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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

  • May 5, 2010
    Taking a courageous step towards nuclear abolition

    Negotiations on the second day of the NPT conference here in New York provided both glimpses of hope and cause for frustration.

  • May 4, 2010
    Building a critical mass for abolition

    The NPT Review Conference opened here in New York on the 3 May 2010 with major statements from Ban Ki-Moon, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hillary Clinton.

  • May 3, 2010
    Nuclear non-proliferation conference can be inspired by MLK's legacy

    The days preceding the opening of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference at the UN in New York on the 3 May 2010 have been both compelling and exhausting. Many international NGOs and their supporters have been busily engaged at the 'Disarm Now' International NGO Conference at the Riverside Church in Harlem, an historic and symbolic venue for the peace movement in the US.

  • April 17, 2010
    Trident moves up election agenda after leaders' debate

    The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament insisted today that “Trident has become a key election issue" after controversy over nuclear arms appeared in the first televised "leaders' debate".

  • March 13, 2010
    Peace activists deplore Cameron's slur and Cold War claims

    Peace campaigners have deplored Conservative leader David Cameron's recent parliamentary jibe at them, and his claim that the Tories "won" the Cold War.

  • March 2, 2010
    Christian activists lobby embassies on nuclear arms

    Members of the Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CCND) called yesterday on fifteen London-based embassies to ask what steps their countries are taking towards achieving international nuclear disarmament.

  • February 16, 2010
    Trident is an affront to God, say Aldermaston campaigners

    Christians have joined with others to issue a “call to repentance” over nuclear weapons. They joined a mass protest at the Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment that saw the gates of the site brought to a virtual standstill.

  • February 15, 2010
    800 peaceful protestors block gates to Aldermaston nuclear site

    Around 800 nonviolent protesters have succeeded in blocking access to the majority of gates at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston. Faith groups are playing a major role in the protests, which began at 7.00am.

  • February 15, 2010
    Aldermaston activists to blockade nuclear arms site

    Hundreds of people from varied walks of life are expected to arrive at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston today in an attempt to blockade the site. A range of faith groups, and four bishops, will join the protests.

  • February 9, 2010
    Bishops pledge to join Aldermaston blockade

    Four bishops will be amongst the protestors at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Aldermaston, Berkshire next week. Hundreds of people of many faiths and of none are preparing to blockade the site on Monday 15 February.