Live music in Dalston, in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and across the Occupied Territories, to raise money Medical Aid for Palestine and the European Legal Support Centre. Performers include the Galilee Quartet whose repertoire includes classical western and oriental Arabic music; and Sarathy Korwar, a London-based drummer and composer specialising in jazz.

Speakers include CND Vice Chair Carol Turner: ‘It’s an honour to be speaking in support of Palestine at this wonderful music performances EartH has brought together. I’ll not be telling the news so much as asking the audience to help change it.’

Tickets can be bought here.

Lewisham & Greenwich CND will be taking part in a march & rally this Saturday. The march will begin on Lewisham High Street in Catford, assembling across the street from the Lewisham Islamic Centre at 1:30pm. Before then marching to Lewisham Clock Tower where there will be a rally.

Join CND and the LSE Library for a celebration of the life of Pat Arrowsmith, the extraordinary peace campaigner and organiser of the first Aldermaston March in 1958, the single event that most put CND on the public map at this time.

You can find out more details & register for the event here.

London CND’s policy motion, below, on the nuclear exploitation of the global south was overwhelmingly carried at the 2023 CND conference. Carol Turner moved the motion on behalf of London, highlighting that it built on Christian CND’s call to explore ways of encouraging greater involvement by Muslim communities. 

‘Almost without exception,’ she said, ‘those impacted were black, indigenous, and first nation people. Developing and testing nuclear weapons cannot be separated from colonial exploitation, or the racism that goes with that.’

London is delighted that national CND is making a start on putting this policy into action with a webinar on 11 April. Check out the details and register to reserve your free place.

London CND’s policy motion can be found here.

Join Bromley Borough CND for a Vigil for Gaza and calling for an immediate ceasefire. We will be gathering in the area near Lloyds bank by the entrance to the Walnuts.

You can now sign up for (free) tickets to London CAAT's next Merchants of Death walking tour, that takes place on April 6th (2-3.30pm). Tickets are available now via Eventbrite.

The walking tour will start at  25 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0EX at 2pm, and will visit the offices of some of the arms companies most complicit in Israel's genocide in Gaza.

Free entry, please RSVP using this link

On 4 April, 2024, NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary — a gruesome record of a war, violence, and colonialism.

The US drive for global domination is at the heart of NATO. The US has led Britain into wars in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan to name a few.

The US is responsible for funding and giving diplomatic cover to the genocide in Gaza.

The US is bringing nuclear weapons back to RAF Lakenheath, a function of NATO’s nuclear sharing policy.

The war in Ukraine, which US led NATO expansion did much to provoke, has led to substantially increased NATO activity in Europe, alongside an increased presence in the Asia-Pacific region and across other parts of the world.

Join Kate Hudson, Andrew Murray, Samai Ramadani, and Fiona Sim on Thursday, 4 April to look back on the history of Nato, why it was created and its destructive legacy, and how we can build roads to peace in Ukraine.

There will be a march and rally in Woolwich on Saturday. We will be marching from the mosque down Plumstead Rd to the grassy area in front of Tesco in Woolwich city centre. There will be crafts for children, speeches, and a fundraiser for Palestinian charities.

A message from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as they prepare to set the Doomsday Clock for 2024 :

The Doomsday Clock is a design that warns the public about how close we are to destroying our world with dangerous technologies of our own making. It is a metaphor, a reminder of the perils we must address if we are to survive on the planet. 

Each year, the Clock is set by the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board, a group of internationally recognized experts on nuclear risk, climate change, disruptive technologies, and biosecurity. 

Right now, the Clock is the closest it has ever been at 90 seconds to midnight. 

What will they set the Clock at this year? Join the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on January 23rd at 3pm GMT to find out. 

Watch live on the Bulletin's website, YouTube channel, or Facebook page.

Please join London CND’s Annual General Meeting to decide on the campaign for the year ahead!

Who can attend?

• Anyone who is a national member of CND living in London

• Anyone who makes a regular payment to London CND

• Anyone who is a member of a local group in the Greater London area

If you have any questions, please contact info@londoncnd.org

The London CND Annual Conference will take place on Sunday 14 January 12noon to 2.30pm on Zoom.

• How can we stop US nukes coming back to Britain?

• What impact does war have on climate change?

• What prospects for Gaza? and how is the Middle East reacting?

• Can the near miss accident on a Trident submarine cut through government complacency?

• What’s the view from Westminster? and what should CND’s 2024 priorities be?

…. just some of the conversations on offer at London CND’s No Wars, No Nukes conference

With:

• Dr Husam Zomlot, Head of Palestinian UK Mission

• Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP

• Cllr Emma Dent Coad

• Hannah Kemp-Welch, London CND Co-Chair

• CND Vice Chairs Carol Turner & Sam Mason

• Sami Ramadani, Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation

• Raghad Altikriti, Muslim Association of Britain

• Jenny Manson, Jews for Justice for Palestinians

• Murad Qureshi, former London Assembly member

We’ve prepared two briefings on related topics for you to learn more about the issue:

• The UK-US Mutual Defence Agreement

• and Challenging the return of US nukes to Britain

After years of persistent campaigns, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force in 2021 and makes nuclear weapons illegal in the countries that sign it. With 93 signatures and 69 states parties, the TPNW is gaining power and legitimacy.

Representatives will meet in New York to discuss the treaty from November 27th to December 1st, and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) calls for an international day of action on Sunday 26th November.

We will show delegates in New York that the world is watching. We need them to be bold and courageous, and to use the TPNW to create a world without nuclear weapons. Get involved!

How about printing your favourite poster from the Artists Against the Bomb online exhibition, displaying it and sharing a photograph on social media?

Israel is not stopping its bombardment of Gaza, so we will not stop marching for a ceasefire. Last time, 800,000 of us were on the streets in London. See you all again on Saturday 25 November!

• Assemble 12:30pm, Park Lane

• End point, Parliament Square

In the meantime, any queries please contact information@cnduk.org

Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Lewisham Stop the War is organising a fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians, which has a permanent presence in Gaza and is working to save lives.

Amersham Arms
388 New Cross Road,  London,  SE14 6TY (view map)

Sunday 19th November 2023 at 5:00 PM

Join Lewisham and Greenwich CND and other local campaign groups to call for a ceasefire now!

1pm – Assemble at Lewisham Islamic Centre after Duhr prayer
1:30pm – March up Lewisham High Street
2:30pm – Rally outside the Glass Mill Leisure Centre

For any queries please contact 07707 026926 or email LewishamGreenwichCND@gmail.com

Lambeth CND will be at Camberwell Green from 12 noon on Saturday with Palestine Solidarity and Southwark Trades Council.

See you there!

#WeWillMarch for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Join us.

Sat, 11 November Assemble 12 noon, Hyde Park

Together Against Sizewell C need our urgent support.
They have been battling against the construction of a new nuclear power station on the Suffolk Heritage Coast for a decade, and the date for their appeal hearing has been set with very little notice.

They have asked us to relay their call to support their press their event, which will take place just before the court hearing.

Please meet TASC outside the High Court on the Strand at 12.30 on Wednesday 1st of November. The appeal will start at 2pm if you wish to watch in person or on Youtube.

They've asked us to help by only bringing banners from groups involved in the appeal. So please do not bring London CND, CND or local group banners. You are welcome to bring a placard supporting TASC's campaign and message, however.

Join CND on the first of October at the national demonstration at the Tory party conference this year in Manchester to share our Wages not Weapons message!

There is a coach hired to Manchester leaving Lewisham in the morning and returning that same evening. Click the link below to join the Anti-War block at the national demonstration.

CND has called a National Day of Action for 23 September for local groups to protest the return of US nukes to Lakenheath. The story is finally getting some press- it’s a good time to act.  

London CND was planning to protest on Parliament Square but we sadly couldn’t secure the official authorisation to do so. We therefore invite everyone to join Lewisham and Greenwich CND’s action!

We will meeting at the General Wolfe statue in Greenwich Park near the Prime Meridian at midday.

Bring your banners and signs as we will have drummers and plan to do a march through the park handing out leaflets after some speeches about “the West” on the east/west divide.

STOP US NUKES COMING TO BRITAIN!

Bromley Borough CND is organising an event at the friends meeting house to mark the International Peace Day. Please head down for films, poetry, music, and speeches in  recognition of the UN calling a global ceasefire day. Ticketless event.

An invitation to celebrate the launch of 'Peace! Books! Freedom! The Secret History of a Radical London Building' by Rosa Schling

The book explores the history of 5 Caledonian Road - home to Housmans Bookshop, Peace News, and dozens of activist and campaigning organisations across its more than sixty year history. It is the product of an oral history project by On The Record.

There will be drinks, nibbles and a FREE COPY of the book for every guest!

We really look forward to bringing together as many people as have had a relationship with the building so please do join us.

Please come along from 7.00pm onwards on Saturday 16th September... Taking place at Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX

Hope to see you there!

Love from the book production team