Join CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans and the Editor-in-Chief and founder of NewsClick, Prabir Purkayastha, for this webinar to discuss the US hybrid war on China with a special focus on the Quad, the recent AUKUS alliance, and India’s role in the region that US military planners are increasingly referring to as ‘the Indo-Pacific’. With guest speaker Prabir Purkayastha, the founding […]
Join Nuke Free Europe for this open meeting to discuss actions and activities for a nuclear weapons-free Europe. Agenda 1. Welcome and introductions by Reiner Braun 2. Trade union actions against nuclear weapons and for a world free of nuclear weapons – Reflections by Owen Tudor 3. Where are we in the struggle for a nuclear weapons-free world and what […]
The publication of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021 has brought issues around the right to protest to the forefront of debate. In the UK protest has been used throughout history to allow underrepresented voices to be heard, from the suffragette’s movement to the Greenham Common protest. In the last year spotlight has been placed on protest, with […]
Yorkshire CND is calling a regional day of divestment action, inviting all peace campaigners across the region to hold socially-distanced stalls and leafleting sessions outside NatWest and Barclays banks in their towns and cities. According to Don’t Bank on the Bomb, between 2018-2020, NatWest had over 1.8 billion in outstanding loans to 11 nuclear weapons producers. Similarly, as noted in the […]
Young Labour led the field at #Lab21 conference with a belting motion on Palestine, while the Labour CND-promoted emergency motion on AUKUS, the military pact with the UK, US and Australia passed with a stonking majority . Time to talk tactics in pursuit of a non-aligned foreign policy focussed on peace and justice. This Labour CND event starts the process. […]
Networking with Young Labour for foreign policies based on peace and justice Young Labour led the field at #Lab21 conference with a belting motion on Palestine, while the Labour CND-promoted emergency motion on AUKUS. the military pact with the UK, US and Australia passed with a stonkin majority. Time to talk tactics in pursuit of a non-aligned foreign policy focussed […]
After the failure of the G7 to reach meaningful agreement under UK leadership, there is serious concern for the vital COP26 negotiations. Government spending to reduce UK carbon emissions is dwarfed by new spending on weapons of war. Despite being out of the most significant sectors in terms of emissions, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change does not require Governments to […]
The decisions made at COP26 will shape how governments respond (or not) to the climate crisis. They will decide who is to be sacrificed, who will escape and who will make a profit. So far, governments have done too little too late: colluding with corporations and hiding behind green washed ‘solutions’ that actually don’t exist yet, that don’t address the […]
This year, we will begin, by holding a two minutes silence at 11am. Gather at the War memorial in memorial gardens off the main road in the centre of Hebden Bridge. We will lay a white poppy wreath to commemorate ALL victims of war and conflict, civilians and military on all sides, and to re-commit ourselves to working towards a […]
Each year, the Movement for the Abolition of War holds a Lecture to mark Remembrance day. This year, we are delighted to welcome Asad Rehman. Previously the Head of International Climate at major environmental NGO, Friends of the Earth, Asad Rehman is now the Executive Director of War on Want, a movement committed to ending poverty and inequality. His expertise […]
