On Hiroshima Day - renew our demand for nuclear disarmament in Britain

Today marks the 68th anniversary of the horrific US atomic bombing in Hiroshima in Japan. Kate Hudson General Secretary of CND writes: 'As the decades pass since the terrible war crimes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we must never forget what happened and the cynical and barbaric opportunism of the US in using those weapons. This Hiroshima Day, let us recommit to nuclear disarmament here in Britain - and globally - to ensure that they will never again be used.'
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/136098

The compelling case against Trident replacement

CND has published ‘The Real Alternative: What the government’s Trident Alternatives Review isn’t telling you’ to coincide with Cabinet Office review. This is compelling analysis of the economic, humanitarian, legal, security and political case against Trident replacement. On cost grounds alone the decision is a ‘no brainer’ - replacing and running Trident will cost well in excess of £100 billion. Read the full report here:
http://www.cnduk.org/images/stories/briefings/trident/CND-Real-Alternative-FULL.pdf

Trident tangle and CND conundrum

Malcolm Burns' Morning Star criticism of Scottish CND's decision to throw their lot somewhat naively in with independence, has provoked a wee tizzie in the letters page from John Cox, CND vice-president. accusing the paper of 'giving comfort to the warmongers'. Those of us who are suspicious of independence and the SNP, but also opposed to Trident, are a wee bit insulted at this intemperate language. It is often the kind of language that surfaces when people find themselves in a mess of their own making.

Trident announcement Wed 18 May

On the afternoon of Wednesday 18 May the UK Government will announce their plan to spend several billion pounds over the next five years on new nuclear-armed submarines. The statement will be made to MPs in the House of Commons.

CND Trade Union Conference, 6.30pm, Wed 6th October STUC‏

UNISON Scottish Secretary Matt Smith is one of the speakers at the CND trade union conference on Wed 6 October, 6.30pm, at the STUC, 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow. The ‘Trident, Jobs and the Economy’ conference will be the Scottish launch of a recently published CND report of the same name.

Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Exhibition in London 2 to 12 August‏

Timed to coincide with the 65th anniversary of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, ‘After the Bomb Dropped: How Hiroshima and Nagasaki Suffered’ is an exhibition that explores the destruction of the two cities by nuclear weapons through photographs and artefacts recovered from the wreckage. Transported from Japan and on display in London for the first time, this represents a unique opportunity to see firsthand the destructive capabilities of nuclear weapons.

CND's big idea for the Spending Challenge - stop wasting £100bn+ on Trident‏

As part of its campaign to scrap the wasteful Trident nuclear missiles replacement programme, CND has published a model response to the Con Dem Government’s Spending Challenge – click on the link to support: http://www.cnduk.org/index.php/government-spending-challenge.html