Protesters bring peace mission to York Minster – activists protesting against the ‘militarisation of space’ stopped off in York during a 100-mile bike ride as part of their campaign.’ York Press 10/10/12

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n Sign the petition against the building of a US missile defence base on Jeju Island. http://signon.org/sign/save- jeju-island-no-naval

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stayed for the weekly two Well done to the Campaign hour vigil and spent time on for Accountability of American the base-side of the notorious Bases (CAAB) for keeping the ‘yellow line’ which has been vigil for the last thirteen years the site of many arrests over and successfully negotiating a past years. relaxation of policing policy. 9 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT No to war, no to Nato HIS year saw a NATO summit in Chicago in May. PeaceT and anti-war groups globally – including CND – continued their co-operation to organise a major counter- summit and demonstration. Simultaneously we organised a protest outside the US Embassy in London, with the Stop the War Coalition, to say No to NATO – Troops out of Afghanistan. We continue to work with European organisations to seek the removal of US/NATO tactical nuclear weapons from Europe. During the year there has been an escalation in pro-war rhetoric around the issue of the Iranian nuclear power programme. CND worked NATO counter-summit and demonstration in Chicago with Public Interest Lawyers to send a letter of warning to increasing dehumanisation of For UN Peace Day the government, advising that war and the violation of inter - Merseyside CND organised going to war on Iran would national borders for extra- two concerts, in Wallasey and be illegal in the current judicial killings. Liverpool. The Liverpool context. Subsequent media reports suggest that Faringdon Peace Group, Oxon government legal advice has ‘Our main focus has been our monthly speaker meetings come to the same conclusion. and the annual Peace Fete. This year the Peace Fete took This year CND has also our message of peace and nuclear disarmament to about increased its campaigning 150 local residents. Despite the rain it was a great event against drones, ‘unmanned and was the second most financially successful Peace aerial vehicles’, following Fete ever. The next one will be on the 13 July 2013 at evidence of indiscriminate Clock House, Coleshill, Faringdon, Oxon.’ civilian casualties, the 10 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2012

concert attracted over 250 people with music and Northumbrians speeches including one by the for Peace Imam from a local Mosque. ‘Based in Hexham, a Eleven intrepid walkers small market town in the NE of England, we were from Greater Manchester very active in the 80s, and District CND under took an 18 mile Walk for Peace and inspired – or around the south east edge of goaded – into new life Greater Manchester, where by the decision to renew fantastic views could be seen Trident in 2007. We run monthly talks between Merseyside CND concert over the Cheshire plains to the distant Pennines and over the January and June known Peak District and Kinder. The as ‘The Hexham Debates' walk, part of the Manchester and our audience always Peace Festival, raised over numbers over 100. We have hit a vein of £400 for GM&D CND. radicalism and are uniting Sussex Peace Alliance set up a small steering group to everyone who is interested in achieving peace.’ GM&D CND peace walk organise a Two Million Candle Vigil in Brighton on 10 Faslane Peace Camp December in solidarity with ‘We took to the streets of the two million victims of the Edinburgh on 4 October Afghan wars. This worldwide to create a memorial to initiative was started by the civilians and soldiers Afghan Peace Volunteers who killed in the 11year Nato- Tavistock CND have chosen the path of non- led war in Afghanistan. violence as the only way to The countless civilian heal their ravaged homeland. deaths were represented Eastbourne for Peace with over 20,000 white and Liberty hosted Maya chalk figures and the Nato Evans to speak about military deaths (3,195) in Afghanistan and arranged a coloured chalk figures, showing of Field of Asphodel forming a pathway to the Sussex Peace Alliance produced by Idolrich Theatre. Holyrood Parliament.’ This is an adult puppet show which links classical Greek legend with Chernobyl and Fukushima. The group marked New Year’s Day on the Town Hall steps with a peace message. East Midlands CND

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East Midlands CND peace walk to RAF Waddington and (inset) campaigner Helen John at her peace caravan

Campaigning against started at a drones factory people in the street, at evening Drones near Lichfield and covered the meetings and at the lunch and As home to a number of key drones factory in Leicester and coffee stops be they Quakers, drones sites, East Midlands the drones control base at Methodists or the Womens’ CND has been campaigning on RAF Waddington. The aim Institute. Their enthusiasm the issue throughout the year. was to walk in solidarity with was really uplifting and carried Leicester CND held quarterly those killed or harmed by walkers on to the next stage. demonstra tions outside the drones, to protest at three They clearly were going to talk Thales factory in Leicester drone sites, and to talk to lots to more people and write where the Watch keeper drone is of people in towns and about the issue in their made and campaigners from all villages along the way. magazines. At Birstall coffee over the East Midlands have The walkers were filmed at stop peace walkers were sung visited veteran Greenham RAF Waddington by BBC to as they entered the hall – it Common campaigner, Helen Look North television and also was beautiful. John’s peace caravan, stationed by local BBC and commercial Woking Action for Peace opposite RAF Waddington, near radio in Lincoln. Media is looking forward to holding Lincoln, which is the new base coverage was also boosted by a series of debates in Woking for the deploy ment of the the Bishop of Wolver ham p ton Town Centre in 2013. Bruce Reaper drone. joining the protest at Kent will open the series on Shenstone, where the Elbit 19 January asking “Is war ever Peace walk factory makes drone engines. justified? Does armed East Midlands CND’s 90 Equally important were intervention work?” mile, five county, peace walk conversations held with 12 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2012 Remember Hiroshima VERY year, CND sends a representative ‘The reaction of the to Japan, to the public in Bromley is a clear sign of their commemorations in Hiroshima E aversion to the and Nagasaki of the atomic horrors of war. We bombings inflicted on the should abandon the innocent civilians of those very expensive plan cities in August 1945. This to replace our year, our Parliamentary nuclear weapon Officer, Ben Folley, arsenal.’ Bromley & participated on our behalf. Beckenham CND Bromley & Beckenham CND held a silent march through Bromley High Street, Woking CND grapefruit shells on the Wey followed by the reading of Navigation Canal at the New remembrance poems and the Inn, Send, and held a Peace scattering of white chrysanth - Picnic in Woking Park on 21 emums at the lake at the September to mark the Church House Gardens. International Day of Peace. Hiroshima Remembrance Rochdale and Little - events including the floating of borough Peace Group has Abingdon CND lighted paper boats down rivers raised over £400 to send to were held by Kingston Peace the Strong Children Japan Council, East Lancas hire and also in Lewes, Hastings, project run by former group CND, Merseyside CND, Brighton, Hailsham, Malvern member, Geoff Read. Geoff Oxford CND, South ampton and Hereford now works as an art therapist CND, West Mid lands CND, Woking Action for Peace in Fukushima province with Sussex Peace Alliance, remembered Hiroshima and child survivors of the radiation Brighton & Hove WILPF Nagasaki by sailing lighted leakages. London Region CND ‘The high-spot of our year was our annual Hiroshima Day Ceremony held by the commem- orative Hiroshima cherry tree in Tavistock Square. Contributions were made by Tony Benn, Kate Hudson, the Rev. Nagase, monk at the Battersea Peace Pagoda, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Jean Lambert Green MEP and 106-year old Hetty Bower. Over 200 people attended. Music was provided by folk singer Jim Radford, opera singer Anthony Flaum, the Raised Voices choir and ex-Dr Who, Sylvester McCoy, poetry by the Purple Poets and by Celia Mitchell, widow of poet Adrian Mitchell, who read one of his poems. The ceremony ended with a minute’s silence and the laying of flowers at the base of the tree’.

13 14 15 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT Demonstrators against the building of new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point, Somerset Nuclear power – no thanks! UR campaigning nuclear new build in Britain. against nuclear power Our chief focus has been has escalated in Hinkley Point in Somerset, Orecent years. The determination where we are fighting the of the government to pursue building of the first new new nuclear power stations in reactors and Sizewell is also a Britain, despite changes in site of activity. This year’s policy in many other activities have included two countries, is staggering. major events at Hinkley Point, Following the catastrophe at in March and October, Fukushima in Japan – and the together with a successful tragic events which continue court challenge to EDF’s to unfold there, blighting the application for an injunction lives of countless Japanese to prevent our March protest. citizens – countries such as On 3 October, Cumbria Germany, Italy and County Council decided to delay Switzerland have decided to any further decisions about the terminate their nuclear power siting of the dump of highly programmes. France, which radioactive waste in West has historically been strongly Cumbria until January 2013. committed to nuclear power This gives more time to awaken from CND Council Member production, has indicated that the people of Cumbria to the Dr Ian Fairlie, on behalf of East it will reduce its dependence, health and environ mental Lancashire CND. under the presidency of dangers. East Lanc ashire Cumbria and Lancashire Francois Hollande. CND and members of Area CND AGM will take Yet Britain was quick to Radiation Free Lakeland staged place on 30 March in Kendal, assert that nuclear power is a demonstration outside Carlisle and will include a formal visit safe, despite much evidence to Courts prior to the Cabinet to Rock Solid? – an exhibition the contrary, even seeking Meeting on 11 October. A poll sponsored by North advice from the nuclear of local residents that was made Cumbria CND and industry on how to market in August was presented to the organised by Radiation Free nuclear power in difficult Cabinet Meeting revealing that Lakeland. Headlined by the circumstances. We have 93% of residents are opposed to renowned mountain painter continued to work in the Stop the dump. Also a statement Julian Cooper, artists from all New Nuclear network with opposing the dump was read over the country have partner organisations to oppose out to the Cabinet Meeting contributed work focusing on 16 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2012

Don’t you get my Hinkley point? – no to nuclear power

EDF’s injunction application was rejected in court

the debate concerning profile for CND and peace Nuclear power Lakeland Geology – not the matters by publishing letters in www.kendalmuseum.org.uk answer to climate change the local paper The Cornishman ran and by liaising with London Region CND Government spin doctors industry myth makers are workingand over-time the nuclear repackaging nuclear power as a ‘green’ solution coaches to three anti-nuclear to climate change. While many other countries sympathetic local and county are rejecting nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima tragedy, our own government is power demonstrations, to going ahead, backing new nuclear power councillors. Local MP Andrew stations. But nuclear power is no fix, it’s not quick and it’s not worth the risk.

Hinkley in March and October Nuclear power is not the answer. George, remains sympathetic not carbon-free, the whole nuclear cycle fromIt is uranium mining onwards produces more and to Sizewell in April. It was greenhouse gases than most renewable energy to CND and readily signs sources, with up to 50% more emissions than wind power. Doubling nuclear power in the UK good to have people from would only reduce greenhouse gas emissions by pertinent EDMs. The group is 8% and this would come too late as each power station takes at least ten years to be up and running. London supporting local We must act now on climate change. wary of a move to Falmouth A combination of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures are available and are campaigns against government safe, effective, and proven technologies with the by Trident if it is expelled capacity to create thousands of new jobs. plans for new nuclear power Nuclear power – not worth the risk from Scotland. stations. Oxford CND took part in Members of Penzance the Surround Hinkley event, CND went to the Hinkley March and October. The as well as demonstrations at Point demonstrations in group has kept a high local Sizewell B and Menwith Hill. 17 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT CND Cymru HE culmination of a great year’s campaigning in Wales wasT an afternoon in October when hundreds of people from across Wales and the Borders gathered on the steps of the Senedd (Parliament) building to condemn Trident and its replacement. Elected representatives from Labour, Plaid Cymru, the Liberal Democrats, Greens and Scottish National Party reiterated the message that people in Wales, as across Britain, don’t want Trident or any nuclear weapon system – Not in Wales, Not Anywhere! Messages of support were received from across Wales Hundreds of people from across Wales and the Borders gathered including from the Archbishop on the steps of the Senedd (Parliament) building to condemn Trident and its replacement. of Wales, Barry Morgan. Huge and beautiful red dragons defeated the monster of that a potential 2014 ‘yes’ vote as important in terms of the Trident submarine while for Scotland combined with the resources and importance have choirs and singers from across ‘Main Gate’ decision in 2016 included: Wylfa, Wales Peace Wales sang. In Wales and makes now and the next 2 Academi, 200th anniversary Scotland at least, Trident is not years crucial if we are serious celebrations of the birth of a party political issue as much as about banning the bomb. Henry Richard MP, Drones, a moral and economic issue, and Work on the street, over the Military Recruitment in Schools, as ever, CND Cymru continues fence and in the office has Iran, Bradley Manning, Jeju to be present at anti-cuts events continued on prevention of Island and using memories of across Wales. new nuclear build – CND 1982 campaigns to inform what We have also continued our Cymru works with many other we do now. We now look solid campaign of networking groups and organisations on forward to 2013 and working and information spreading both this, and contributing with the with our excellent supportive across Wales and internationally. NFLA to the Hinkley Point cross-party politicians! There is an added awareness Planning inquiry. Other issues, 18 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2012 Scottish CND N January 2012 the Scottish government The Referendum on Separation announced its plans to hold for Scotland: Terminating Trident – Ia referendum on Scottish Days or Decades? independence. Trident has ‘We accept the emerged as a key issue in the analysis of Scottish independence debate. At the start of the year CND that, with the Scottish CND, with assistance coopera tion of the from British CND, published a Royal Navy and the report, Trident: Nowhere to Go. UK Govern ment, this This analysed the possible process would be options for relocating Trident. It both speedy and concluded that none of the safe.’ alternatives were viable. House of Commons Removing Trident from Scot - Scottish Affairs Committee land would probably lead to Britain having no nuclear weapons. publicise these arguments We supported SNP CND in This was followed up by a through articles and letters in their campaign to retain the second report, Disarming Trident, the Scottish media. SNP’s policy of opposition to published in June. This showed We organised a campaign NATO. Although this was that it would be possible within for people to say ‘Scotland: not successful, there remains seven days to disable Trident, so No Place for Nuclear firm opposition to nuclear that it could not be used in Weapons’. Over 2,500 people weapons across the SNP. anger. Removing nuclear have added their pins to an Prior to their conference, Alex warheads from Scotland would online map to support this Salmond announced that take two years. This timetable statement. We have also there should be a specific ban was endorsed by several distributed hundreds of on nuclear weapons written American experts, the Scottish car/window stickers in into the consti tution of an government and later by the English, Scots and Gaelic. independent Scotland. Scottish Affairs Committee of the House of Commons. Disarming Trident demonstrates that nuclear disarmament is not just an abstract concept but something that can be physically achieved within a short timescale. We have been able to 19 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT Parliament and parties ARLIAMENTARY MPs Angus Robertson, Julian Huppert, Jeremy Corbyn with Kate Hudson, hand in spending suggestions to Downing Street CND continues to scrutinise the Ministry ofP Defence and Trident replacement with questions and briefings being submitted for debates. We focus on the cost of Trident, the need for a full defence review and the need to publish the Cabinet Office’s Trident Alternatives Review. Parliamentary CND members directly questioned the Defence Secretary when he made his two Trident spending Clive Lewis presents the in June on Labour, War and announcements. military case against Trident Liberal Intervention, with Meetings have been held Jeremy Corbyn MP, Yasmin with Jon Cruddas, now leading Qureshi MP and Sami Labour’s policy review and Ramadani. Russell Brown and Alison At this year’s Labour Party Seabeck, Labour MPs in the Conference, the ‘scrap Trident’ party’s Shadow Defence team. resolutions that were submitted After the government reshuffle were not debated but the in September, we met the Lib fringe meeting with former Dems’ Nick Harvey and the Chief Whip Nick Brown MP, party’s chief international Jeremy Corbyn MP, Neil affairs spokesperson, Martin EDM 96 Trident Replacement Findlay MSP and Julie Morgan Horwood to discuss the Lib gathered 93 signatures. AM, was packed. Dems’ policy review. We have West Midlands CND In December a ‘Cutting held discussions with former took part in demonstr ations at Trident’ meeting was held in Labour Ministers Nick Brown, the Conservative Party parliament, where Clive Lewis, David Lammy and Joan Conference in Birmingham. the party’s candi date in Ruddock, with Ian Davidson, The CND fringe meeting was Norwich South, presented a the Labour chair of the addressed by Kate Hudson military case against Trident Scottish Affairs Committee and and James Arbuthnot, replacement, having served Conservative James Arbuthnot, Conservative Chair of the with the Territorial Army in who chairs the Defence Defence Select Committee. Afghan istan. He was joined by Committee. Labour CND held a very MPs Katy Clark and Nick Our Early Day Motion successful meeting in parlia ment Brown. 20 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2012 Peace Education HIS year we have increased the number Peace Education of teacher-training resource pack sessionsT we deliver, equipping ‘The lesson can more teachers of English, captivate a restless Citizenship, RE and Social class and it's great Science with the skills to teach for pupils who like peace issues. We have attended to learn on their a number of education shows as feet. There's no well as stalls at subject association and teachers’ union time for fidgeting conferences. We continued to or boredom here.’ appear in education media with Times Education Lancaster Guardian later our Peace Education Officer Supplement, published a photo of Bruce writing a blog for Hodder 30/11/2012 with Paul and some of the Education and an article for sixth-formers. Teaching Citizenship. We have also had a positive review in the Times Education Supplement. In Pegged for peace addition, there have been over ‘I joined CND in September 23,000 downloads of the and had an exciting and resources from the TES colourful end to my first week. website. Friday 21 September was the International Day of Peace and Peace Education Day I delivered a talk on peace and nuclear issues to 210 students Bruce Kent went to Lancaster at the Anglo European School on 9 February for a very in Ingatestone. Students had encouraging afternoon been working on ‘peace workshop with sixth-formers projects’ during the week. One from several local schools and group had managed to make 1000 multi coloured paper to speak at a well-attended cranes – symbols of peace in Japan. Another group came public meeting in the evening up with a brilliant ‘pegged for peace’ idea where they on the topic of ‘Stopping pegged classmates and teachers during the lunch break Stupid Wars’. Lancaster with clothes pegs decorated with peace slogans. I proudly District’s Peace Education wore ‘cease fire day’ and ‘peace matters’ pegs on my Officer, Paul Andrews, also cardigan all the way home!’ arranged for Bruce Kent to be Lisa Rønsholt Bounds, interviewed for a local radio Peace Education Development Coordinator station during the day. The 21 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT Fundraising a donation, went on a march, TUC March handed out leaflets, attended a ... ’Campaign for meeting, wrote to their MP, or Nuclear Disarma - contri buted in all sorts of other ment... published ways to the success of the adverts high lighting CND bus adverts paid for by campaign. There would be no your donations CND without you. the ‘disastrous’ 2013 will be a big year, with a implica tions for HARITY donations fell number of actions planned public services of by by about 20% around the budget announce - committing tens of nationwide last year, and ment, a large event planned at billions of pounds to weC have had to work hard at AWE Aldermaston, a nation - a new nuclear CND to keep our income wide tour from Bruce Kent, and weapons system.’ steady. Our supporters are not no doubt much more as yet The Telegraph 20/10/12 immune from the effects of the unplanned. Donations are always financial crisis, and many people have been forced to cut back gratefully received! what they donate. In spite of this And don’t forget the CND 2012 was not a bad year overall, on-line shop, with a wide range and as ever we were regularly of anti-nuclear goods, all profits surprised and humbled by the come directly to CND: generosity and hard work of www.cnduk.org/shop. 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22 CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2012 Events HERE was a great atmosphere at the Archiving our past annual Nottingham – St Albans CND Green Festival, attended this T ‘St Albans CND banners year by 4000-5000 people; East and placards have now stall attracted a Midlands CND been deposited at the St lot of interest. The new anti- Albans City Museum. This Trident festival leaflet and included the blue and postcard were very popular, gold banner used by the prompting people to think about original St Albans CND in what they could spend their the 1960s. A full set of Billie Appleton won first money on if not Trident! Newstand, back to the prize in Bristol CND’s For Chesterfield Mayday ‘Chance of a Lifetime’ film Gala this year the group of competition organisations working together (CND, Stop the War Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Amnesty) arranged a number of peace-focused events for the gala. Our MP and the Mayor visited all these events. Chesterfield CND is working Merseyside CND’s Peace first in October 1980 has with the Chesterfield Trades and Ecology Festival now been deposited at Council again this year to ensure Hertfordshire Archives and peace issues become an integral Local Studies (formerly part of the occasion. See: known as the county www.propeacechesterfield.word record office) and also, via press.com for more info. CND HQ, to a national archive at the London St Albans CND is pleased to School of Economics. announce that their new film Thanks are due to competition is now launched. members who helped The judging panel includes with this’. Laurence Phelan, the film critic of the Independent, Tony Palmer, A copy of the first ever film director and Jan Harlan, Newstand can be documentary-maker and film Lewisham & Greenwich downloaded at producer. For more info: CND helped with the http://bit.ly/zJycBU www.onenuclearbomb. Japanese Peace Boat visit webatu.com 23 CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT Looking ahead Coming to a place near you… the Scrap Trident Tour from April 2013 The Aldermaston event will see the launch of the national Scrap Trident Tour through April and beyond. CND Vice- President Bruce Kent will be Aldermaston: Stop fooling with nuclear weapons touring the country, campaigning to Scrap Trident, Cut Trident, not jobs, Time to Scrap Trident: working with a range of health & education… ‘Stop fooling with different organisations to 20 March 2013 nuclear weapons’ highlight the wasteful As the cuts continue apace and Aldermaston event: spending on Trident when so are likely to bite harder and 1 April 2013 at 12 noon much investment is needed to deeper this year, we will be 2013 is a year of continuing eradicate poverty, boost mobilising again to protest activity at AWE Aldermaston, people-friendly development outside Downing Street on the designed to highlight the site’s and make our world a safer occasion of the 2013 Budget atomic bomb-making function and more peaceful place to announcement. As the as we head towards the 2016 live. If your group would like Chancellor informs the country decision point on whether or a visit from Bruce, to about what he is doing with our not Trident should be replaced. promote the Scrap Trident money, we will be telling him Vast sums of money are being message, please contact Anne there is a good cut that can be poured into developments at at the national office or email made: Cut Trident and spend Aldermaston, even before any [email protected] the billions saved on invest - decision is taken on Trident. We ment, welfare and services that say it’s time to scrap Trident, Confronting War Today: will actually benefit the British and on April Fool’s Day we will an international people. If you prefer to organise be gathering in our thousands at conference an event in your own village, Aldermaston to tell the govern - 9 February 2013 town or city, we have ment, ‘stop fooling with nuclear Friends House, campaigning materials that will weapons’. Each of the gates at London NW1 be useful: Cut Trident placards, Alder maston will have a Ten years after the massive anti- leaflets, T shirts and badges, different theme and regional/ - war demonstration in February plus a new petition for use on national focus. Please start 2003, this conference will street stalls and at public organising transport from your discuss and plan opposition to meetings. Contact the office and local area and planning your continuing and further wars. tell us what you need. input. 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