Yorkshire Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)’s Sam Legg reports back from a delegation to Hiroshima earlier this year.
Tag: Nuclear Disarmament
Oppenheimer: what you need to know before watching – ICAN
The release of Christopher Nolan’s biopic about Robert J Oppenheimer - leader of the Manhattan project - is driving a lot of questions about nuclear weapons and how they pose risk of global catastrophe.
Remembering Daniel Ellsberg – CND
“I think about nuclear war not because I find it fascinating but because I want to prevent it, to make it unthinkable” - CND celebrates the life of whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.
G7 hypocrisy in Hiroshima – Kate Hudson, CND
"Holding the recent G7 summit in Hiroshima raised hopes that those leaders present would take the opportunity to make a concrete initiative towards disarmament. Such hopes were comprehensively dashed."
Russian nuclear weapons to Belarus increases ‘nightmare nuclear risk’ – CND
"We are fast approaching the situation where a nuclear war will be fought in Europe" - Kate Hudson, CND General Secretary.
Wake up the world is dying – Extinction Rebellion Peace
"Our key messages are that militarism is a central pillar of the extractive systems that are causing climate change and that not only does climate change cause war, but that war causes climate change."
The big challenges of 2023: War in Ukraine, Cold War with China – London CND
Ahead of the London CND Conference on Saturday January 14th, Carol Turner looks at the challenges ahead for the peace movement.
Preventing nuclear use requires nuclear abolition
Two years after its entry into force, CND Vice-President Dr Rebecca Johnson assesses where we are with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
US keeps ‘usable’ nukes – CND
CND General Secretary Kate Hudson outlines the US government’s latest position paper on nuclear weapons.
Nuclear power plants pose dangers in Ukraine – CND
The war in Ukraine has many nuclear elements, including the dangers posed by the risk of attack on nuclear power plants - Dr Ian Fairlie, CND.