Join us for the London CND Annual Conference 2025, where we'll discuss all things related to nuclear disarmament online!
Join us in central London to tell the government to stop the genocide and to stop Stop arming Israel.
Assemble at noon outside the BBC, Portland Place.
For queries, contact info@londoncnd.org
Next week, join us outside the West End production of Dr. Strangelove, as we leaflet the the newly adapted play to highlight the real-world dangers of nuclear weapons. The play’s satirical take on nuclear war resonates deeply with our campaign for disarmament and a nuclear-free world.
We’ll be engaging theatergoers to discuss the urgent relevance of nuclear issues today and offering information about how they can get involved in our work.
📍 Location: Outside the Noel Coward Theatre St Martin's Lane, WC2N 4AU
📅 Date & Time: 4:30PM 14th December
Everyone is welcome to help us make an impact—no experience required!
Email info@londoncnd.org to register and get involved with the session.
Don’t miss the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) 2024 Annual Lecture, featuring Tom Unterrainer, Chair of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, next week, 12 December 6-7pm.
🎟 Book your tickets here
According to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, nuclear risk is greater now than ever before, with the Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has been to global catastrophe.
“A nuclear war cannot be won and must not be fought” declare the nuclear-armed states in response to these developments. At the same time, they tell us that their commitment to nuclear weapons and the nuclear-armed NATO alliance is “unshakeable” and that such weapons and alliances are the “ultimate guarantee of security”. Alongside rising nuclear tensions, a new nuclear arms-race has opened. Every nuclear-armed state is modifying and upgrading weaponry, thus increasing nuclear risks to even greater heights.
Why is all this happening? What are the sources of these increased nuclear risks? What is driving the expansion of nuclear arsenals? Why – contrary to their public warnings against nuclear use – are the nuclear-armed states making nuclear war more likely? Why did the US sabotage the international system of rules designed to mitigate against nuclear use? What does all this mean in an age of war and a genocide perpetrated by a nuclear-armed state? Will the global shifts in power and influence increase or decrease nuclear tensions? What can be done in response?
This lecture will address:
The drivers of rising nuclear tensions and the new nuclear arms race.
Why nuclear-armed states are making conflict more likely despite public warnings.
The impact of global power shifts and ongoing wars on nuclear risks.
What can be done to reduce these dangers.
This is a critical opportunity to learn about the realities of nuclear risks and the urgent need for disarmament in an age of growing global instability.
Make sure to secure your place for this important event!
As part of the emergency day of action against the escalation of the nuclear threat in the war in Ukraine, join CND and Stop the War at this protest on Whitehall opposite 10 Downing Street.
Join us for an afternoon of powerful speeches, poignant messages, and theatrics, as we demand that politicians pull back from the brink!
Get involved!
If you are a member who would like to get involved by carrying a banner, please contact us at info@londoncnd.org
London CND is excited to share an opportunity to support the establishment of a new group in Finchley. Three committed residents from East Finchley have come together to explore creating a Finchley CND branch, and today they are reaching out to gauge interest and invite participation from fellow members in the area.
This proposed group, by pledging to address key issues locally, represents an exciting new path for our campaigns in North London. If you are based in Finchley or the surrounding area, we strongly encourage you to read their message and consider lending your support. This is a valuable chance to help expand our network and strengthen our London movement.
Below, you will find a letter outlining their vision, concerns, and proposed first steps.
Proposal letter:
Dear Friend,
We are reaching out to members in our area, Finchley, to see if there is an appetite to set up a local CND branch.
We are three residents of East Finchley who met on the London Region CND coach to a recent demonstration against the siting of American nuclear weapons at USAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, the first American nuclear weapons to be sited on British soil for 15 years - and only 70 odd miles away from us.
Our own government is driving rearmament by increasing spending on Defence to 2.5% of GDP (whilst claiming there is not enough money for things that we actually need) and has fed the flames of war in the Middle East. By allowing American missiles to be sited in Britain, they have increased the build-up of nuclear tension in Europe arising from the Ukraine war. Recent developments, including Donald Trump’s re-election, underscore the urgency of taking action.
War is never in the interests of normal people. The only way to roll back this frightening momentum to war will be for those same ordinary people to make it clear we don’t want rearmament or nuclear weapons. The people of Britain have a strong tradition of successful action in this area and we know there is widespread public support in getting rid of nuclear weapons (YouGov survey May 2024).
We feel we could take action locally to raise awareness, support campaigners living near USAF Lakenheath and to feed into the anti-war movement.
Would you be prepared to join us?
If so, please email info@londoncnd.org confirming your interest and consent for us to contact you directly. We also invite you to join us at The Old White Lion, East Finchley on Thursday 5 December at 7.00 for an informal pre-Christmas drink and an opportunity to meet one another face-to-face.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Best wishes,
Sally, Kate and Ruth
Thank you for taking the time to consider this important initiative.
Join us for a meeting this Sunday at 4 pm on the escalation in the Ukraine War.
As Trump prepares to enter the White House, the war in Ukraine has escalated. US and British long-range missiles have been fired into Russian territory with the permission of President Biden and Prime Minister Starmer. Russia has lowered its threshold for nuclear use to be able to respond to such attacks and has launched a new ballistic missile against Ukraine. CND has condemned British and US actions, warning that nuclear-armed NATO could be drawn into a confrontation with Russia.
As this unfolds, London CND warmly invites you to a discussion to get to grips with the escalation, which, in the past few weeks, has increased the risk of nuclear confrontation. The event will take place on Zoom in a meeting format so that everyone can ask questions and put their point of view across.
All CND members and supporters are invited.
Speakers include:
Sophie Bolt (CND’s new General Secretary)
Tom Unterrainer (Chair of CND)
Carol Turner (Chair of London CND)
The discussion will take place online via Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83508150558
Join us in telling the government to end the genocide and stop arming Israel.
We will assemble 12 at Park Lane, London before marching to Whitehall.
Protest called by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Saturday, 30 November
Assemble 12 noon, Central London
Route map
Stand for Peace and Remembrance
This Sunday, we invite you to join us at Bromley’s peace service.
Meet-Up: 10:15 a.m. Church Road, beside Primark
Procession: Walk to Bromley War Memorial along Church Street with banners for ceremony from 10.30 - 11,00 a.m.
Ceremony Highlights:
Powerful speeches, poetry, and music
Laying of the White Poppy wreath, symbolizing a commitment to peace
Special red poppies to honor those who resisted fascism, and a purple poppy for animals who have suffered in war
Many will wear both red and white poppies as a symbol of our respect for all who have been affected by conflict.
Come be a part of this moving tribute.
Save the date!
CND is organising the next national demonstration at RAF Lakenheath in protest against US nuclear weapons returning to the base.
Start making your travel plans – more information to follow.
For any queries please contact information@cnduk.org or phone the CND office on 020 7700 2393.
Save the date!
Join us for a day of analysis, debate, and planning for action – more information to follow.
The conference will be followed by a reception marking Kate Hudson’s retirement as General Secretary.
Join CND and SpaceWatch UK for a protest outside the Ministry of Defence in London as part of global Keep Space for Peace week.
We oppose the MoD’s actions in militarising space, including the development of a US space war radar in Pembrokeshire and plans to launch military capable satellites into orbit from Scotland.
Bring banners and placards.
For any queries please contact information@cnduk.org or phone the CND office on 020 7700 2393.
There will be a coach departing from Lewisham traveling to the demonstration in Liverpool.
Find out more details and book you place here.
Protest called by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Come along to this performance of ‘The Priest’s Tale’ in Wandsworth.
Actor and playwright Michael Mears performs the moving story of the German priest who survived the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Come along to this performance of ‘The Priest’s Tale’, hosted by the London Catholic Worker.
Actor and playwright Michael Mears performs the moving story of the German priest who survived the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Join Kate Hudson, CND General Secretary, and Amba Malekin-Goneni, MA Art and Politics student, for an informative evening of discussion and celebration over a game of chess.
Amba’s MA has culminated in a dissertation project that focusses on CND as well as the wider anti-nuclear movement. Having a practical art background, the project has developed into creating a ceramic anti-nuclear chess set. Campaigners, family members and organisations have sent her peace cranes, stones and textiles that she has meticulously turned into pieces for the set.
The original CND badges were made out of ceramics, meaning they would be one of the only man made objects that would survive a nuclear war. With this in mind, Amba has used ceramics to create a chess set that is now one of the only forms of game playable after a nuclear war.
The evening will run like an interview, with Kate and Amba speaking as they make their moves. As with all chess games, the outcome is currently unknown – however one thing is certain, it will be an evening of fascinating conversation.
Please note the event will start at 6:30pm, we advise arriving around ten minutes early to get seated. The event will finish no later than 8pm.
The Cartoon Museum is walking distance from Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street tube stations. The Cartoon Museum has a lift available and is wheelchair accessible.
If you have any specific access needs, or any other queries, please email Amba at malekin.goneni@gmail.com
All welcome at a memorial ceremony to remember the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Finchley
Meet Saturday 10 August 11am at Victoria Park.
For any queries please contact Gardi Vaswani on 020 8445 6312
On 9 August 2024, from 6:30–c. 7:30pm, an ecumenical service organised by Pax Christi (020 8203 4884) will take place at the HOLY APOSTLES CHURCH, Pimlico, SW1V 4NE (entrance on Winchester Street, near Pimlico Station), in memory of the 81st anniversary of Blessed Franz Jägerstätter’s execution in 1943 for refusing to serve in Hitler’s army. Franz Jägerstätter was beatified in October 2007.
Following the service, there will be an interfaith Peace Walk to the London Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park for a Lantern-Lighting Ceremony (NOTE: the lanterns will not be floated on the Thames). This will begin when the peace walkers arrive at the Peace Pagoda, to commemorate the 79th Anniversary for victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and all wars.
The ceremony seeks to reflect on the horrors of war in an atomic age, and to pray together for peace and harmony between all peoples and nations. This event is supported by London region CND
All are very welcome to join and offer flowers and incense.
Contact Nipponzan Myohoji: Tel: 020 7228 9620.
Join Lewisham and Greenwich CND for a Nagasaki day picnic in Chinbrook Meadows.
For any queries please contact 07447 915102 or email LewishamGreenwichCND@gmail.com
Come along to this live performance for an evening remembering the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Newly revised and staged for live performance, ‘The Priest’s Tale’ by actor/playwright Michael Mears is his adaptation of one of the atomic bomb survivors’ accounts from John Hersey’s remarkable book ‘Hiroshima’.
Father Wilhelm was a German Jesuit priest living in Hiroshima, who survived the blast but witnessed much of the destruction. ‘The Priest’s Tale’ is a clear-eyed depiction of the pity of war… and of the terror wrought at the start of our nuclear age.
Live musical accompaniment will be provided by London-based Japanese violinist Chihiro Ono. The performance will be followed by a Q&A session and a talk from guest speaker Antony Owen, one of the leading writers of war and peace poetry active today.
This event is supported by CND, with all donations being shared by Sands Films and CND.
Join Wimbledon Disarmament Coalition/CND and friends to remember the victims of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There will be poetry, music, and quiet reflection followed by a simple ceremony of launching symbolic lighted boats in the Japanese tradition.
From 7:15 pm we will be folding origami boats to float with candles ready for a short ceremony starting at 8:15pm.
Please join us to remember and to work for a world in which nuclear weapons have no place.
For any queries please contact info@wdc-cnd.org.uk or 07910 215651.
Join the Christian CND Romford Group to remember the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima with a commemoration for light and peace. All welcome.
A candle has been sent from Hiroshima which will be lit during the Service, alongside a candle from Essex for love and remembrance.
Refreshments available afterwards.
With wars, threats of wars and the daily increase in global nuclear arsenals, join Lewisham and Greenwich CND to remember to loss of life in Hiroshima 79 years ago. We must not let it happen again.
6pm - picnic on the lawn
7pm - poetry and minute silence in the peace garden
7:30pm - music on the terrace
After the Hiroshima Day Commemoration join us for a picnic in Tavistock Square. Bring your own food and enjoy time together with lots of opportunities to meet friends both old and new, share campaigning ideas or just enjoy being together. Bring your own food and something to share if you wish.
Join us on Tuesday 6 August for the annual Hiroshima commemoration in Tavistock Square, WC1H 9BQ. We will have speakers, poetry and music.
More details will be announced soon.
Join Kingston Peace Council for a vigil in Kingston town centre as part of commemorations of the bombing of Hiroshima.
The NATO summit is dominated by calls to ramp up military spending and escalate military backing for Ukraine. Stop the War and CND are hosting key activists and experts to explain how this Washington war summit can only heighten tensions from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and the Asia Pacific.
Join us online to discuss the threat of wider war and how it can be averted.
With guest speakers including David Swanson, World Beyond War (US); Andrew Feinstein, Shadow World Investigations; Lindsey German, Stop the War coalition; Kate Hudson, CND; Sevim Dağdelen, German MP; and Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental.
On parliament’s first full day back, the Palestine coalition is calling for a hands round parliament protest this Thursday 18 July at 6pm. We are asking all our supporters in London and the South East to help us link hands around Parliament to show the new government the strength of feeling there is for a ceasefire and an end to arms sales to Israel.
Join us on Thursday as we come together and form a ring of linked hands around Parliament to call on our political leaders to stop arming Israel and push for an immediate #CeasefireNOW in Gaza. Please assemble for a briefing in Parliament Sq. at 6pm before the protest begins.
Join the Lakenheath Alliance for Peace for an international peace camp from July 13th-25th – details TBC.
We’re expecting participants from other US bases in Europe as well as other campaigners from across the world. The plan is to start in the centre of Norwich and walk or bike over three days to Lakenheath to establish a continuous presence at the base until the end of the camp.
Contact lap@gn.apc.org if you’re interested in getting involved or for more information.
Join Haringey CND for a public meeting to discuss how US nuclear bombs are to be installed at RAF/USAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, making the UK a target.
269A Archway Road
London
N6 5AA
With guest speakers and entertainment including Kate Hudson, CND General Secretary; Rachel Earlington, CND Parliamentary Officer; Raised Voices choir; Dmitri Van Zwanenberg on violin; and Viv Fogel, poet.
Venue is accessible. Nearest tube station is Highgate. Buses 134, 43, and 234 stop nearby.
To book a free place, or for any other queries, please text 07895 578451 or email davidtrpolden1@gmail.com.
Join the Quakers and Peace Poet Antony Owen (CND Peace Education patron) in the Friends House Library for the launch of his latest compilation, Post Atomic Glossaries.
173 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BJ
We will hear from Antony and explore the intersections between poetry and peace work.
Register here for a free ticket
For any queries please contact peaceedu@quaker.org.uk
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is holding on of his regular “Ask me anything” events at the Indigo O2 on 20 June. This is a chance for London CND members and supporters to raises issues around nuclear disarmament and peace with the Mayor. With a General Election just a couple of weeks away it’s vital that all politicians hear our views.
