Jeremy Corbyn and the future of Trident
We are delighted to congratulate Jeremy Corbyn on his resounding electoral victory as new leader of the Labour Party. Jeremy joined CND when he was 15 and has been active in the anti-nuclear movement...
View ArticleTrident and the Labour Party Conference
We’ve been on a roller coaster over the past few weeks. We are in the extraordinary and completely unexpected situation of having a lifelong CND member as Leader of the Labour Party. What’s more, in...
View ArticleWhy is our conference the most important since the Cold War?
I have made the claim that this weekend’s CND conference is the most significant since the end of the Cold War. This is not a claim that I have made lightly. Quite simply we are facing a unique...
View ArticleScotland shows the way
Double good news from Scotland this week for anti-Tridenters. First up was Scottish Labour Party conference where a massive majority of 70% voted to change the policy to an anti-Trident position....
View ArticleTrident costs to increase yet again
Interesting to read about the reported spat between Osborne and the Ministry of Defence over who controls the Trident replacement project. Apparently Osborne has zero confidence in the MoD’s ability to...
View ArticleTrident and Syria: urgent developments
A hectic week on questions of peace and war. Monday saw the publication of the government’s new National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015. Trident replacement hit the...
View ArticleAn unarmed Trident replacement???
The much-anticipated Labour Defence Review is launched! On Friday, new Shadow Defence Secretary Emily Thornberry published her terms of reference for the Review, inviting submissions from across...
View ArticleTrident makes us a target: Official!
Sometimes the truth has a way of just popping out. The usual line from our government is that possessing nuclear weapons makes us safe, so how refreshing to hear another perspective from our Foreign...
View ArticleJoin us tomorrow: Stop Trident!
Tomorrow tens of thousands of people will march in London to Stop Trident. This demonstration is organised by CND and supported by 27 national organisations. It represents a groundswell of popular...
View ArticleThe Marshall Islands take Britain to court
Today, Tony DeBrum, the former Foreign Minister of the Marshall Islands, will take the stand at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. He will be making opening statements in the...
View ArticleMark Serwotka: the trade union case against nuclear weapons
Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is one of the unions affiliated to CND. Its General Secretary Mark Serwotka writes for CND. The moral imperative to rid our country of weapons of mass...
View ArticleWhy Paul Mason is wrong: the rational case against nuclear weapons
It’s odd that Paul Mason feels he has to articulate a supposed ‘left-wing’ case for nuclear weapons. Presumably he mistakenly believes that opposing Trident would be detrimental to Labour’s electoral...
View ArticleThe EU – a perspective from the Irish peace movement
Roger Cole, Chair of Ireland's Peace and Neutrality Alliance, writes a guest blog “We must face the difficult of moving towards a single economy, a single political entity, for the first time since the...
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Chernobyl: consequences and lessons
A guest blog from Dr Ian Fairlie to mark April 26th - the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in Ukraine in 1986. In 2005, the International Atomic Energy Agency/World Health...
View ArticleScotland reasserts anti-Trident consensus
Today’s results show a continuing massive anti-Trident majority in the Scottish parliament. The SNP, Scottish Labour and Greens all have clear anti-nuclear policies, together with the Lib Dems who will...
View ArticleEnd the persecution of Mordechai Vanunu
I am saddened and appalled to hear of the latest round of charges against the nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu. I reproduce here Amnesty International's statement. We send our best wishes and...
View Article£205 billion?! How the cost of Trident replacement doubled
For some years, CND has been using the figure of £100 billion for the procurement and lifetime cost of a Trident replacement. From time to time, pro-Trident politicians have told me that's just absurd,...
View ArticleObama: why an apology is necessary
President Obama’s moving oration at Hiroshima is timely and welcome. His compassion and dignity will be welcome to the remaining survivors that still bear witness to those terrible and unimaginable...
View ArticleThe truth about Trident and jobs
This guest blog by economist Michael Burke explains his new report on jobs and Trident for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank Michael for his invaluable...
View ArticleWhat we need from Chilcot
Acknowledgement is long overdue that our government took us to war in Iraq on the basis of deception and a breach of international law. These twin factors have been fundamental to public concern about...
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