2nd November 2019 We welcomed Richard Reeve of Rethinking Security, Oxford Research Group to give this year’s lecture: “Rethinking Security: How Britain can think globally and act peacefully”. You can download and read the transcript or listen to the lecture here.
Date: Saturday 29th June 2019Venue: Mander Hall, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD The conference examined the theme of militarism and the environment; in particular how military activities contribute to climate change, and how climate change causes conflict. Presentations “Abolishing war – hopeful lessons from history”Peter van den Dungen, …
Today we celebrate the birthday of a very special man. Bruce Kent is 90 today and he’s still campaigning against nuclear weapons and working for a world of peace. Here he explains how it all began. Thank you, Bruce, you’re an inspiration to us all! #BruceKent pic.twitter.com/uj98RMr4eZ — CND (@CNDuk) …
In work for global justice and peace, not surprisingly, there are highs and lows. My earliest ‘high’ comes in the form of a League of Nations colour poster issued just before the 1932 Geneva disarmament conference. It shows lots of children marching hopefully towards peace. The League of Nations Union …
[T]he crisis between the US and North Korea has exposed the reality that nuclear deterrence is not only unlawful and immoral: it provokes insecurity and irrational recklessness on both sides, and stimulates hostility, nuclear arms racing and proliferation. As such, it is self-defeating and contrary to common sense. Retired Royal …
AN OPEN LETTER to THE PRIME MINISTER from Commander Robert Green, Royal Navy (Ret’d)PO Box 8390Christchurch 8440New Zealand The Rt. Honourable Theresa May, MPOffice of the Prime Minister10 Downing StreetLondon SW1A 2AAUnited Kingdom 1 October 2017 Dear Prime Minister, UK Trident, Nuremberg, the 1996 World Court Judgment, and now the Treaty to …
Bruce Kent, MAW President Emeritus & CND vice-President, on why he’s supporting the Stop Trident national demonstration on Saturday 27 February 2016 in London.
The Movement for the Abolition of WarPRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1 OCTOBER 2015 MAW BACKS CORBYN’S DECLARATION THAT ‘I WON’T PRESS NUCLEAR BUTTON’ The Movement for the Abolition of War has given full support to Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn for saying he would not be prepared to launch …
“An extraordinarily good resource, and a hopeful one about engaging with the issues of conflict and climate change” – Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers Buy now for just £9 + P&P
by Lesley Docksey, 18/07/11 The UK Ministry of Defence, in common with the defence policies of other states, is increasing its development, manufacture and use of armed drones. In a report published earlier this year, it stated that ‘a technological tipping point is approaching that may well deliver a genuine revolution in …
