campaign review 2013

CampaignReview 2013CND

Officers: Chair: Dave Webb; Vice-Chairs: Daniel Blaney, Sarah Cartin, Jeremy CorbynMP; Treasurer: Linda Hugl; General Secretary: Kate Hudson.

Vice-Presidents: Pat Arrowsmith, Tony Benn, John Cox, Joan Horrocks, Rebecca Johnson,Bruce Kent, Alastair Mackie, Alice Mahon, Canon Paul Oestreicher, Walter Wolfgang

CND National Council: Directly elected: Adam Beese, Sophie Bolt, Jenny Clegg, TomCuthbert, Dr Ian Fairlie, Caroline Lucas MP, Lydia Merryl, David Rumsey, Pat Sanchez,Callum Smith, Tony Staunton, Jim Taggart, Carol Turner, Hannah Tweddell, Katy West, VijayMehta (reserve). Nations, regions and areas: CND Cymru – Michael Freeman, Jill Gough, JonPlumpton; East Midlands - Ian Cohen, Richard Johnson, Lesley Matthews; London Region –Jim Brann, Isobel McHarg, Nicholas Russell; North West (Greater Manchester) – PhilipGilligan; North West (Merseyside) – Gerald Poole; North West (South Cheshire & NorthStaffordshire) – Owen Sloss; Northern (Cumbria and Lancashire) – Joan West; Scottish CND– Alan Mackinnon, Veronika Tudhope, Arthur West; South East (Kent) – John Hemsley;South East (Sussex/Interim) – Roslyn Cook; South West (Exeter/Interim) – Tom Milburn;South West (Penzance/Interim) – Peter Le Mare; South West (Plymouth/Interim) – MichalLovejoy; Southern – Nigel Day, Michael Waugh; Yorkshire – Sylvia Boyes, Georgia Gwynne,Elva Lynch-Bathgate Specialist sections: Christian CND – Chris Gidden; Student CND – MarkSoames; Labour CND – Joy Hurcombe; Green CND – Stewart Neyton.

Staff at Holloway Road: General Secretary Kate Hudson; Campaigns Officer (Parliamentary)Ben Folley; Campaigns Officer (Research and Information) Sara Medi Jones; CampaignsOfficer (Trade Unions) Tansy Hoskins; Campaigns Officer (Youth and CommunityEngagement) Anne Schulthess; Press and Communications Officer Luke Massey; PeaceEducation Officer Anna Liddle; Peace Education Marketing Officer Lisa Rønsholt Bounds;Peace Education School Speaker Coordinator Hans Svennevig; Fundraiser (until July 2013)Beckett Vester; Fundraiser (from August 2013) Christina Schirlinger; Membership &Fundraising Intern Ilanga Preuss; Designer Sue Longbottom; Finance Officer Eve Cuthbert;Office & Personnel Manager Hannah Altendorff.

National, regional and specialist section: CND Cymru Jill Gough; Scottish CND John Ainslie,Flavia Tudoreanu; Greater Manchester Jacqui Burke; London Region David Polden; YorkshireCatherine Bann, Denise Craghill, Paddy McGuffin; (other regional offices are run byvolunteers) Christian CND Claire Poyner, Chris Gidden.

Volunteers at Holloway Road: Eileen Maclean, David Esbester, Pat Arrowsmith, EllenSheffield, John Morris, Gina Mackenzie, Jade Owens. Internship Programme: LouiseSheridan, James Gillen, Katie Jones, Stephanie Remers, Huseyin Kishi, Caroline Revell.

All at CND were deeply saddened this year at the loss of our friends Annette Russell and PatAllen. Our thoughts are with both their family and friends.

CND personnel

Cover and other Glastonbury photos: Alex Massey

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WELCOME to our 2013 review issue. The ScrapTrident campaign made some good progress thisyear, with our strong message on the economic cost

of Trident receiving a lot of support. As we face devastatingcuts in our public services, people are realising that the £100billion bill for replacing Trident is not only criminally insane butimmoral as well.

Unfortunately we still have to get thismessage through to the leadership of themain political parties. The LiberalDemocrats supported cutting back on theUK’s nuclear weapons system, rather thangetting rid of it and Labour leaders refusedto discuss the issue at their annualconference. However, CND held packedand supportive fringe meetings at bothparty conferences and grassroots supportfor getting rid of Trident was very strong

and is growing. We also have the total support of the Green Party,Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party.

Our long-standing campaign on demanding an alternative to warbore fruit this year, with the parliamentary vote against an attackon Syria. The vote made it clear that lessons have been learned.This decision prevented an invasion and led to increaseddiplomatic progress. Agreements have since been reached todismantle Syria’s chemical weapons and on Iran’s nuclear activity.

We now have less than three years until the vote on whether toreplace Trident. This could be a once in a generation chance to getrid of nuclear weapons from Britain and set a real example to therest of the world. Imagine how it would feel to be part of such ahistorical moment. As we review some of this year’s work andthank all who have done so much so far, we need to bear in mindthe importance of our work next year. We have a lot planned anda growing level of support – I know it won’t be easy but togetherwe can make Trident history.

Campaign for Nuclear DisarmamentCND campaigns non-violentlyto achieve British nucleardisarmament – for scrappingthe Trident nuclear weaponssystem and preventing itsreplacement.

CND works to secure anuclear weapons conventionwhich will ban nuclearweapons globally, aschemical and biologicalweapons have been banned.We also work to end Britain’sparticipation in the USMissile Defence system and– with other campaignsinter nationally – againstmissile defence andweapons in space.

Other current campaignsinclude the prevention andcessation of wars in whichnuclear weapons may beused, opposition to NATOand its nuclear policies, andto nuclear power.

CND is funded entirely bymembers and supporters,and our policies are decidedupon by our annual nationaldelegates’ conference, whereour national leadership is alsoelected.

Details of our nationaloffices, and our network ofregions can be found at theback of this Review.

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Scrap Trident – no OURfocus continues

on campaigning toscrap Trident and

cancel its planned replacement.The campaign has centred onthe £100 billion cost ofreplacing the UK’s nuclearweapons system in the contextof the government’s spendingcuts. Throughout the year wehave lobbied and protested atall levels of society, highlightingthe danger of nuclear weaponsand highlighting what themoney spent on replacingTrident could pay for instead.The possibilities includescrapping tuition fees andemploying 150,000 teachers andnurses. This message was heardloud and clear in a largedemonstration at AWEAldermaston in April.On Budget Day in March,

MPs joined Parliamentary CNDoutside the House ofCommons to protest against thecost of replacing Trident. Wehave been present in numerousdirect actions, peace camps andmusic festivals, spreading themessage that we should scrapTrident.Our groups have been as

active as ever and a specialthank you must go toMerseyside CND for arrangingour very successful annual

conference. Thank you all foryour hard work. Together wehave achieved a great deal thisyear, with the Scrap Tridentcampaign continuing across thecountry.

Here are some highlights.

Yorkshire CND’s People’sBudget street stall remainspopular and has been replicatedby other groups across thecountry. This year, the groupwon a grant from cosmeticscompany LUSH to update thestall. Asking people how theywould allocate the £100 billioncost of Trident continues toelicit a fantastic response.

Central Manchester CNDheld a stall at the Family FunDay in Chorlton, collectingsignatures for the Scrap Tridentpetition. Very few peopleexpressed support formaintaining nuclear weapons.Members of the group alsorepresented CND at the city’sPeace History Conference andtwo took part in the GreaterManchester Peace Walk.Welcome funds were raised bythe two who completed the 20mile route.

Kent Area CND continuesto produce their newsletter, NewSanity, as well as holding street

stalls around the county.Sheffield CND held a stall atthe Sheffield Green fair.

Kingston PeaceCouncil/CND joined ademonstration against thegovernment’s economic policiesoutside Parliament on BudgetDay. They continued the anti-austerity message by using their‘cutometer’ to ask shoppers in

On Budget Day in March, MPs joined House of Commons to protest again Jonathan Edwards (Plaid Cymru), Ang (Labour), Angus Macneil (SNP)

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Kingston how they wouldchoose between spending onhealth, education, local servicesor defence. The group regularlyheld placards outside the gatesat AWE Aldermaston andBurghfield as workers drove in,urging them to consider theimplications of their work.

Hereford Peace Councilbegan producing a monthly

poster on peace issues whichthey send to all their memberswith a request to display it. Aswell as in members’ windows,the posters are also displayed atthe local sixth form college, atchurches and communitycentres. Hereford Peace Councilgave an interview to Radio

Hereford and Worcester, inresponse to Prime MinisterDavid Cameron’s commentsthat Trident was essentialbecause of developments inNorth Korea. The peace councilheld a very successful fund-raising quiz night. They alsoattended their local sixth formcollege’s Freshers Fair. Therewas a lot of interest from thestudents, who are now planningon starting their own peacegroup in the college.

Mid Somerset CND &Peace Group launched theirScrap Trident campaign thisyear with a public meeting withCND Chair Dave Webb andTessa Munt MP. They had astall at the Sunrise Festival forthree days, collecting signaturesfor the Scrap Trident petition.They attended Strode CollegeFreshers’ Fair, which was sosuccessful a follow-up event wasarranged where Tessa Muntspoke to 50 students about

Kingston Peace Council/CNDand Bromley & Beckenhamjoined the Budget Day protest

Real Alternative

Published by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, July 2013

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What the government's

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Post-nuclear security for the 21st century

The Real AlternativeIn March, CND published The RealAlternative, making the case fornon-replacement of Trident andfor nuclear disarmament, whichthe government’s TridentAlternatives Review had failed toeven consider.

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Trident. The group continue toreceive good coverage in thelocal press.

Wimbledon DisarmamentCoalition/CND had anotherbusy year. Once again, they

staged the annual Fête of theEarth, raising over a thousandpounds for CND. They heldregular stalls and publishedmonthly newslettersThe Oxford Classic Jazz

Stop fooling with nuclear weapons Thousands came along to CND’s demonstration at theAtomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston onEaster Monday, calling on the government to scrap theTrident nuclear weapon system and cancel its replacement.

Many groups were present including Kent Area CND,Sheffield CND, Hereford Peace Council, Merseyside CND,Yorkshire CND, Peterborough CND, Sydenham and ForestHill CND, Bath, Greater Manchester & District, Prestwichand Whitefield CND and Chester CND. Christian CNDresurrected the Alleluia at Tadley Gate. Mid Somerset CND& Peace Group particularly enjoyed the speeches andfound them inspiring.

Oxford CND brought their Peace Tea Tent, which ensuredeveryone had a warm cup of tea on the bitterly cold day!

Hetty BowerAll of us at CND were deeplysaddened by the passing ofHetty Bower. At 108, Hettyremained a tireless and inspira -tional campaigner for peace andjustice. One of the originalmembers of CND in 1958, Hettywas still campaigning againstTrident replacement with us inApril this year at AWEAldermaston.


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Ecology Festival in June.Various campaigning groupsattended and local bands andpoets performed.

London Region CNDstarted the year with theirannual conference. Membersheard from Jeremy Corbyn MPand the leader of the GreenParty Natalie Bennett. EastMidlands CND stalls atfestivals around the region havebeen very popular and greatfun. Nottingham CNDinitiated a new postcardcampaign to help constituentscontact their MP directly tooppose replacing Trident.

Sydenham & Forest HillCND kept active this year,publishing and distributingleaflets on Trident, holding aSpring Fair and hosting a stall ata local allotment open day. Thegroup decided that they wouldspecifically campaign onscrapping Trident amongst thelocal faith groups and havebegun the process of contactingvarious institutions.

South Cheshire & NorthStaffordshire CNDparticipated in a public meetingon a ‘Fairer North Stafford shire’to discuss the Scrap Tridentcampaign. The group feels that

the Scrap Trident campaign hasrenewed interest in CNDactivity locally – new localgroups were established in bothStafford and Stoke-on-Trent.Stafford CND organised a stallin the town centre and Stoke-on-Trent CND held stalls atStoke Pride and at a LabourParty and trade union event.

Rochdale and Little -borough Peace Group hasbeen pleased with the mediacoverage it has received thisyear for many of its events. Thegroup has also continued tohold regular Scrap Tridentstalls in Rochdale as well as abread and cake stand at theLittleborough rushbearingfestival.

Abingdon Peace Groupcontinues to deliver newslettersand hold monthly meetings. Thegroup invented a ‘penny roll’game specifically for their stall atAbingdon’s ‘Fun in the Parks’day. This game, which asked onwhat else you could spend themoney that is wasted onTrident, particu larly attractedyoung people.

Bath CND has had a busyyear which concluded with aScrap Trident public meetingwith CND Chair Dave Webb,

at Newbury and Aldermastonin protest against ‘virtual’nuclear exercise Aldex 13.Oxford CND would like to paytribute to the late Jean Kaye, agreat peace activist who passedaway in September.As well as hosting CND’s

annual conference, MerseysideCND’s other big event thisyear was their annual Peace and

Band held a benefit concert forOxford CND in March.Members from the group tookpart in one blockade at AWEBurghfield and provided the teafor another one! They alsoparticipated in demonstrations

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the local MP Don Foster andprospective parliamentarycandidates. GreaterManchester & District CNDworked on pushing the ScrapTrident message through newmedia in 2013. Their followingon facebook and twittercontinues to grow. Their groupshave continued to work hardorganising street stalls andpublic meetings and contactingtheir MPs. GMD now has aneffective database on theposition of their MPs onTrident replacement.Faringdon Peace Groupcontinues to meet every monthand arranged their AnnualGrand Peace Fête as usual.

Brentwood CND hasdecided to localise theircampaigning work by askingleading figures in theircommunity to endorse theirScrap Trident statement. So far,they have received support fromthe Bishop of Bren t wood, theBishop of Chelms ford, localcouncillors, an ex-mayor and theQuakers. They are also askingfor signatures on the high street.Brentwood CND’s aim is tosend the statement and thesignatures to their MP, Eric

Bruce Kent’s tourCND Vice-President Bruce Kent travelled the country inthe spring to highlight why the UK government shouldscrap Trident. A huge thank you to David and WendyRumsey from Kent Area CND who arranged much of thetour, which was a great success. Thank you as well to allthe local groups who hosted Bruce – without you, itwould not have been possible. Here is a report of someof the stops.

Norwich CND hosted Bruce on a stall in the centre ofthe city, which had a model of the broken Tridentsubmarine which they asked passers-by to sign. Bruceencouraged shoppers at both Reigate and Redhill towncentres to stop and think about Trident. Reigate andRedhill CND also hosted a successful public meeting,which helped remind people that nuclear war is still apotential reality and that CND still exists as an activecampaign group.

Tavistock Peace Action Group hosted Bruce at theirmarket stall. Kent Area CND managed to fit in visits toDover, Deal, Margate, Canterbury, Ashford, Maidstoneand Gillingham in two days. Events included the ‘People’sBudget’ game, which is a particularly good way to have areal dialogue with the public.

Hereford Peace Council was impressed with thestudents’ knowledge when Bruce Kent visited HerefordSixth Form College. Bruce also met with representativesfrom Christian Aid, the Jewish community and PalestineSolidarity in Hereford.

Bruce’s visit was East Midlands CND’s highlight ofthe year, with inspirational events in Leicester, Derby,Nottingham & Chesterfield. Bruce debated the nuclearweapon issue with a representative from Rolls-Royce inDerby Cathedral. Bruce also visited the factory atRaynesway in Derby as well as heading the traditionalMay Day parade in Chesterfield. Peterborough CNDwas also delighted to host the tour.

A visit from Bruce to Brentwood CND sparked off awave of new enthusiasm for campaigning againstTrident. As well as a stall and a public meeting, a visit toa secondary school was arranged where Bruce waspresented with a homemade window box of pansies.

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Scrap Trident, EastLancashire CND wrote to allthe new mayors in their areaasking them to considerbecoming a Mayor for Peace.They joined the May Day rallyin Burnley and held a stall withactivities promoting disarma -ment. They also had a stall attheir local Rock against Racismevent. Along with invitingpeople to decide how theywould spend £100 billion,hundreds of petition signatureswere collected.

Bristol CND’s fourthannual ‘Chance of a Lifetime’short film competition foryoung people awarded £1000 ofprizes to this year’s winners.The competition challengesyoung film-makers to presentwhat they want to tell the worldabout nuclear weapons. Thejudges praised the creativity andoriginality of this year’s entries. Congratulations to the

winners – Danny Long (19-25),Calum Russell (Youth) andCharlotte Hayde (School Age)!The winning films can be seenon the competition atwww.thechanceofalifetime.org

Christian CND (CCND)supported many varied eventsthis year. In one of the moreoriginal actions of the year, theyhanded out ‘Wipe AwayTrident’ toilet paper at theGreenbelt Arts Festival. CCND


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GlastonburyScrap Trident was themessage seen again andagain at GlastonburyFestival this year, with theiconic CND symbolreturning to the top of thePyramid stage on theclosing evening. We weredelighted to help Portis -head produce a powerfulScrap Trident film toaccompany their song‘Machine Gun’. RouReynolds of the band EnterShikari wore his ‘NHS notTrident’ t-shirt for their set.The t-shirts were a hugesuccess at the festival,completely selling out.

Owen Jones spoke power -fully about the devasta tingcost of Trident to a huge,supportive crowd. BillyBragg also talked aboutthe need to scrap Tridentduring his slot on thePyramid Stage; andCaroline Lucas MP made avisit to our stall showingher support by joiningthousands wearing a CNDtemporary tattoo.


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Hiroshima DayCND commemorated this year’s anniversary ofthe bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bothin Japan and at home. Jacqui Burke, fromGreater Manchester & District CNDattended the World Conference againstAtomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Japan on ourbehalf this year.

Members of Norwich CND walked in aprocession to place a wreath of white poppieson the War Memorial in front of Norwich CityHall. Everyone wore white. They continuedthrough the city to the Peace Pillar. Members ofNorwich’s Japanese community were present.

Kingston Peace Council/CND floatedlighted ‘boats’ and scattered flowers on theThames. Wimbledon DisarmamentCoalition/CND marked Hiroshima Day with acommemoration supported by the local Japanesecommunity. Oxford CND held a stall onHiroshima Day, with poetry and drumming.

Merseyside CND arranged a Hiroshima andNagasaki Day event at the Peace Garden, St.John’s Gardens. The Lord Mayor of LiverpoolCllr. Gary Millar laid a wreath with his twojunior mayors. Almost 250 people took part inLondon Region CND’s annual ceremony inTavistock Square, by the commemorativecherry tree there. Speakers included BruceKent, Peter Tatchell, Natalie Bennett andJeremy Corbyn MP. Celia Mitchell read poems and RaisedVoices sang.

Prestwich and Whitefield CND invited peace choirand clarion choir members from around the region toperform at their event. A local poet, Chris Bainbridge, alsogave a performance of his radical poetry.

Isle of Wight CND always gathers at the peace tree inNewport. The cherry tree was planted over twenty yearsago and over time the land around it has been designatedas a peace garden. A boulder with the CND symbol hasrecently been added to the garden. Salisbury CND helda candle float on the River Avon through Salisbury.

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has also printed a new churchguide, which will be distri butedthroughout the Dioceses of theChurches in the UK to give themoral and Christian reasonswhy nuclear weapons are wrong.

CCND commemoratedHiroshima Day in France thisyear. They travelled fromAldermaston to Valduc,stopping in Dijon and Paris. AtValduc, France’s nuclearweapons facility, CCNDwalked around the base withbanners before decorating thefence with peace cranes. OnHiroshima Day, the group wentto the Eiffel Tower where localactivists held a die-in. Arepresentative fromWimbledon DisarmamentCoalition/CND and thegroup’s banner accompaniedthe group to France.

Student CND has recentlyproduced a brand new briefingspecifically targeted at educa -tion activists. ‘Cut Trident, notEducation’ highlights the factthat the money this govern -ment seems intent onspending on an immoral andillegal weapon of massdestruction could instead beused to fund education andsave a genera tion of studentsfrom a lifetime of debt.

Student CND has alsohad a strong presence atevents like the National Unionof Students annual conferenceand the Student AssemblyAgainst Austerity. This hasallowed them to both raiseour profile and make linkswith other sympatheticstudents and organisations. At

Wool againstWeaponsCampaigner Jaine Rose iscoordinating the knitting of a7 mile long pink peace scarfwhich will be rolled outbetween the atomic weaponfactories at Aldermaston andBurghfield next summer in aprotest against Trident.Wimbledon Disarma -ment Coalition/CND andBrent wood CND are just two of the groups who haveenthusiastically embraced the initiative. Jaine isencouraging all CND members to get involved: ‘Please,please join us in knitting for peace. It’s fun, it’s empoweringand yes it’s crazy. Together we can join in the growingcollective voice saying ‘not in my name’ and stop Trident.’

For more information: www.woolagainstweapons.co.uk orphone Jaine: 01453 751604

Christian CND at Aldermaston

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the beginning of the academicyear, Student CND ran stallsat several freshers’ fairsaround the country andgenerated a lot of interest.They want to be even moreactive and build activecampaigning groups withinfurther education establish -ments over the coming year.And finally, welcome to the

new groups who formed thisyear. Liverpool CND waslaunched in November and isalready active on social media!Yorkshire CND membershave instigated new groups atLeeds University and Bradford.Stafford and Stone CND,Stoke-on-Trent &Newcastle-under-LymeCND and Chester CND have

CND ConferenceCND's Annual Conferencetook place in Liverpool.Thanks to all who partici -pated in making the week -end a success, especiallythe hosts Merseyside CND.

This year’s policy debatessaw the creation of aGreen Party SpecialistSection of CND, as well aslively debate over resolu -tions on Syria, US MissileDefence and internationaldiplomacy. Conference alsoresolved to step up CND’santi-Trident campaigningin the lead up to thedecision on Tridentreplacement in 2016.

On the second day ofConference, expertspeakers joined ourmembers to discuss howto work with a range ofsectors to campaignagainst Trident. Thisincluded parliamenta rians,trade unionists, develop -ment organisa tions, youngpeople and students, andfaith communities.

The guest of honour at theconference was MayorKang from Jeju Island inSouth Korea, who spoke ofhis community’s struggleagainst the imposi tion of aU.S. naval base.

NukewatchNukewatch monitors andtracks the movement ofBritish WMDs from Burgh -field in Berkshire to Coulportnear Faslane submarine basein Scotland. Nukewatch issupported by CND andcompiles regular reports andan annual list of warheadconvoy move ments to helpin monitoring the overallstate and deployment of theUK’s arsenal of nuclearweapons.

Nukewatch needs more CNDwatchers. If you can help,need more leaflets or want aNukewatch speaker, [email protected]

This copy of CNDCampaign Review containsa new Nukewatch leaflet(above). Please keep it inyour car, and contactNukewatch if you see theUK nuclear warheadconvoy on our roads.

Ask your MP to sign thefollowing EDMs –

n Call on the govern mentto cancel plans to replaceTrident (EDM 150)

n Send the UK govern -ment to the Mexicoconference on humani -tarian impact of nuclearweapons (EDM 855)

n Join the call for a nuclearweapon-free zone in theMiddle East (EDM 854)

Use the online lobby tool:act.cnduk.org/lobby/

Take Action

country, as the public beganasking questions about animmoral practice which has notbeen seriously debated by ourpoliticians. Yorkshire CND,Peterborough CND, EastLancashire CND, ChesterCND were some of the groupsrepresented at the Ground theDrones demonstration.London Region CND held apublic meeting on the UK’s useof drones. In June, sixprotesters from EastMidlands CND cut throughthe fence at RAF Waddington,planted a peace garden anddisplayed photos of peoplekilled by drones in Afghanistan.They all pleaded not guilty attheir trial in October at LincolnMagistrates Court on thegrounds they were preventinggreater crime in Afghanistan.The trial fell in the annual


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‘Drones Week of Action’ andsupporters outside the courthad with them the enormousFellowship of Reconciliationquilt with panels made up ofthe names and ages of dronevictims in Pakistan.NATO’s war in Afghanistan

continues, with the alliancenow stating that some militaryoperations will be maintainedin the country even after thesupposed pull-out date of 2014.Tavistock Peace ActionGroup held a public talk tohear from Susan Clarkson of‘Voices for Creative Non-Violence’ about her recent visitto Afghanistan. Susan spokeabout her two weeks in Kabulas part of the Afghan PeaceVolunteers programme. Anhonorary member of OxfordCND, Susan also spoke at oneof their meetings.

CNDwas glad to see theHouse of Commonsvote against military

action in Syria following publicpressure. We worked with theStop the War Coalition toorganise a national demonstra -tion against war on Syria. The decision not to attack

Syria pushed politicians topursue diplomatic optionswhich resulted in Syria signingan agreement to destroy theirchemical weapons. Thisextraordinary achievementshows what can happen whenthe political will exists. And it’salso a testament to anti-warcampaigning over the lastdecade. The opposition to theIraq war played a large part inforcing Members of Parliamentto question how they wouldvote. This year saw the ten yearanniversary of the illegalinvasion of Iraq and themassive public protests againstit, which was marked by apublic conference and aparliamentary debate.Armed drones used by the

British army in Afghanistanwere operated from the UK forthe first time this year. CNDco-arranged the first evernational protest against theiruse at RAF Waddington inLincolnshire. Campaigning onthis issue increased across the

No to war

Diane Abbott MP at the Don’t Attack Syria demonstration

war and peace. As in recentyears, Kingston PeaceCouncil/CND members ledassemblies at 14 schools, tellingover 3,000 children about thesignificance of the day.Peace campaigners from

Bromley and BeckenhamCND, including ex-service menand women gathered at theBromley Cenotaph to rememberall victims of war onRemembrance Day. AbingdonPeace Group’s annualRemembrance Day display inAbingdon library offered localsthe chance to get their whitepoppies and have their


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Kingston Peace Council/CND is a member of acoalition of local groups(TRAKNAT), which has beencorresponding with theBusiness Secretary, Vince CableMP, in an effort to improvetransparency in the licensing ofarms exports and arms dealers.

Yorkshire CND collab or -ated with other partners tocurate a ‘Voices of PeaceExhibition’, which featuredCND banners, badges andposters, copies of GeraldHoltom’s original design andother artworks. Hundreds ofpeople came to see the pop-upexhibition in Bradford citycentre.

Greater Manchester &District CND’s Peace HistoryConference was this yearattended by 165 delegates. Thetheme was ‘The Peace andAnti-War Movement on theEve of the First World War –Lesson for Today’, and one ofthe speakers was WolfgangHombach, who spoke aboutthe peace movement inGermany on the eve of theFirst World War.

Kent Area CND took partin a Service of Prayer for WorldPeace on 24th October, tomark the day on which theUnited Nations was founded in1945. This was organised by theCanterbury branch of the UNAssociation, and was held inthe Quire of CanterburyCathedral.

Merseyside CND picketedoutside the Armed ForcesRecruit ment Office on theGlobal Day of Action againstMilitary Spending, receiving sig -nif icant interest from the public. On the International Day of

Peace in September, MidSomerset CND & PeaceGroup remembered a Wellsman, Harry Patch, by placing awhite poppy wreath on hismemorial. Bath CND held alively sixth form peaceconference on the day. JohnHilary from War on Want gavea talk to the students whichstimulated a good discussion on

significance explained.Yorkshire CND continued

to lead CND’s work on USMissile Defence. The MenwithHill base featured in mainstreamnews this year, followingwhistle-blower revelations aboutits role in routine spying, inparticular on foreign leaders.CND Chair and YorkshireCND member Dave Webbtravelled to the Global Networkagainst Weapons in Spaceconference in Sweden to speakabout US missile defence.

Salisbury CND continuesto offer peace lessons at a localschool. The group asks thepupils to compose messagesexplaining peace, which are thendisplayed in Salisbury Library.They have found that doing thisboosts the members’ morale. nwww.cndsalisbury.org.uk


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Rochdale & LittleboroughPeace Group

Bath vigil on Peace Day

East Midlands CND outside Lincoln Magistrates Court atthe trial of the ‘Waddington 6’; with commemorativequilt to Afghan civilian victims of drone strikes

Sheffield CND – wearing a drone-free hood at Menwith Hill

World War I CentenaryThe British government is set to spend £50 million onmarking one hundred years on from the beginning of theFirst World War, with the Prime Minister David Cameroncomparing the commemoration to the Diamond Jubilee.In response, peace organisations are arranging their ownprogramme of activities to remember the devastationthat this war caused. CND is participating in a range ofevents, including with the No Glory in War network,launched earlier this year. Backed by many celebritiesand political figures, it will be organising cultural, politicaland educational activities to remember the devastationcaused in this war.


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Global abolitionANEW trend in inter -

national nucleardisarm ament

discussions has rapidly devel -oped over the last year. Non-nuclear weapons states havemoved beyond their previousposition of appealing to thenuclear weapons states todisarm and many haveembarked on a new proactiveprocess with the aim ofachieving a global ban onnuclear weapons.New research on the

humanitarian consequences ofnuclear weapons use has actedas a spur globally, particularlyamongst countries that areorganised into nuclear weaponsfree zones, but would still sufferthe consequences in the eventof nuclear use.So far, the UK has stood

outside this new dialogue, failingto participate in the Osloconference on the humanitarianconsequences of nuclearweapons held in March. Butalthough our government maynot have attended, CND wasrepresented via the umbrellaorganisation InternationalCampaign to Abolish NuclearWeapons (ICAN). Delegatesfrom 132 governments agreedthat you can never be preparedfor a nuclear bomb. To greatapplause, Mexico announced at

the end of the conference thatit will hold a follow-upmeeting to take the next stepin February 2014.CND Chair Dave Webb

represented CND at variousinternational events andmeetings across the world thisyear. These included meetingswith the International Networkof Engineers and Scientistsagainst Proliferation, No toNATO InternationalCoordinating Committee,Abolition 2000 and the Inter -national Peace Bureau. Davewas also invited to speak at aUnited Nations AssociationMeeting on Trident and aPeoples do want Peaceconference in Istanbul.

Christian CND walked tothe embassies of some of the

countries attending the NPTTreaty Review conference inGeneva, including all thenuclear-armed countries, tohand out briefings on theirposition. At the Geneva eventitself, they held a successful sideevent on the Teutates Treatywith French and British disarm -a ment officials in attendance(more information on CNDsside meeting can be found inthis magazine’s Parliamentaryreport). Christian CND alsotravelled to France in August tocampaign with French activistsagainst both countries’ nuclearweapons. A member from Chester -

field CND visited NewZealand this year where theymade contact with the nucleardisarmament movement there.

At the NPT Conference: Nick Harvey MP, Kate Hudson, JeremyCorbyn MP, Rebecca Johnson and Bill Kidd MSP


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OURanti-nuclearpower campaigninghas had an increased

profile following the disastrousevents at the site of theFukushima power plant inJapan and the UK govern -ment’s willingness to subsidisenew nuclear power in the UK.The government has agreed a‘strike price’ with EDF Energyfor electricity to be producedfrom a new nuclear powerstation at the Hinkley site inSomerset. CND opposes theconstruction of new nuclearpower stations in the UK. Anew reactor at Hinkley wouldbe the first one built heresince 1995.The coalition government

seems intent on promotingnuclear energy, also this yearagreeing to support thefinancing of the developmentof a new nuclear power stationat the Wylfa site on Anglesey,Wales. This is despite thedevastating problems at theFukushima site. The companywhich runs the site was forcedto admit that highlyradioactive water has beenleaking out to sea. Many events took place to

mark the two year anniversaryof the nuclear disaster atFukushima. Mid SomersetCND & Peace Group held a

stall in Wells where Fukushimaresidents spoke about thedevastation. London RegionCND participated in a marchto Parliament from theJapanese Embassy, a candle-litvigil and a public meeting inthe House of Commons with apanel of eminent nuclearscientists, engineers anddisaster survivors. HaringeyCND also held a publicmeeting with a Japanesespeaker.

Merseyside CNDcommemorated Chernobyl Dayby showing the documentary‘Chernobyl Heart’. EastLancashire CND distributedwell-received literature on theday to students outside BurnleyCollege.

Hereford Peace Counciljoined a Stand against Oldburydemonstration. The site there

has

been earmarked by thegovernment as suitable for anew nuclear power station. Thepeace council also contactedthe Bishop of Hereford to statetheir opposition to nuclearpower. He had said in theHouse of Lords that nuclearpower should be developedusing tritium and molten saltreactors.A Merseyside CND

member set up new group –the ‘Close CapenhurstCampaign’. The alliance oforganisations and individuals,which has already receivedsupport from the LiverpoolGreen Party, will campaign toclose down the uraniumenrichment site in Cheshire.

Cumbria and LancashireArea CND spent the early partof the year opposing thegovernment’s plans for aradioactive waste repository inCumbria. After a lot ofcampaigning, members weredelighted when CumbriaCounty Council voted againstthe development. Thecampaign continues however,after the governmentannounced plans to changehow planning permission isgranted. Local town councilsmay now be able to approvethe plans for a nuclear wastesite in the area.

Nuclear power – not theanswer to climate change

Government spin doctors and the nuclearindustry myth makers are working over-timerepackaging nuclear power as a ‘green’ solutionto climate change. While many other countriesare rejecting nuclear power in the wake of theFukushima tragedy, our own government isgoing ahead, backing new nuclear powerstations. But nuclear power is no fix, it’s notquick and it’s not worth the risk.

Nuclear power is not the answer. It isnot carbon-free, the whole nuclear cycle fromuranium mining onwards produces moregreenhouse gases than most renewable energysources, with up to 50% more emissions thanwind power. Doubling nuclear power in the UKwould only reduce greenhouse gas emissions by8% and this would come too late as eachpower station takes at least ten years to be upand running. We must act now on climate change.A combination of renewable energy sources andenergy efficiency measures are available and aresafe, effective, and proven technologies with thecapacity to create thousands of new jobs.

Nuclear power – not worth the risk

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CND CYMRU has beenas active as ever thisyear, with the highlight

for many members being partof the huge Scrap Tridentdemonstration in Glasgow inApril. There was a lot ofdemonstrating this year, asCND Cymru blockaded theFaslane base in the spring andAWE Burghfield in the autumn,taking our red dragon andsinging voices with us!It was an honour for CND

Cymru to represent Wales at theAbolition 2000 Conference inEdinburgh, being able to speak(in Welsh) against nuclearweapons in the ScottishParliament.Back in Wales, we achieved

some success in our campaignfor an Academi Heddwch/ -Wales Peace Institute. TheNational Assembly PetitionsCommittee published a docu -ment supporting the principlefor establishing such an institute.This news could not have comeat a better time as we face manythreats to peace here in Wales,not least the NATO summitdue to be held in Newport nextSeptember. This year has alsoseen a surge in concern aboutmilitary drones. CND Cymruplayed a central role in settingup the Drone CampaignNetwork Cymru/Rhwydwaith

Ymgyrch Dronau Cymru and inorganising an excellentdemonstration at Aberporthdrones testing site in September.Working with our anti-

nuclear power comrades, CNDCymru held events and vigils atHinkley Point (15 miles fromthe south Wales coast) and bythe small Menai Bridge whichwould have to be crossed bythose fleeing from any nuclear

accident or incident at Wylfa, onYnys Môn.Being very much part of the

extraordinary goings on at theweekend long Street ChoirsFestival in Aberystwyth was ahighlight of the year.Bruce Kent’s Scrap Trident

Tour came to Wales this year.We arranged a visit toLlandudno and a public meetingat the Temple of Peace inCardiff. There was also a verysuccessful meeting at theNational Assembly in Cardiff,with Assembly Members ofthree political parties present,including the Conservative party.CND Cymru now looks

forward to 2014, especially thedebate on disarmament whichthe Scottish referendum willinevitably encourage.

CND Cymru

CND Cymru in Glasgow and (below) at the Street ChoirsFestival Aberystwyth


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ASCRAP TRIDENTweekend of activity inApril involved a

demonstration in Glasgow,workshops and a blockade atFaslane. SCND hosted varioustalks over the year, includingRob Green speaking aboutdeterrence, Vijay Mehtapresenting how the West fuelswar and poverty and AlanMackinnon and VeronikaTudhope reporting back fromthe NPT and Osloconferences. SCND played a significant

role in the Abolition 2000event in Edinburgh whichbrought together parlia ment -arians and activists from anumber of countries. SCNDsupported various otherinitiatives such as the Handsoff Syria rally and a seminarwith Nuclear-Free LocalAuthorities. We organised anevent for the Iona-Londonpilgrims as they passed throughGlasgow. The Hiroshima and

Nagasaki anniversary wascommemorated by all our local

groups, through peace walks,vigils and various othergatherings. SCND took part insummer festivals like Belladrumand Glasgow West EndFestival and had a presence inthe West End Parade whichhad a great visual impact. As well as working closely

with CND UK to arrange arally at the Lib Dems’ annualconference, SCND held stallsand fringe meetings at theannual gatherings of the SNP,Green Party and Labour. Adelegation of SCND had ameeting with the First Minister,Alex Salmond. He expressedhis support for a constitutional

ban on nuclear weapons in theevent of a Yes vote and hissupport for our Spring PeaceWalk in 2014. The SCND Education team

has been working hard thisyear, creating videos, designinga website and updating theirinformation packs. The newresources were launched in theScottish Parliament on theInternational Day of Peace, inthe Parliament organised byScotland’s for Peace. We wouldlike to thank the NuclearEducation Trust for itssupport, which will enable us tocontinue our educationprogramme.

Scottish CND

Abolition 2000 Parliament in Edinburgh

Glasgow West End Festival Parade Photo: Sean Miller


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Parliament and partiesTHE government’s

Trident Alternatives Reviewdominated discussions

on nuclear weapons inParliament in the first half of theyear. The Liberal Democratsinsisted on the review as part ofthe Coalition Agreement in2010. Published in July, thereview concluded that the onlyviable alternative was to cut thenumber of submarines and bringan end to continuous patrolsthat ensure the system is readyto fire at any moment. CNDresponded by publishing ourown Real AlternativesReview, making the case for non-replacement and nuclear disarm -ament, which the review hadfailed even to consider. MPsfrom a number of parties joinedus in launching our reviewoutside the House of Commons,including former CND ChairDame Joan Ruddock MP.CND hosted a side meeting

with a cross-party panel of UKparliamentarians at the Non-Proliferation Treaty meeting inGeneva. CND vice-chair JeremyCorbyn MP, Lib Dem Sir NickHarvey MP and the SNP’s BillKidd MSP were grilled by anaudience of diplomats andinternational activists.At the party conferences,

there were missed opportunitiesfor the political establishment

but signs of real support fornuclear disarmament. The Trident Alternatives Review

formed the basis of the newpolicy adopted at the Lib Demconference, which CNDcondemned as ‘Trident-lite’ anda ‘historic missed opportunity’.Despite a Scrap Trident rallysupported by Scottish CNDand a packed CND fringemeeting, the party’s position isnow to replace Trident but witha reduced number ofsubmarines and an end tocontinuous patrols. Trident did not feature on

the agenda of Labour’s annual

conference but members of theNational Policy Forum havecontinued to build oppositionto Trident and a number ofprospective parliamentarycandidates have declared theiropposition to the UK’s nuclearweapons system.Thanks to Greater

Manchester and DistrictCND for helping at theConservative Party Conference.Our NHS Not Trident messageon the TUC demonstration washighly visible on the day and inthe media coverage. With the 2015 General

Election increasingly dominatingthe thoughts of politicalactivists, we are beginning toplan our election campaign forCND supporters to take totheir candidates as they beginto compete for your supportnext year.

Ben Folley at the Lib DemConference stall

Joan Ruddock, Jeremy Corbyn and Jim Dobbin were some ofthe MPs who joined Kate Hudson in our Real Alternativereview launch outside the House of Commons


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Peace Education

IThas been a busy year forthe Peace Education team.We have set up a school

speakers service and establisheda network of volunteers todeliver talks and workshops inschools. Students have beenkeen to learn about peace andnuclear issues and activelyengaged in debating whethernuclear weapons are needed forsecurity. Since the projectstarted we have delivered 65sessions to 3,865 students. Wecontinued to attend educationalevents across the country andhave recently produced a new

education resource. Our new resource pack,

Truman on Trial, was launchedjust before the summerholidays. Students find outwhat happened in Hiroshimaand Nagasaki using sources,then they do a mock trial to

decide whether or not thebombing was justified. Theresource has been very wellreceived, with a teachingjournal describing it as‘excellent’, praising the resourcefor including a ‘multitude ofparticipatory learning metho -dologies’. Almost 1000 havealready been distributed. Our

resources have also beenpopular on the website of theTimes Education Supplement – over43,000 copies have now beendownloaded. Teacher trainingsessions have also been popularand have received excellentfeedback.

‘I would like to thank you for a fantastic educational dayat St. Andrew’s School. Your peace education workshopand assembly on nuclear warfare was incredibly informa -tive and moving and really helped myself and thestudents understand the reality and impact of nuclearwarfare. We hope to be engaging you again this year’.

Emma Blackman, Teacher – Religious Studies, St. Andrew’s CE High School, Croydon

The school speakers service has delivered 65 sessions to3,865 students

A new leaflet wasproduced this year


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SEVEN in ten people inthe UK give money tonon-profit organisations,

but the amount they donatecontinues to decrease. Here atCND, we have been workinghard to make sure our donationincome stays steady. We under -stand that our supporters areaffected by the current econ -omic climate and we greatlyappreciate every donation thatwe receive throughout the year. In 2013, we continued to

reach our fundraising goals,including our successful busadvertising campaign duringBruce Kent’s tour in April. Ourmerchandise has also been

selling well. Our new t-shirtsthis year, designed byKatharine Hamnett, havebrought in a considerableamount of money as thesepopular items continue to betop-sellers.

2014 is set to be a crucialcampaigning year leading up tothe expected vote on Tridentreplacement in 2016. Now,more than ever, we need yoursupport in funding our

campaigns and activities, tomake sure our voices are heardand that we can scrap Tridentfor good. Thank you to everyone who

has made a donation, went ona march, handed out leaflets,attended a meeting, wrote totheir MP or made any othercontribution towards makingour campaigns a success.Without you, there would notbe a CND.If you would like to support

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CNDhas received greatmedia attention in 2013,with highlights including

live broadcasts from our ScrapTrident protests andinternational coverage of ouranti-war campaigning.On 1st April we held a Stop

Fooling With Nuclear Weaponsprotest at the Atomic WeaponsEstablishment in Aldermastonwhich had national and inter -national media attention, withthe BBC reporting live from thedemonstration. The NHS Not Trident t-

shirts produced for us byacclaimed fashion designerKatharine Hamnett have been aresounding success – withnewspaper features and onlinecoverage providing a greatplatform for getting across thescrap Trident message. The t-shirts have also proved hugelypopular with celebrities (and youguys!) – with acts likePortishead, Fatboy Slim, andEnter Shikari wearing themduring headline sets atGlastonbury Festival, Bestivaland Download Festival.Speaking of Glastonbury: the

lovely people in Portisheadworked with us to make a ScrapTrident video which theybroadcast during theirheadline slot – going out tomillions worldwide over the

CND in the media

BBC’s coverage. A tour of the country by

veteran peace campaigner andCND Vice-President BruceKent garnered great regionaland local coverage. The Scrap

Trident Tour took Bruce toaround 30 destinations includingBristol, Durham, Liverpool,Manchester and many more –with broadcast and printattention along the way.

2013 was also a landmarkyear for CND’s anti-warcampaigning. We co-organisedthe first ever national protestagainst drones at RAFWaddington. Footage of thedemo went out on Sky, BBC,ITV, Channel 4 and inter -national broadcasters – and alsoprompted a huge debate aboutthe issue of drone warfare innewspapers and online media.The world’s gaze was also on

our demonstrations against anattack on Syria: a US war whichwas derailed because of theUK’s refusal to take part. Mediacommentators across thepolitical spectrum acknow -ledged the role played inaverting war by the legacy ofthe Iraq war and the anti-warmovement in the UK. We’ve also been building on

our social media presence whichhas grown significantly in thepast year: but we need your help!Join the conversation on Twitterand like our page on Facebookto get regular campaigningupdates and for simple actionsyou can take in the fight to scrapTrident.


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THEScrap Tridentcampaign will continueto build and develop

over the next year. We havemany exciting initiatives planned,including the tours detailedbelow. Please read the Eventssection on our website for up todate information. To fund theseactivities, we do need to keepraising money. One of the bestways you can help with this is tosign up new members. So please– make it your new year’sresolution to sign up a newmember by spreading themessage that we need to get ridof nuclear weapons for good.

The New Ban the BombTour with RebeccaJohnsonFormer Greenham Commonactivist and CND Vice-President Rebecca Johnson iscurrently touring Britain on theNew Ban the Bomb Tour, andwill be available for bookingsuntil the middle of February2014. Her intention is to sharethe urgency of scrappingTrident and to spread themessage to people far and wide,not just within CND. With theelection in 2015, the time to getthe message out there is now.

nContact Anne for moredetails: [email protected] –020 7700 2393.

Multi-faith tour withBruce KentWe’re inviting groups of allfaiths to help us encouragewider public debate about thefuture of Trident. Working

with faith community partners,CND is organising a nationaltour in April 2014 with CNDVice-President Bruce Kent asthe principal speaker. He willbe highlighting the cost ofTrident, particularly in thecontext of poverty andhumanitarian issues, as well asthe legal and moral issuesinvolved with weapons of massdestruction.

nContact Anne for moredetails: [email protected]– 020 7700 2393.

CND InternationalConference and AGMSave the Date – 18-19 October2014, London.

ApologyCND would like to

apologise that a photowe used in CampaignReview 2012 was not

accredited, as requestedby the photographer.Thank you to ‘Jenny

Pringle Photography’ forthe picture of the PeaceOne Day concert at St

Bride’s Church, used onpage 11, top left corner,Campaign Review 2012.

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Peace CampsAldermaston Women’sPeace CampSecond weekend of everymonth. Tel: 07969 739 [email protected]@Peace_women_AWE

Faslane Peace CampPermanent. A814, Shandon, HelensburghDumbartonshire G84 8NT tel: 01436 820901 [email protected]

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Weekly vigil every Tuesday 6-8pm. For more informationcontact Lindis – 01423 884076or [email protected]

RAF WaddingtonPermanent camp set up bypeace activist and former CNDVice-Chair Helen John. For moreinformation, contact her on01535 603240.

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