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CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2008

CND’s 50th anniversary year has seen astrengthening of our global profile andan increasing level of awareness of thenuclear issue. With events such as our

successful Global Summit for a Nuclear Weapon-Free World and the Aldermaston 2008 ‘Bombs StopsHere’ encircling of the nuclear bomb factory – andcountless other campaigning events – we have seenincreasing popular backing for nuclear disarmament. And this support is coming from many quarters.

In December, a new initiative was launched in Paris,called Global Zero. Bringing together one hundred world figures calling for theelimination of nuclear weapons, British signatories include Margaret Beckett,David Owen, Richard Branson and Malcolm Rifkind. Add this to a wholestream of initiatives calling for an end to nukes. And all this is taking placeagainst the backdrop of a big change in the White House. It is well known thatBarack Obama supports the goal of global nuclear abolition.So where are we going with all this? Are we reaching – or even at – the

tipping point? Where the momentum for change becomes unstoppable? The Global Zero initiative has produced a poll which shows that 76% of

people across 21 countries – including nuclear weapon states – favour aninternational agreement to eliminate all nuclear weapons. Clearly the critical massis there in sheer numbers terms, and it is increasingly there in terms ofcelebrities, and ‘worthies’ of various sorts. But it is the politicians who wield thepower who have to shift, and for that to happen they have to really experiencepopular pressure. So there’s still a way to go. Yes, things are going in our direction, but there are

still enormous hurdles to be overcome. We need to take action to turn themajority desire for nuclear abolition into real policy change. Let’s work for thatin the year ahead, with others in Britain and around the world. Every bit ofpressure will help, whether opposing the next stage of Trident replacement,protesting at the NATO 60th anniversary summit in April, or preventing thenew ‘missile defence’ bases in central Europe. It’s all part of the process.Thank you to everyone who has helped make our anniversary year such a

great success – you can read about much of it in this Campaign Review. Now let’slook together to the year ahead, to make 2009 a real tipping point – the timewhen nuclear disarmament becomes unstoppable.

Kate Hudson, Chair CND

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CND campaigns non-violently toachieve British nucleardisarmament – for scrapping theTrident nuclear weapons systemand preventing its replacement.

CND works to secure a NuclearWeapons Convention which willban nuclear weapons globally, aschemical and biological weaponshave been banned. We also workto end Britain’s participation inthe US Missile Defence systemand – with other campaignsinternationally – against missiledefence and weapons in space.

Other current campaigns includethe prevention and cessation ofwars in which nuclear weaponsmay be used, opposition toNATO and its nuclear policies,and to nuclear power.

CND is funded entirely by itsmembers and supporters, andour policies are decided upon byour annual national delegates’conference, where our nationalleadership is also elected.

Details of our national offices,and our network of regions andlocal groups can be found at theback of this Review.

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CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

CND’s fiftieth anniversaryprovided the focus for a numberof significant campaigning

events during 2008. Our Global Summitfor a Nuclear Weapon-Free World tookplace in February, attended by activistsand experts from around the world,including Sergio Duarte from the UnitedNations and Bianca Jagger. Others camefrom the US, Russia, China, France,Israel, India, Pakistan and beyond. The 50th anniversary Aldermaston

statement in the Guardian in March 2008had a fantastic response; over £40,000was raised by supporters adding theirname to the statement. This enabledCND to run other newspaper advertsduring the year.On Easter Monday we held our ‘The

Bomb Stops Here’ event at AWEAldermaston, marking the 50thanniversary of the first Aldermastonmarch. Around 5,000 people of all agessurrounded the site: people who hadbeen on the first march mingled withthose on their first ever protest. Wewere happy to welcome the family ofGerald Holtom, the designer of theCND symbol. We were very pleasedwith the media coverage of both events;not only was it extensive but it alsocorrectly portrayed CND as a dynamiccontemporary organisation, as well asbeing one with a long history.

Thanks to support and encouragementfrom CND worker Mell Harrison and hermobilising team, CND groups made afantastic effort organising for ‘The BombStops Here’ anniversary event. Topublicise the demo, there were publicmeetings, articles in the press and streetstalls all over the country. For instance,Kent Area CND with Student CNDmembers had a ‘walk-about’ aroundCanterbury carrying a ‘missile’. This both

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Abdul Minty, Bianca Jagger, Ken Livingstone, Kate Hudson, Rebecca Johnson andSergio Duarte at the Global Summit, City Hall, London

The family of Gerald Holtom, the designer of the CND symbol, travelled toAldermaston from France to celebrate CND’s 50th anniversary

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gate such as Yorkshire CND andLondon Region CND. NottinghamCND members arrived dressed as RobinHood and outlaws and Leicester CND’schosen theme was a ‘Thomas Cooks Tour’. Throughout the year, many regions and

local groups have organised their ownanniversary events, often making use of theexhibition created by the LSE, whichhouses CND’s national archive. Addingtheir own local campaigning histories to theexhibition, groups have arranged for it tobe shown at local libraries, town halls or artgalleries. Greater Manchester & District

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advertised the demo and appealed tomembers of the public to sign their nameson the missile to register their oppositionto Trident replacement. GreaterManchester & District CND organisedjointly with Yorkshire CND andMerseyside CND for a colourful four-page advertorial about CND and thedemo to be published in the Big Issue inthe North. Many groups were very creative in

their planning for the demo with theirown themes and music, especially thosegroups responsible each for a particular

CND saw to it that the CND exhibitionwas part of an extensive, interactiveMovements for Peace exhibition held inSalford Museum and Art Gallery.

Many Youth & Student CND andStudent CND group members took partin ‘The Bomb Stops Here’ demo. StudentCND advertised it widely using newcolour posters and internet socialnetworking sites, including a specialFacebook group.

Many mobilsed for The Bomb Stops Here event at Aldermaston: Rochdale andLittleborough Peace Group collected messages from the public on special cards tohang on the fence at the event and students from Kent University helped to organisea ‘walk-about’ around Canterbury carrying a ‘missile’

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CAMPAIGNING against Britain’snuclear weapons system andworking for the scrapping of

Trident has been our top priority. Wecontinue to pursue both the reversal ofthe Trident replacement decision andthe securing of a Nuclear WeaponsConvention. The political context forthis has seen improvement in somerespects, as Kissinger et al havereinforced their pro-disarmamentposition from 2007. This has now beenfollowed by a similar statement fromformer UK foreign and defencesecretaries from across the politicalspectrum. The UK government has alsomade positive statements aboutdisarmament, including offering to hosta conference of the nuclear weaponsstates on disarmament verification.However, the government’s pursuit ofTrident replacement, together with itssupport for US missile defence,contradicts its positive statements. During the course of 2008 we have

worked to get signatories to our petition– organised jointly with Medact, withwhom we work in the ICAN(International Campaign for theAbolition of Nuclear Weapons) UKcoalition – which highlights oppositionto Trident Replacement and support fora Nuclear Weapons Convention. Ourpopular briefing on these themes hasbeen widely used in street campaigning. On Hiroshima Day we were delighted

to participate in an event hosted bySomerset House in London, where anoutdoor screening of the iconic film DrStrangelove was prefaced by a paneldiscussion with CND Chair KateHudson, former Foreign Secretary LordDavid Owen and campaigning journalistJohn Pilger.

CND activists from East Midlands,West Midlands, South Cheshire andNorth Staffs (SCANS) groups havebeen taking part in TridentPloughshares-organised protests at theRolls Royce site in Derby (where thenuclear reactors that power Trident aremade), to campaign to scrap Trident andagainst any future replacement. Therehave been petitions, leafleting and legalobjections against a planning applicationto extend and develop the site (thoughtto be related to Trident replacementneeds) despite it being on the floodplainof the river Derwent and close to built-up areas. Monthly demos at the site havefeatured a Hiroshima Vigil and a circus-

themed event. An April blockade closedthe site to traffic for five hours. CND members from all over the

country turned up again at Aldermastonin October for a Big Blockade organisedby Trident Ploughshares and backed byCND. The blockade successfully closed

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several of the gates for most of themorning. Groups taking part includedLondon Region CND joining togetherwith a Scottish group to block TadleyGate for two hours. Not put off byhaving their ‘lock-on’ equipmentconfiscated by the police, YorkshireCND activists resorted to using superglue for their blockade.

Christian CND members braved thecold in an all-night vigil at Tadley Gatebefore the Aldermaston Big Blockade.Next morning they had a processionaround the base and at each gate held ashort ceremony under the title ‘Bell,Book and Candle’ using a liturgy basedon the word and spirit of Adomnan –an ancient monk from Iona whocondemened the warmongers of his dayin no uncertain manner.

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OURcampaigning against the USMissile Defence system increasedin 2008, as US plans for bases in

Poland and the Czech Republic accelerated,in spite of majority opposition in bothcountries. We are working with campaignsacross Europe, participating in conferencesin Poland and the Czech Republic, andstepping up our lobbying in the EuropeanParliament. In January we hosted the parliamentary

visit of Lubomir Zaoralek, a leading MPfrom the Social Democratic Party of theCzech Republic, and he made a return visitin September to address a range ofmeetings at the Labour Party Conference inManchester. In June Czech activists wenton a hunger-strike against the siting of aradar in their country, and we joined aworldwide 24 hour hunger-strike insolidarity. The Czech hunger-strike becamea rolling programme of 24 hour hunger-strikes, and many celebrities and politicalfigures joined the protest. CND speakershave addressed conferences both in Pragueand in Warsaw to cement our links withcivil society campaigns in those countries. To facilitate campaigning we produced a

new leaflet and Q&A sheet explaining themain issues and arguments. Also, a CND-commissioned YouGov poll in October2008 showed strong support for a decisionon UK involvement in US Missile Defencebeing made in parliament, rather than bythe Prime Minister, with 68% agreeing.61% of those surveyed believing that theinstallation of US missile defence bases inEurope will increase the threat to UK andEuropean security.Looking to the coming year, we are

hosting a European Conference against USMissile Defence in London in January2009, and will be welcoming politicians andactivists from across Europe. We will alsobe aiming to make US Missile Defence akey factor in the European elections, takingplace in June 2009. We will take thisopportunity to combine local campaigningwith lobbying and encourage both electoralhustings and actions at facilities related tothe Missile Defence system.

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Photos: (clockwise) LubomirZaoralek MP, from the SocialDemocratic Party of the CzechRepublic; Pat Arrowsmith whojoined the solidarity 24 hourhunger-strike; Ivona Novomestská(from the Czech Republic’s NoBases campaign) addressing therally at Fylingdales, organised byYorkshire CND during the KeepSpace for Peace Week, October.


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With the US missile defence-associatedbases Fylingdales and Menwith Hill rightunder their noses, Yorkshire CNDmembers have, with good reason, hadanother energetic year’s campaigning. Tostart with, in February, Lord Wallace ofSaltaire, Yorkshire MPs Fabian Hamiltonand Jon Trickett, and Jackie Cabasso, ofthe US group, United for Peace andJustice, addressed a packed public meetingat the Leeds Civic Hall. In March,Yorkshire CND organised a solidaritygathering at Menwith Hill to co-incidewith demonstrations in Poland and theCzech Republic. MoD police stopped andsearched the protestors as ‘suspectedterrorists’. Rather than intimidate them,this behaviour by the police increased thecampaigners’ resolve. In June theyreturned to join in with a hunger-strike,part of an international day of action tooppose US missile defence.Shifting its attention to Fylingdales as

part of Keep Space for Peace Week inOctober, Yorkshire CND organisedanother protest at which the BaseCommander accepted a letter from thegroup. Ivona Novomestská (from theCzech Republic’s No Bases campaign)joined Sarah Holtom of Leeds StudentsAgainst War and other speakers for arally before marching up to the base.

Labour CND has produced draft texts tobe used by local Labour constituencyparties and trade union branches insubmissions to the Labour Party policyreview with arguments againstinvolvement in the US missile defencesystem (as well as on Trident replacementand the case for a Nuclear WeaponsConvention) Student CND has prioritised

campaigning against US missile defence;in June their activists joined the Londonvigil in support of the Czech hunger-strikers.

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THEcrisis in the Caucasus insummer 2008 also led to anincrease in our campaigning

against the nuclear-armed NATO alliance,to which Trident is assigned. Expansion ofNATO through eastern Europe to Russiacontinues to contribute to the danger of anew Cold War and a new nuclear armsrace. The removal of US/NATO nukesfrom Lakenheath air base in East Anglia –the site of many of our protests – has beena positive development. But we are stillworking with colleagues in European anti-nuclear groups to secure the removal of allUS nukes based in Europe under theauspices of NATO. To help develop public awareness,

particularly of the nuclear role of NATO,we have produced both a new leaflet and anew briefing on the organisation. We alsomade a submission to the Defence SelectCommittee Inquiry into NATO andNATO expansion. The crisis in theCaucasus was the subject of our fringemeeting at September’s TUC Congress. The 60th anniversary of the founding of

NATO is on the 4th April 2009. NATOmembers see this as a cause for celebrationand will be meeting in Strasbourg to markthe event. Peace activists see it as a reasonfor protest, however, and CND has beenparticipating in the International Coordin -ating Committee to organise the protestevents. Both a demonstration and acounter-summit are planned. CND is

working with the Stop the War Coalition toorganise transport from the UK toStrasbourg for the events. Whilstpreparations have been underway for the4th April, we have become aware that theG20 (comprising 19 of the world’s largestnational economies plus the EuropeanUnion) will be meeting in London on 2ndApril, and that President Obama will bepaying his first visit to Britain. We haveagreed to work with the Stop the WarCoalition to jointly organise a demonstra -tion on that day. We will call on G20nations to contribute to global economicstability by making progress on nucleardisarmament and ensuring troops arebrought back home from Iraq. We will beinviting a wide range of organisations tojoin us to make the demonstration a bigsuccess involving people from all acrossBritish society. (see page 11)

Eastern Region CND activists haveworked closely with the LakenheathAction Group campaigning against theRAF Lakenheath base. In May a ‘ThreeStrikes and You’re Out’ demonstrationemphasised three issues: ‘Strike 1’ – relatedto the 110 US nuclear bombs being storedthere at that time (now removed) as part ofNATO’s nuclear arsenal, ‘Strike 2’ –concerning planes from Lakenheathregularly bombing Iraq and Afghanistan(with munitions including cluster bombswhich are widely condemned for theircivilian death-toll), ‘Strike 3’ – to ensurethat Lakenheath is not to be the alternativelocation for US Missile Defence interceptormissiles should negotiations to place themin Poland fail. Although key organiserswere arrested on arrival at the ‘ThreeStrikes’ demo (for bail conditions lifted andthen re-instated at the court’s requestwithout them being informed), it stillturned out to be a lively event. Inspired byattending the 50th anniversaryAldermaston demo, several groupsmobilised for the ‘Three Strikes’ demo,including London Region CND whichdrew a big crowd to protest at the base.

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THEBritish presence in Iraqremains, and we continue topress for full withdrawal of all

British troops. To that end, we organiseda national demonstration on March 15th,the 5th anniversary of the attack on Iraq,jointly with the Stop the War Coalitionand the British Muslim Initiative. We continue to work with the Stop

the War Coalition, the British MuslimInitiative and other organisations asappropriate, in June organising together ademonstration in protest at the visit ofPresident Bush to London. Thisdemonstration was marred by policebrutality in dealing with protestors and asa result we complained both to the HomeOffice and contributed to an inquiry on‘Policing and Protest’ by the Joint SelectCommittee on Human Rights. InSeptember we organised anotherdemonstration at the Labour PartyConference in Manchester. We do notbelieve that military interventions, whichoverwhelmingly affect innocent civilians,are the right way to deal with complexregional problems, or with anxietiesabout potential nuclear weaponsproliferation. We support UNresolutions – over many decades –calling for a nuclear weapon-free zonein the Middle East.

RAF Croughton is a key US militarycommunications hub in Europe. As such,it is an important focus of campaigningfor Southern Region CND members.Kidlington CND stepped up its anti-missile defencecampaigning there withtwo rallies in May and October. Severalother groups took part in the rallies andthey attracted considerable, useful localand regional media coverage The Sussex Peace Alliance (SPA)

continues to maintain firm links with theMayors for Peace in its area. Sussex hasnow added another town, Seaford, toMayors for Peace; SPA took part in theofficial signing ceremony. The threeMayors for Peace in the region officiallywelcomed three SPA supporters (joinedby others along the way), on their 20-milesponsored walk to raise funds for a newPeace Memorial plaque, installed atBeachy Head.London Region CND campaigned

hard to retain a Mayor for Peace inLondon this year. When newly-electedLondon Mayor Boris Johnson decidedto pull out of Mayors for Peace, hefaced co-ordinated lobbying andopposition. Several Mayors for Peacewrote to him, including Mayor Akiba of

Hiroshima and the three Sussex Mayorsfor Peace. This concerted effort helpedpersuade the London Mayor to re-join. South Somerset Peace Group

members explored alternatives to warand how to deal with its consequences inmonthly public meetings and peace vigilsin local shopping centres. They held ameeting recently, titled ‘Britain at War’,which discussed the pernicious effects onBritish politics, culture and society of thecountry’s being continually at war.

Labour CND’s Conference and AGMdiscussed the theme of war calling for‘No More Wars – Time to changeLabour’s Foreign Policy’.

Troops out of Iraq, Don’t attack Iran demonstration in March

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ASour government has pursuedits scheme to build new nuclearpower stations we have

continued to produce information aboutthe dangers of nuclear power, mostnotably its links with nuclear weapons.This year, our new Q & A informationsheet on nuclear power was produced toexplain in more detail why nuclear poweris not the answer to climate change and toshow the links between nuclear powerand nuclear weapons proliferation. In asubmission to the Strategic SitingAssessment consultation in November wemade important points relating to nuclearwaste storage and cancer clusters aroundnuclear power stations. We continue toparticipate in the nuclear power NGOs’group which exchanges information andplanning on this subject. We will continueto raise these issues in the year ahead.

Plans for new nuclear power stations havespurred CND groups on in theircontinuing opposition to nuclear power.In November, Southern Regionmembers attended a public meeting,‘Nuclear Power: A Threat to Security?’,organised by Abingdon Peace Group.Keith Barnham (Emeritus Professor ofPhysics at Imperial College andfounding member of Scientists forGlobal Responsibility) spoke at themeeting to around 80 people. Half ofthe audience had come from the nearbyAtomic Research Establishment atHarwell, which meant there was a veryinteresting discussion. Several groups participated in the

government’s flawed consultationprocess on nuclear power includingEast Midlands CND. Its membershave raised the regional profile of thisissue with letters to local MPs andobjections published in the local press.A successful public meeting arranged byChesterfield CND was addressed bytheir anti-nuclear Liberal MP. At CND’sAnnual Conference an East Midlandsorganiser held a workshop on nuclearpower, at which the effects of uranium

mining on the ex-French colony Niger(a major source of uranium for theFrench nuclear industries) were stressed.The Niger/uranium mining issue hasalso been raised in parliament thanks tothe group.With speakers from the Chernobyl

Children’s Project and Friends of theEarth, among others, MerseysideCND’s Chernobyl Day eventhighlighted the dangers of nuclearpower to a large audience in the St.John’s Peace Garden in Liverpool’s citycentre.Sizewell nuclear power station has

been the main target of EasternRegion CND’s anti-nuclear powercampaigning. Members have attendedstake holder meetings, communitymeetings and meetings organised byBritish Energy concerning two newreactors planned for Sizewell. Twoblockades were organised at the site, andfive campaigners are now taking BritishEnergy to court over health and safetyissues. The trial will take place inLowestoft early in 2009. Expertwitnesses will be giving evidence for thecampaigners, for instance theindependent nuclear consultants JohnLarge and Ian Fairlie.

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Eastern Region CND protesters illustrate just how much British Energy is burying its head in the sand over the dangers of nuclear fuel

TOhelp get our message over aswidely as possible, we haveparticipated at a number of

summer festivals this year giving out12,000 copies of a special Festival issue ofCampaign magazine. At Glastonbury,amongst other things, we organised filmsand workshops to raise anti-nuclearcampaigning themes Elsewhere we have participated in a

range of international events andconferences, including the annualHiroshima and Nagasaki commemorativeevents and the European Social Forum inMalmö , Sweden, where CND co-organised events with the French peacemovement and other campaigning groupswith a special emphasis on the issue ofnuclear-armed NATO. CND held stalls at five different trade

union conferences during the year thanks tovolunteers from regional groups such asGM&D CND and Merseyside CND. Atthe Trades Union Congress (TUC) we alsoheld a fringe meeting with Tony Woodley,Joint General Secretary of Unite.

CND local and regional groups ensureour presence at all kinds of festivals andfairs throughout the country: GM&DCND at Green Man, Glastonbury andthe Big Chill; SCANS CND at SixTowns Festival and Stoke Gay Pride;Eastern Region CND at Shambala andGreen Man East with Cambridge CNDmembers creating a special Peace Gardenat Cambridge Strawberry Fair; EastMidlands CND at the LeicesterCaribbean Carnival and Green Festival.Merseyside CND’s second Peace and

Ecology Festival in July, this time held inthe ‘bombed-out church’ St Luke’s, inLiverpool city centre, attracted hundredsof local people with information andentertainment from twenty campaigningstalls and over twenty acts, includingpoets, musicians and dancers. At the startof the year Merseyside CND arranged forEmily Johns’ ‘Drawing Paradise on theAxis of Evil’ exhibition to be shown at an

International Women’s Day conferencewhere they also held a stall, and at variousvenues throughout the year including atHope University. The bombing of Hiroshima and

Nagasaki was remembered in August asalways by CND and peace groupseverywhere. Southern Region CNDgroups welcomed Peter Le Mare’s peaceboat from Penzance CND (with intrepidcrew) at the various ports it visited. Theboat battled the seas and made it up theRiver Thames, mooring off London’s CityHall in time for the crew to attend theHiroshima Day commemoration event inTavistock Square.

Student CND held stalls at Freshers’Fairs across the country in Autumn. Theydistributed a special newsletter andstickers to increase CND’s visibilityamong students. Youth & Student CNDjoined Student CND at some of the fairswith their re-designed Disarm! magazine.The group spent the summer fundraisingand campaigning at festivals with theWorkers Beer Company. Christian CND (CCND) attended

the Christian arts and music festivalGreenbelt in August. Their own big eventof the year was a conference on ‘Caringfor Creation’ at Oxford Town Hall inMarch. Bringing together 200 people theconference was led by a panel ofdistinguished speakers including MichaelMeacher MP. Local schools contributedto an impressive display of visual art andwriting.

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Events planned for 2009

WWoorrkkiinngg ffoorr aa ssuucccceessssffuull NNPPTT RReevviieeww CCoonnffeerreenncceeSaturday 10th-Sunday 11th October 2009, London

IINN 22000099, CND national conference and AGM will incorporate anInternational meeting: Working for a successful NPTReview Conference, as part of our campaigning for the

2010 NPT Review Conference.

Conference gives CND members the opportunity to voteon policy and campaigns for the coming year, meetCND council members, staff and other membersand to build links within the organisation. Theinternational meeting is an added dimension and willbring together international activists to discussprogress on plans for 2010.

The AGM will be held on the morning of Sunday 11th October and willinclude officer hustings and ballots for directly elected council membership.

Venue to be confirmed – up to date information and all conference formscan be found on our website – use the drop down menu under ‘About’,which is on all pages.

RReeggiissttrraattiioonn ffeeeess (including international meeting) £10 per individual; £35 per group of delegates of CND membershiporganisations. Attendance at the AGM is free of charge.

KKeeyy ddeeaaddlliinneess NNoommiinnaattiioonnss:: 33rrdd JJuullyy (directly elected) RReessoolluuttiioonnss:: 1133tthh JJuullyy. Groups will receive a mailing in early April; allmembers will receive full details in the summer edition of Campaign.

CND Annual Conference and International meeting:

NNoo TTrriiddeenntt RReeppllaacceemmeennttWe will be launching a new campaigningpack for use by local groups in the run-up to the ‘initial gate’ report inSeptember 2009.

OOppppoossiinngg UUSS MMiissssiillee DDeeffeennccee:: EEuurrooppeeaann CCoonnffeerreennccee aaggaaiinnsstt UUSS MMiissssiillee DDeeffeenncceeSaturday, 31st January, SOAS (Schoolof Oriental and African Studies),Bloomsbury, London, WC1. Join CNDand our international partners for a dayof discussion on missile ‘defence’ andhow we oppose it in the UK, CzechRepublic, Poland and elsewhere.

MMaayy MMoonntthh ooff AAccttiioonn aanndd 1133tthhJJuunnee ddeemmoonnssttrraattiioonnProgramme of events, from talks to streetstalls (materials available from CND), at thetime of the European election campaign,culminating in an event to mark theanniversary of the US pulling out of theAnti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

NNoo ttoo NNAATTOOJJooiinn tthhee ddiiee--iinn ffoorr NNAATTOO’’ss vviiccttiimmssiinn AAffgghhaanniissttaannThursday 2nd April (assemble at 11amoutside Northwood tube station)CND is supporting the ‘die-in’ outsideNATO’s main British base at the jointmilitary HQ at Northwood, North WestLondon. To potest against the attacks onwedding parties by NATO forces inAfghanistan, demonstrators will hold awedding procession to the gates of thebase, and stage a ‘die-in’.

PPaann--EEuurrooppeeaann PPrrootteesstt,,SSttrraassbboouurrgg 22nndd--55tthh AApprriillIn April 2009 NATO will celebrate its60th anniversary in Strasbourg. Forcampaigners across Europe this is anoccasion for protest not celebration. A programme of events includes a

demonstration on Saturday 4th April,an international conference, and aninternational youth camp.Book your ticket on the coach to

Strasbourg: CND and Stop the WarCoalition are running several coaches tothe NATO protests.In time for the demonstration, a

coach will leave London on 3rd April at9am and depart Strasbourg on Sunday5th April at either 10am or 7pm.Seats cost £70, plus a £3 booking fee.

Call the Stop the War Coalition on 0207278 6694 to book. Other transport options for those

wanting to join the conference maybecome available.

Join CND in making a statementin a national paper on Saturday4th April condemning nuclear-armed NATO. See the cover slipfor details.

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THEyear started with a conferenceat the Scottish Trades UnionCongress (STUC), organised by

Scottish CND. Participants were rousedby union leaders and MSPs, and theconference established a network ofunion activists which has met severaltimes during the year. One of this group’spriorities has been to take forward theissues identified in a joint STUC/ScottishCND report on the economic impact ofscrapping Trident.

5500tthh aannnniivveerrssaarryyIn this 50th anniversary year, we wereconscious that this should not just be atime for looking back, but also anopportunity to build our campaign for thefuture. We sent two buses from Scotlandfor the 50th anniversary demonstration atAldermaston and in Scotland held severalcommemorative events, including a well-attended civic reception in Glasgow. Aspecial anniversary issue of our magazine,Nuclear-Free Scotland, was produced and agallery of historic photos added to ourwebsite. In November, a number ofmusicians joined us in Edinburgh tolaunch a new songbook containing songsby CND and the wider peace movement.The songbook was published to recordour cultural heritage and has been sopopular it has completely sold out; we arearranging a reprint.

PPeeaaccee CChhaaiinnOur main outdoor event was the ‘PeaceChain around Faslane’ in June. A sunnyday welcomed over 500 people to theTrident nuclear base. After a colourfulprocession from the Peace Camp, weformed a human chain of people andbanners all along the length of the fence.The event attracted good media coverageincluding photos of our Peace Chain inthe Scottish papers.

SSccoottllaanndd’’ss ffoorr PPeeaacceeWe continue to work as part of a widerScotland’s for Peace network. Over recentmonths the network has been putting

together a People’s Budget for Peace.Numerous civic organisations andindividuals have submitted suggestions onhow the £4 billion a year spent onTrident and the wars in Iraq andAfghanistan should instead be spent – readthe suggestions at www.scotland4peace.org.Unfortunately the event to launch thePeace Budget was held on a day that sawsome of the worst weather of the autumn.The outdoor event was cancelled butparticipants were able to retreat to a localpub and hear speeches from Bruce Kentand actor David Hayman along withmusic from a folk band.

SSccoottllaanndd wwiitthhoouutt nnuucclleeaarrwweeaappoonnssDuring the year, the Scottish governmentestablished a working group on ScotlandWithout Nuclear Weapons. This group ismade up of representatives of Scottishorganisations, including Scottish CND. Wehave provided assistance particularly inexploring regulatory and safety issues. Theworking group is also looking at theeconomic impact of removing nuclearweapons, international law and the Non-

Proliferation Treaty, and at how Scotlandcould play a role in wider peace issues.Research by Scottish CND has brought

to light various issues regarding Tridentfrom which valuable media coverage hasbeen created. Importantly, we helpedpublicise the contents of an MoD manualwhich admits that in an accident Tridentwarheads on a submarine could detonate,one after the other, like popcorn. TheSunday Herald also published a story onhow Britain’s new Trident replacementsubmarines might not be the right size fortheir nuclear missiles – which the UShasn’t yet designed!Scotland’s for Peace has agreed to

produce a new range of postcards to besent to MPs emphasising the costs ofTrident replacement. This will be part of awider lobbying effort in the build up tothe ‘Initial Gate’ decision by the MoD onTrident Replacement due in September2009 [The ‘Initial Gate’ is the key decisionpoint in the design phase of thereplacement development process]. Wewill also be highlighting NATO in its 60thanniversary year, and plan to engage incampaigning against missile defence.

Scottish CND at Aldermaston

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CAMPAIGNING for nucleardisarmament – lobbying decisionmakers, creating and

disseminating bilingual information,display and exhibition materials;strengthening networks and maintainingan accessible, on-going overview of theissues – continues across Wales. 50th anniversary celebrations generated

plenty of television, radio and pressinterviews. CND Cymru officers tookpart in the CND Global Summit inLondon and we felt proud to be part of aCND which is presenting such aconfident, intelligent, optimistic andforward–looking face.

AA CCNNDD CCyymmrruu ccaammppaaiiggnniinngg ttaasstteerr::TTrriiddeennttLobbying and information work hashighlighted the potential of the ScottishParliament to rid Scotland of nuclearweapons. CND Cymru took part in an all-Scotland demonstration in March and wasproud to carry the banner around Glasgow.Many from Wales took part in theAldermaston events of April and October.

SStt AAtthhaann MMiilliittaarryy AAccaaddeemmyyCND Cymru Chair MEP Jill Evanscontinued her strong and principled standagainst the proposed privately-fundedmilitary training ‘academy’ (built and runby a consortium led by arms manufacturerRaytheon but which includes involvementby the Open University). Severaldemonstrations took place in South Walesand Jill initiated a ‘defence debate’ withinPlaid Cymru which now shares power inthe Welsh Assembly Government (withthe Labour Party). Construction of theacademy (which could become one of theworld's largest military trainingestablishments) has been delayed butplans continue. St Athan MilitaryAcademy would teach regular militaryskills as well as being a college for Britishand overseas ‘security’ and militarypersonnel to learn ‘net-centric’ computer-based remote killing skills, probably usingthe hardware (and software) produced by

the consortium of arms companies(including Raytheon and Qinetiq) runningit on behalf of the MoD.

AAllll WWaalleessPeace, Justice and Nuclear Disarmamentgroups around Wales are flourishing.CND Cymru has initiated, sponsored orparticipated in events and festivals acrossWales throughout the spring and summer,

moving into an autumn of publicmeetings right across the country. Allevents were very well attended and aboost for local CND groups.

PPeeaaccee FFeessttiivvaallCND Cymru was the main sponsor of thisyear’s Wales Peace Festival which addresseda challenging range of issues related tojustice and peace discussed by inspiringspeakers from Wales, Britain and beyond. Within CND Cymru, our longest

serving treasurer Jean Bryant retired andher successor is Chris Edmonson (whoworked in the British CND office in the1980s). Michael Freeman is now ourMembership Secretary. 2009 looks set tobe a year of economic uncertainty,resource depletion and the mountingeffects of global warming – and CNDCymru will be pressing for our leaders toshow true wisdom and address the rootcauses of violent conflict, not simplycalling for ‘change’ while continuingbusiness and industrial practices that makethe world more dangerous. Theestablishment of a Wales Peace Institute,based on the Flemish model, is to bediscussed. Watch this space. We pay tribute to our members,

supporters, comrades and friends, bothhere in Wales, throughout Britain and therest of the world. We are proud to workalongside you.

CND Cymru

THIS YEAR has seen extensivecoverage of both CND’scampaigning messages and of the

organisation itself, with a wide range ofstories covering our history and profilingour leading personalities over the past 50years.Starting in the run-up to the 50th

anniversary weekend, marked by theGlobal Summit for a Nuclear-Free World,CND received attention from diversesections of the media looking at thestory of anti-nuclear campaigning inBritain. Radio 4 commissioned an‘Archive Hour’ programme whichdescribed CND’s history. The Guardianran a full-page story on CND past andpresent and we received coverage in theHistory Today magazine, and a wide rangeof international media. On the day of theGlobal Summit, Bruce Kent appeared inthe coveted 8:10 interview slot on theToday programme, as well as on Channel 4News. Foreign news organisations fromthe Middle East to Japan also ran reportsabout the Summit.‘The Bomb Stops Here’ demonstration

at Aldermaston over Easter promptedlong, positive articles in The Guardian,Independent and Metro, with even the DailyTelegraph and Financial Times reporting onthe event. Our celebrity supporters gavelive television interviews, whilst the eventalso gained coverage on international TVnews networks. The coverage wasoverwhelmingly favourable, showing us tobe a strong, active campaign.Various features have profiled activists

who, involved since the founding ofCND, are still campaigning today. WalterWolfgang was the subject of an extensiveinterview in the Independent, PatArrowsmith’s activities past and presentwere described in both Society Guardianand the Swiss press. In addition, a seriesof articles covering activists north of theborder was organised by Scottish CNDand appeared in the Scottish papers.Special issues of both New Internationalistand Tribune magazine marked CND’sanniversary.

Our core campaigning messages weregiven coverage on the front pages of TheGuardian (about the UK’s secret decisionon new warheads) and Independent(concerning the right to protest atAldermaston), with a comment by CNDin a front-page story in the Mirror (on asubmarine accident). We have co-ordinated numerous letters to the press,with many politicians and prominentfigures signing statements initiated byCND.Once again, the work of local groups

in getting stories in the regional media hasbeen vital in presenting our issues within alocal context. Notable was the long front-page feature article carried in the Big Issuein the North, brought together byYorkshire CND, Merseyside CND andGreater Manchester & District CND.

Local CND groups do an excellent jobgenerating coverage of their events andviews, and we can always provide pressassistance from the CND office if needed.

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AFTER hearing the movingtestimony from Hiroshimasurvivor Mikiso Iwasa, a teenage

boy at an Essex school asked: ‘What can wedo to make sure that something like thisnever happens again?’ Mikiso replied ‘Tellthe story of the survivors. Tell your friendsand tell your families. When peopleunderstand the full effects of a nuclearweapon, it will lessen the chances that theywill be used again’. CND Peace Education works to help

young people do just this. We present themwith the facts and empower them to maketheir own decisions through activities anddiscussions. Over the past year CND peace

education work has included the following:•` Launching a second edition of the PeaceEducation Pack at the National Unionof Teachers Conference at Easter. Wegave out over 200 copies of the secondedition and made many useful contacts.

• Creating a successful new peaceeducation activity The Bomb Factor,which has been a hit with teachers andstudents alike. Ending with a vote fordisarmament or the retention ofnuclear weapons, so far a dozen classeshave voted for disarmament!

• Workshops and events across thecountry including a series of verymoving talks in Reading and Oxfordby another Hibakusha, Mr. SatoYoshio; an event at which the Mayorof Cambridge explained to youngpeople from the city why she joinedMayors for Peace; an event andsubsequent workshops in Leicesterinvolving nine schools at which BruceKent spoke to a lecture theatre full ofyoung people.

• A series of workshops and activitiesinvolving young people co-ordinatedwith the Movements for PeaceExhibition at Salford Museum and ArtGallery in November (in conjunctionwith GM&D CND, the Working ClassMovement Library, the University ofSalford and URBIS, the city centremuseum in Manchester).

• Many other workshops in variousschools across the country involvingthe Peace Education Network eventsthat took place during NationalQuaker Week, paper crane making,and collecting messages of peace totake to Japan.

VViissiitt ttoo JJaappaannIn August, I represented CND inHiroshima and Nagasaki for the WorldConference against A and H Bombs. Itwas a very thought-provoking andinspiring experience and I made contactsboth within Japan and internationally. I plan to use these to bring recordedmessages from the Hibakusha to youngpeople in Britain.

SScchhooooll SSppeeaakkeerrss’’ NNeettwwoorrkk –– GGeettiinnvvoollvveedd!! We kicked off the School Speakers’Network with a meeting to discuss aSurrey/Sussex group going into schools.Training will take place in the New Yearand I hope to establish at least three orfour regional groups in 2009.

If your group would like to beinvolved please get in touch. Individualsare welcome too – you do not have to bean active member of a local group to be aSchool Speaker. Full training andexpenses will be provided and you will bematched with interested schools. Young people are fascinating and

rewarding to work with, so volunteeringas a school speaker is definitely aninteresting experience. They will askstrange questions, argue with you anddisplay real surprise at the informationyou present them with. It will certainlynot be dull! The messages of peacewritten to take to Hiroshima showed justhow much the students had thoughtabout disarmament in just one hour. Onegirl’s message simply read: ‘No to NuclearWeapons: This world would be fantastic withoutthem’If you agree, then please get involved.

As Mikiso Iwasa assured the schoolstudents in Essex, the way to put a stopto nuclear weapons is to ensure morepeople know about their true effects.

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Peace Education

CND’s Peace Education Worker, Anna Liddle (second from top right), at SibfordSchool, Oxfordshire

WHETHER you want to lobbyyour MP, get a letter in yourlocal newspaper, or hand out

useful information at a festival or streetstall, CND campaigns materials helpensure you use the right arguments toinfluence and empower people.

NNoo TTrriiddeenntt rreeppllaacceemmeennttCurrent materials forthis criticalcampaigning themeinclude a leaflet,briefing and Q&Ainformation sheet.Plans are underway toproduce a newpostcard and to re-launch the popular

petition No to Trident Replacement: Yes to aNuclear Weapons Convention using anattractive new design.Get everyone you know to sign the

petition on the CND website, hard copiescan also be downloaded or ordered fromthe office.

NNoo UUSS MMiissssiillee DDeeffeenncceeTo campaignagainst UKinvolvement inthe US Missile‘Defence’ systemyou can use ourleaflet, briefing,and Q&A. Andmake sure yousend one of ourpostcards to your MP.

NNOO ttoo NNAATTOOA new leaflet andbriefing have beenproduced tocontinueincreasingawareness of thedangers ofnuclear-armedNATO.

NNoo NNuucclleeaarr PPoowweerrAs well as explaining why nuclear power isdirty, dangerous and expensive, our newQ&A also stresses the links between nuclearpower and nuclear weapons proliferation.Our leaflet summarises this information.

OOtthheerr mmaatteerriiaallssA new publication Achieving a nuclearweapon-free world has been produced by

CND’sInternationalAdvisory Group.Other leaflets areavailable which giveinformation aboutHiroshima andpresent the caseagainst nuclearweapons, call for

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JJooiinn tthhee lleetttteerr--wwrriittiinngg tteeaammAAnnnnii RReehhiinn iiss tthhee nneeww ccoo--oorrddiinnaattoorr ooff tthhee CCNNDD lleetttteerr--wwrriittiinngg tteeaamm..

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In September, Jenny Maxwell retired after manyproductive years of co-ordinating CND’s letter-writing team. I have taken over and will seek toensure that a flood of letters continues to gowhere it can exert most influence at crucial times.With much experience of campaigning in manydifferent ways, locally in Sussex, nationally andinternationally, and having been on CND Council, Iwelcomed the chance to support membersprepared to write to policymakers, the media and others in order to influencedecisions. There is no substitute for individual letters.

There are currently nearly 170 people in the letter-writing team, over half usinge-mail. More are eagerly sought. I contact letter-writers with a topic, suggestedby current developments and campaign priorities and include backgroundinformation and possible points to make. Letters normally go out monthly(excluding April and August). In December we send cards of support toMordechai Vanunu.

(The above timetable may vary if an urgent issue comes up. Our letter-writerswrite when they can and when appropriate; not everyone is expected to writeevery time)

Since I started, we have written two letters. In October we urged the ForeignSecretary to take action following the International Institute for StrategicStudies’ report Abolishing Nuclear Weapons. In November we wrotedemanding that, in the light of the dire financial situation, the governmentpostpone all plans for Trident replacement, with a view to eventualcancellation. To join our team, please contact Kate [email protected], or call the national office, indicating whetheryou want to receive information by email or post.

PPlleeaassee jjooiinn uuss.. TThhee mmoorree lleetttteerrss wwee wwrriittee,, tthhee mmoorree iinnfflluueennccee wwee’’llll hhaavvee!!Anni Rehin

scrapping ourcurrent Tridentsystem, andgenerallydescribe CND’swork.CND briefings,Q&As andreports can bedownloadedfrom the Information pages of ourwebsite. Leaflets and postcards can beordered from our online webshop.Alternatively call the CND office on 0207700 2393.

KKeeeepp uupp ttoo ddaattee!!CCNNDD’’ss ee--ccaammppaaiiggnn bbuulllleettiinnssFor the most up-to date details aboutCND actions sign up to our regular emailbulletins by entering your email addresson our website home page (right handbox at the top).

CCaammppaaiiggnnmmaaggaazziinneeWith opinionpieces, newsupdates, anddetails aboutCND activities,keep informedby subscribingto CND’sCampaign magazine. All members receivethe Summer edition. You can alsosubscribe to the Spring and Autumnissues by [email protected]

BBee ppoolliittiiccaallStrategic politicallobbying is vital toour campaigning.For keen lobbyists,CND’s regularLobby newslettersupplies importantpoints to makewhen lobbying your

MP. To subscribe please [email protected] or call the CND office

on 020 7700 2393.

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OOffffiicceerrss Chair: Kate HudsonVice-Chairs: Jeremy Corbyn MP,Sophie Bolt, Dave WebbTreasurer: Linda Hugl

CCNNDD NNaattiioonnaall CCoouunncciill DDiirreeccttllyy eelleecctteeddPat Allen, Daniel Blaney, KateCharteris (resigned November 08,see staff list below), Jenny Clegg,Tom Cuthbert, Sue Davis, KelvinHopkins MP, Peter Leary, GawainLittle, Caroline Lucas MEP, VijayMehta, Pat Sanchez, Rae Street, Jim Taggart, Carol Turner

NNaattiioonnss,, RReeggiioonnss aanndd AArreeaassCND Cymru: John Cox, DavidBradley, Jill GoughScottish CND: Adam Beese, JanetFenton, Lisa PatonCumbria & N. Lancs: ChrisPrettymanEast Midlands: Ian Cohen, RichardJohnsonGtr Manchester: Joan AbramsKent Area: Marilyn SansomLondon Region: Isobel McHarg, Jim Brann, Nicholas RussellMerseyside: Gina ShawSouthern Region: Graham Allen,Michael WaughSouth Cheshire & N. Staffs: Jason HillSouth West Region: Peter Le Mare,Tom Milburn, Tony StauntonSussex Peace Alliance: ChristineCoulourisWest Midlands CND: SandraGardnerYorkshire CND: Helen John, MiriamMoss, Dave Webb

SSppeecciiaalliisstt sseeccttiioonnssChristian CND: Bob RussellLabour CND: Joy HurcombeStudent CND: Fiona EdwardsYouth and Student CND: CatherineCrick, Brendan Lee, JoanneStevenson

VViiccee--PPrreessiiddeennttssPat Arrowsmith, Tony Benn, JohnCox, Joan Horrocks, Bruce Kent,Alistair Mackie, Paul Oestreicher,Walter Wolfgang

SSttaaffff aanndd vvoolluunntteeeerrssStaff at Holloway RoadSam Akaki: Parliamentary OfficerJoy Annegarn: Membership, FinanceKate Charteris: Membership andDatabase Officer (from Nov 08)Eve Cuthbert: Finance and NetworkManagerBen Folley: Campaigns OfficerSue Longbottom: DesignerMell Harrison: Regional Campaigns WorkerDavinder Kaur: Campaigns Officer (untilSept 08)Anna Liddle: Peace Education OfficerJon Nott: Fundraiser (until March 08)Dawn Rothwell: Campaigns Officer(Research and Information) Rebecca Sage: Office ManagerBen Soffa: Press OfficerKaty West: Membership and DatabaseSystems Officer (until Oct 08)

Many thanks and good luck to JonNott, Davinder Kaur and Katy West

NNaattiioonnaall aanndd RReeggiioonnaall ssttaaffffCND Cymru: Jill Gough Scottish CND: John AinslieGtr Manchester CND: Jacqui Burke, Doug WeirLondon Region CND: David PoldenYorkshire CND: Sarah Cartin, Denise Craghill, Hannah Tweddell(maternity cover from August 08)Other regional offices are run by volunteers

SSppeecciiaalliisstt sseeccttiioonnssChristian CND: Claire Poyner (part-time).Other specialist sections are run byvolunteers from home.

VVoolluunntteeeerrss aatt HHoolllloowwaayy RRooaaddHumay Alekberova, Pat Allen, PatArrowsmith, Jim Brann, Kitty Cooper,Sue Davis, Dave Esbester, TamasFoldvari, Camila Garces-Bovett, SasJoyce, Bruce Levy, Gina Mackenzie,Eileen Maclean, Stuart Minto, LubaMumford, Mary Ogbogoh, BeckyRidgewell, Rosemary Rogers, AnnetteRussell, Ellen Sheffield, StuartStephenson, Andrea Szilagyi, JeanTaylor, Jim Thomas, Ian Triggs, TimWardle, Tony Watkins, Frank Wood,Muriel Wood, James Wright

IInntteerrnnssRoderick Cobley, Miriam Cragg

CCNNDD ppeerrssoonnnneell

eeccaammppaaiiggnncampaign for nuclear disarmament

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CCNNDD DDiirreecctt DDeebbiitt

CNDsuccessfully launched itsDirect Debit scheme in 2007.Already over £50,000 of our

income in 2009 will be by Direct Debit!This flexible and secure payment methodallows you to choose the amount yougive and the frequency, while providingprotection via the Direct Debit guarantee.At the same time, CND benefits becauseDirect Debit payments cut ouradministrative costs and allow us toinvest more in the future of theCampaign. You can set up a Direct Debiton our website or use the form on theinside front cover.Please note that a Direct Debit will

not cancel any standing orders you mayhave with CND and you will need tocancel these with your bank.

CCNNDD mmeemmbbeerrsshhiipp rraatteess£24 Waged individual£8 Concessionary

MMeerrcchhaannddiisseeA new range of limited-editionmerchandise to mark CND’s 50thanniversary was launched this year. Itproved to be extremely popular,particularly at Easter, when many CNDsupporters wore the new ‘Bomb StopsHere’ t-shirts when surrounding AWEAldermaston. We still have a limitedstock of these t-shirts and other special50th anniversary items, so please ordersoon to avoid disappointment! Our core range of t-shirts and badges

is also still selling well, and manymembers help raise awareness bywearing them. Other attractive newmerchandise items include ourSnowflake Christmas card, and the blueCND Logo Flag which made its firstappearance at Glastonbury festival.Weare delighted to have recently acquiredsome vintage ‘Against the Bomb’ badges,which we have now added to our range.Varieties include Cat Lovers, Musicians,Bird Watchers, Ageing Hippies, Truckersand many more! These badges are strictly

limited, so order soon.. All of ourmerchandise can be bought from theCND website shop or call the office on020 7700 2393 to place your order.

LLeeggaacciieessMoney generously pledged to CND bysupporters in their wills continues toenable us to respond to governmentplans for a new generation of nuclearweapons by employing extra staff and

Support us

Two popular CND t-shirts

The new CND flag on show at Glastonbury

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running national newspaper advertisingcampaigns at crucial times. See our websitefor more details about leaving a legacy toCND, or we can send you a copy of ourinformation pack A Legacy for Peace: [email protected] or phone 020 77002393 and ask for Eve.If inheritance tax is payable on any

legacy CND receives, we are able to varypart of the legacy in favour of TheNuclear Education Trust (NET).

NNuucclleeaarr EEdduuccaattiioonn TTrruussttNET was registered as a charity inMarch 2007. Its objectives are ‘toadvance education by promoting thestudy and understanding of, andresearch into, arms control anddisarmament, defence and security, withan emphasis on nuclear weapons andother weapons of mass destruction.’NET’s Trustees include the CND Chair,Treasurer and one CND Councilmember.CND has varied two significant

legacies in favour of NET, which hasthen been able to recover over £200,000of paid inheritance tax. In 2008, NETgranted over £50,000 towards CNDpeace education work, a similar amountwill be granted in 2009.NET provided £30,000 towards

CND’s highly successful Global Summitheld in February 2008.NET has also funded CND staff to

research for the preparation of briefingsaccessible to the general public on thetechnical aspects of nuclear weaponsincluding the replacement of Tridentand US Missile Defence plans. The London School of Economics’

(LSE) project, based on digitisedmaterial from CND archives, to create a

touring and onlineexhibition, wasinitially funded byNET. CombiningCND’s administrativerecords with posters,leaflets andphotographs, LSEwill, with their ownfunds, continue topromote accessibilityand use of the archiveamong researchersand the general publicwith the aim ofproviding a broadunderstanding of thepeace movement’simpact since 1958.

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AAllddeerrmmaassttoonn WWoommeenn’’ssPPeeaaccee CCaammpp((aaiiggnn))

IN2008 we opposed planningapplications for continuing AWEexpansion; helped organise the big

Easter demo, joined in the Octoberblockade with a successful tripod actionand made a film about the camp. Allagainst a backdrop of resisting andchallenging the new military byelaws.

TThhee ‘‘kknniicckkeerrss ttoo tthhee bbyyee--llaawwss’’cchhaalllleennggeeBecause the byelaws now assert that it isunlawful to camp and have a ‘bonfire’next to the Aldermaston fence the policecontinue to harass and wrongfully arrestus. The Tadley roundabout was evenwidened so that our camp space becamea road! Our achievement is in persisting,asserting our rights, and maintaining acamp space that allows women toprotest. In February, High Court judgesagreed to our application for a judicialreview of the byelaws and struck off theclause that forbade tying things to thefence. We are to appeal in the HighCourt over the camping ban.

CCaammppiinngg iinn pprrootteessttIn bringing this appeal we have toexplain why camping is a ‘form ofprotest’ rather than simply a ‘place torest for the night’. Firstly, camping isintrinsic to the identity of the campaign:our tents, vehicles, banners and campfire make our campaign visible.Secondly, ‘bearing witness’ is animportant form of protest. AWPC has‘borne witness’ to the crime ofdeveloping and maintaining weapons ofmass destruction for one weekend amonth for over 23 years, never missinga month and camping in the cold, rainand wind. When evicted from one placewe set up camp in another. In bearingwitness we can visibly protest whennuclear convoys arrive or leave the site,often at night. Thirdly, camping is vital

for practical reasons: it allows womenfrom all regions and of all ages to takepart.

CCaammpp aass wwoommeenn’’ss ssppaacceeLastly, we have taken MOD land andmade a women’s space; a space where wegive and get support, which sustains,inspires and strengthens us. Visit us atcamp for a few hours or for the weekend(2nd weekend of every month) – we needsupport and more women to be involved.� www.aldermaston.net

CCaammppaaiiggnn AAggaaiinnsstt DDeepplleetteeddUUrraanniiuumm ((CCAADDUU))Doug Weir reports: 2008 has beenanother incredibly hectic year for CADU,largely because, in addition to working forCADU, I also coordinate theInternational Coalition to Ban UraniumWeapons (ICBUW). The year began withsome weasel words from the UKgovernment like ‘We believe that DU is alegitimate weapon and the use of it is notprohibited under any internationalagreements, including the GenevaConventions’ in response to December2007’s landslide resolution at the UNGeneral Assembly. This resolutionhighlighted health concerns over uraniumweapons and called for a moratoriumuntil long-term studies are completed.The UK’s position was brought into

sharp relief this March when the MoDbegan test-firing depleted uraniumweapons again at Dundrennan on theSolway Firth. In the uproar thatfollowed it also emerged that the UK’sammunition is going out of date, inmore ways than one. In April, CADU lobbied UN

delegations in Geneva and advised MEPson the text of a new uranium weaponsresolution. In May I observed the

culmination of the Oslo Process oncluster munitions in Dublin and, laterthat month, 94% of MEPs voted infavour of our resolution calling for auranium weapons treaty. In September CADU moved into a

new office and was joined by QuakerPeaceworker Dave Cullen. A month laterwe were in New York persuading statesto back the new resolution on uraniumweapons. I came back via Beijing tospeak on DU at the Asia EuropePeople’s Forum-7. In November the new resolution was

passed by the UN First Committee by126 votes, with only four against, afterNorway, Iceland, Finland and theNetherlands added their support: supportthat would not have come about withoutstrong domestic campaigning fromcommitted activists. By the time you read this, the

resolution should have been passed bythe UN General Assembly and there willbe a real momentum for a ban on the useof uranium in all conventional weapons.� www.cadu.org.uk

NNuukkeewwaattcchhNNuucclleeaarrwweeaappoonnssccoonnvvooyyss oonntthhee rrooaaddRoad transport ofnuclear warheadswas reducedsignificantly in2008 owing to

serious faults with the ’Gravel Gertie’Warhead Assembly /Disassemblyfacilities at the Atomic WeaponsEstablishment (AWE) Burghfield site.1,000 safety shortfalls combined withdevastating floods at the AWEBurghfield and Aldermaston sites in2007 resulted in live warhead work(assembly and disassembly of thewarheads) being stopped there untilApril 2008. Even then, warhead work

Autonomous campaignsCND supports and gives grants to the work of the following autonomous campaigns:

was only allowed by the nuclearregulators if a separate application wasmade for each operation. The infrequencyof convoys made our Burghfield-watchingeven more time consuming, andcontacting people along the routes moredifficult. Nukewatch citizen-verificationdata confirmed the reduced warheadactivity at AWE.

AAsskkiinngg qquueessttiioonnssParliamentary questions have raisedconvoy issues in parliament and helpedkeep the MoD accountable. Wediscovered that new dual-purpose convoytrucks are to come into service in 2009.Apart from warheads, the new vehicleswill transport Special Nuclear Materials(SNM). Freedom of Informationquestions have also been usefulconfirming that warhead servicing toreplace tritium gas bottles and neutrontriggers is carried out at Coulport and thatthe MoD is making efforts to bring AWEinto line and manage the convoys better.

PPuubblliicciittyyNukewatch reached a wide audience in2008 with stories about the convoysappearing in the national and local press.We also had a feature in the NewInternationalist ‘Nuclear Bomb’ May issueand an ad in a magazine for PartyConference delegates. Our major project in 2008 was

showing the Nukewatch film ‘DeadlyCargo’ (produced in cooperation withprofessional filmmakers, CamcorderGuerillas) to as many people as possible.First trailed at CND’s Global Summitand the Beyond TV film festival inSwansea, it was then launched inGlasgow and Oxford. Showings atGlastonbury and other festivals followedwith an exhibition and distribution of30,000 full-colour flyers. In OctoberCND Vice Chair Jeremy Corbyn MPhosted a showing at the House ofCommons. Organise your own showing of the

film by ordering the DVD and action

pack at www.nukewatch.org.uk/film/ orcall 0141 416 3161�www.nukewatch.org.uk

TTrriiddeenntt PPlloouugghhsshhaarreess ((TTPP))YYeess WWee CCaann!!There is a leitmotif running through ouractivities this year – the persistence thatpays off in the face of difficulty, doubtsand knock-backs. Can we really manage an effective

blockade of the Trident-supporting RollsRoyce unit in Derby, in the face of veryproactive policing? The ‘Yes we can’answer was there in April as the main gatewas closed for a whole morning. Can wereally choke up Aldermaston, with itsmany entrances? Witness BlockAWE, onthe 27th October, which, as Ray Davies,long-time activist put it, ‘exceeded ourwildest expectations’ with its diverse andadventurous blockaders. Have we theenergy to keep going back to LockheedMartin HQ, the gates of Devonport orFylingdales, or Faslane, and makeconstructive and peaceful nuisances ofourselves? Definitely!Most of these events have a slow,

laborious and even tricky gestation. Wevalue in-your-face authenticity but stillmuch of the art is concealed: the art ofdeveloping and maintaining affinitygroups and of forming ad-hoc groups fora particular action; the unglamorous art ofweaving the underpinning fabric oflogistical, welfare, legal and media supportfor the bigger events; the art of taking ourtraining seriously and of scrutinising ournon-violence practice; the art of keeping itall going through the subsequent criminaljustice journey.The coming year will be crammed with

opportunities for non-violent direct actionto make its contribution to the anti-Trident campaign. In Scotland, in spite ofa parliament that is mostly on our side, weneed to challenge as well as negotiate.More generally, there are huge possibilitiesamid global crisis and change.� www.tridentploughshares.org

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RReeggiioonnss aanndd aarreeaassCCuummbbrriiaa && NN LLaannccss CCNNDD34 Trafalgar Street, Denton, Carlisle CA2 5XYtel: 01539 723020

EEaasstt MMiiddllaannddss CCNNDD 43 Cobden RoadChesterfield S40 4TDtel: 01246 [email protected]

EEaasstteerrnn RReeggiioonn CCNNDDThe Flint House, Dunburgh Rd,Geldeston, Beccles NR34 0LL0845 337 [email protected]

KKeenntt AArreeaa CCNNDD78 Priory Hill, Dover CT17 0AD; tel: 01304 [email protected]

LLoonnddoonn RReeggiioonn CCNNDDMordechai Vanunu House162 Holloway RoadLondon N7 8DQtel: 020 7607 [email protected]

GGttrr MMaanncchheesstteerr && DDiissttrriicctt CCNNDDBridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick St, AncoatsManchester M4 7HRtel: 0161 273 8283fax: 0161 273 [email protected]

MMeerrsseeyyssiiddee CCNNDD50-54 Mount PleasantLiverpool L3 5SDtel: 0151 702 [email protected]

ContactsMMiidd SSoommeerrsseett CCNNDD12 Neales WayEvercreech, Shepton MalletSomerset BA4 6LAtel/fax: 01749 830 [email protected]

NNoorrwwiicchh CCNNDDForge Bungalow The Street, StoteshamNorwich NR15 1YL tel: 01508 [email protected]

SSoouutthheerrnn RReeggiioonn CCNNDDFlat 12, Eliot House 483 Portsmouth RoadSouthampton SO17 2TH tel: 023 8032 8335

SSoouutthh CChheesshhiirree && NNoorrtthhSSttaaffffss CCNNDDPO Box 2127Stoke on Trent ST1 1WZtel: 01782 280 998www.scanscnd.org.uk

SSoouutthh WWeesstt RReeggiioonn CCNNDDRegent House, Week St Mary,Holsworthy, EX22 6UJtel: 01288 [email protected]

SSuurrrreeyy PPeeaaccee AAccttiioonn NNeettwwoorrkk83 Reigate Road,Reigate RH2 7JHtel: 01737 [email protected]

SSuusssseexx PPeeaaccee AAlllliiaannccee 67 Summerheath RdHailsham BN27 3DRtel: 01323 844 [email protected]

TTyynnee && WWeeaarr CCNNDD1 Rectory Avenue, GosforthNewcastle upon Tyne, NE3 1XStel: 0191 285 [email protected]

WWeesstt MMiiddllaannddss CCNNDD54 Allison StreetBirmingham B5 5THtel: 0121 643 [email protected]

YYoorrkksshhiirree CCNNDD2 AshgroveBradford BD7 1BNtel: 01274 730 [email protected]

NNaattiioonnaall ooffffiicceessCCNNDD CCyymmrruuY Drain Gwynion, Heol yrEglwys, TalywaunPontypool NP4 7EFtel: 0845 313 [email protected]

SSccoottttiisshh CCNNDD15 Barrland StreetGlasgow G41 1QHtel: 0141 423 1222fax: 0141 423 [email protected]

IIrriisshh CCNNDDP.O. Box 6327, Dublin 6, Eiretel/fax: 00 353 1 [email protected]://indigo.ie/~goodwill/icnd.html

SSppeecciiaalliisstt sseeccttiioonnssCChhrriissttiiaann CCNNDD Mordechai Vanunu House162 Holloway Road London N7 8DQ tel: 020 7700 4200 fax: 020 7700 [email protected]

PPaarrlliiaammeennttaarryy CCNNDD Mordechai Vanunu House162 Holloway Road London N7 8DQ tel: 020 7700 2393 fax: 020 7700 [email protected]

LLaabboouurr CCNNDD11 Pembury RoadWorthing BN14 [email protected]

SSttuuddeenntt CCNNDD99 Barber Road,Sheffield S10 EBtel: 07900 [email protected]

YYoouutthh && SSttuuddeenntt CCNNDDMordechai Vanunu House162 Holloway RoadLondon N7 8DQtel: 0207 700 [email protected]

PPeeaaccee CCaammppssAAllddeerrmmaassttoonn WWoommeenn’’ssPPeeaaccee CCaammpptel: 07969 739 [email protected]

FFaassllaannee PPeeaaccee CCaammppPermanent. A814, Shandon, HelensburghDumbartonshire G84 8NT tel: 01436 820901 [email protected]

MMeennwwiitthh HHiillll WWoommeenn’’ssPPeeaaccee CCaammppContact Yorkshire CND fordetails.

Regional activity is essential in getting our message heard. Contact your nearestgroup to find out how you can get involved.


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Abingdon Peace Group01235 526 [email protected] CND01225 312 [email protected] [email protected] CND0151 677 6896Blackpool & Fylde CND01253 [email protected] Brentwood CND01277 216 [email protected] & West Region CND0117 [email protected] & Beckenham CND020 8460 1295Buxton Against War01298 [email protected] Manchester CND0161 969 1724Cheltenham CND01242 [email protected] CND01629 [email protected] CND01249 651565Coventry Peace House02476 663031Crawley CND01293 542853East Lancashire CND01254 [email protected] Surrey CND020 8668 3090Enfield Peace Campaign020 8364 2606Exeter CND01392 [email protected] Peace Group01367 710308Greenwich & Lewisham CND020 8857 [email protected]

Hackney & Islington CND020 8533 [email protected] Green CND0121 778 2672Haringey CND0207 607 [email protected] & Kirkstall [email protected] Hempstead CND01442 230 285Hereford Peace Council01432 342 [email protected] Peace Alliance01403 251 [email protected] [email protected] of Wight CND01983 855 [email protected] CND01536 [email protected] Lynn and DistrictCND01553 761447Kingsbridge Peace Group01548 [email protected] PeaceCouncil/[email protected] Action for Peace07788 725 [email protected] District CND01524 [email protected] CND01162 [email protected] and District CND01273 [email protected] & GreenwichCND 020 8857 [email protected] & RochdalePeace Group01706 370 [email protected]

Lutterworth CND07870 218148 Maghull & Lydiate CND0151 526 7293Maidenhead & CookhamCND 0151 5267293Marple & District CND0161 427 1191Medway [email protected] Peace Group01707 [email protected] CND020 8648 9037Musicians Against NuclearArms (MANA) 0208 455 [email protected] Cumbria CND01228 524351Northumbrians For Peace01434 [email protected] [email protected] CND01689 837 [email protected] CND01865 242919Penzance CND01736 [email protected] CND01733 390695Plymouth CND01752 318625Prestwich & Whitefield CND0161 798 6565Quaker Peace & SocialWitness020 7663 [email protected] & Redhill CND01737 [email protected] &Chorleywood CND01923 777754Rochdale & LittleboroughPeace Group01706 370 [email protected]

Saddleworth Peace Movement 01457 [email protected] Walden Peace Group01799 527449Salford CND0161 793 [email protected] CND01722 321865Sevenoaks CND01959 522165Sheffield CND01142 967 [email protected] Somerset Peace Group01460 [email protected] CND02380 229 363Southend & District CND01702 [email protected] Albans CND01727 863 [email protected] & Forest Hill CND020 8699 8597Tavistock Peace Action [email protected] 01822 615960 Tower Hamlets CND020 7515 [email protected] CND0151 638 4666Waltham Forest CND020 8523 0574Watford CND01923 249 [email protected] CND01986 896189West London CND020 8743 [email protected] DisarmamentCoalition020 8673 [email protected] Action for Peace01483 768 228

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament • Mordechai Vanunu House • 162 Holloway Rd • London N7 8DQ

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CND Campaign Review 2008