📚'Books not Bombs: Stop Labour's Militarisation of Higher Education!'
🕊️Thanks to Demilitarise Education for hosting my latest piece on their website!
📚Read it here: ded1.co/what-we-do/b...
#DemilitariseEducation #BooksNotBombs #WelfareNotWarfare
Today's demonstration against the illegal US and Israeli attacks on Iran is about to begin. Rally will be at the US Embassy, where we'll be calling for an end to the nuclear hypocrisy and for Keir Starmer to stop allowing the use of British bases. #NoWarOnIran
☮️Merton Peace Coalition/CND held a fantastically well-attended meeting to discuss 'How to Stop the Global War Machine', at William Morris House in Wimbledon.
🕊️Thanks to everyone who supported it.
🌸Free Palestine! No War on Venezuela! Hands off Cuba! No nuclear war! @londonregioncnd.bsky.social
This is an enormous victory for the Palestinian solidarity movement, for civil liberties and for our common humanity.
The real crime is this government’s complicity in genocide - and we will not rest until we have justice for the Palestinian people.
The Prime Minister says he changed the Labour Party.
He's right. He changed it from a party of principle, workers and peace, to a party of patronage, the establishment and war.
Poverty, corruption and complicity in genocide. That will be his government's legacy.
Picture of Doomsday Clock pushed forward to 85 seconds to midnight
1/2 The #DoomsdayClock being pushed closer to midnight is a warning of the devastating consequences of continued nuclear expansion. Nuclear weapons don't keep us safe. They hold the entire world to ransom. They cannot be part of any civilised so-called defence policy....
Map with CND logo showing the 18 locations where US military bases are located in Britain. Text reads: Shut down US bases. Kick out Trump's nukes.
It's shocking the number of US military bases in Britain. These bases put Britain on the frontline in Trump's reckless global wars. It's time to shut down US bases and kick out Trump's nuclear weapons. Britain needs an independent foreign policy without nuclear weapons!
Graphic with CND logo, image of Trident D5 missile and the following text: Myth: Britain's nuclear weapons system is independent. Reality: It's tied to the U.S. at every level. Britain’s nuclear weapons exist because of a nuclear-sharing deal with the US - signed in 1958 - The Mutual Defence Agreement (MDA). Under Starmer, that deal was extended indefinitely, leaving British security tied to decisions of a US President and NATO, not the British government.
Graphic with image of nuclear-armed Vanguard-class submarine with text reading: Britain’s nuclear weapons exist because of a nuclear-sharing deal with the US - signed in 1958 - The Mutual Defence Agreement (MDA). Under Starmer, that deal was extended indefinitely, leaving British security tied to decisions of a US President and NATO, not the British government.
Graphic with CND logo and Vanguard-class sumabrine with the following text: The bottom line: It's time to scrap Britain's nuclear weapons.
Britain's nuclear weapons are:
🚀 Based on US design
🌎 Leased from the US
🪖 Under NATO command
They aren't independent.
Learn more more about the US connection to Britain's nukes:
https://cnduk.org/resources/trident-us-connection/
Poster with logos of Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Colaition, anc CND. Text reads: "No to Trump's war on Venezuela! Free Maduro. Hands of Latin America. Saturday 10 January / 1-3PM. Protest @ Downing St. London, SW1A 2AA. Nearest tube: Westminster"
📣 THIS SATURDAY - 1-3PM - Downing Street
Trump's colonialist plans to grab resources threaten not just Venezuela, but Latin America, Greenland and beyond. Join us outside Downing Street this Saturday to protest againt his military threats and disrespect for international law.
No war on Venezuela, upcoming events
📅 Online rally, 4 January
⏰️ 6PM
🪧 Protest, 5 January
📍 Downing Street, 6PM
Register: vist.ly/4kffh
Poster with CND logo and image of F-35A fighter jet. Text reads: "Stop Britsh nuke jets. National demonstration. RAF Marham. Saturday 28th February. Assemble 1pm. Main entrance, RAF Marham, Upper Marham, King's Lynn, PE33 9NP" At bottom of graphic are logos of supporting organisations: CND; Scientists for Global Responsibility; UCU union; Movement for the Abolition of War; Stop the War Coalition; Fire Brigades Union; Med Act; Pax Christi; Campaign Against Climate Change; Campaign Against Arms Trade; Lakenheath Alliance for Peace
We're happy to announce the first wave of supporting organisations for our upcoming demonstration against Britain's nuclear expansion, including @ucu.org.uk and @fbunational.bsky.social!
Join us at RAF Marham on Saturday, 28 Feb!
More details: https://cnduk.org/stop-british-nuke-jets/
Manufacturing Consent for the Military: Labour’s plans for schools and universities - CONOR BOLLINS looks at the sinister moves to entice young people towards military and arms industry careers
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/manu...
🚩"Manufacturing Consent for the Military: Labour’s plans for schools and universities."
🚩My piece for today's Morning Star: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/manu...
🚩@londonregioncnd.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social @stwc.bsky.social @mstaronline.bsky.social @forceswatch.bsky.social
Campaigners stand on Whitehall next to Downing Street gates. One holds up a letter addressed to the Prime Minister and other hold CND placards that read "Stop British nuke jets." Two are wearing Donald Trump and Keir Starmer masks while holding cardboard nuclear missiles.
Thanks to all our anti-nuclear allies who joined us outside Downing Street to call on Keir Starmer to rethink Britain's F-35A purchase.
We'll be demonstrating against these nuke jets at RAF Marham on 28 February.
Write to your MP, calling for an urgent debate: cnd.eaction.org.uk/StopBritains...
"It is absolutely critical that we rachet up the political pressure to make these world leaders — including the British government — step back from this nuclear escalation."
CND's Sophie Bolt reacts to Trump's nuclear testing announcement: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stop...
Scene from the film Hellfire: a journey from Hiroshima. Image shows people in a gallery viewing a mural painted by Japanese artists, Iri and Toshi Maruki, depicting the human suffering of people following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
View of panel discussion from seats. From left to right: Guy Westwell , Min-Kyoo Kim, Sophie Bolt (all sitting), Libby Saxton (standing and speaking)
Guy Westwell (speaking) and Min-Kyoo Kim
Min-Kyoo Kim (Cambridge), Sophie Bolt (General Secretary, CND), Libby Saxton (QMUL), and Guy Westwell (QMUL) hold CND placards outside event
CND was delighted to be part of last night's screening of Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima. A special thanks to Queen Mary University of London for hosting and to the film experts who contributed to the discussion afterwards.
Find more CND events: cnduk.org/events/
Headline from article in The Guardian newspaper with an image of an F-35A fighter jet. text reads: "Fighter jets purchase would put UK in breach of nuclear treaty, says CND. Legal opinion for campaign group says deal amounts to reversal of UK’s commitment to nuclear disarmament"
Today is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Britain should be marking it with ambitious steps to further the cause of nuclear disarmament. Instead, we see yet another breach of international law by Starmer.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
UCU GS @drjogrady.bsky.social putting an end to weapons over wages at #TUC2025:
“Our country is broken… yet billions for bombs.
Cash found for weapons. No cash found for wages.” ✊
#WagesNotWeapons
Graphic with CND symbol and an image from TUC Congress showing UCU's Jo Grady visible on a large screen. She is wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "wages not weapons." Text below the image reads: "Wages not weapons: trade unions overturn support for military spending hikes."
British trade unionists, in a very significant vote, have backed a motion overturning previous support for the government’s military spending hikes. The #WagesNotWeapons motion passed by 2,871,000 votes to 2,291,000.
Read more: cnduk.org/wages-not-we...
Great to see the arguments put forward in the Alternative Defence Review feautered in this trade union debate on increased military spending. If you're at TUC Congress, pick up your copy at the CND stall or read online: cnduk.org/adr/
Despite the British government's attempts to stifle and suppress peaceful protest, today saw yet another huge show of support for Palestine on the streets of London. This movement will not be silenced. We demand sanctions on genocidal Israel now!
Two women visit the CND stall
CND placards with slogans "end the genocide" and "nuclear-free Middle East"
We're here at the 30th national march for Palestine. If you're attending, come visit our stall at Russell Square and pick up one of our placards. #EndTheGenocide #StopStarvingGaza
Congratulations to all receiving results today. The hard work and effort of students, teachers and those supporting them should be commended.🙌
Asked about the biggest threats to the UK, cyber attacks top the poll, though the youngest adults are more likely to be worried about nuclear conflict with another country. A plurality think our defence spending is about right, though 26% say too little and 21% too much.
🌸In the run-up to Hiroshima Day 2025, we will be posting photos of our supporters wearing our NO MORE HIROSHIMAS t-shirt.
🌸Get yours to help spread this powerful message: cndukstore.com/no-more-hiro...
🌸Send us your photos and we’ll share those too! #NoMoreHiroshimas
"It is just a shame that Starmer has decided to make militarism and warmongering 'the fundamental organising principle of government' rather than the promotion of people’s health and wellbeing."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stra...
"Conventional wisdom says it was necessary to drop the bomb...but extensive scholarly research in the US shows that this just wasn’t true."
CND Vice-President Kate Hudson on the myths used to justify nuclear weapons from 1945 to today. #NeverAgain
labouroutlook.org/2025/07/19/h...
