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‘Radioactive!’ Cian Ciarán of the Super Furry Animals takes anti-nuclear protest to the Senedd in Cardiff Bay. No nuclear weapons, no nuclear power... CND Cymru members are working with fellow campaigners around the world to ban all nuclear weapons by implementing the UN Treaty agreed last year. CND Cymru also opposes the politicians’ obsession with nuclear power, which from the start has been linked with military use. No to Wylfa B, no to Hinkley C just across the water, and no to Small Modulator Reactors at Trawsfynydd. Only a ZERO NUCLEAR FUTURE ensures the safety of future generations. Page 2 International Disarmament Time to make some good news happen A year has now passed since 122 honoured in the breach than must prevail. Zero tolerance countries voted to adopt a Treaty in the observance. Belligerents of nuclear weapons is part of a on the Prohibition of Nuclear such as ISIS/Daesh operate much larger struggle, but it is an Weapons at the United Nations. outside international treaties important part and it really is This Treaty is timely in a world and law. Battlefield nuclear winnable. The more we achieve, that is increasingly volatile. weapons, cyber warfare and the better the news will be.

military drones are diversifying Source: Control Arms Association The year 2018 has seen the the weapons of state terror. How deadly is a modern mud-slinging between Donald Trump calls for the (further) nuclear missile? Trump and North Korea’s Kim militarisation of space, while A single Trident warhead is Jong-Un turn to warm embraces. his supporters mindlessly chant eight times more powerful These were put on show at the ‘Space Force! Space Force!’ than the Hiroshima bomb (cancelled and then hastily of 1945. reconvened) Singapore summit Turbulent times Nuclear arsenals worldwide this June. Any supporter of The static stand-off of the Cold June 2018 disarmament has to welcome War has been replaced by trade Russian Fed. 6,850* . détente and the avowed wars and a breakdown of old U. S. A. 6,550* . denuclearisation of the Korean alliances, by a revival of fascism France 300 . Peninsula, but the proof of that and racism around the world, . pudding will be in the eating, China 280 by an escalation of hostility . depending upon substance and U. K. 215 between Russia and a divided small print. Trump’s unilateral Pakistan 145 west, by proxy wars in Western - withdrawal from the nuclear India 135 Asia, by refugee crises, by the - agreement with Iran in May set Israel 80 destruction of social cohesion by - a bad precedent. Disarmament North Korea 15 X ruthless economic policies, and has to take place in the context of by changing climate. * The Russian Federation’s active international law and agreements missiles number 4,350. that are binding and durable. Say it again: ban those * The USA’s active missiles number That is why this new UN Treaty bombs! 4,000. is so vital. Despite all these gloomy . Non-Proliferation Treaty From MAD to bad prognoses, goodwill can and X Withdrawn 2003 Neil Conroy It is hard to imagine a situation more dangerous than the nuclear arms race of the Cold War years (1945-1991) and its aptly named premise of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction). However the current world order, or disorder, sets alarms bells ringing. Major nuclear stockpiles remain unregulated by the 50 year-old Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is now more Llandudno says No to Trident, while the Mad Hatter looks on. International Disarmament Page 3 One year on, how is Tell May to sign up now! the ‘global ban’ Members of CND Cymru and "Let’s choose real security, many other peace activists came sign the Treaty, and work for Treaty shaping up? to Westminster on 20 June 2018. the total elimination of nuclear 50 countries need to sign and They urged the government to weapons". ratify before it comes into sign the Treaty on the Prohibition force. So far: of Nuclear Weapons. Of course, the treaty will • 12 countries have now only apply to countries that signed and ratified the treaty; Forty people chained sign and ratify the treaty. But • 36 countries have signed the themselves to the iron railings international law has an impact treaty and are in the process which stretch from Big Ben also on the states that haven’t of ratification: about 15 of to Parliament Square, with signed up: as a comparison, the these are likely to complete banners saying "Denuclearise United States, Russia and China ratification in 2018, and the World – Sign the Treaty.” haven’t signed the land mines perhaps another 20 should Sixty other activists talked treaty, yet none of them use land ratify the treaty in 2019. to the internationally diverse mines anymore. passers-by, gave out leaflets, and • 11 countries have signed the sang peace songs. Five MPs, heddwch>action: treaty but haven't started to including three If you want to know about a ratify; MPs, came out from Parliament specific country's attitude to • 44 countries are actively to talk to the protestors and the the treaty, or if you're willing considering signing the treaty: press. to write to different countries about 30 of these will probably about the treaty, please contact sign the treaty in 2018, most of Angie Zelter from Knighton, [email protected] the rest in 2019; Powys, said: “Since the end of • 20 further countries voted to the Cold War the world has • If you want join the ‘Peace establish the treaty but haven't largely forgotten about nuclear Train’ Treaty protest, see details yet considered signing the weapons. The use of a fraction on p13. treaty. of the nuclear weapons deployed Zoë Broughton around the world would cause a famine and the deaths of billions of people, quite apart from the immediate destruction and the spreading of radioactivity.

"The situation is urgent. As long as the UK and other countries continue to rely on nuclear weapons to project power, then countries like North Korea will want to have them too, increasing the risk that Brian & Jan Jones from CND Cymru discuss the Treaty with Jonathan someday they will be used. Edwards, Plaid Cymru MP for Carmarthen East & Dinefwr. Page 4 Youth Engagement Young people need facts for today: One of the advantages of CND Educate Activate being 60 years old is that there Erin Connolly and Kate Howell Scottish CND’s Peace Education is a wealth of experience from wrote in the Bulletin of the Scotland has come up with activists who remember the Atomic Scientists (11 June 2018) an interesting initiative. They Cold War struggles at first of their work with college and are inviting 18-30 year olds to hand. high school students in the get together in a ‘Youth Peace USA. They found widespread Academy’, offering three days However to most young people ignorance of the reality of of information and training in this is distant history, accessed, nuclear weapons today, of their anti-nuclear activism. In if at all, through school study deployment, cost and capabilities. we too need to engage with modules which reduce complex They call for this to be rectified. young people, in and outside issues to dates and treaties, ’For the public to be engaged in the classroom. They don’t need filleted of ethical considerations nuclear policy debates, education propaganda: they need the plain or humanity. is critical’. facts, which speak for themselves. Getting the next generation on board Amelia Womack, raised in are happy to renew Trident, the very companies, so it is vital that Newport, became Labour Party will renew it but we use their fluency with the of the four years feel bad about it. As welcome medium to reach new people. ago, at the age of 29. She says as it is that Jeremy Corbyn has we need the next generation to made it clear that he will always Movements like that behind move things forwards. adopt a second use policy, we Bernie Sanders in the USA have are still going to be paying for shown that a good message with Re-energise! Weapons of Mass Destruction the right digital plan can inspire a The anti-nuclear movement arose solely for the purpose of making nation. The fight against nuclear out of the Cold War, as people ourselves feel relevant on the escalation is not over: we need to made their voices heard against world stage. Meanwhile, the news get the next generation on board the biggest threat to life the world cycle is moving on. to carry on that fight. had ever seen. We now live in a Julie Simonsen different world, one where the We need new energy and threat of nuclear war appears new ideas. So many people much smaller. have been fighting the good Connecting issues fight for decades, and that is A whole generation has grown inspiring. But there’s no point up with other causes to take being inspirational if you have up. Austerity, climate change, nobody to inspire. New, younger drone strikes: these are all issues activists bring with them new that often resonate more with campaigning techniques. today’s youth than the need to decommission our nuclear arms. Media-savvy It is vital, though, that we re- Today’s teenagers seem to know engage Britain’s youth. their way around social media Here’s why: The Conservatives better than the investors of those Nuclear Post-Brexit Page 5 The Euratom dilemma Brexit fallout raises many The role of regulator isotopes. Most of the nuclear questions. Should we quit the Euratom promotes and supports material we rely on in the field Euratom treaty as the nuclear power. It also regulates of medicine cannot be produced Westminster government the transportation and use of in Wales, or even the UK, so proposes? radioactive materials, including they are imported from France, Jill Evans MEP (Plaid Cymru) safety and health standards, and Belgium and the Netherlands. looks at the implications. it carries out research. Euratom Despite warnings from was created to achieve a nuclear the medical and scientific We are living in a time of common market with free community about the impact on great uncertainty. The dangers movement of nuclear materials, cancer patients who depend on for Wales of leaving the scientists and workers. an unhindered supply of these European Union are becoming The UK relies on Euratom treatments, the government clearer by the day, in stark in relation to safety at nuclear dismissed the concerns. It is contrast to the still unknown power plants, the supply not good enough. Relevant UK government plans. As of nuclear fuels and non- agreements and cross-border I write, there is yet another proliferation – ensuring that transport arrangements must Cabinet meeting taking place to nuclear materials are not diverted be put in place as a matter of try and reach agreement within from their intended purpose. urgency. the Conservative Party. So it is difficult to report on progress Replicating standards Time’s running out when there has been so little. The Euratom Supplies Agency The June 2018 report from the There is clear frustration on the has rights over materials EU negotiators included part of the Brussels negotiators produced in the EU and the Euratom in nine fields where that major issues are not being exclusive right to agree contracts there had been some progress. addressed. for materials from inside This is not good enough. There is or outside the EU. Outside too much at stake and the clock Why does the Euratom the UK would have to is ticking. There are increasing government wish to replicate all these rules and agree calls from politicians and many leave? them with the International other sectors for the UK to The government was clear in the Atomic Energy Authority. As remain within Euratom, even if it letter triggering Article 50 that it Linda Rogers wrote in the last leaves the EU. would be leaving the European Heddwch, the proposed UK It is time that the government Atomic Energy Community Nuclear Safeguards Bill falls far gives serious consideration to (Euratom) as well as the EU. short of what is required. this. In addition there should Euratom was set up in 1957 by be at least an extension of the treaty so it is legally distinct Medical use Article 50 deadline to ensure from the EU, but relies on the A very worrying aspect is that there is enough time to address European Court of Justice the paper published by the these issues properly. (ECJ) to function. That is why Department for Exiting the In my view, the best option the government wants to leave, European Union, setting out the of all would be to revoke Article ending any authority of the ECJ UK’s aims on nuclear materials, 50 completely and remain in in the UK. did not mention medical the EU. Page 6 Nuclear Power Wylfa – Deal or No Deal? Together we Back in 2012 Japanese mega- would also plough in money. corporation Hitachi purchased The strike price (the guaranteed stand Horizon Nuclear, the prospective price at which electricity is sold With the future of the Wylfa developer of the Wylfa B nuclear to the consumer) would be B project still in the balance, power project on the Isle of lower than that of the infamous Friends of the Earth Japan Anglesey. Hinkley C deal, but according to generously invited three Welsh By 2016 Hitachi boss some nuclear experts this figure anti-nuclear activists from Hiroaki Nakanishi was already was in reality being ‘massaged’ PAWB (People Against Wylfa getting cold feet about what the to mislead. Even this price B) to campaign with them in company had taken on. Nuclear compares unfavourably with the land of Hitachi this summer, costs were soaring and renewable offshore wind. from May to June 2018. It was a costs were falling. Nakanishi remarkable experience. began talking about seeking Never-never land? direct financial support from After the meeting between Heddwch de-briefed the delegates: the Westminster government, May and Hitachi, Tory Energy an idea that had always been Minister Greg Clark finally What did the PAWB team actually anathema to the Tories. made his much awaited do in Japan? announcement. He was vague Robat Idris: We had a very full We pay, they profit and underwhelming, to say the schedule! We visited Tomioka In May 2018 the Hitachi board, least. Negotiations would be town and Iitate village to see despite the misgivings of some initiated, but as yet there was no the still shocking effects of the directors, voted to stay in done deal as far as either side was Fukushima disaster. In Tokyo we negotiations with Westminster concerned. The reported funding met with three ministries, two – for the time being. Initial plan was slated in the UK press. financial institutions, anti-nuclear MPs, held a press conference talks resulted in The minority British government and met former Premier Naoto conceding the principle of UK is unstable, rocked by Brexit. Kan. We also held three public taxpayers funding the project The Japanese political scene is seminars. to the tune of about £5 billion, also fluid, and there is a very What attitudes to nuclear did you according to press estimates. active campaign in Japan against encounter in Japan? The Japanese government and exporting nuclear technology. Linda Rogers: There is a massive other companies and institutions Anything could happen. Mainichi Japan gap between the stated claim of government ministers, that they wish to “show off “Japanese technology (and we in PAWB say that technology connected with the disaster that is Fukushima is a strange way of doing so), and the feelings of the people that we met, described commonly as “shame”, that their government should be considering exporting this disastrous technology to us, in Wylfa makes headlines in Japan Wales. Nuclear Power Page 7 Together we stand: cont’d technology. We held a very positive meeting with MPs from the Nuclear Zero Commission, who were most supportive of us when we explained that we have no democratic debate or parliamentary scrutiny of the proposed public subsidy of Wylfa B by British taxpayers, and all that at a time of austerity when money for basic services was being cut. The Japanese media gave you Anti-nuclear activists from North Wales travel to Tokyo: Meilyr Tomos, good coverage. Are there lessons Robat Idris and Linda Rogers campaign alongside Ayumi Fukakusa to be learned back home? (FoE Japan) and former Prime Minister Naoto Kan. M T: There was a basic level of respect that just doesn’t exist here. You visited Fukushima prefecture. two-thirds of the radiation It does help when you’ve got two What were your impressions? monitors from the area, which we FoE Japan professionals running Meilyr Tomos: It’s the small details were informed are not necessarily the show! I guess we have to have that stay in the mind – seeing reliable anyway. Evacuation orders material ready to go across all weeds growing out of the bags of are being lifted in areas where platforms – they were extremely topsoil that had been scraped from contamination levels are still high. effective with their use of social the contaminated land, and placed When this occurs, evacuees are no media, and grassroots publications. in ‘interim storage’ – 7 years on. longer eligable for compensation. In Tomioka there are parts of the You met financial and insurance Was the Japanese visit useful to town still uninhabitable. Leaves officials in Japan. What was their the campaign in Wales? blow across imaginary lines that assessment of the situation with R I: Certainly! We formed a much denote ‘safe’ and ‘not safe’. Hitachi? clearer picture of the situation in Fukushima, and of the political What problems are faced by the R I: Difficult to say! Remember that the Government owns these situation in Japan. Our exceptional Fukushima evacuees today? partnership with FoE Japan was L R: There is a constant pressure institutions. Like civil servants worldwide, their observations were strengthened, and many new to carry on as if nothing has contacts were made. Further occurred, whilst the levels of very careful. Many words were used to say, in the end, that the visits are expected by friends from childhood thyroid cancer continue Japan. PAWB’s profile at home to rise and farmers continue to Japanese Government has yet to make a decision to invest in Wylfa. has risen considerably following wait for their land to be fit to the visit. farm. A veil is being drawn over What was your impression of the disaster. A journalist told me current political attitudes to Will PAWB be working with that he had written many articles nuclear in Japan? Japanese groups in the future? on Fukushima which remained L R: There is a clear political M T: I feel we’ve made friends unpublished. Some considered split between the MPs of the for life. There’s e-mails, PDFs, it a betrayal of the bravery and Constitutional Democratic Party, Powerpoints and films flying suffering of the evacuees to with whom we were lucky to back and forth through the ether. be raising worrying questions. meet, and the ruling party, on There’s two trips to Wales planned Meanwhile, officials are removing the question of exporting nuclear already! Page 8 Wales News Hinkley protest stuck in the mud NO to Swansea On Wednesday 23 May Minister Lesley Griffiths lagoon... 2018, the Welsh Assembly defended the decision regarding On 25 June 2018 UK Energy discussed the licence issued the dumping, which was then Secretary Greg Clark turned to EdF, the company building "noted" by the Assembly. Of the down the innovative £1.3 billion Hinkley Point C, to dump nine Assembly Members who tidal lagoon energy scheme sediment off Cardiff Bay for spoke in the debate, eight were planned for Swansea, on the "tidal dispersal". opposed to the decision. These grounds that it was poor value included all the members of the for money (despite a hefty offer The mud will be dredged up Assembly's Petitions Committee, of Welsh government funding). from Bridgwater Bay, where the who had been considering A collective intake of breath outflow pipes of Hinkley Point Tim Deere-Jones's petition, could be heard across the nation A and B nuclear power stations which asked for the licence to as people recalled the nuclear have discharged liquid wastes be suspended pending a full, ‘mathematics’ of Hinkley C and for 50 years, to allow EdF to open, scientific investigation Wylfa B. The lagoon refusal construct the inflow and outflow into the potential environmental was criticised right across the pipes for Hinkley Point C, as consequences of the proposal. political divides in Wales. well as to build a jetty to allow components to be delivered to CND Cymru is considering the site by sea. what else it can do to stop ...but YES to nuking the dumping. The Low Level CND Cymru organised a Radiation Campaign, fellow Northwest Wales rally outside the Senedd. As a members of the Welsh Anti- Three days later the UK highlight, Cian Ciarán of the Nuclear Alliance, has issued a government launched –at Super Furry Animals tried to new critical report and presented Trawsfynydd – a £200 million present every Assembly Member it to Natural Resources Wales, plan to fund development of with a mud-covered CD in a as well as alerting Sophie ‘Advanced Modular Reactors’, radiation hazard bag. Inside the Howe, the Future Generations research into fusion and chamber, Welsh Environment Commissioner for Wales. into ways of cutting costs. Brian Jones Brian £40 million of this sum was earmarked to turn North Wales into a nuclear industrial ‘cluster’ linking Trawsfynydd, Wylfa, Bangor University and the Menai Science Park at Gaerwen. The announcement was greeted with scepticism. It was speculative, short on substance and heading in the opposite direction to global trends. It would tie Wales yet again into a Cian Ciarán’s CD, 20 Millisieverts, is the music that he composed to centralised military-industrial accompany Lis Fields's Fukushima photographic exhibition in 2017. union with England. Wales News Page 9 Community energy versus big nukes The switch from monolithic • Hydro Ogwen is a 100kW and technical studies, or fund nuclear power giants to hydro scheme south of Bethesda the build and early generating renewable resources, generating on the Afon Ogwen, which will stage of the scheme. Over the on a small scale within the generate sufficient electricity to last two years, through its Local community, is creating a new power more than 100 homes. Energy support service, the energy revolution, reports Profits from the scheme will Welsh Government has provided Brian Jones. be invested back into the local £6.4million of grants and loans community. and supported 15 projects with Renewable energy, • The Gower Regeneration 8.47MW of renewable energy renewable communities 1MW solar farm generates capacity. Community-owned renewable enough electricity to power over This support seems likely to energy schemes offer many 300 homes. benefits. They support the continue with a target for • Carmarthenshire Energy Ynni one Gigawatt of renewable local economy through jobs Sir Gâr is a social enterprise and investment. They create electricity capacity in Wales to whose 500kW wind turbine has be locally owned by 2030 and greater community cohesion been generating electricity since and greater awareness of an expectation that all new 2016. Profits from the scheme renewable energy projects to energy consumption. They can have been invested in Salem, help to address fuel poverty. have at least an element of local the village where the turbine ownership by 2020. Wealth is retained within the is located, and have been used community and within Wales, to install solar panels, battery The sector in Wales works without profits being siphoned storage, and a heat pump at collaboratively to help off to corporate power bases in the Salem Community Hall, to community groups identify London, Paris or Tokyo. effectively eradicate energy bills feasible schemes and business plans. Although not all schemes Up and running for much of the year. • SCEES (Swansea Community are able to get off the ground, Here in Wales we already have Energy and Enterprise Scheme) there is still significant growth. many successful schemes which has installed solar PV systems At the heart of this support are generating clean energy and on ten community buildings. are the skills, enthusiasm investing in the community: Profits from the scheme will be and commitment of local • Awel Wind Farm is a used to support local projects communities, and the need to Community Benefit Society that help people develop skills, address the impact of climate which owns two 2.35MW wind enterprise, economic growth and change and the needs of future turbines on Mynydd y Gwrhyd, job creation. generations. 20 miles north of Swansea, generating enough electricity How to set up? heddwch>action: to supply over 2,500 homes. These schemes have all benefited Help community renewables Profits from the scheme will from early stage funding and beat big nuclear: more be used to support Awel Aman support, including from the information on the Welsh Tawe in tackling fuel poverty Welsh Government, which Government Local Energy and developing other renewable helped to develop business service is available here - http:// energy projects. plans, cover the cost of feasibility localenergy.gov.wales Page 10 Wales News Army crashes fifth drone The Watchkeeper drones at to aid reconnaissance, target Aberporth may not be effective identification and missile at spying on enemy positions, guidance. The drones are of but they are certainly scaring a modified French /Israeli the locals – and terrifying Elbit Hermes 450 design built taxpayers. Jill Gough reports by Thales and maintained at from West Wales. ParcAberporth by Thales-Elbit.

Each Watchkeeper has cost It was a balmy June afternoon £22 million in total, including in South Ceredigion. Around infrastructure. 200 parents and pupils of The project which started in Penparc Primary School in were 2005 has been beset by problems. gathered in the school field Security for whom? The drones are known to have Those who live locally are for their annual School Sports crashed five times, and the entire fearful that another of these Day. Small children raced and scheme has cost at least £1.2 accident-prone drones will crash cheered with their parents and, billion so far, despite not being into a primary school, a family as commonly happened, an fully operational. European home or a busy road. Locals who Army Watchkeeper drone from Grants and Welsh Government have complained to the MoD, ParcAberporth airfield noisily monies of over £26 million report that they have been made circled overhead. In a Portacabin went towards upgrading the to feel stupid and their concerns on the playground was a class of privately owned airfield so that dismissed. Some parents had nursery-age children. Qinetiq and possibly other drone previously been told by the The school sports ended and businesses could develop a “UAV MoD that “Drones don’t fly over the drone remained in the sky. (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Penparc School”. Just a mile or so away, a local Centre of Excellence”. Such a A parent speaking for many 17 year old was having his first Centre has not manifested itself commented: “Had it crashed driving lesson. As he drove down as yet and it is believed that fewer at the sports day, it could have the road a Watchkeeper drone than 20 of the 1000 promised killed entire families, which flew low across the road narrowly jobs have been “created”. would have devastated the whole missing the roof of his car and community.” crashing into some trees about WATCHKEEPER ACCIDENTS Another parent, on learning 10 metres from a farmhouse. It 1 November 2014 - Crash that firefighters were dealing was simple good fortune that no landing at ParcAberporth with fuel spills from the crashed human was hurt that afternoon. (“Master Override” malfunction) drone, said that she had just Public money into 2 November 2015 - Crash on realised that a fuelled-up private purses Boscombe Down – (Onboard Watchkeeper is itself more or less ParcAberporth, situated a “flying bomb”. Computer System Malfunction) on a hill nearby, has been The MoD commented: 3 & 4 September 2017 - 2 the main base for 54 Army “Safety remains our primary Watchkeepers crash in Irish Sea Watchkeeper drones since concern and we have paused – never found 2009. They can be controlled flying whilst we conduct an 5 June 2018 - Watchkeeper by ground-based troops using initial investigation into what radio signals, and are intended crash near Penparc School h app e n e d .” Wales News Page 11 Neil Conroy Actions & reactions • The politically troubled spring of 2018 brought protests about international conflict from peace and justice groups around Wales, from Llangollen to Bangor. One major concern was the bombing of Syria by the USA, Britain and Llandudno prom: war is no game France, following seven years of civil and proxy war and bombing council chamber when in May Veterans for Peace. On the day by Syrian and Russian aircraft. he criticised plans to honour art-activists and Conwy County Another was the brutal massacre the RAF with a civic ceremony Peace Group protested as aircraft and injuring of Palestinian and parade. Said Cllr Jones: “If flew overhead and small children protestors and medics in Gaza by we look on the streets today in were shown how deadly weapons Israeli troops. Wrexham, we’ve got homeless are fired. ex-service people struggling with Donald Saunders, aged 93, a • On 14 April 2018 Owain mental health, drink, drugs and lifetime conscientious objector Glyndŵr’s Parliament House PTSD. That is something we like his father before him, in Machynlleth was packed for should be centring our attention made it clear that the group a Green, Nuclear-Free Wales on, rather than having a march.... respected members of the event organised by WANA, the We shouldn’t be glorifying war, forces and the memory of the Welsh Anti-Nuclear Alliance we should be stopping war.” fallen, but abhorred all war, and (supported by CND Cymru, the treatment of war as family the Nuclear-Free Authorities • Scottish art-activist Ailie entertainment.

Association, Greenpeace, Rutherford had an Arts Council Neil Conroy Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg supported residency with and groups opposing nuclear Culture Action Llandudno power). Richard Bramhall was in (CALL) in 2017-18. She worked the chair. Speakers included Cllr energetically with many local Elywn Vaughan (Powys), Cllr Sue groups, but resigned when Lent (NFLA), Dr Carl Clowes CALL’s sponsors and funders (PAWB), nuclear researcher Tim refused to support peaceful Deere-Jones, Deilwen Evans protests against Armed Forces (CADNO), Sean Morris (NFLA) Day as part of her activities. and Tim Richards (WANA). The energy was all there – and • Llandudno, festooned in Union perhaps the spirit of that old Jacks, was the centre of a massive visionary, Owain Glyndŵr. Armed Forces Day jamboree at the end of June, with over • There is growing concern 100,000 visitors, including that in Wales about a new surge of charismatic pair Princess Anne militarism and public events and Theresa May. A meeting which glorify war. Wrexham was held at Craig y Don the At 93, Quaker peace campaigner Councillor Marc Jones received evening before with speakers Donald Saunders is still a a furious response in the from Armed Forces Watch and tireless activist. Page 12 Wales News 100 years of votes for women Lotte Reimer The advancement of women’s political rights and women’s impact as campaigners for peace have gone hand in hand over the last century. Lotte Reimer went to Cardiff, to celebrate and reflect. On Sunday 10 June 2018 I was part of a group of Aberystwyth/Borth women who joined an estimated 10,000 women at the Cardiff celebration of 100 years of women voting. We marched and sang as we carried our magnificent banner, created by some of the group Aberystwyth women march through Cardiff, June 2018 during a number of workshops We reflected on how the them to the peace campaigners with artist Becky Knight, and suffragettes are celebrated today today who destroy objects of featuring, among other images, when, during the height of their warfare and wondered if in 100 portraits of the participating struggle, they were considered years’ time they were likely to women, their mothers and other terrorists, causing enormous be celebrated in similar fashion? prominent Welsh women. damage to property. We likened Sadly, we thought probably not. Saturday All change at the Assembly 3 November As we go to press in early July 2018, the political landscape of Wales can expect to experience tremors, if not 2018 earthquakes, in the near future. ’s Carwyn Jones is set to stand down as First JOBS Minister in the autumn and his would-be successors are lining up. Leader of the Andrew RT Davies has just NOT stood down under pressure from colleagues in Westminster. Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood faces oppostion in some constituencies and two of her fellow AMs have decided to BOMBS challenge her leadership. Day School in Swansea with In the meantime the Green Party, which has no representation FABIAN HAMILTON MP in the Assembly, has voted to remain conjoined with the party in + other speakers England instead of being an independent Welsh party. Interesting Supported by CND Cymru times. Whichever party you are in – or not – please be active in & Welsh Labour Grassroots setting an agenda for disarmament and peace. Further details to follow NOTICEBOARD Page 13 Notice 1 House of Commons. Wednesday This is supported by Labour’s 24 October is United Nations Shadow Minister for Peace and Croeso! Day and part of Disarmament Disarmament Fabian Hamilton The National Eisteddfod Week – a perfect day to MP, who is very clear that the comes to Cardiff this year campaign for ridding the world establishment of a DDA will from 3-11 August. Remember of nuclear weapons. We intend be a major element towards to call in at the Peace Tent that all actions carried out on achieving key foreign policy and say hello, talk about this campaign will be peaceful, goals as set out in the Labour campaigns, share ideas and respectful, and dignified. Party 2017 Manifesto: – join up with CND Cymru. To join us on the day or offer • Controlling the export of other support, please contact arms, especially to countries Kim Holroyd of the Hereford with poor humanitarian records Notice 2 Peace Council • UK taking the lead [email protected] on multi-lateral nuclear All aboard the or phone 07843 105 323 disarmament Peace Train! • Shifting the focus from The Hereford Peace Council military to human security invites you to join our Peace Notice 3 We need a Shadow DDA Train campaign along the Labour CND Cymru now, to work with other North to South Wales line. Campaigning for Peace and Shadow departments on the Whether you wave us on from Disarmament development of an industrial the platform or join us on the Join us now: Labour CND in strategy that can help deliver an train, we welcome your support. Wales is open to all Labour Party ethical foreign policy, nuclear Put this date in your diaries: members who are also members disarmament through support of Wednesday 24 October 2018. It’s of CND Cymru. Our purpose the UN ban on nuclear weapons time to get Peace back on track. is to build support for nuclear and secure sustainable jobs. On 7 July last year, 122 disarmament and a peaceful Let’s keep this debate alive countries signed up to make foreign policy within the Labour and kicking within Party and nuclear weapons illegal and party. Trade Union movement in begin the diplomatic process As well as individual Wales. to eradicate them universally members we also welcome However, the UK did not sign support from constituency Notice 4 this Treaty on the Prohibition parties and other Branches and of Nuclear Weapons, and it does affiliates within the Labour CND@60 not intend to. Party in Wales. The CND anniversary So travelling on a regularly For more information on installation which started its scheduled train from the Hope/ how you can actively support grand tour at Caernarfon in Chester/ Wrexham area, the Labour CND Cymru within February will be reaching Hereford Peace Council will your local Party contact Cardiff on Saturday 1 collect letters and petitions [email protected] September 2018. CND at every stop along the North Cymru will be at the Nye to South Wales line down to Last year the TUC, strongly Bevan statue in Queen Street Newport –demanding that the supported by Unite, passed from 11am to 3pm – please UK sign this nuclear ban treaty. a resolution calling on the come along and help spread We will then board a fast train to Labour Party to establish a the message ! For further London and personally deliver Shadow Defence Diversification details contact Brian Jones your letters and petitions to the Agency (DDA) as a priority. 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