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Officers elected October 2010; Chair: Dave Webb; Vice-Chairs: Jeremy Corbyn MP, Sarah Cartin, Daniel Blaney;Treasurer: Linda Hugl; General Secretary: (appointed senior staff position): Kate Hudson.

CND National Council elected October 2010. Directly elected: Pat Allen, Sophie Bolt, Jenny Clegg, Tom Cuthbert,Ian Fairlie, Janet Fenton, Myra Garrett, Gawain Little, Caroline Lucas MP, Vijay Mehta, Pat Sanchez, Tony Staunton, Rae Street,Jim Taggart, Carol Turner Nations, Regions and Areas: CND Cymru: John Cox (VP), Jill Gough; Scottish CND: Brian Larkin, AlanMackinnon, Arthur West; Cumbria & N. Lancs: Dick Allwright; East Midlands: Ian Cohen, Richard Johnson, Lesley Mathews;Greater Manchester: Philip Gilligan; Kent Area: Marilyn Sansom; London Region: Isobel McHarg, Jim Brann, Nicholas Russell;Merseyside: Gerald Poole; Southern Region: Michael Waugh; South Cheshire & N. Staffs: Jason Hill; South West Region: PeterLe Mare, Tom Milburn, Michal Lovejoy; Sussex Peace Alliance: Ros Cooke; West Midlands CND: vacant; Yorkshire CND: HelenJohn, Dominic Linley. Specialist Sections: Christian CND: Bob Russell; Labour CND: Joy Hurcombe; Student CND: Fiona Edwards;Youth and Student CND: vacant.

Vice-Presidents: Pat Arrowsmith, Tony Benn, John Cox, Joan Horrocks, Rebecca Johnson, Bruce Kent, Alistair Mackie, AliceMahon, Paul Oestreicher, Walter Wolfgang.

Staff and volunteers Staff at Holloway Road: Sam Akaki: Parliamentary Officer [until January 2010]; Joy Annegarn:Membership, Finance; Kate Charteris: Membership and Database Officer; Eve Cuthbert: Finance and Network Manager;Ben Folley: Campaigns Officer (Parliamentary) [from March 2010]; Sue Longbottom: Designer; Mell Harrison: GroupDevelopment Officer [on one-years leave from May 2010]; Tansy Hoskins: Campaigns Officer (Trade Unions) [from September2010]; Anna Liddle: Peace Education Officer; Dawn Rothwell: Campaigns Officer (Research and Information); Luke Massey:

Office & Personnel Manager; Anne Schulthess: Campaigns Officer (Youth & Community Engagement) [from May 2010]; BenSoffa: Press Officer; Beckett Vester: Fundraiser; Chris Wood: QPSW Campaigns Officer [until September 2010].

Many thanks and good luck to Sam Akaki and Chris Wood.

National and Regional staff: CND Cymru: Jill Gough; Scottish CND: John Ainslie; Greater Manchester CND: Jacqui Burke,Doug Weir; London Region CND: David Polden; Yorkshire CND: Denise Craghill, Hannah Tweddell. Other regional offices arerun by volunteers. Specialist Sections: Christian CND: Claire Poyner (part-time).Other specialist sections are run by volunteers from home.

Volunteers at Holloway Road: Pat Allen, Pat Arrowsmith, Jim Brann, Kitty Cooper, Ellie Delves, Dave Esbester, JessicaLittlewood, Gina Mackenzie, Eileen Maclean, Luba Mumford, Mary Ogbogoh, Annette Russell, Ellen Sheffield, Andrea Szilagyi,Jean Taylor, Jim Thomas, Ian Triggs, Tim Wardle, Muriel Wood.

Interns: Amy Brecken-Simons, James Funnell, Sarah Holtam, Tom Howie, Kat Lewis, Bwale Nkowane, Ed Ram, Andrea

Szilagyi. Thank you to all those in and out of the office who volunteer their valuable time and energy.

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CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2010

IAM honoured to have been elected as the new

Chair of CND this year and want to thank Kate

Hudson for her inspirational work and dedication

over the last seven years as Chair. I very much

look forward to working with her in her new role as

General Secretary.

This has been a very interesting and very promising

year! One in which we have worked hard for a nuclear

weapon free world at local, national and international

levels. During the general election campaign CND groups across the

country held hustings and lobbied candidates to make Trident replacement a major

issue. This was greatly assisted by the online lobbying tool on the CND website

which enabled people to contact their candidates at the click of a mouse. No doubt

this and other campaigning pressure helped secure the delay to the decision on

whether or not to replace Trident to 2016. So there is all to play for!At the same time as the election in the UK, CND was present at the nuclear Non-

Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York. We spoke at and hosted

workshops and helped to organise and run the International Abolition Conference

at Riverside Church (with over 1,000 attendees and guest speakers Ban Ki-moon

and Mayor Akiba from Hiroshima). We were also joint organisers of the Disarm

Now march and rally in Times Square at which 15,000 sent out our common

disarmament message to UN delegates.

In November we were in Lisbon for the NATO Summit. CND was involved in

the No to War No to NATO Counter Summit and International Protest which

highlighted NATOs expansionist policies, its nuclear presence in Europe and the

decision to join the provocative and costly NATO and US missile defence systems.

This Review covers just some of the highlights of our campaigning in 2010,

illustrating the breadth and depth of our work. It by no means covers everything

and all the groups and supporters deserve a big thank you for their hard work,

perseverance and spirit. Unfortunately, we are still being told that we need to spend

76 billion or more on replacing Trident but the argument as to whose budget the

money should come from was very interesting. Should it be the MoD or the

Treasury that pays? In other words - is it really a weapon or a status symbol for

politicians? The simple resolution to the argument would be of course to scrapTrident altogether and with it the huge nuclear burden that we are passing on to

future generations.

CND members and groups all over the UK will continue to explain that the cuts in

health, education and welfare programmes are unnecessary, if we just admit that we

do not need to retain a hugely expensive, wasteful and unnecessary nuclear

weapons system! As a result of our work Trident replacement is being shifted

further into the future as it becomes increasingly difficult to justify lets continue

to apply the pressure and make sure that it is finally cancelled altogether. The one

cut that we definitely do need is Trident!

Dave Webb, CND Chair

Campaign forNuclear Disarmament

CND campaigns non-violently to

achieve British nuclear

disarmament for scrapping the

Trident nuclear weapons system

and preventing its replacement.

CND works to secure a Nuclear

Weapons Convention which will

ban nuclear weapons globally, as

chemical and biological weapons

have been banned. We also work

to end Britains participation in

the US Missile Defence system

and with other campaignsinternationally against missile

defence and weapons in space.

Other current campaigns include

the prevention and cessation of

wars in which nuclear weapons

may be used, opposition to

NATO and its nuclear policies,

and to nuclear power.

CND is funded entirely by its

members and supporters, and

our policies are decided upon by

our annual national delegates

conference, where our national

leadership is also elected.

Details of our national offices,

and our network of regions and

local groups can be found at the

back of this Review.

CNDMordechai Vanunu House

162 Holloway Rd London N7 8DQTel: 020 7700 2393Fax: 020 7700 [email protected]

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CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

OUR TOP PRIORITIES this

year have been working toscrap Trident, ensure there is

no nuclear replacement of any sort, and

secure the global abolition of nuclear

weapons. The situation has changed

significantly in our favour: now the

possibility of scrapping the existing system

is on the agenda, as well as making sure

there is no replacement. Polls continue to

show a majority for nuclear disarmament,

so, as a result the emphasis of our work

has shifted from No Trident Replacementto Scrap Trident, as a realisable demand.

This years campaigning was dominated

by the general election and its aftermath.

Election work focused on canvassing all

candidates on nuclear weapons, mostly via

our special online lobbying system which

thousands of members and supporters

used to contact their candidates. Hundreds

of responses were received many

candidates even went against their party to

oppose Trident. The issue had a boost

from Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, who

raised Trident replacement in the televised

leadership hustings. However, hopes were

dashed when the coalition government

backed Trident replacement.

We lobbied new Defence Secretary

Liam Fox and his Lib Dem Defence

Minister Nick Harvey, to include

Trident in the Strategic Defence and Security

Review. Then we facilitated submissions

to the Treasurys Spending Challenge,

inviting people to suggest what shouldbe cut. Large numbers of people opted

to scrap Trident. We have been pressing

the government to take note of the

response!

Since then we have seen some

modest advances. In October, the

government published its Defence Review

and its newNational Security Strategy

which saw not only a delay to the

decision to replace Trident until 2016

and a reduction in warhead numbers,

but also a reduction of nuclear threats to

a second tier level. Our key focus now

is to ensure that decision is a resounding

No. On the day of the Comprehensive

Spending Review, CND joined with the

Stop the War coalition to organise a

protest in Parliament Square, urging that

Trident and war should be cut, not

spending on health, education andwelfare.

An important feature of our anti-

Trident work has been our new research

and publications on Trident and the jobs

issue (see page 20). We have exposed

the myth that Trident helps employment

and are using the new materials

particularly with the trade union

movement.

This year CND again backedopposition to Aldermaston Weapons

Establishment planning applications for

new facilities, this time a hydrodynamics

facility Hydrus (which recreates the

extreme conditions within a nuclear

explosion without causing a detonation).

Our online lobbying system allowed

over a thousand objections to be logged.

We have produced new campaigning

material on Trident which has been

widely used by local groups, together

with a newScrap Trident: Ban all nuclear

weaponspetition (see page 20). CND

continues to convene the No Trident

Replacement core group where

Scrap Trident

63% of the British public

want spending cuts to

include scrapping Trident BPIX/Mail on Sunday

poll, June 2010.

February, Aldermaston: CND supported the Big Blockade whichdrew campaigners from around the world. One of these wasNobel Laureate, Jody Williams (inset) who addressed our publicmeeting the following day at the LSE. Jody led the LandminesBan campaign and shared many ideas and lessons for thebanning of nuclear weapons.

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CND groups made concerted efforts in

the run-up to the election: lobbying

candidates, organising hustings and getting

letters and articles in their local press.

Yorkshire CND, in common with other

regions, received the fewest responses

from the Conservative Party candidates

and the most from the Lib Dems and the

Green Party. The group organised a Peace

and Justice Hustings in Leeds Civic Hall

with representatives from all the main

political parties in the area.

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representatives from a wide range of

disarmament organisations meet

regularly to discuss strategy and tactics

in our anti-Trident work. Recognising

the importance of campaigning at the

nuclear dockyard in Devonport,Plymouth where Trident submarines are

serviced, we have continued to work

with local activists and supported a

blockade in October. Our campaigning

in Devonport links the issues of nuclear

weapons, nuclear waste, cuts and

investment in sustainable jobs.

Global Abolition

2010 saw the nuclear Non-Proliferation

Treaty (NPT) Review Conference inNew York a five yearly event where

progress towards disarmament is

assessed and advanced. This years

event was more constructive than the

previous one in 2005, and there was

some modest progress in securing

recognition for a Nuclear Weapons

Convention. CND had worked with

other organisations internationally

towards this end and had a good

delegation in attendance. We held a

successful fringe meeting, joined an

enormous march through New York,

and helped organise a major NGO

conference. A highlight of the NPT was

the handing in of a global petition

calling for nuclear abolition. It

comprised over 16 million signatures,

including tens of thousands from

Britain! In June, CND and the

International Campaign to Abolish

Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) UK worked

together to mark a post-NPT global dayof action by organising some newly-

elected anti-nuclear MPs to hand in a

letter to Downing Street. CND

continues to be an active part of ICAN

the international campaign which

focuses on securing a Nuclear Weapons

Convention.

Kent Area CND members produced

a special pre-election leaflet 2010:

Make or Break making the case for

scrapping Trident. A small band of

activists distributed them in town

centres in every constituency in the area.

Members also wrote to most of their

candidates, getting considered replies

from unexpected quarters.

West Midlands CND members had

pre-election stalls throughout the region,

and questioned candidates on Trident at

hustings. Their dedicated parliamentary

team continues to monitor parliament

enabling them to follow up elected MPs

and write letters to their local newspapers.

Bruce Kent addressed their lively public

meeting attended by 60 people.Later in the year, West Midlands

CND members joined thousands of

protestors on the Right to Work March

in Birmingham on the day the

Conservative Party Conference opened.

Carrying No to Trident placards and

leafleting the marchers, they continued

their campaigning with a silent vigil

outside the Conference Centre.

Greater Manchester & District

CND groups were very busy organising

local hustings (coordinating with the

Greater Manchester Stop the War

Coalition), public meetings, rallies, and

street stalls prior to the election.

May, New York: A global petition callingfor nuclear abolition was handed in at theNPT. It comprised over 16 millionsignatures, including tens of thousandsfrom Britain

June: CND joined with the Stop the War Coalition to organise a protest on the day ofthe Comprehensive Spending Review cut Trident and war, not public spending

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Cumbria and Lancashire Area

CND members campaigned vigorously

using CNDs Election Pack. In March,

members celebrated International

Womens Day with stalls in Lancaster

and Nelson; overall they collected morethan 900 signatures for the No to

Trident Replacement petitions.

London Region CNDs bi-monthly

Public Fora included a well-attended

hustings and, since the election, members

have held monthly vigils protesting against

Trident in Parliament Square.

Sussex Peace Alliance members were

particularly active during the election period

writing to candidates beforehand and then

to the elected MPs after. They havecorrespondents in all of the Sussex

constituencies and continue to inform their

MPs successfully prompting them to sign

EDMs and table Parliamentary Questions.

Oxford CND members from Southern

Region CND have joined in many local

anti-cuts demonstrations using Cut Trident

Not Welfare as their slogan.

Street stalls have been run by

Merseyside CND members in

Birkenhead, Liverpool and Maghull city

centres. They also ran monthly Tea in

the Park events throughout the summer

in a park in Wallasey with stalls and music.

Many young people were interested in the

cause and the general public consensus was

that Trident is a shameful waste of money

in these hard times.

Several groups sought to make

people aware of the importance of the

NPT Review Conference 2010 in New

York. Yorkshire CND organised a

series of six public talks by specialspeakers on various aspects of the

nuclear weapons issue. Sussex Peace

Alliance members helped organise a

long stretch of the Flame of Hope walk

between Dover and Portsmouth to call

on world leaders to ban nuclear

weapons. Members were also present as

NGO delegates at the Conference in

New York.

During the autumn, Kent Area CND

held a successful public meeting in

Tunbridge Wells on the outcomes of the

Review Conference, generating much

goodwill and support from long-

standing members.

Nuclear Convoys

Oxford CND members from Southern

Region CND continue to work with Nuke-

watch (see page 25), observing, pursuing

and noting details about the nuclear

convoys pass ing through their area.

Aldermaston blockading

Earlier in the year many regional and

local CND groups supported the Big

Blockade at Aldermaston organised by

Trident Ploughshares, including

members from London Region,

Sussex Peace Alliance, Cumbria and

Lancashire and Yorkshire CND

groups. A carful of Zombies came

from Portsmouth, lots of young people

came from Poole, Bournemouth and

Christchurch, and other Southern Region

members came from Oxford and

Penzance. Participation in the blockade has

encouraged campaigning in Bournemouth,where two well-attended public meetings

have since been held.

Rolls Royce

East Midlands CND campaigners

concentrate on the Rolls Royce factory

in Derby. As well as designing and

manufacturing the reactors for Trident

and other nuclear-powered subs, the

company has now expanded into the

area of civil nuclear power havingbecome involved in a new research

centre and new plant to manufacture

components for the industry. In March,

East Midlands CND roused significant

local press interest in their public

meeting in Derby (organised with the

Justice & Peace Group) on the theme

Nuclear Dangers the Green

Alternative. Around 50 people attended

(and contributions to the discussion

were made by several people from the

local workforce). The speaker was Dr

Stuart Parkinson from Scientists for Global

Responsibility. The group holds monthly

protests outside the factory with Derby

Churches Justice and Peace, Friends of the

Earth and other Green groups. Different

themes have included vigils for Chernobyl

Day and Hiroshima and Nagasaki

commemorations and in October they

held a Cut Trident, Create Green Jobs

demonstration.

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Lobby your MP to sign EDM 909 calling on the government to ensure a full publicreview of our possession of nuclear weapons before the Trident replacement projectreaches Main Gate stage (after which construction of the submarines will

begin). At the same time ask him/her to sign EDM 498 demanding thegovernment supports negotiations for a Nuclear Weapons Convention to banall nuclear weapons worldwide.

Use CNDs new leaflet on Trident and the cuts (ready for 2011) as well as the

Trident, Jobs and the UK Economyfour-page summary particularly for work withtrade unions.

Make sure all your friends and family sign the Scrap Trident, Ban all NuclearWeapons petition a copy is enclosed with your Campaign Review(please post itback to us before September 2011). Alternatively sign the petition online, send it to

all your friends and share it on your Facebook page.

Action

Gtr Manchester CND helps to blockadethe Home Office Gate at Aldermaston

East Midlands CND protest outside theRolls Royce factory in Derby


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Devonport blockade

Plymouth CND (part of South West

Region) has been campaigning on the

crucial issues at Devonport Dockyard,

showing what will really help employment

in the city. The group has gained thesupport of the Plymouth Trades Union

Council and the Green Party. There is

much local concern about plans to cut up

all the obsolete nuclear powered

submarines and store the radioactive

waste in this city inhabited by 250,000

people. The group worked with Trident

Ploughshares to organise a Blockade of

the dockyard gates. At least 120

protestors came to the blockade including

members from London Region CND,South West Region (Exeter and

Penzance), and activists from Yorkshire

CND and Eastern Region CND (some

of whom locked on to a car!). A protest

march in the city preceded the blockade.

Labour CND backed Diane Abbott for

leader of the Labour Party in the

leadership contest in summer because of

her consistent support for CND, and

how she spoke out strongly against

Trident replacement and opposed the

wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Her

campaign successfully raised these issues

in the public debate.

Members sent resolutions to local

Labour parties for submission to Labour

Party Conference on the subjects Support

a Nuclear Weapons Convention, Scrap

Trident and Troops out of Afghanistan -

they were ruled out of order as usual. Thereal debate was at the fringe meetings,

particularly the one organised by Labour

CND, Labour Action for Peace and CND.

MPs Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott, Eric

Joyce and Yasmin Qureshi joined with

Kate Hudson and Mehdi Hasan from the

New Statesmanto debate the subject of

New leader, new foreign policy; the

meeting was so popular there was standing

room only for latecomers.

Christian CND had several

gatherings at the Atomic Weapons

Establishment, Aldermaston. Their

biggest being an overnight candlelit vigil

preceding the Big Blockade in February.

The closing ceremony and interfaith

service the following morning attracted an

unusually large crowd including the

Bishops of Reading and Brentwood. In

June members organised a special Nuclear

Abolition Day event which members of

West Midlands CND supported. There

was a picnic and a colourful presentation at

Main Gate entitled Strictly Disarming.

In March, in advance of the NPT

Review Conference, Christian CND held

an Embassies Walk calling at 16 embassies

in London. The general response was

encouraging. Their other pre-Conference

event was organising 23 miles of the

Flame of Hope Walk (Lydd to Hastings

section). There were stops along the way

when they were greeted by Mayors, seniorclergy and the MP Michael Foster. Four

members represented Christian CND at

the Conference in New York, holding

early morning interfaith prayer vigils,

meeting diplomats and joining in NGO

activities.

With tuition fees at 2.5 billion per year

(more than the cost of running Trident!)

and rising, Student CND has been

building support for its Fund Education

No to Trident campaigning. This issue wascentral to its intervention in the NUS

National Conference in April which

proved to be a key opportunity to make

new links with student activists and

student leaders from across the country.

Hundreds of Student CND newsletters

were distributed from a popular stall at the

Conference and members co-organised a

peace fringe with Stop the War Coalition

and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

This was one of the biggest fringe

meetings at the Conference with over 100

people attending.

During the summer Student CND sent

out a glossy newFund Education No to

Trident Replacementbriefing to several

hundred incoming Student Union

Sabbatical Officers around the country.

For Freshers Week the group produced a

Student CND newsletter to mobilise

students around CNDs core campaigns.

Members also held a successful stall at the

University of London Freshers Fair.In October Student CND spoke at the

Progressive Students Conference (a

national event with students coming from

30 different campuses). In November the

group distributed new leaflets at the

enormous (52,000 people) demonstration

against the governments proposal to

increase tuition fees.

Specialist sections

The blockade at Devonport Dockyard

Sussex Peace Alliance members helpedorganise a long stretch of the Flame of

Hope walk between Dover and Ports-mouth to call on world leaders to bannuclear weapons.

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WE CONTINUE to work as

appropriate with the Stop the

War Coalition and the British

Muslim Initiative. This year that included

the joint organisation of the successful

Troops out of Afghanistan demo in

November, a protest in January at theChilcot Inquiry on the occasion of Tony

Blair being called to give evidence and

protests against the attacks on the Gaza

Flotilla taking humanitarian aid to the

people of Gaza.

As always many local and regional CND

group members come from all parts of

the country to strengthen the numbers of

the national anti-war demonstrations in

London. At the same time they also carry

out actions in their own towns and cities.

At the start of the year Greater

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Not one more death

Manchester & District CND worked

closely with the Manchester Palestine

Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and the

Greater Manchester Stop the War

Coalition (STWC) and other groups to

organise vigils and other events around

the anniversary of Operation Cast Lead

to remember all those civilians who died

in the devastating Israeli attacks on the

Gaza strip in 2008/9.

In summer many people came to see

the GMD CND concert organised with

Manchester PSC to host singer-songwriter David Ferrard. Everyone

agreed that making the link between the

two causes was vital because of the issue

of Israels nuclear weapons. The group

linked with Manchester PSC and STWC

again to organise a large rally of more

than two thousand people outside the

BBC Headquarters in response to the

attack on the Gaza aid flotilla in May.

Sussex Peace Alliance members

supported Eastbourne for Peace and

Liberty in arranging an Open Forum on

Afghanistan. Presentations and

discussions were informed by factual

briefings and the Forum resulted in the

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20th November: Afghanistan Time to Go demonstration

January: Blair gives evidence at theChilcot Inquiry into the war in Iraq


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formulation of a series of public

questionnaires asking people for views on

whether people feel safer with British

troops in Afghanistan.

Penzance CND, from South West

Region, has held their Peace Stall in thecentre of town nearly every Saturday for

the last 35 years. Since the bombing of

Afghanistan they have also held an hour

long vigil there every Saturday too.

Labour CND held a successful

conference at the start of the year

entitled Reclaiming the peace, Throw

away our imperialist past, No to Trident,Troops out of Afghanistan. Speakers

included Jeremy Corbyn MP, Billy

Hayes the General Secretary of the

Communication Workers Union,

Marion Hobbs the Former

Disarmament Minister of New Zealand,

and Alice Ukoko, a Nigerian human

rights activist. Former Guantanamo

detainee Omar Deghayes spoke about

his ordeal spending six years in

Guantanamo where he suffered routine

abuse and torture, including being

blinded in one eye.

Labour CND continues to work for

the release of British Resident Shaker

Aamer who is a victim of US/UK

foreign policy, still being detained in

Guantanamo without charge.

Student CND played an active role in

mobilising students to join the national

demonstration against the war in

Afghanistan in November and Fiona

Edwards represented Student CND onthe platform of speakers at the closing

THIS YEARS anti-NATO

campaigning has focused on the

NATO summit in Lisbon in

November where a new Strategic

Concept was announced. Although

there were some verbal gestures towards

nuclear disarmament, nothing concrete

was achieved in this area, and there was

no commitment to remove the

remaining US tactical nukes from fiveEuropean countries, even though a

number of them have demanded their

removal at government level.

Specialist sections

No to NATO

CND was centrally involved in the

organisation of a counter-summit in

Lisbon during the NATO leaders

summit. This was a successful event

addressed by Jeremy Corbyn MP, CND

Chair Dave Webb and National Council

member Rae Street.

Earlier in the year we protested

outside a NATO meeting in London,

calling for British troops to be withdrawnfrom Afghanistan. A new briefing and

leaflet have been produced, following the

outcomes of the NATO summit.

CNDs delegates joined the massive 30,000 strong demonstration of the Portuguese

peace movement in Lisbon at the Nato Summit

Women in Black and Womens International League for Peace and Freedom say Noto Nato in Trafalgar Square, London


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ANTI-NUCLEARpower

campaigning has been ongoingthis year, with submissions made

to government consultations on new

nuclear power stations. We were also able

to provide material to support local

groups to make their own submissions

too. A highlight of the year was the

publication of our new briefing on the

German governments KiKK study on

the incidence of childhood leukaemia in

proximity to nuclear power stations. We

have also produced a new leaflet againstnuclear power, explaining that it is not the

answer to climate change, supported local

protests at power stations and participated

in the green NGOs group which

cooperates on common issues.

In December we joined the climate

change demo, leafleting with our new No

to Nuclear Power leaflets.

In April Cumbria and Lancashire Area

CND joined with the Heysham Anti

Nuclear Alliance (HANA) to hold a

Market Square stall focusing on the

anniversary of the terrible accident at

Chernobyl. Members also organised a

public meeting on Nuclear Power and the

Local Economy in April, drawing

attention to the dangers of nuclear new-

build in the area.

There was also a good turn-out for the

meetingGreater Manchester & DistrictCND organised on nuclear power at the

time of the Chernobyl anniversary.

Speakers included Dr Ian Fairlie, Linda

Walker from the Chernobyl Childrens

Project (UK) and Marianne Kirkby from

Radiation Free Lakeland.

One ofLondon Region CNDs bi-

monthly Public Fora included a talk in

spring by Dr. Ian Fairlie on Childhood

Leukaemia and Nuclear Power. In July,

LRCNDs working group, the Nuclear

Trains Action Group, organised a 100-

strong demonstration and die-in to call

for a halt to trains carrying highly-

radioactive fuel rods being routed through

the Olympic site in East London. Among

other risks, the demonstration highlighted

how a terrorist attack on such a train

near the site during the Olympics could

kill thousands downwind and require

mass evacuation.

Eastern Region CND members

continued to protest throughout the year

against nuclear power. In February they

supported a 10-hour blockade at Sizewell

nuclear power station organised by the

Stop Nuclear Power Network (SNPN).

To raise public awareness about waste

issues their blockading (with help fromthe Theatre of War) involved locking on

to mock radioactive waste barrels. They

are supporting those arrested at the

blockade who are facing court action in

January 2011.

In April the group worked with the

SNPN again to run a Chernobyl weekendcamp which around 100 people attended.

With a welcome tent and informational

display boards the camp was a great

success in persuading local people to stop,

learn more and ask questions. There were

workshops on nuclear power, renewable

energy solutions and non-violent direct

action. The event culminated in a lively

demonstration with speakers, music and a

dancing blockade at Sizewells gates.

On Chernobyl day itselfEasternRegion CND members held a

procession with the Theatre of War to the

local beach near Sizewell power station.

They carried pebbles inscribed with

special messages and built a cairn with

them in memory of all those affected by

nuclear disasters. The event was witnessed

by local media and independent film

makers. There was a follow-up public

meeting which initiated a ripple of letters

in the local paper.

In October Eastern Region members

supported a four-hour SNPN blockade of

Hinkley Point nuclear power station to

protest about the flawed and biased local

Consultation on having a new reactor

built there. All activists wore badger

masks to show their opposition to plans

which would also destroy the habitat for

local wildlife even including evicting

badgers from their sets.

East Midlands CND has been

campaigning hard with other groups andlocal people in their region to stop the

company Augean dumping nuclear waste

from Rolls Royce Raynesway and from

the decommissioning of old power

stations at the Kings Cliffe landfill in

No nuclear power

Regions

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4th December: CNDs

banner was at theClimate Change demo,where hundreds of thenew No to nuclearpower leaflets weredistributed

SCANS (Solent Campaign Against Nuclear Ships) protest outside Southampton CivicCentre, against the visit of the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Torbay on the 15thNovember 2010 Photo: David Smith


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Northamptonshire. Their hard work

helped get the application refused by the

local council. Even so Augean is busy

appealing against this decision. Eastern

Region CNDs Chair, along with

representatives from the Low Level

Radiation Campaign, Friends of theEarth, the Green Party and the local

campaigning group, Waste Watchers, has

given important evidence to the hearing.

East Midlands CND is producing a

new pamphlet based on their short history

of the debate about nuclear power in

Britain published in the WISE (World

Information Service on Energy) monthly

Nuclear Monitor. The group has also

been working on a new website, covering

all their activities, planned to go live at the

start of 2011.

Southern Region CND members are

an important part of the Solent Coalition

Against Nuclear Ships (SCANS). This

year SCANS and Southampton CND

demonstrated against the citys adoption

of the new Astute class submarine HMS

Artful and the nuclear-powered

submarine HMS Torbays visiting the city

in November. The Coalition

commissioned new research by Large &

Associates which highlighted seriousfailings in emergency planning in the

event of an accident in a submarine

docked at Southampton.

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CAMPAIGNING on missile

defence has progressed, thanks toYorkshire CND which leads

CNDs campaigning in this area and has

updated our materials and information. A

successful protest took place at the missile

defence base at Fylingdales in June. We

have also continued to coordinate with

other European groups and to participate

in the Global Network against Weapons

and Nuclear Power in Space.

In JuneYorkshire CND and Trident

Ploughshares organised an event called

Reclaiming the Moor, around Fylingdales.

Thirty demonstrators, including members

ofCumbria and Lancashire Area CND

andWest Midlands CND, battled theelements (mainly torrential rain) and faced

a disproportionate MoD police presence

to approach the base from three different

directions. Once there they handed in a

letter to the Base Commander.

Cumbria and Lancashire CND

members supported several events

organised by the Campaign for the

Accountability of American Bases (CAAB)

at Menwith Hill including the

Independence from America day of

protest in July and the Who are the

Invisibles? protest in October as part of

Keep Space for Peace week.. The group

welcomed Lindis Percy from CAAB to a

talk on missile defence in September.

Yorkshire CND launched A WalkersGuide to Fylingdales during this years

Keep Space for Peace Week. The guided

walk took place on an unseasonably warm

and sunny day and revealed the important

geological and historical features of the area

and toured the outskirts of the base. The

group also organised a screening of the

new documentaryPax Americana and the

Weaponization of Spacein Leeds and

Bradford as part of the weeks events.

Yorkshire CND has updated itsimportant US Missile Defence exhibition

(comprising four large, attractive,

informative display boards) and it was

shown in the Bradford Central Library.

The exhibition is available for all groups

and members to use: please e-mail

[email protected] or call 01274

730 795 to organise your own showing.

Oxford CND is an important member

of the Oxfordshire Peace Campaign. Its

annual march and rally to the Croughton

base, the big US listening and

communications centre, during Keep

Space for Peace Week was informative and

enjoyable. Around 60 demonstrators

listened to Peter Burt from the Nuclear

Information Service and the Reverend

David Platt. Mark Levene from Crisis

Forum explained how the base is also a

hub of the Airforce Global Weather Centre

supplying meteorological information to all

Americas forces and that its Perimeter

Denial Capability plans to keep out hordesof climate change refugees. The

demonstrators were entertained by Les

Bicyclettes a cabaret act mocking the

USAF base and the Sea Green Singers.

No US Missile Defence

Eastern Regions Chernobyl Day protestat Sizewell nuclear power station

Regions

Write to Chris Huhne MP,

Department of Energy and ClimateChange Secretary, asking him toditch new nuclear power plans:

Department for Energy and ClimateChange, 3 Whitehall Place, LondonSW1A 2AW (see CNDs Nuclear

Power page on the website for all

the arguments).

If you live near a nuclear powerstation join in and help out one ofthe local groups campaigning there.

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AHIGHLIGHT of the year has

been our hosting, with theQuakers, of the Hiroshima Peace

Museum Exhibition (displayed for the first

time in London), at Friends House in

London. We were also delighted to

welcome Mr Kawamoto, a survivor from

Hiroshima who opened the exhibition with

a moving testimony and spoke at a number

of local groups public meetings during the

exhibition run.

Our participation at party conferences

has increased this year. We hosted fringemeetings at all three major party

conferences and stalls at the Labour party

and Lib Dem Conferences, as well as co-

hosting a hustings for the Labour Party

leadership contest with the New Statesman

magazine. We also hosted a fringe and had

a stall at the Trades Union Congress.

This years participation at Glastonbury

festival was very successful, with two stalls,

a programme of events and activities

including a screening of the Beating the Bomb

film about CND and its campaigning.

Around 15,000 copies ofFestival Campaign

magazine were distributed at the festival

and over 1,200 people signed letters to

David Cameron. We then organised a

Downing Street hand-in of the letters with

the MP who represents Glastonbury.

Several hundred people came to the

Nagasaki and Hiroshima Remembranceevent London Region CND organised in

Tavistock Square. Speakers included

Hiroshima survivor Mr Kawamoto, Ken

Livingstone, the Mayor of Camden and

Hetty Bowers. There was poetry from the

Purple Poets and singing from the

Workers Music Association, Raised Voices

and tenor Anthony Flaum.

People came from all over the region

carrying both new and historical banners to

the vigil on Hiroshima Day held outside

Stoke on Trents Town Hall and organised

by South Cheshire and North Staffordshire

CND. Representatives from Trident

Ploughshares, NorSCARF (a local anti-

racist group) and Guduwara Temple also

joined the vigil.

Yorkshire CNDworked in conjunction

with a new pop up art space to host the

Hiroshima Peace Museums A-Bomb

exhibition in August. It was considered a

great way to engage people in CNDs

campaigns. The Lord Mayor and LadyMayoress of Bradford attended their vigil

which attracted the largest turnout in

many years.

The Lord Mayor of Liverpool attended

Merseyside CNDswreath-laying

ceremony. Over half of those attending

were new faces and students.

West Midlands CND members held

special commemorations and vigil

throughout the region including in

Hereford, Malvern and Birmingham and

arranged for photograph exhibitions in

their cathedrals and libraries.

Exeter CND members of South West

Region raised awareness about the

bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with

two stalls: one with paper crane-making

and leafleting in Exeter High Street; one at

Roy Baileys Concert for Peace at the

Sidmouth Folk Festival (with a captive

audience of several hundred).

In springGreater Manchester &

District CND began a long-running and

successful touring exhibition of the nationalCND Anniversary panels and their special

Peace Tree interactive artwork. The

exhibition was shown in Manchester

Cathedral and churches, temples, meeting

houses and community centres across the

region. The group also joined the Nuclear

Free Local Authorities (NFLA) Secretariat

planning group to help create the

Manchester Peace Trail and Childrens

Peace Trail. In autumn the group played a

key role organising the Manchester Peace

Festival which was an enormous success. It

included: the Michael Foot exhibition at the

Working Class Movement Library; a rock

concert; a folk music concert with Leon

Regions

Festivals, fairs and conferences

1,200 letters signed at Glastonbury werehanded in to David Cameron

Fourth Merseyside CND Peace & Ecology

Festival at St.Lukes Church in LiverpoolCity Centre, July 4th 2010Photo: James Donnelly

CND at the 1234 Shoreditch festival

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Rosselson; comedy with Jewish comedian

Ivor Dembina. The Festival also

incorporated a Peace Play in a Day project

at two schools in Manchester. One of the

schools performed their play in front of the

Mayor of Nagasaki during the Nuclear-FreeLocal Authorities anniversary events in

November (see page 18).

The Peace and Ecology Festival run by

Merseyside CND every summer in

Liverpools bombed-out church is now an

established and successful city centre annual

event. This year about 15 different

campaigning groups held stalls at the

Festival and the music and poetry readings

were received by a young and enthusiastic

audience. Highlights including thePeacemakers 15 piece band (worldbeat vibe

with a dash of folk) and the newly-formed

Liverpool Socialist Choir.

Merseyside CNDwas also active

during International Womens Day

celebrations in March and Merseysides

May Day celebrations. Members ran a stall

at the National Union of Teachers

Conference in Liverpool and helped staff

the CND stall at the Lib Dem Conference

in Liverpool in September.

Many groups have held screenings of

the new film Beating the Bomb. Merseyside

CND marked the UN Day of Peace with a

showing which was followed by intense

discussion. The Bishop of Birkenhead

supported Wallasey CNDs Peace Fair and

Concert prior to the Day of Peace.

Sussex Peace Alliance members joined

in the Mid Sussex Global Peace Campaigns

celebration of the Day of Peace on Burgess

Hill with childrens activities, a screening of

the film Peace One Dayand a classical andfolk music concert held in a local church.

In MayWest Midlands CND joined

with members of the United Nations

Association in Birmingham Peace Gardens

on International Conscientious Objectors

Day to celebrate conscientious objectors:

both lifelong pacifists and those who,

already in the army, claim the right to refuse

to kill under certain circumstances.

In July members ofNorwich CND

from Eastern Region were active helping to

organise the Norwich Peace Festival at

which their stall was very well-visited.

Eastern Region members also held

successful stalls at the Harlequin Fayre in

August (where they also held a workshop

on nuclear physics and organised film

showings) and at the Waveney

Greenpeace Fair.

Exeter CND members from South

West Region worked at the Glastonbury

and Reading Festivals raising funds for

CND.

Kent Area CND helps support the

University of Kent Student CNDrepresentative who regularly attends their

meetings and events. The two groups

organised a stall at the annual Freshers Fair.

This year was Christian CNDs 50th

Anniversary and they marked it with a

Pilgrimage to Peace event in Coventry

Cathedral at the end of October as part

of Coventry City Councils annual Peace

Month commemorations. CND Vice-

Presidents Bruce Kent and Canon Paul

Oestreicher were the keynote speakers.

Christian CND supported the

showing of the Hiroshima Peace

Museum Exhibition. The group also

organised a vigil service in Tavistock

Square and walk to Battersea PeacePagoda on Nagasaki Day carrying a

Pilgrims Staff decorated with peace

cranes made in Hiroshima.

In August Christian CND sponsored

Bruce Kent as one of the main Grandstand

speakers at the Greenbelt Christian Arts

Festival (20,000 people attended). They

were also influential in the organising group

of the event helping to ensure nuclear

disarmament was one of the events key

issues of interest.

Youth & Student CND members

raised much needed funds for CND

youth work through Workers Beer at

Glastonbury.

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Specialist sections

Cumbria and Lancashire Area CNDorganised a Hiroshima/Nagasaki papercrane-making stall at their stall inLancaster Market Square

The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress ofBradford attended Yorkshire CNDs vigil

London Region CNDs Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemoration event

Mr Kawamoto speaking at the launch ofthe Hiroshima exhibition in London

CNDs Vice-President Canon PaulOestreicher speaks at Christian CNDs50th anniversary event in CoventryCathedrals old ruins


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Pre-election campaigning

IN the early part of the year Scottish

CNDs main focus was on raising the

issue of Trident in the election

campaign. Letters were sent to all the

candidates signed by Cardinal Keith OBrien,

Rt Rev Bill Hewitt (Moderator of the

Church of Scotland) and Isobel Lindsay

(Convenor of Scotlands for Peace and Vice-

Chair of Scottish CND). The responses to

this survey were published in an article in The

Herald. We encouraged supporters to send

specially designed Cut Trident cards to all

those standing in the election. Several local

CND groups also organised hustings

meeting. A major demonstration Cut

Trident not Jobs was held in Edinburghwith speakers including First Minister Alex

Salmond. The profile of the Trident issue

was effectively raised in Scotland, particularly

by the SNP and the Liberal Democrats,

both at national and constituency level.

Post-election

In May we held a Post-Election conference

which brought together representatives of

the main political parties and CND activists.

The meeting concluded that we should

continue to lobby MPs and MSPs to take

advantage of the political situation at

Westminster and the Scottish Parliament

elections in 2011.

Jobs and Trident

An excellent new report, Trident, Jobs and

the UK Economy, written by Alan

Mackinnon, John Foster and John

Ainslie for CND, was launched by CND

at the TUC Congress in September (see

page 20). It was also discussed at a

meeting with Scottish trade union

activists in October.

August activities

The anniversaries of the bombings of

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were marked by

local events in ten locations across

Scotland, many attended by 50 to 100

people. Local groups also supported the

Footprints for Peace walk in August. Thewalk followed the routes taken by nuclear

weapons convoys and raised public

awareness of the transport of Trident

warheads through the countryside. A

significant contingent from France played a

major role in the walk.

In the press

When the Navys newest Astute class

nuclear-powered submarine ran aground

in Skye we were able to quickly put out

a press release along with a report on

how similar incidents in the past were

the result of basic navigation errors and

a lack of common sense. Our comments

were widely published along with details

of the earlier accidents.

The Scottish press, particularly the

Sunday Herald, has carried regular articles

on nuclear safety at Faslane, and we have

been able to contribute to these. The

most recent of these concerned Ministry

of Defence plans to privatise work at the

Coulport nuclear store. Scottish CNDs

comments on this were covered both in

print and on BBC Scotland.

Collective work

Scottish CND continues to work in

coalition with other organisations. Through

Scotlands for Peace we maintain close links

with a range of civic groups, includingreligious bodies and trade unions. We also

encourage cross-party opposition to

Trident through our involvement in the

Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group

on Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Free

Local Authorities (Scotland) and Mayors

for Peace.

We have engaged in the international

disarmament campaign. In May Scottish

CND Chair, Alan Mackinnon, attended the

nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review

Conference in New York. In September

there was a successful meeting in the

Scottish Parliament to build support for a

Nuclear Weapons Convention.

March, Edinburgh: Scotland's for Peace Cut Trident Not Jobs demo. Speakers included Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond andKate Hudson

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Success!

AFTERa year of hard work,argument and struggle, the best

disarmament news from Wales is

the cancellation of the St Athan Military

College project. For a minimum of 14

billion it would have committed Wales and

Britain to a massive military institution on

Welsh soil; completely antipathetic to the

ethos of sustainable development and

international citizenship espoused by our

Welsh Assembly Government (WAG).

When Jill Evans MEP, CND Cymru Chair,first calmly spoke the truth in opposing the

project she was publically called a nutter

by Labour MP John Smith.

Wales was bribed with the promise of

jobs but in reality it was a job reduction

exercise for the armed services. Only a few

hundred unskilled jobs would have been

available for locals. Advance payments

from the MoD and the WAG were a gravy

train for private consultants. From the

project launch in 2007 to the current day

the private sector price has increased from

11 to 14billion. Millions of pounds of

public money were wasted on planning

procedures. WAG civil servants were

employed to see the project launched

with no debate, only press rhetoric and

lobbyists spin.

CND Cymru and British CND must be

vigilant. The MoD plans to modernise

military training by bringing the different

forces to work more closely together will

remain. New remote killing methods usingsatellites and cyber space, missiles, robots,

and drones, force strategic rethinking. Arms

companies rely on fear and endless war to

maintain their growth, encouraging a

system which legitimises the possessionof WMD.

Wales Peace Institute

Vice-Chair John Cox deserves special

mention for his work in negotiating with

the Petitions Committee of the Welsh

Assembly Government along with

Assembly Members of all parties in our

efforts to legitimise the concept of a Wales

Peace Institute.

AberporthThe campaign to stop an area of West

and Mid Wales developing into a Centre

of Excellence (sic) for Unmanned Aerial

Vehicles (drones) continues. Testing and

development at Aberporth currently

involves the MoD Watchkeeper

unmanned aerial vehicle. CND Cymru is

delighted to be working with Bro Emlyn

Peace and Justice Group and Cymdeithas

y Cymod on this issue. CND Cymru

participated in the Fellowship ofReconciliation conference on drones in

London in September.

Trident and Security and

Defence ReviewConstant campaigning against Trident and

any replacement continues. Unusually

through the Westminster Elections, local

hustings and the Defence and Security

Review announcement, nuclear weapons

were easy to get on the press and media

agenda for the first time in several years

in Wales.

At the Aldermaston and Devonport

Blockades CND Cymru was, as always,

proud to be alongside and part of thewonderful Trident Ploughshares.

The brilliant Wrexham Peace and

Justice Group were out on the Wrexham

streets in sympathy with the Devonport

Blockade, showing how little it takes to

cause a stir!

Nuclear power

Work to prevent the building of new

nuclear power stations especially at

Wylfa and on our borders has come to

the fore this year. We work with People

Against Wylfa-B (PAWB), the Stop

Hinkley Campaign, Welsh Anti-Nuclear

Alliance and the brilliant Nuclear Free

Local Authorities.

Groups and individuals all around

Wales informed by Heddwch, e-lists and

our webpages have been on the streets,

writing letters and supporting

campaigns. As always, it is important to

remember that in our small country it is

necessary and our privilege to networkclosely and work together with many

groups on many related issues.

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Miss, do you have lots of nuclear

weapons where you work?Aside from such questions from a rare

pupil (who must have been asleep during

a workshop), Peace Education in 2010

has gone from strength to strength, and

reached thousands of new school

students and their teachers all over the

country throughout the year.

Under Pressure: How Pressure

Groups Operate

Responding to demand, we have releaseda brand new resource pack on how CND

operates as a pressure group to

complement the GCSE Citizenship

curriculum. Students learn to recognise

the strength of their own influence and

design their own campaigns based on the

knowledge gained from this pack.

Hundreds of copies have already been

distributed and young people have

commented that the resources make them

feel as though they are able to make

positive changes on issues about which

they feel strongly.

Crane-folding Collectives

We have received news of whole year

groups of hundreds of students folding

origami paper cranes and following the

schemes of work in the Sadakos Cranes for

Peacebooklet. The other education

resources have also been enthusiastically

received by teachers whove commented

that they are: absolutely fantastic andnot only can they be used successfully in

educating on nuclear issues, but they have

application for other topics.

One resource, The Bomb Factor, was

made into a programme for Teachers TV.

The programme has received over a

thousand viewings within the first couple

of months, despite it being first shown

over the summer holidays.

We have also had articles in teaching

journals and magazines, includingRE

Today(the national publication for

Religious Education teachers) and been

invited to contribute further articles to

various different journals in 2011

In 2010 we attended many conferences

(including those for Science and English

teachers) to ensure that the Peace

Education materials are used across the

curriculum. They have also been

distributed at training events and placed

on recommended lists from examining

boards for Citizenship.

We have given more than a dozen

teacher training sessions, receiving much

positive feedback from them such as

upbeat and engaging and informative

and extremely useful. One teacher-trainer

reported that student teachers had

described their session as one of the best

external sessions of the year. And a

teacher who attended a regional training

event was inspired to run a session

promoting the resources to teachersacross her city, creating a snowball effect.

Peace Play in a day

Around the International Day of Peace in

September, we visited two schools in

Manchester accompanied by a theatre

practitioner to work with teenagers in

creating a peace play in a day. The results

were excellent: the students worked hard

and produced some beautiful

performances exploring the stories of

those affected by Hiroshima, Nagasaki

and nuclear testing. One groups

performance was so moving that they

were invited to perform before the Mayor

of Nagasaki when their delegation visited

in November.

Nagasaki delegation visit

During the Nagasaki delegations visit to

the Peoples History Museum schools

events were organised so that students had

the chance to hear the story of a

Hibakusha, a survivor of the Nagasaki

bomb. Over 100 students from seven

schools came to the museum to see the

exhibition on loan from the Nagasaki Peace

Museum and hear the testimony of the

survivor. Many students were moved to

tears and their teachers commented on the

privilege of being able to attend such an

event, and said that the pupils gained a lot

from hearing a firsthand account of an

event that they will be studying in the verynear future.

To ensure that the testimony will reach

even more students, it was filmed by TV

Production students from the University of

Central Lancashire and will be made into a

DVD to be launched in March 2011 and

distributed to schools countrywide.

Looking forward

The DVD will hopefully be just one of

many exciting developments in 2011 as

CND Peace Education continues to

expand and develop. Email Anna Liddle

on [email protected] to get

involved.

Peace Education

Pupils from Whalley Range High School performed a short play at the Peoples HistoryMuseum for a delgation from Japan and met with Yoshiro Yamawaki, survivor of theNagasaki bomb Photo: M.E.N. Syndication


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BOTH our campaigning activities

and our responses to worldevents have continued to gain

coverage in wide sections of the media

this year. This included Februarys

Aldermaston blockade which was covered

by the BBC, the Times, Mirror, Independent,

Guardian, plus regional newspapers, radio

and TV, and our hosting of an exhibition

of Hiroshima artefacts (see page 12)

which garnered worldwide coverage on

CNN news, an online feature from the

Independent, and coverage in Londonregional media.

In demand

Our views in response to national and

global events are often in demand; we

provide spokespeople and quotes to a

broad range of nuclear, global security

and defence policy issues. We aim to get

a CND voice in many debates, with, for

example, General Secretary Kate

Hudson appearing on Sky News to

discuss the Anglo-French nuclear treaty,

whilst the Evening Standardquoted our

reaction to Tony Blairs appearance at

the Chilcot Inquiry. Other stories we

have prompted have looked more

closely at local campaigns with a national

resonance, such as in The Guardianarticle

covering local concerns that Plymouth

become a nuclear dumping ground.

Frequent coverage

Our message has not been restricted toour more traditional outlets either. CND

spokespeople have appeared regularly on

TalkSport and other commercial radio

stations, as well as on BFBS the global

radio network for the UK armed forces.

By late November, The Guardianhad

mentioned CND in over 100 articles and

we continue to enjoy very frequent

coverage in the Morning Star, Tribune,

Ekklesiaand The Friend. Weve published

research and opinion pieces on news

blogs such as LeftFootForward and

regularly see our letters published in

national newspapers.

International reporting

CND continues to gain extensive

coverage internationally, with frequent

requests for comment from European,

Russian and Middle-Eastern media. The

Japanese newspaper Akahata, with a

circulation of 1.6 million, featured the

visit of CND Treasurer Linda Hugl to

Hiroshima in addition to covering our

Hiroshima commemorations in Britain

and other events.

A big thank-you to local andregional groups

Once again, the work of local and

regional CND groups in getting stories

into the regional media has been vital in

presenting our issues within a local

context. CND groups do an excellent job

of generating coverage of their events and

views, and we can always provide contacts

and assistance from the CND office if

needed. One easy way of translating

CNDs national statements into some-

thing more local is to check our website

for the latest press release and recycle it

as a letter to your local newspaper.

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No Trident replacement:

Tackling the jobs issue

Our excellent newTrident Jobs and the UK

Economyreport effectively tackles the myth

that replacing Trident would create more

jobs for defence workers. On the

contrary, it would destroy thousands of

jobs all over Britain and is an obstacle to

industrial investment in sectors likesustainable energy. Its attractive, colourful

four-page summary presents the

arguments in a clear, concise manner and

is particularly

handy for

getting the

points across

quickly ideal

for stalls and

particularly for

trade union

work. The in-

depth report is

packed with

arguments and

facts down-

load both from the Briefings page

of the CND website or else call 020 7700

2393 to get printed copies.

Updated leaflets and

postcards

With the general election over we updatedour leaflets and postcards to reflect the

continuing efforts for No Trident

replacement. Please send the new purple

postcard to your MP even if you sent

them one of the red ones with a similar

design last year. Its important to keep

emphasising the cost and security

themes especially in this time of

massive cuts. We mustnt let our MPs

forget about this issue.

The new Scrap Trident

petition

Thanks to much of our hard work over the

years the political debate has moved on.

Given the current cuts climate we must

stress how much we dont want the current

system weve got, never mind its

replacement! Consequently, our newScrap

Trident, Ban all Nuclear Weaponspetition

reiterates the need to get rid of the current

system, cancel plans for any replacement,

and negotiate a worldwide ban on nuclear

weapons, such as a Nuclear WeaponsConvention. Get everyone you know to

sign the petition and remember to post it

back to us (hand-in planned for September

2011), or alternatively sign the petition

online, send it to all your friends and share

it on your Facebook page.

No nuclear power

Our popular Q&A on this issue has been

updated, and we have also published an

important new two-sided summary of the

findings of German government-

commissioned research (KiKK study)

which showed significant increases in

cancer in children under five who live near

nuclear power stations. We also have a

new leaflet stressing the links between

nuclear power and nuclear weapons

proliferation and explaining why nuclear

power is dirty, dangerous and expensive

and not the answer to climate change.

No US Missile Defence

A new leaflet and briefing on this issue

are planned for 2011.

No to NATO

This issue is particularly important at the

present time (see page 9) so please use the

updated leaflet and briefing to make sure

youre informed and helping to inform

Support for your campaigning

Join the letter-writing teamCNDs letter-writing team ensures that nearly every month throughout theyear important policy makers are informed and encouraged to take actionon nuclear weapons and peace-related issues. Among other things, in2010 our letter-writers wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer aroundthe time of the Spending Challenge consultation asking him to cut nuclearweapons out of the budget. Later they wrote to the Defence SecretaryLiam Fox about the UKs role in NATO urging him to support the push toget US nuclear weapons out of Europe.

To join the team contact Kate at [email protected] or call the

national office, indicating whether you want to receive information by postor email.

Please join us. The more letters we write, the more influence well have!

Whether you want to lobby your MP, get a letter in your local newspaper or hand out useful information at a

festival or street stall, CND campaigns materials are regularly developed and updated to ensure you have theright message to hand at the right time to influence and empower people.


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New guide to the various

international treaties: A summary of

the many different treaties relating to

nuclear weapons International agree-

ments relating to nuclear weapons: a

guide is a new online briefing to help youmake sense of the details of the various

treaties so you can tell your CTBT from

your START see the briefings page.

Call the office for a printed version.

CND briefings, Q&As and reports

can be downloaded from the

Information pages of our website.

Leaflets and postcards can be ordered

from our online webshop. Alternatively

call the CND office on 020 7700 2393.

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With opinion pieces, news

updates, and details about

CND activities, keep

informed by subscribing toCNDs Campaign magazine.

All members receive the

summer edition. You can

also subscribe to the spring

and autumn issues by

emailing membership@

cnduk.org. All materials

can be ordered as hard

copies or simply down-

loaded from the website.

Thanks to NET and

Ex-Services CND for

funding the printing of

our briefings.

New mediaCND continues to expand its onlinepresence with new campaigning toolsand ways of keeping supporters

informed. As well as helping establishedcampaigners to take action instantlythese tools allow us to connect with thegrowing numbers of people especiallyyounger activists who agree with ourstance but are disinclined to formallyjoin organisations.

The CND websiteThere have been over half a million visitsto our website this year, somethingwe hope to increase by a majorupgrade of the website which is

currently in progress.

Online campaigningOnline campaigning actions arebecoming an increasingly popular wayfor people to interact with theirrepresentatives. Since the GeneralElection over 7,000 emails have beensent to MPs, Ministers and others viaour online lobbying tools, with 5,500messages sent to candidates in the run-up to the vote.

Our e-Campaign email newsletter isreceived by over 11,000 people andgives the most up-to-date details aboutCND actions. Please sign-up by filling inyour email address in the box on thefront page of our website.

Facebook and TwitterIn the past year we have doubled ournumber of fans on Facebook to 5,300

whilst 1,500 receive up to the minuteupdates from us via Twitter. KateHudsons blog, which provides regularcommentary on nuclear news, also hasa growing readership.

Reality RadioA major new initiative this year hasbeen the launch of the CND-supportedReality Radio an internet radio stationon the CND website, producing regularpodcasts on a broad range of globalissues. Listeners can download in-depth

interviews to listen to an array ofprominent campaigners, journalists andothers any time they choose.

others as much as possible about the

dangers of this nuclear-armed alliance.

Trade Unions

Please affiliate your branch, region ornational trade union as well as local

trades union councils by using our new

Trade Union leaflet.

Other new materials

New CND membership leaflet Help

us to raise awareness

about CND and

recruit new

members with this

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do and why, plus a

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Chernobyl 25th anniversary Join the Big Blockade in DevonportCND

AUTUMN 2010THE MAGAZINE OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

IsTridenton the

way out?

Lets make it happen


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FIRST OF ALL a big thank you to

everyone who donated to ourappeals in 2010. We rely on your

support to do the work that we do. Many

people have been feeling the pinch as the

recession grinds on, and we are all the

more grateful for your financial support in

these difficult times. We never cease to be

amazed and humbled by the generosity

and dedication of CND members, and

our recent appeal has been no exception.

We have had a fantastic response. This

has been a good year politically for thecampaign, with your help we can make

2011 even better.

Setting our 2011 budget has

been a difficult task as CND no

longer has the level of reserves

that we were able to build up

during the last 5-6 years

following several significant

legacies to CND. Those legacies

enabled us to create new staff

posts, leading to more intensive

and effective campaigning, which

will be evident to you all; however this has

also led to increased costs. As a result, very

many budget and grant bids have been cut,

salaries will not rise with inflation and the

picture for 2012 is a concern.

However, fundraising income has

increased in the last year or two and new

ideas are being generated to maintain and

increase income further but the effects of

the recession makes prediction of such

income difficult. It is even more essentialthen that you, as our most ardent

supporters, who know the importance of

our work, respond as generously as you

can to our appeals every little bit helps!

CND Direct Debit

Some of you will have received letters

asking you to change your Standing

Order to a Direct Debit this year

thanks to everyone who has done so

Direct Debits are easier for us to

administer and cost less in bank charges.

You can start a Direct Debit on our

website, or call us on 020 7700 2393. Do

remember that if you start a new Direct

Debit you

must cancel

any existing

Standing Order with your bank.

Merchandise

As ever we have an astonishing array of

CND merchandise available on our website,

www.cnduk.org/shop. If you still have any

pennies left over after Christmas you should

probably go and invest them immediately in

CND t-shirts, mugs, badges, DVDs and

flags. If youve not had a look recently

check out our new kids t-shirts andhoodies, cotton bags, new mugs and flags

all manner of delights.

Legacies

Legacies left to CND continue to be

essential in helping us fund our

campaigning. They enable our

supporters to continue making a

difference to the cause beyond their own

lifetimes. We are immensely grateful to

all our members who have put a bequest

to us in their will.

If you would like more information

about leaving a legacy to CND you can

find it at www.cnduk.org/legacies,

otherwise call us on 020 7700 2393 or

email [email protected] and we cansend you a copy of our information pack

A Legacy for Peace.

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Support us

Nuclear Education TrustNET continues to fund all of CNDs excellent Peace Education work andduring 2010 made an important contribution to the briefings andinformation sheets that CND prepared. NET made only two grant awardsin 2010, reflecting the decline in reserves and the need to focus on NETpriorities. Those grants were for CND Peace Education work in 2011, witha small grant for the Greater Manchester and District CND Peace Week

that took place in September. The NET Trustees have prioritised CNDsPeace Education work, which continues to receive plaudits from manyeducationalists. See www.nucleareducationtrust.net for more information


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Oct 15/16 2010, University of Bradford, Yorkshire

In 2011, CND national Conference and AGM will incorporate a day of action at

military bases in Yorkshire as part of the Keep Space for Peace Week.

Conference gives CND members the opportunity: to vote on policy

and campaigns for the coming year; meet CND council members,staff and other members; and build links within the organisation

and with supporters. Conference and AGM will be held on

Saturday 15th October and will include officer hustings,

ballots for directly-elected council membership and

policy debates.

On Sunday 16th October, Conference will take to the

bases! Taking advantage of the proximity of the two US

Missile Defence bases at Menwith Hill and Fylingdales,

Conference delegates are invited show their opposition to

the expanding US Missile Defence programme at the bases. A full programme of

activities is being organised and will be available for delegates nearer the time.

Up to date information and all conference forms can be found on our website

use the drop down menu under About, which is on all pages.

Registration fees (including any transport to bases)

12 per individual; 40 per group of delegates of CND membership organisations.

Attendance at the AGM is free of charge.

Key deadlines

Directly-elected Council member nomination deadline: Wednesday 29 June.

Please also supply your nominees email address; your name will also be

published.

Resolution deadline: Monday 4th July

Groups will receive a mailing in early April; all members will receive full details inthe summer edition of Campaign

All correspondence to Conference at the CND office or [email protected]

CND Annual Conference and AGM 2011

Kate Hudson, General Secretary

Shift party policies

THE DELAYof the decision on

replacing Trident until 2016 is

extremely welcome and presents

us with a huge opportunity to defeat

replacement once and for all. The fact that

Trident will almost certainly be a general

election issue presents us with some clear

goals, notably to shift party policies in theintervening period. However, party

policy/political shifts require mass popular

pressure to be applied to elected

representatives. They also require a further

shift in public opinion against nuclear

weapons on a sustainable political basis.

Our goal over the next year must be to lay

the groundwork for such shifts by

working to further win hearts and minds

against Trident.

Emphasise cost and securityissues

The wider context continues to be

favourable to our work, as the

governments cuts agenda has driven

nuclear spending into the public spotlight.

Public opinion remains solidly against

Trident spending a situation which

could change if the economic situation

eases, hence the need to ensure that public

opposition is increasingly underpinned by

an understanding of other argumentsagainst nuclear weapons. Whilst the

cuts/costs argument should remain our

primary strand particularly in terms of

opportunity cost, whether that be welfare,

jobs, alternative industrial development in

sustainable energy nevertheless a strong

focus on the irrelevance of Trident to

meet our security needs and the

proliferation consequences of its

retention must be strongly emphasised.

Recent government policies make these

arguments easier, in particular the

National Security Strategy reduction of

the threat of state nuclear attack to a

tier two threat.

Looking ahead to 2011

Extend our alliances

A key emphasis must be the renewal and

extension of our alliances and partnerships

within civil society. This requires work with

the following: trade unions, trades union

councils, faith communities, youth and

student organisations, other campaigning

organisations working on war, military

spending, the environment, debt and

developments, the economy and cuts.

The intention is to drive our anti-nuclearagenda into these areas, intervening in

political debates, to raise the profile of

both anti-nuclear campaigning and CND

itself. This proactive interventionist

approach must also take place in the

print and broadcast media at national and

local level and in all forms of new media.

Local groups can develop their

campaigning on the basis of bringing the

national issue to the local level as well as

using nationally-provided materials. Local

public meetings are also important both

to raise the profile of the issue and

consolidate local alliances through choiceof speakers. Please call us at the CND

office if you would like us to provide a

speaker. Good luck!

Broadening and deepening the Scrap Trident campaign: priorities for the year ahead


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Aldermaston WomensPeace Campaign (AWPC)Since 2002 weve focused on stopping the

Trident replacement-related facilities being

built at Aldermaston and Burghfield. The

year 2010 began with continued invest-

ment in new infrastructure. It ended

with new nuclear co-operation with

France and reconsideration of facilities

for which planning permission hadalready been granted.

Plus a change

Last winter, engaging with other groups

(including CND), we campaigned against

the planning application for a new uranium

facility (Pegasus). It was approved in

February, despite getting the consultation

period extended and a significant response

against the application.

AWPC later campaigned against the

Hydrodynamics facility (Hydrus) planning

application approved in September.

However, in November the MoD

confirmed that, due to the deal to share

Frances Valduc facility, Hydrus-will not

now proceed as originally envisaged ... the

full implications ... and the means of

transitioning ... are under review.

The condensed read

In January AWPC took the unprecedented

step of cancelling camp because of ice andsnow. Elsewhere we participated in an

action training workshop preparing for

Februarys Aldermaston blockade. Six

women were arrested during the blockade,

four of whom were charged and bailed for

several months.

In May AWPC had a small but

important presence at SERCOs AGM

[Serco is one of the three companies

managing AWE] to interact with board

members over safety, legal and moral

issues.

As the year progressed, camp women

began objecting to increasingly invasive

police surveillance of the camp: a formal

complaint has been made.

Out and about, we had a presence at

Glastonbury, Tolpuddle and Womad

festivals, and at London Feminist

Network conference and the Peace News

Summer Camp.

Pause for thought?

Following Octobers Strategic Defence and

Comprehensive Spending Reviews with a

relative pause or perhaps sidestep in the

march towards replacement, we will now

reflect on our strategies and priorities.

For more information please visit

www.aldermaston.net

Campaign AgainstDepleted Uranium (CADU)CADUs priority in 2010 has been

promoting the work of the UK Uranium

Weapons Network (comprising 10 member

organisations). As secretariat, we fundraised

for a part-time worker, updated materials

and developed a new Network identity.

We have been building a sustainable

political campaign to pressurise the

MoD into withdrawing its DU weapons

from service. This was undertaken in

concert with the International Campaign

to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW),

also run from Manchester.

Lev Eakins, our new Network

Campaigner joined us in June and set

about developing our political work.

Databases were created, new briefings

produced and a strategy planned.

Campaign Review 2010

Documents

Transcript of Campaign Review 2010