No to NATO: protest at the Brussels Summit
As the world becomes more dangerous by the day, the need for action for peace has never been more vital. This is the starting point for the activities of the ‘No to War – No to NATO’ international...
View Article50 years of the NPT
This year we mark the 50th anniversary of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – a milestone in global attempts to get rid of nuclear weapons, born out of concerns about proliferation and the...
View ArticleSyria: no to military escalation
Again some in the media are talking of 'world war three', as war drums beat for military escalation in Syria. CND opposes this course of action which will only increase the likelihood of this terrible...
View ArticleAldermaston: central to our struggle
This Easter marks the 60th anniversary of the first Aldermaston march. While CND itself had been founded at a mass public meeting on 17th February 1958, the single event that most put it on the public...
View ArticleRemembering the Lucky Dragon
On the 1st March 1954, the US conducted a hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. Although earlier hydrogen bomb tests had been deeply shocking, it was this one that really shifted...
View ArticleJonathon Porritt blasts EdF
I'm delighted to welcome a guest blog from environmental campaigner Jonathon Porritt. Jonathon is writing in his personal capacity here - not as Founder Director of Forum for the Future or any other...
View ArticleCND at 60
In October 1952, Britain tested its first atomic bomb over the Monte Bello Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The following month, the US tested a 10.4 megaton hydrogen bomb – more than the total explosives...
View ArticleTrump's nuclear posture review makes war more likely
Last week saw the release of the latest - and already leaked - US nuclear posture review. These reviews can be a powerful indicator of a president’s intentions and this one will, no doubt, be a taste...
View ArticleSupport Afrin: the European peace movement mobilises
We have all been shocked by Turkey's attacks on the peaceful enclave of Afrin under the pretext of 'self defence' and the 'fight against terrorism'. This war is in violation of international law and...
View Article2017: a year of contradictions
Looking back on 2017, there’s no doubt we are living in dangerous times - when the media routinely discusses the possibility of world war three, something is going very badly wrong. But we are also...
View ArticleVictoria Brittain at the MoD
On Saturday 9th December, as campaigners gathered in Oslo for the award of the Nobel peace prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN campaigners in London gathered outside...
View ArticleUnity of our movements: a force for change
The world is an increasingly dangerous place, whether we’re talking about nuclear modernisation and increasing militarism, threats of nuclear use, the rise of the far right and reactionary nationalism,...
View ArticleLabour and NATO? wrong policy
Naturally I was dismayed to hear Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry state proudly in her conference speech that Britain under Labour “will be a strong leader within NATO, committed to spend 2...
View ArticleWhy Labour must support the nuclear ban treaty
Yesterday the United Nations’ nuclear weapons ban treaty opened for signature. As I write, states from across the world are stepping forward to sign up to prohibit nuclear weapons – over 50 on current...
View ArticleSupport EDM 243: Conflict with North Korea
Huge thanks to Caroline Lucas MP, Chair of Parliamentary CND for putting down EDM 243, backed by cross party sponsors: Catherine West MP, Hywel Williams, Martyn Day, David Linden and Jonathan Edwards....
View ArticleNorth Korea: why war is not the answer
Terrible news this morning that North Korea has tested a hydrogen bomb, against international law and the wishes of the international community and all peace-loving people. This is a disastrous...
View ArticleControlling the nuclear football?
As US and South Korean war games continue apace, the extreme tension with North Korea - and the possibility of nuclear war - remains. So in the event of President Trump deciding that the ‘fire and...
View ArticleLooking at US/Russia relations
We live in interesting times when it comes to US relations with pretty much any part of the world. President Trump’s idiosyncratic approach to policy often leads to mixed messages. Trump tweets one,...
View ArticleUN nuclear ban treaty finalised – but the struggle continues
CND has been campaigning for the global abolition of nuclear weapons ever since its foundation in 1958, so the news today that the United Nations has agreed a treaty which can make exactly that happen...
View ArticleLatest details on the nuclear ban treaty
As nuclear ban treaty negotiations continue at the UN, Ray Acheson, from the Nuclear Ban Daily, reports on the latest developments "Wednesday’s negotiating sessions were off-the-record, so the Nuclear...
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