WATCH: South East London CND Peace One Day event

In September 2001 United Nations GA resolution 55/282 was unanimously adopted by the General Assembly, establishing the UN International Day of Peace as an annual day of global ceasefire and non - violence, fixed in the calendar as September 21st. Peace One Day has successfully driven the initiative to establish this day in many countries throughout the world. It is marked in many different ways, for example - with real ceasefires in conflict zones, arts festivals,and educational projects in schools. The South East London CND Peace Coalition marked it on Sept 22nd this year due to organisational demands, with music, poetry, a speaker about the Gaza settlements, and film extracts about the history of the organisation and a Woodcraft Folk peace project.

00:00:00 Introduction - Gini Bevan (SE London CND groups), Richard Hart and Ann Garrett (Bromley Peace Council)
00:08:43 Music - Nick Jeffrey and The Lewisham Folk Mob
00:38:30 Film - Tracy Cleveland (Woodcraft Folk)
00:47:15 Music - North Kent and Petts Wood musician via La Dolce Vita Folk Club – Paul Steele
00:56:12 Film - Peace One Day, introduced by Hannah Kemp Welch (London Region CND)
01:02:56 Talk - The Gaza Settlements, Michael Coulston (Stop the War) + with Ang Swee Chai 01:19:28 Music - La Dolce Vita Folk Club - Curtis Savage
01:28:20 Poetry - Richard Hart. Roisin Robertson, Leon Silver, Ben Silver, Patricia Lower, Ann Garrett and Ruth Fabricant (local SE London peace poets and singers)
01:28:03 Music – a song from each of the musicians 02:05:32 Final announcements and thanks

Kingston Peace Vigil for Hiroshima Day

Kingston Peace Council held their Hiroshima event on the riverbank at Canbury Gardens, Kingston, where for many years they have organised an evening ceremony. Below are some photos from the commemorations and peace vigil. This year members held up posters in Kingston town centre for an hour, before moving on to the riverbank at lunchtime for a shortened ceremony, joined by the Mayor of Kingston upon Thames Thay Thayalan.

Commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Bromley 2020

On Saturday 1st August members and supporters of Bromley Borough CND assembled opposite the central library to commemorate the use of nuclear weapons against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6th and 9th August 1945. We maintained a two hour presence outside the library before processing on a silent and dignified walk around Bromley High Street. We all wore our face masks as a mark of respect to the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and also to victims of the Covid 19 virus. We then walked to the lake in the Library Gardens where we scattered chrysanthemum petals on the lake. Afterwards we read poetry written by members of Bromley Borough CND.