Videos from London CND's 2019 Conference

If you missed our conference in January, no fear - all the sessions were recorded on video and are available now on YouTube. You can watch them all below!

Palestinian Ambassador Dr Hasan Zumlot

First session: "Trump's Finger On The Nuclear Trigger". CND London Conference, 2019. Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, Dr. Husam Zomlot. Ambassador from 1 minute 40 secs.

Dr Hasam Zumlot Q&A

CND London Conference 2019, "Trump's Finger On The Nuclear Button". Video 2 of 8. Dr Husam Zumlot, Palestinian Ambassador to UK.

Catherine West MP and Ann Feltham from CAAT

Video 3 of 8, CND London Conference 2019, "Trump's Finger On The Nuclear Trigger". Catherine West, MP and Ann Feltham, Campaign Against the Arms Trade, (CAAT...

Video interview with Medea Benjamin of Code Pink USA

US women in action. Skype interview with Code Pink USA, for CND London conference 2019, "Trump's Finger On The Nuclear Button".


Rae Street, former CND Vice Chair, and Carol Turner, London CND

Session 2, "Trashing The Treaties", CND London Conference 2019, "Trump's Finger On The Nuclear Trigger". Rae from 1 minute 57 secs., Carol from 15m 48s.

Rebecca Johnson, ICAN, and Bruce Kent, CND

Video 6 of 8. CND London Conference 2019, "Trump's Finger on the Nuclear Button". Rebecca Johnson, the founder and executive director of The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, and Green Party spokesperson on Peace and Disarmament. Questions/answers from 17m 30s. Followed by Bruce Kent, Gen Sec CND 1980 - 1985.

Hannah Kemp-Welch, CND, and Sara Medi Jones, acting CND Vice-Chair

CND London Conference 2019, "Trump's Finger on the Nuclear Button". Third session, "Think Global, Act Local". Sara from 2 minutes 53 secs.

Jonathan Bartley, Green Party Co-Leader, and Nobu Ono, SOAS CND

Video 8 of 8, CND London Conference 2019, "Trump's Finger on the Nuclear Trigger". 37 m 04s; Nobu from 7 minutes 28 secs.



Trump's finger on the nuclear button: Report from London CND 2019 conference

Photo: Henry Kenyon

Last Saturday, CND supporters from across London gathered for our annual conference - this year taking the theme ‘Trump’s finger on the Nuclear Button.’

We were honoured to be joined by Ambassador Husam Zumlot, head of the Palestinian mission in Washington until President Trump closed it down. The Ambassador gave fascinating insights into the challenges facing those who seek a peaceful solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, and what the Trump administration’s policies mean for the region. We also heard from Catherine West on the UK Parliament’s response to the Trump administration, and from Ann Feltham from the Campaign Against the Arms Trade on the importance of ending arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

After the first session we crossed the Atlantic, with a video interview with Medea Benjamin from Code Pink USA, a women-led organisation opposing war and militarism. She told us about the varied tactics Code Pink uses - from traditional protest marches to inventive publicity stunts and educational programmes - and said she hoped to work more closely with the UK peace movement in the months and years ahead.

You can watch the video interview here

Our second plenary featured Dr Rebecca Johnson from the Acronym Institute, London CND Chair Carol Turner, and Rae Street, Vice-Chair of CND UK. The guests discussed the trashing of international treaties - such as Trump’s intention to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, first signed in 1987 between the US and Russia. We heard about the importance of international agreements like the in building towards a nuclear-free world.

SOAS CND chair Nobu Ono speaking at the conference. Photo: Henry Kenyon

In the final plenary - ‘Think Global, Act Local’ - our speakers tackled the challenge of how to take concrete action as campaigners and communities to build this world. Sara Medi Jones, acting CND General Secretary, spoke about CND’s current campaigns; Nobu Ono told us about the work he’s been doing running SOAS CND, and the challenges and opportunities in youth and student activism. Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley left us with a message of hope: that we are living through times of intense change, in which the old political order is breaking apart - and we have the opportunity to build something new.

London CND vice-chair Hannah Kemp-Welch chairs the final panel of the day. Photo: Henry Kenyon

You can see all the photos from the conference here.

Women against Trump: video interview with Code Pink's Medea Benjamin

At our annual conference on the 12th January, titled ‘Trump’s Finger on the Nuclear Button’, we were lucky enough to carry out a video interview with Medea Benjamin from Code Pink USA, a women-led anti-war organisation. Watch it here!

Uploaded by London CND on 2019-01-22.