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CAMPAIGN REVIEW 2009

OVER the course of the past year we haveseen nuclear abolition put firmly at thecentre of the mainstream international

political agenda. From the aggressive escalation of theBush years we have seen a significant change in the USadministration’s approach to nuclear weapons.President Obama is committed to the goal of globalnuclear abolition – as is President Medvedev ofRussia. A reduction of tension between those twocountries, together with progress towards majorbilateral reductions in warheads, has created a better

international climate. Obama’s cancellation of missile defence bases has beencentral to that shift.

At times during the year I have experienced a sense of profound relief – thatglobal leaders are seeing sense and pulling us back onto safer ground. Obama’sPrague speech outlining his vision for a nuclear weapon free world was one suchmoment. But that relief is more than tinged with concern – that these are justgood intentions, and we know that they pave the road to hell. So we have to workto ensure the fruition of these intentions, to avoid the hell of nuclear annihilation.

Politicians experience many countervailing pressures, designed to throw them offcourse, and it is our responsibility to ensure that they are fully aware of theincreasing demand for nuclear disarmament. Recent polls in Britain have shown asustained majority for getting rid of Trident, and this has already influenced thegovernment to some extent. Brown has held back on the next stage of Tridentreplacement (even though the MoD claims this hasn’t really happened), and he hasspoken of three subs instead of four. Obviously this is not good enough, butnevertheless it is a chink in the armour of the nuclear status quo. We need to pressforward our advantage and put a stop to the whole system.

The arguments are clear. At a time of economic crisis why spend over £76 billionon weapons of mass destruction? But the fact is, we wouldn’t want them if theywere free! They are illegal, immoral and make us less secure by promotingproliferation. And the idea we should just get a different cheaper system is franklyridiculous.

So our task is clear: get out there, make the arguments, across the politicalspectrum, across all walks of life. And build on what you are already doing so well.This Review just gives a small snapshot of the remarkable work done by CNDmembers and supporters – thank you for your commitment in 2009, and I lookforward to working with you in the year ahead.

Kate Hudson, Chair CND

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

CND campaigns non-violently toachieve British nucleardisarmament – for scrapping theTrident nuclear weapons systemand preventing its replacement.

CND works to secure a NuclearWeapons Convention which willban nuclear weapons globally, aschemical and biological weaponshave been banned. We also workto end Britain’s participation inthe US Missile Defence systemand – with other campaignsinternationally – against missiledefence and weapons in space.

Other current campaigns includethe prevention and cessation ofwars in which nuclear weaponsmay be used, opposition toNATO and its nuclear policies,and to nuclear power.

CND is funded entirely by itsmembers and supporters, andour policies are decided upon byour annual national delegates’conference, where our nationalleadership is also elected.

Details of our national offices,and our network of regions andlocal groups can be found at theback of this Review.

CNDMordechai Vanunu House

162 Holloway Rd • London N7 8DQTel: 020 7700 2393 Fax: 020 7700 2357enquiries@cnduk.orgwww.cnduk.org

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CAMPAIGNING againstBritain’s nuclear weaponssystem, and working for the

scrapping of Trident remains our toppriority. We continue to pursue both thereversal of the Trident replacementdecision and the securing of a NuclearWeapons Convention. There has been a number of positive

developments this year, both nationally andinternationally, as opinion at all levels ofsociety is shifting against nuclear weapons;several polls in Britain this year indicate amajority against Trident (see below). Anumber of factors have contributed to this,including the economic crisis and the newUS admin istration. Both presidents Obamaand Medvedev have spoken out for globalabolition of nuclear weapons. Indeed, wehad the opportunity to convey this messagedirectly this spring, when the G20 met inLondon. We participated in the ‘Put People First’

demo, emphasising anti-nuclear and anti-war issues, and jointly organised a demon -stra tion to welcome President Obama toLondon, with the slogan ‘Yes we can…abolish all nukes’. We have been striving tobuild on these factors, to achieve a shift ingovernment policy, and there have beensome small indicators of progress.This year began with the launch of a

new phase of the No Trident Replacementcampaign. The first stage of the replace -ment process – the ‘concept’ part of thedesign phase – was expected to concludein the autumn and everything indicatedthat the MoD was seeking to press aheadto the next stage – this was the so-called‘Initial Gate’ decision point. The key aimof our campaigning prior to the autumnwas to prevent the government noddingthis through during the summer recess.Imagine our delight in July when thegovernment postponed this until after the

nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ReviewConference next May! Since then there have been various

claims that there has been no change ofpolicy, but nevertheless the Initial Gatedecision has not been announced so far. So in this new context, in which the

Prime Minister has also suggested havingthree Trident subs instead of four, weproduced new materials linking No TridentReplacement strongly to the demand for aNuclear Weapons Convention (see the

Resources pages 10-11). Campaigning forsuch a convention has had an increasedprofile, including our participation in theInternational Campaign for the Abolitionof Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Thisreinforces the message of our ongoingpetition and will be our key focus in therun-up to the Review Conference. Tostrengthen this message to government, wehave produced lobbying postcards,addressed to the Foreign Secretary, urgingBritain to back a Nuclear Weapons

No Trident replacement

Majority against in every single pollYouGov/People Magazine July 200965% thought that the money spent on buying a replacement for Trident shouldbe spent on other things including NHS nurses or more affordable homes.

ICM/The Guardian July 200954% of people overall believed that Britain should no longer have anuclear ‘deterrent’. (63% of 18-24 year olds)

YouGov/Left Foot Forward poll September 200963% believe the government should not replace Trident

ComRes/The Independent September 09 58% agreed that ‘Given the state of the country’s finances, theGovernment should scrap the Trident nuclear missile system’.

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campaign against Trident and itsreplacement, Plymouth CND initiateda new campaign ‘Scrap the Dump’ inopposition to plans for Devonport tobecome the processing and dumpingsite for radioactive waste from obsoletesubmarines. This has been supportedby trade unions and local greenmovement campaigners. Workingtogether with national CND the grouporganised a very lively nationaldemonstration which attractedhundreds of people including membersof Kent Area, London Region,

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Convention at the NPT ReviewConference. We also had a strong presencein New York in May, for the NPTPreparatory Committee meeting; ourdelegation included two Vice-ChairsJeremy Corbyn MP and Professor DaveWebb and high- profile speakers joinedtogether at our fringe meeting. Our AnnualConference in October included anInternational Day attracting speakers fromaround the world to discuss preparationsfor the Review Conference. This autumn we also held a national

demonstration in Plymouth at theDevonport Dockyard, where Tridentsubmarines are refitted, to protest againstplans to make Plymouth home to a majornuclear waste processing site and dumpfor rotting radioactive submarine hulks.We are continuing to use all non-violentmethods to press the government – andother political parties – to cancel Trident.Finally, the year ends well with CND

and Compass (centre-left pressure group),bringing together a coalition of over 100leading figures from across British publiclife to call for the government’s Pre-Budget Report to halt Trident replacementand re-deploy the resources saved to moresocially useful areas.

2009 saw a real surge incampaigning at Devonport,Plymouth where the Trident subs

undergo refit. As well as an ongoing

Southern Region, Yorkshire andGreater Manchester & District(GM&D) CND groups and other CNDand peace campaigners besides. There has been sustained opposition

this year to work at the Rolls-RoyceRaynesway factory in Derby whichdesigns and produces the Tridentsubmarines’ nuclear power reactors (seephoto opposite). East Midlands CND,with support from Trident Ploughsharesactivists and South Cheshire andNorth Staffs CND, has organisedmonthly protests at the site including alarge circus-themed one in May witharound 40 people, and a vigil withreadings on Hiroshima Day. In June,the local press also featured an articleabout the temporary Peace Camp set upoutside the entrance of the factory. In October, Eastern Region CND

activists joined in a coordinated actionwith others from around the UK to

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blockade Aldermaston. They lockedthemselves onto old cars with banners onthem saying – ‘Scrap Cars – ScrapTrident!’ (see photo page 5). GM&D CND further raised the

profile of the Trident Replacement issueright across the North West holdingstreet stalls, speaking at meetings,lobbying MPs, running studentworkshops and getting lots of local presscoverage throughout the year. Themammoth posters they use for theirpublic events are very attention-grabbing, particularly when the links aremade to welfare spending with sloganslike ‘Rochdale needs nurses not nukes!’Other groups held important public

meetings in their areas regarding nuclearweapons and Trident issues includingSussex Peace Alliance’s meeting inBrighton in May, Surrey Peace ActionNetwork’s meeting in Dorking inNovember and Lancaster DistrictCND’s meeting in Lancaster inDecember. Cumbria and North LancsCND members have also beenvigorously collecting many hundreds ofsignatures for the No TridentReplacement petition across the region.Lancaster District CND alonecollected more than 300 at its stall at theannual Green Party Christmas Fair inNovember.As for lobbying MPs, SCANS CND

have made very good progress with asupportive MP in their area who, inresponse, has made particularly valuablecomments in parliament relating tosuspension of the Trident replacementprogramme.

IN advance of the Labour PartyConference, Labour CND workedto try and guarantee debate on both

the Trident issue and the war onAfghanistan. Members ensured that allConstituency Labour Parties were sent a‘model contemporary issue’, that is asubmission for discussion of the issues,plus additional supporting arguments. Labour CND also helped organise

the well-attended joint fringe meetingwith CND and Labour Action for Peaceat the Conference.Christian CND held two vigils at

Aldermaston during the year. At the‘Easter Celebration’ at Tadley Gate,members had a procession around thebase and were joined by a journalist fromHiroshima’s local newspaper, the Chugoku

Shimbun who was very keen to inform herreaders about the UK anti-nuclearweapons movement. At CCND’s adventvigil in November a liturgy and prayerswere read, hymns were sung, and candleslit to witness peace there. CCND has also been giving

presentations in schools on topics such asthe Just War tradition and nuclearweapons, following an introductory‘Peace Ed’ session in 2008 from CND’sPeace Education worker, Anna Liddle.

� Lobby your MP to sign new EDMs 144 and 380which support negotiations for a Nuclear WeaponsConvention and oppose Trident replacement. Usethe online tool at www.cnduk.org/parliament

� Remember to send one of the new postcards to theForeign Secretary

� Have one last drive at getting signatures for thepetition – there’s a new internet version at www.cnduk.org which you canuse to automatically email everyone you know

� Send all signed paper copies of the petition to CND by March 2010.

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Members of KingsbridgePeace Group and TowerHamlets CND (left) joined theStop the Nuclear Dumpdemonstration in Plymouth

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OPPOSING US missile defencecontinues to be important. InJanuary we hosted a European

Conference, drawing together parliament -arians and activists from across Europe.Together we have made a strong caseagainst the US missile defence system, bothin the European parliament and at grassroots level. We have made it a priority towork with campaigners from acrossEurope, and have had a close and fruitfulrelationship with Ne Zakladnam, the NoBases movement in the Czech Republic.We were delighted when they celebrated anumber of setbacks for the proposed USradar base near Prague, especially majordefeats for the governing party because ofthe radar plans. The US administration’sdecision to abandon its plans for centralEurope was a great moment. Whilst we willbe working hard to defeat the new range ofproposals for missile defence, we are never -theless pleased that people-power had sucha significant impact in the Czech Republic. Here in Britain, May was a Month of

Action against missile defence, giving focusto our campaigning during the Europeanelections and building support for ournational demonstration in June atFylingdales. A number of hustings tookplace, highlighting the need for a nuclear-free Europe and an end to missile defence.‘Keep Space for Peace’ week is always agood time to highlight missile defence andthe dangers of weapons in space, and thisyear was no exception – a number of eventstook place at sites linked to missile defence.

LEADING UP to the EuropeanElections in May, and focusing onthe issue of US Missile Defence,

Yorkshire CND held a number of specialstalls across the region and a hustings eventin Leeds with candidates from theConservatives, Greens, Labour, LiberalDemocrats and No2EU, Yes toDemocracy. Some of the candidates at theLondon Region CND-organised hustings,quizzed about their stance on the US

Missile Defence issue, had already becomeaccomplished at the art of avoidingquestions, but most did sign the NoTrident Replacement petition.Yorkshire CND also worked with

national CND to organise a nationaldemonstration at the US radar baseFylingdales in June. The protest was thelargest for many years with hundreds ofprotestors coming from all over thecountry, including from GM&D,Merseyside, London Region, and KentArea CND. A rally was followed by amarch to the base entrance where CNDChair Kate Hudson presented the BaseCommander with a letter calling on thegovernment to acknowledge publicopposition to US Missile Defence. Aminute’s silence was then held to remember

all the people killed in war and as the resultof nuclear weapons. As part of Keep Spacefor Peace Week in October, around 50campaigners and the local Lib Dem MEPprotested at Menwith Hill at an eventorganised by Yorkshire CND and theCampaign for the Accountability ofAmerican Bases (CAAB). Later in the weekthe group also organised a very interestingtalk at Leeds Metropolitan University byProfessor Noel Sharkey, a robotic warfareexpert from Sheffield University .Finally, in Southern Region CND’s

area, members from Oxford CND,Oxfordshire Peace Campaign andKidlington Peace Group organised amarch and picnic at RAF Croughton, theUS communications base which supportsmany US military bases and war operations.

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The national demonstrationat Fylingdales in June

Parliamentarians andactivists joinedtogether at CND’sEuropean Conferencein January

ALLBritish combat troops havenow been withdrawn from Iraq,but the consequences of the

illegal war and occupation continue, mosttragically for the Iraqi people. CND hascontinued to push for a full publicinquiry, and has worked with Peacerightsand Public Interest Lawyers to make ourviews heard by the Chilcot Inquiry. Wehave made clear our view that thegovernment must be prepared to publiclyidentify and allocate responsibility andcriminal liability. We also asked InquiryChairman Sir John Chilcot to ensure thatthe Inquiry includes an investigation of:the legal advice in relation to the decisionto go to war; whether or not the publicwas misled about the reasons for war; theconsequences for British troops of thefailure to adequately plan; the treatmentof prisoners; and the use of indiscrim -inate weaponry and tactics such as highlevel airstrikes and cluster bombs. We have continued to cooperate with

the Stop the War Coalition (STW) andthe British Muslim Initiative (BMI) onissues of shared concern. These haveincluded organising the anti-war sectionon the Put People First Demo in March,on the occasion of the G20 meeting,together with a ‘Peace – yes we can’,demo marking President Obama’s visit toLondon. These three groups also joinedtogether with the Palestine SolidarityCampaign to organise a series ofprotests during the war on Gaza in theearly part of 2009, and the continuingsiege in May. We have attempted todraw attention to the dangers presentedby Israeli nuclear weapons and threatspresented by the escalation of tensionsin the region.On October 24th, together with

STW and BMI, we jointly organised anational demonstration in centralLondon, calling for troops to bewithdrawn from Afghanistan. Again weare expressing the majority view onthese issues: a recent British pollshowed that 71% think troops shouldbe withdrawn within a year.

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Not one more death

MANY CND group memberscame from all over thecountry to swell the numbers

in London at the national demonstrationsagainst the war on Gaza at the start ofthe year, and the Troops Home fromAfghanistan demonstration in October.In their own regions they continued tocampaign on these issues too. InSouthern Region CND’s area,Faringdon Peace Group organisedsuccessful public meetings on thePalestine/Israel issue, conflict resolution,non-violent direct action, and the erosionof civil liberties. They also linked up withthe West Bank village of Arura with animportant visit in autumn. Sussex PeaceAlliance members took part in vigils andother events relating to the Gaza conflict. At the start of the year, in response to

the Gaza conflict, GM&D CND’s Chairspoke on numerous platforms across the

region focusing on NATO and Israelinuclear weapons. Members also ranworkshops during the Convention of theLeft conference in January, supported theGaza aid convoy, and joined daily vigilsoutside the BBC to protest against theirrefusal to televise an emergency aidappeal for Gaza. Regarding the war on Afghanistan,

GM&D CND organised a rally inManchester marking the 200th soldier’sdeath. The group continues to supportprotests organised by a newly-formed,anti arms-trade group Target Brimarwhich campaigns against a local companymaking viewing systems used fortargeting in Apache attack helicoptersdeployed against Gaza and Afghanistan. In South West Region CND’s area,

Plymouth CND members activelysupported the local PSC and Stop the Wargroups to mount a significant campaign insupport of Gaza and Palestine. Mass vigils,stalls, and a 300-strong march in

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Plymouth’s city centre drew in manyUniversity students, alongsiderepresentatives of the Mosque and localPalestinian community. Plymouth CNDsupported the students in hosting aseries of popular lectures. Members ofthe group also led meetings abouttensions in Afghanistan, Pakistan andIran, highlighting the crucial factor ofnuclear weapons. At the start of the year some Eastern

Region CND campaigners involved inLakenheath 8 were tried in Ipswichcrown court after they locked themselvesto the gate of RAF Lakenheath’s Special

Hetty Bower, the country's oldestanti-war demonstrator, aged 104. “I have walked on every marchagainst us going to war. At my agethere is not very much I can do butwhile my legs can carry me I amgoing to march.'

Lance Corporal Joe Glenton is facingcourt martial for refusing to returnto Afghanistan. “It is distressing todisobey orders, but when Britainfollows America in continuing towage war against one of the world'spoorest countries, I feel I have nochoice.”

Armistice Day on selling the PeacePledge Union’s ‘White Poppies ForPeace’. Callers to Radio Nottingham’stalk show publicised the poppies and 500were sold from stalls all around the city.People of all ages bought the poppies toshow their opposition to the war inAfghanistan and Trident replacement.Two army cadets, having sold redpoppies in the Market Square, signed thepetition, bought white poppies and putthem on their uniforms.Sussex Peace Alliance, as part of the

Network for Law Accountability andPeace, helped organise a 2-dayConference ‘The Citizen and the Law ofArmed Conflict’ in September toencourage more thoughtful and fruitfuldialogue with MPs and governmentofficials on issues relating to law andpeace issues.

STUDENT CND played an activerole mobilising hundreds ofstudents and young people for the

national demonstration in October.Student CND’s Convenor also addressedthe rally in Trafalgar Square along withother important speakers. Earlier in theyear, Student CND worked hard tomobilise student opposition to the Gazaconflict. In July, Student CND’sConvenor visited Gaza to gain experienceof the devastating impact of Israel’s useof white phosphorous and how the warand ongoing siege has impacted on thelives of young people. Her film footageand photos of the destruction have beenvery valuable in raising students’awareness of the consequences ofchemical warfare. In spring, Christian CND visited 13

different embassies in their ‘Around theWorld for Peace’ walk to the NuclearWeapon States’ London Embassies andthose of the New Agenda Coalition. Forthe first time, CCND was welcomed intothe US Embassy! At the NPT PrepComin New York CCND held silent vigilsevery morning for the first week oppositethe UN building. The CCND leaflet wastranslated into several languages and wasmuch appreciated by delegates.

Munitions Store to stop the continuedbombing of Iraq and Afghanistan withcluster bombs and other weapons in2006. Although, they were found guilty,the case helped to gain important mediacoverage about how US bases in the UKare involved in these wars. Additionally,Channel Four news interviewed andreported on research by Eastern RegionCND revealing how USAF Lakenheathhad sold Dime bombs (containing acarcinogenic tungsten alloy) to Israelwhich it then dropped on Gaza. In the East Midlands, Nottingham

CND focused campaigning around

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THIS YEAR our anti-NATOcampaigning has had a higherprofile, owing to NATO’s 60th

anniversary summit held in Strasbourg inMay. While NATO members saw it as acause for celebration, we and many othercampaigners across Europe saw it as acause for protest. We joined together in aEuropean-wide No to NATO coalition toorganise a counter-conference anddemonstration in Strasbourg at the timeof the summit. The demonstration wasthe largest anti-NATO protest for twodecades and CND members were alsoinvolved in successful non-violent directaction. Our particular role has been tohighlight NATO’s possession of nuclearweapons – including US nukes stationedin Europe – and its nuclear-first usepolicy. We continue to work withcampaigners across Europe, both tosecure removal of US nukes – nowextremely unpopular in many hostcountries – and to help coordinate actionsat the forthcoming NATO summit inLisbon next year.

CAMPAIGNERS from Cumbriaand North Lancs CND andGreater Manchester & District

CND travelled to Strasbourg to join inthe peaceful protests against NATO.Eastern Region CND activists managedtoo, along with hundreds of others, toblockade one of the routes into theNATO conference for several hours. Theactivists’ non-violent direct action tacticsworked: a successful blockade with noviolent response from the police!Mobilising ahead of the

demonstration, also gave groups thechance to raise the profile of NATO’snuclear weapons policies. GM&DCND for example, spoke on variousplatforms and organised workshopsincluding at Stop the War meetings, andTeach-Ins at the University ofManchester and ManchesterMetropolitan University.

The main speaker at London RegionCND’s Annual Conference in April waspolitical activist and Oxford historianMark Almond on ‘60 Years on, is NATOmaking the world safe?’. The group alsoorganised regular public meetingsthroughout the year, one of which was on

‘Obama, NATO and Missile Defence’.In November, groups – including

GM&D CND – travelled to Scotland tojoin the anti-NATO protests inEdinburgh, where Rae Street addressedthe rally on the nuclear weaponsconnection.

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CND joined in a European-wideNo to NATO coalition to organisea counter conference anddemonstration at NATO’s 60thanniversary summit in Strasbourg

(left) Eastern Region members were part of a successful blockade of the NATOconference in Strasbourg and (right) GM&D CND joined the anti-NATO protests inEdinburgh where Rae Street addressed a rally

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THEgovernment continues topromote new nuclear powerstations at home and abroad.

Meanwhile, we continue to produceinformation about the dangers of nuclearpower and its links with nuclear weapons.In particular, we emphasise the fact thatnuclear power is not the answer to climatechange – a widely-put about myth.Caroline Lucas MEP, a CND Councilmember, is the star of a short video onCND’s website where she makes the caseagainst nuclear power clearly. We stronglymade this argument at ‘The Wave’ ClimateChange demonstration in December. Wehave also made submissions togovernment inquiries on nuclear power,supported local protests and participated inthe green NGOs group.

ASPART OF the SouthernRegion group, Abingdon CNDheld a public meeting in

November on the ‘Links between nuclearpower and nuclear weapons’. At LondonRegion CND’s public meeting thequestion was whether nuclear power wasthe answer to global warming; Dr DavidLowry explained comprehensively that itwas not.GM&D CND has also continued to

campaign on this issue holding street stallsand speaking at Nuclear-Free LocalAuthorities’ meetings and government-organised consultations.East Midlands CNDmembers from

local group Leicester CND held a jointphoto opportunity with Friends of theEarth and Make Poverty History inadvance of the Copenhagen summit onclimate change this winter. Their sloganslinked debt relief, arms trade, Trident, greenjobs and cutting carbon emissions. TheEast Midlands CND stall at the DerbyEco-Fest, focusing on the issue of nuclearenergy and climate change, attracted a lotof attention. Almost 100 signatures for theNo Trident Replacement petition were alsogathered and their entire stock of CND

badges and flags sold.Many anti-nuclear campaigners were

angered by the Bishop of Carlisle’sblessing of local nuclear power sites.Cumbria and North Lancs CNDjoined others in a peaceful protest outsidethe Cathedral in October.Eastern Region CND has been very

active campaigning against new build atSizewell nuclear power station. Their two-day camp outside the power station toremember Chernobyl in April wasespecially useful in engaging local people.The camp included a demonstration atthe gates and a multi-faith remembranceservice for all those affected by theterrible disaster. In October, The Sizewell Blockaders,

who included several Eastern RegionCNDmembers, were tried at LowestoftCourt for a blockade they carried out inJuly 2008. Although, the blockaders didnot get a chance to argue that Sizewellhas broken the law several times overhealth and safety issues, the fivedefendants were still found not guilty oftrespass as it could not be proven thatthey were in fact trespassing.

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Say no to new nuclearpower stations Please make submissions to twoimportant government consulta -tions on nuclear power by 22ndFebruary 2010.

�One is a new National PolicyStatement that bypasses previousplanning procedures – see theDepartment of Energy and ClimateChange’s website athttps://www.energynpsconsultation.decc.gov.uk/

�The other is about the govern -ment’s Justification regulations onwhether the benefits of nuclearpower outweigh the potentialhealth detriments – seehttp://www.decc.gov.uk

Tell the government we don’t wantany more dirty, dangerous andexpensive nuclear power stations. Look out for a short guide in theNew Year on the important pointsto make.

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FOR the first time in many years, wehosted a fringe meeting atConservative Party Conference, as

CND Chair Kate Hudson debated withShadow Defence Minister Dr Julian LewisMP, on the future of Britain’s nuclearweapons. At the Liberal Democrat Conf -erence, Kate debated with Lib DemDefence leader Nick Harvey MP, onwhether we need an alternative to Trident,and at Labour Party Conference, a full panelof speakers discussed the need to scrapTrident.This year we increased our participa tion

at trade union conferences from five tonine, including Trades Union Congress,where we held a stall and a successful fringemeeting entitled ‘Trident – the real financialscandal’. Overall, there was a great deal ofinterest in the No Trident replacementcampaign and we collected lots ofsignatures for the petition and distributedmany trade union-specific leaflets. Our presence at this year’s Glastonbury

Festival was extremely successful. Wehanded out around 13,000 copies of ourfull-colour magazine, Festival Campaign,which included contributions from DamonAlbarn and Tony Benn. Comedian MarcusBrigstocke took to the Pyramid Stage onbehalf of CND. We collected over 1,000letters to Gordon Brown demanding aparliamentary debate before any furtherTrident replacement decisions.Speaking to audiences of thousands of

people our Press Officer represented CNDat the World Conference against A&HBombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

SEVERAL CND groups haveespecially prioritised engaging withstudents and young people in 2009.

Cumbria and North Lancs CNDmembers, for example, have ensuredCND’s presence at Freshers’ Fairs in theirregion. Lancaster District CND, incooperation with the local Quakercommunity, set up peace-issue discussionsin local schools and worked with CND’s

Peace Education worker to arrange for herand Bruce Kent to have a lively workshopwith local sixth-form students. Kent Area CND has supported its local

Kent University Student CND group. Thestudents held a popular stall at the Freshers’Fair. One of their members, involved instudent radio on campus, interviewed KentArea CND’s Chair for a radiodocumentary. West Midlands CND was invited to

talk at a Birmingham conference for sixthformers called Envision Day organised byEnvision, an education charity aiming tobroaden teenagers’ horizons. Members alsospoke at other events including LeamingtonSpa Peace Festival, and at a BirminghamTrades Council meeting.Music has featured prominently in many

events. Merseyside CND’s third Peaceand Ecology Festival in Liverpool saw localbands and soloists entertain spectators withmuch spirit. They were joined by poets, and

speakers from Wallasey Peace One Day,Liverpool Friends of Palestine andLiverpool Socialist Labour Party. Onanother occasion, Merseyside CNDorganised for the Peacemakers Band(described as 15 strong and having a‘worldbeat vibe with a big splash of folk’),to play a very noisy benefit gig which lotsof young people attended.Film nights have also helped reach new

people this year. Introduced by FrancescoCalogero, Pugwash’s former SecretaryGeneral, GM&D CND ran a well-attended viewing of a new Pugwash film atthe University of Manchester. MerseysideCND held three different film nights toshow two classics, ‘When the Wind Blows’,and ‘Not Forgotten – the Men whowouldn’t Fight’ (on Remembrance Day),and ‘The Age of Stupid’ a newer film

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Festivals, fairs and conferences

(left to right) Marcus Brigstocke atGlastonbury; Julian Lewis MP debateswith Kate Hudson at the ConservativeParty Conference; Lancaster and DistrictCND stall at Hiroshima and Nagasakicommemoration; Nottingham CND stallselling white poppies; Rochdale &Littleborough Peace Group

imagining the impact of climate change ona future world. GM&D CND was very pleased at the

outcome of the Movements for Peaceexhibition they helped organise at theSalford Museum & Art Gallery. All of theexhibition’s complementary schools’workshops were fully booked and verygood feedback was received from the pupilsand teachers. Especially important has beenthe chance to follow up the exhibition witha tour of its Peace Tree artwork,accompanied by the CND 50th Anniversarypanels, at 20 venues across GreaterManchester, including ManchesterCathedral. The Peace Tree, a beautiful clothsculpture made by a local artist, shows thestrength and vitality of the peace movementwith its many off-shoots springing fromdeep roots. Visitors to the sculpture,especially children, are encouraged to pinspecial ‘leaves’ onto it with their own peacemessage.CND’s message reaches people at

festivals and fairs throughout the UKthanks to stalls and activities run by CNDlocal and regional groups. For example,Exeter CND attended the Exeter RespectFestival, Eastern Region CND with theTheatre of War, had a great spot at theWaveney Greenpeace fair, MerseysideCND was at International Women’s Dayevents and May Day celebrations, andNorwich CND held a busy stall at theNorwich Peace Camp. West MidlandsCND had stalls at various summer festivalsincluding Ludlow, Kings Heath, Moseley,Wolverhampton Trades Council May Day,Bishops Castle. At Birmingham’s first

Veggie Pride day, a WMCND representa -tive was filmed talking about the importanceof nuclear weapons disarmament for thefestivals’ YouTube video.Brighton’s Peace Festival saw Sussex

Peace Alliancemembers take part in acolourful procession (battling against thewind) starting from the Palace pier.Reaching Hove Lawns, participants formeda human CND symbol which was followedby a recital of the UN Declaration ofHuman Rights. GM&D CND ran a stall at the People

and Planet conference in Manchester andorganised for more than 100 volunteers toattend the Glastonbury, Big Chill andGreen Man festivals where they ran thesecure lock up service and distributedhundreds of CND flyers and postcards.In summer too, Hiroshima and

Nagasaki commemorations give CNDgroups a very important opportunity everyyear to remind people about the terribleeffects of nuclear weapons. This yearLondon Region CND’s annualHiroshima Day event at thecommemorative cherry tree in TavistockSquare attracted some 150 people plusspeakers including the local MP FrankDobson and the Mayor of Camden.Sussex Peace Alliancemembers hadevents all across the region. In Brighton theMayor joined them and in Lewes CNDsupporters floated paper peace boats on theriver Ouse. Southern Region CNDmembers held a stall and exhibition inOxford’s city centre, floated candles on theThames, and made a Peace Pilgrimagefrom Reading to Aldermaston.

Southampton CND members, part ofSouthern Region CND, regularly monitornuclear submarine visits to their city. In2009, members mounted a protest withgood local media publicity and arranged forthe independent nuclear engineer JohnLarge to speak to their public meetingwhen the MoD reduced the emergencyplanning zone from 2km to 1.5km. Three CND campaigners managed to

win one hour slots on the Plinth in TrafalgarSquare as part of Antony Gormley’s livingartwork. Wallasey CND’s member fromMerseyside promoted Peace One Dayduring her hour in July. Leicester CND’smember from East Midlands performedyogic sun salutations and spoke about thebombing of Hiroshima. Finally, YorkshireCND’s member treated onlookers to aperformance on her steel drums. Thanks to members from Merseyside

CND, Yorkshire CND, BlackpoolCND and Nottingham CND for helpingto run CND stalls at the major trade unionconferences.

THIS summer Youth & StudentCND has been raising funds andawareness in all weathers at

Glastonbury, Latitude, Reading and Leedsfestivals. Members joined forces again withthe Workers’ Beer Company (Battersea andWandsworth TUC) to volunteer behind thebars. They also helped distribute CND’sspecial Festival Campaign and ran their ownproperty lockup at Glastonbury, lookingafter everything from a synthesizer to astuffed dog.More than 40 activists attended the

Students for Peace and Justice NationalActivist Dayschool in March at theUniversity of Sheffield. Organised byStudent CND working with YorkshireCND, students discussed how to makeprogress on campaigning for peace andjustice on their campuses. An impressiveline-up of speakers included CND ChairKate Hudson and key representatives fromthe Scientists for Global Responsibility, theStop the War Coalition, the CampaignAgainst the Arms Trade, the NUS BlackStudents’ Campaign and the PalestineSolidarity Campaign.

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Desmond Tutu visited Southampton University Student Union in February and wasgiven one of CCND’s new Fairtrade cotton bags, emblazoned with their logo

Photo: Vandanumu

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SPRING saw a successfulconference on Trident Replacementheld in Glasgow City Chambers

and funded by the Nuclear EducationTrust. As well as hearing the argumentsagainst Trident, we also heard fromCommodore Tim Hare, former directorof the Ministry of Defence’s NuclearPlanning who is in favour of thereplacement. Dr Nick Ritchie of BradfordUniversity however pointed out that thereis a range of options which the MoDmight consider between scrappingTrident tomorrow and replacing it witha similar system.

Song and debatesSummer began with Scotland’s for Peace’scolourful march against Trident throughGlasgow followed by a ‘Sing out forPeace’ event in Kelvingrove Park withdancing and folk music. In August eventsin 13 towns and cities marked theanniversaries of the bombing ofHiroshima and Nagasaki. In OctoberBruce Kent spoke at a series of meetingsacross Scotland, including several studentmeetings and a fringe meeting at theScottish National Party conference.Debates on nuclear weapons were heldat St Andrews and AberdeenUniversities. And during the year weprinted postcards bearing a PeterBrooke cartoon and encouragedsupporters to send these to their MPs.

No to NATOWhen, in November, the NATOParliamentary Assembly met inEdinburgh we helped organise asuccessful reception in the ScottishParliament. This brought togetherdelegates attending the assembly frommany countries to meet representativesof civic Scotland and internationalcampaigners. After a tour around theParliament there was a discussion,chaired by Bill Kidd MSP, on NATOand nuclear weapons. Parliamentariansfrom Germany pointed out that theirgovernment has called for the removal

of US nuclear weapons. Delegates fromIceland, Norway and the Netherlands allargued that there was an urgent need tomake concrete moves towardsdisarmament. The following day ScottishCND supported a march and rallyagainst NATO.Scottish CND has continued to

conduct research into nuclear safetyissues. In April, Channel 4 News was ableto use some of the findings in animportant report on major failures innuclear waste handling at Faslane. Also,documents obtained by Scottish CNDunder the Freedom of Information Actshowed how an accident in the Faslaneshiplift could result in the detonation ofall the missiles on a Trident submarineand the dispersal of plutonium from allthe warheads.

Working Group Scottish CND’s Chair, Alan Mackinnon,and Vice-Chair, Isobel Lindsay, have beenmembers of the Working Group on

Scotland without Nuclear Weapons whichwas set up by the Scottish Government.As part of our contribution, ScottishCND has drafted briefing papers onnuclear safety issues. Along with theScottish Trade Union Congress we haveproduced a revised report on theeconomic implications of scrappingTrident. We have also presented specificproposals on how the ScottishGovernment could be an advocate fordisarmament. The Working Group recommended a

series of actions, and on 18th Novemberthe Scottish Government published theirresponse. This reaffirms their oppositionto nuclear weapons and takes up some ofthe recommendations, such as requestingthat Faslane be placed under theregulatory authority of the ScottishEnvironmental Protection Agency andthe Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.Isobel Lindsay welcomed the report as ‘auseful starting point for action within thelimitations of devolved powers’.

Scotland for Peace’s colourful march against Trident took place in Glasgow

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TO ADD TO the hopes for changeheralded by the election ofObama, this year’s ‘economic

crisis’ has also allowed others, fromunlikely quarters, to call for nuclearreductions. For CND Cymru, work startedwith an encouraging, open letter toGordon Brown about Trident. Some changes currently taking place in

Wales bode ill for justice and peacethough. The Welsh Assembly Governmentcontinues to promote Aberporth as a UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) ‘techno’ park;Westminster plans for the publicly-funded(£13 billion), privately-run military training‘college’ at St Athan are advancing. Newnuclear power stations are planned forWylfa, Hinkley Point, Oldbury andelsewhere in Britain – any and all of themon our back doorstep.

Wales Peace InstituteThanks to CND Cymru Chair Jill EvansMEP, CND Cymru officers were hostedby the Flemish Peace Institute in February.Such an independent body in Wales couldinform and advise government andscrutinise policies around peace and justiceissues, while considering Wales’ stance androle in a militarised, nuclear armed world.Meetings and information sheets followed.CND Cymru members quickly collected1,500 signatures on a petition currently inthe first stages of official consideration bythe National Assembly for Wales.

ActionNo matter how much is achieved, there isalways more to be done.CND Cymru has kept up the pressure

against Trident replacement and for aNuclear Weapons Convention, lobbying,writing and sending information to all MPsand AMs. Trident should be an issue forthe Assembly as it affects everyone inWales – morally, environmentally, healthwise and economically. Jill Evans was oneof many from Wales who took part in thespring Aldermaston demonstration.Planning objections and consultation

submissions were made over the St Athan

project and Parc Aberporth (where UAVsare tested). CND Cymru lobbied andobjected to plans for the new Wylfanuclear power station. All leaders andchairs of unitary authorities were invited tojoin ‘Mayors for Peace’ with a limited levelof success.Other activities have included protests

against the attacks and killing in Gaza and

Afghanistan, marking the Right to Refuseto Kill in May, Hiroshima/Nagasakicommemorations in August and thepromotion of a week of peace eventsacross the country in September. In Wales,CND Cymru consistently supports PoblAtal Wylfa B, the Welsh Anti-NuclearAlliance and we are active members ofCynefin y Werin.

DesktoppingPeripheral campaigning work continuesdaily – letters of support sent tointernational organisations, and events andjoint letter signing to heads of stateorganised. Campaigning material andinformation was provided to groups,individuals and institutions. Two editionsof heddwch have been printed andcampaigning mailings have gone out tomembers.Congratulations to Jill Evans on her re-

election as MEP in May. Thanks to allCND Cymru officers, members and ourcolleagues and friends beyond Wales for alltheir hard work and support over the pastyear. 2010 sees a key moment for allcampaigning for nuclear disarmament; welook forward to the challenge of seizingthis special opportunity.

CND Cymru

CND Cymru members collected 1,500 signatures on a petition for a Peace Institute inWales, currently being considered by the National Assembly for Wales.

Protesting at Parc Aberporth

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THIS YEAR, CND’s PeaceEducation – already having anexcellent reputation - became even

more widely recognised and respected. Weheld stalls at a number of differentconferences including the three majorteachers’ union conferences at Easter, theAssociation of Teachers and Lecturers(ATL), the National Union of Teachers(NUT) and the National Association ofSchoolmasters and Union of WomenTeachers (NASUWT), as well as at theEducation Show at the NEC inBirmingham. At these four events alone wedistributed 570 secondary school packs and630 of our new primary school activitybooklets and collected hundreds ofinterested teachers’ contact details. All in all,the number of pack requests has soaredthis year, especially after we were added tothe government-funded and highlyregarded Global Dimension website, whichhelps teachers address international anddevelopment issues across the curriculum.

Sadako’s CranesOur new primary school activity, based onthe story of Sadako Sasaki and the papercranes for peace, was released in March andhas been a great success. Beautifullyillustrated by Miriam Cragg, our PeaceEducation Intern, the first print-run of 700booklets was gone within weeks, andseveral thousand more were ordered.

Teacher trainingSessions for trainee teachers on how toaddress peace and nuclear issues in theclassroom were held at five universities.They were very popular and one teachercommented: ‘I knew very little about CNDprior to Anna’s visit but the way shepresented kept me engaged throughout andI learnt a great deal not just about CNDbut about general teaching skills too’.

Local Group workDuring 2009, local groups have been keenon making CND Peace Education moreprominent in their areas. Training sessionshave been run in Kent and Surrey/Sussex

to increase people’s confidence in goinginto schools. There has not yet beenenough time to promote the network fullyin every area, but it is great to know thatthere are trained volunteers ready to answerrequests. Hopefully more groups will helpto organise training in partnership withsympathetic student groups. Other localgroups are keen to send out packs to theirlocal schools, and we can help with draftingcover-letters.

National Quaker WeekIn October, we helped to organise a PeaceWeek in Quaker schools. This broughtlocal state schools together and helpedyoung people to successfully explore and

engage in peace and conflict issues.Many other schools were visited in 2009

– sometimes as many as 6 or 7 a month!This is why it is crucial to build up a SchoolSpeakers’ Network so that no requests haveto be turned down.

Their Past, Your Future The London School of Economics holdsCND’s archives, including posters, badgesand many interesting materials. InNovember, with funding from the BigLottery, they held an exciting event relatingto the Their Past, Your Future projectwhich aims to connect young people withveterans. As part of this, we ran a day ofinteractive workshops introducing 15 to 17year olds from Greenshaw High School inSutton to ‘peace veterans’. The youngpeople had a wonderful day interviewinglong-standing peace activists, visiting thearchives and looking at the design of CNDmaterial over the years. It was anenlightening experience for all involved! 2009 has been a brilliant year for the

development of CND’s Peace Educationwork. We hope that in 2010 we willcontinue to thrive, especially in the lead upto the NPT Review Conference. We needto show our young people that there aresolutions to the global issue of nuclear

�Contact Anna Liddle on peaceeducation@cnduk.org or (01274) 730 908for more information and materials.

Peace Education

Students from Greenshaw High School in Sutton interview ‘peace veteran’ Bruce Kentas part of a day of interactive workshops at the LSE. Photo: Nigel Stead/LSE

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ANOTHER successful year ofcoverage has seen both ourcampaigning activities and

responses to world events carried bywide sections of the media. On thebusiest days, the demand for freshspokespeople to appear on 24 hournews channels can almost outpace ourability to shuttle people from studio tostudio. In the space of just 12 hours, atthe time of the mooted suggestion thatthere would be a reduction in theTrident replacement fleet, we providedthree different studio guests for SkyNews, two for the BBC News Channelas well as several more for radio, newsagencies and international media.Our message hasn’t been restricted to

more traditional outlets either. CND hasregularly featured on TalkSport and othercommercial radio stations, we had twoquotes in three weeks’ worth of theSunday tabloid The People, and have evenhad coverage on US rightwing televisionnetwork Fox News. By December, The Guardian had

mentioned CND in over 80 stories andwe continue to enjoy very frequentcoverage in the Morning Star and Tribune.Most recently, the launch of our jointRethink Trident campaign sawfavourable coverage by both TheIndependent and the Daily Mail.We have also sought to make the most

of the political opportunities presented bycultural coverage of CND and our symbol.When the US President’s daughter Maliawas pictured wearing a T-shirt adornedwith a CND symbol, our comment that wehoped she’d push her dad in a morepositive direction was picked up by outletsranging from the Daily Mirror to Hellomagazine.CND also continues to gain extensive

coverage internationally, with frequentrequests for comment from Europeanand Middle-Eastern media. The Japanesenewspaper Akahata, with a circulation of1.6 million has featured interviews withboth Vice-Chair Dave Webb (see above)and Press Officer Ben Soffa, in addition

to covering our Hiroshima commem -ora tions and other events.We have also branched out into

newer forms of publishing CNDcomment, with guest-posts placed onwidely-read blog sites and 500 followersreceiving our Twitter updates, withphotos being sent to them live duringprotest events. Extensive quotes fromCND Chair Kate Hudson’s blog havealso been printed in specialist militarypublications, such as WarshipsInternational Fleet Review. The global radionetwork for UK armed forces, BFBS,regularly conducts interviews with CND.The generous support of members

allowed for our full page adverts to

reach 1.2 million readers of The Times,The Guardian and The Independent duringthe party conference season in additionto our ‘No to NATO’ ad on theweekend of NATO’s 60th anniversary.Once again, the work of local and

regional CND groups in getting storiesinto the regional media has been vital inpresenting our issues within a localcontext. CND groups do an excellentjob of generating coverage of theirevents and views, and we can alwaysprovide contacts and assistance from theCND office if needed.

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No Trident replacementContinuing to stress the theme of cost andsecurity in our No Trident Replacementcampaign, a special new design with theslogan: ‘Times are hard – don’t waste ourmoney on nuclear weapons’ has revitalisedour No Trident replacement materials.New A3 posters, leaflets and postcardsbear this latest design.

PostcardThe new postcard urges the ForeignSecretary to support negotia tions for aNuclear Weapons Convention in advanceof the NPT Review Conference next year.

BriefingsThe MoD had planned to make decisionson the design phase of the Tridentreplacement process in autumn 2009 (atthe so-called Initial Gate stage of theproject). In readiness for this, we produceda new briefing, the No Trident ReplacementUpdate which examines the technical detailsof the planned timescale and budget withinthe context of national and internationaldevelopments. To reflect a suggested delayto this design process we duly updated thisUpdate! For more information andarguments against Trident and its plannedreplacement read our popular TridentQ&A which has also been recentlyupdated.

PetitionWe are urging all supporters to make onefinal big drive over collecting signatures onthe No Trident Replacement Yes to a Nuclear

Weapons Convention petition. We will handit in at the 2010 NPT ReviewConference in New York as the UKcontribution to a global call for nucleardisarmament. Use the automatic system on a new

online version to email everyone youknow about it: visit www.cnduk.org.Please send all hard copies of signedpetitions back by the end of March 2010.

No Nuclear PowerAs well as explaining why nuclear poweris dirty, dangerous and expensive, our

comprehensive Q&A stresses the linksbetween nuclear power and nuclearweapons proliferation. Our leafletsummarises this information.

No US Missile DefenceTo campaign against UK involvement inthe US Missile ‘Defence’ system you canuse our leaflet, updated briefing, and Q&A.

NO to NATOOur leaflet and briefing can helpincrease aware ness of the dangers ofnuclear-armed NATO.

Other new briefingsDevonport: No to Trident, No to a nuclear dumpDevonport, Plymouth is where Tridentsubs undergo maintenance andrefuelling. Now there are new plans forthe dockyard to also be where dangerousradioactive waste from obsolete nuclearpowered subs is cut up and stored. Withthis in mind this year we’ve produced anew briefing to inform and enlighten thedebate.

Resources

Join the letter-writing teamCND’s letter-writing team makes certain that nearly every month throughoutthe year important policy makers are repeatedly informed and encouraged totake action on important nuclear weapons and peace-related issues. There arecurrently around 170 people in the team, over half using email. Letter-writersare contacted regularly most months with a topic, suggested by currentdevelopments and campaign priorities. Background information and possiblepoints to make are included. Our letter-writers write when they can and whenappropriate; not everyone is expected to write every time. But every individual,personal letter can make a real difference.Amongst other things, this year the letter-writers wrote to both Gordon Brownand the Foreign Secretary urging them to reconsider Trident replacement andstart negotiations towards a nuclear weapons convention.

To join the team contact Kate at systemsofficer@cnduk.org or call the nationaloffice, indicating whether you want to receive information by post or email.

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

Whether you want to lobby your MP, get a letter in your local newspaper or hand out usefulinformation at a festival or street stall, CND campaigns materials are regularly developed and updatedto ensure you have the right message to hand at the right time to influence and empower people.

Nuclear WeaponStates profileThis new briefing givesthe numbers of nuclearweapons possessed byeach different state plusdata on deliverysystems, modernisationand disarmamentinitiatives andpositions on first-use.

Trade UnionsAffiliate your branch, region or nationaltrade union by using our improved TradeUnion leaflet.

Other materialsFor useful informa tion on the historyand global situation of nuclear weaponstake a look at our report Achieving anuclear weapon-free world. Leaflets areavailable too, which give informationabout Hiroshima and present the caseagainst nuclear weapons, call forscrapping our current Trident system,and generally describe CND’s work.CND briefings, Q&As and reports can

be downloaded from the Informationpages of our website. Leaflets andpostcards can be ordered from our onlinewebshop. Alternatively call the CND officeon 020 7700 2393. Many thanks to Ex-Services CND for funding the printing ofour briefings.

Keep up to date!CND’s e-Campaign bulletinsFor the most up-to date details aboutCND actions sign up to our regular emailbulletins by entering your email addresson our website home page (right handbox at the top).

Campaign magazineWith opinion pieces, news updates, anddetails about CND activities, keepinformed by subscribing to CND’sCampaignmagazine. All members receivethe summer edition. You can alsosubscribe to the spring and autumn issuesby emailing membership@cnduk.org

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Officers elected Oct 09 Chair: Kate HudsonVice-Chairs: Jeremy Corbyn MP, SarahCartin, Dave WebbTreasurer: Linda HuglThank you to Sophie Bolt who wasCND Vice-Chair for five years.

CND National Council Directly electedPat Allen, Daniel Blaney, Sophie Bolt,Jenny Clegg, Tom Cuthbert, Ben Folley,Myra Garrett, Gawain Little, CarolineLucas MEP, Pat Sanchez, Tony Staunton,Rae Street, Jim Taggart, Carol Turner,Katy West

Nations, Regions and AreasCND Cymru: John Cox (VP), DavidBradley, Jill GoughScottish CND: Adam Beese, JanetFenton, Alan MackinnonCumbria & N. Lancs: Dick AllwrightEast Midlands: Ian Cohen, RichardJohnson, Mark UreGtr Manchester: Philip GilliganKent Area: Marilyn SansomLondon Region: Isobel McHarg, Jim Brann, Nicholas RussellMerseyside: Gina ShawSouthern Region: Michael WaughSouth Cheshire & N. Staffs: Joan WinfieldSouth West Region: Peter Le Mare, Tom Milburn, Michal LovejoySussex Peace Alliance: Christine CoulourisWest Midlands CND: Nasima AliYorkshire CND: Helen John, Joel White

Specialist sectionsChristian CND: Bob RussellLabour CND: Joy HurcombeStudent CND: Fiona EdwardsYouth and Student CND: Michael Carty

Vice-PresidentsPat Arrowsmith, Tony Benn, John Cox,Joan Horrocks, Bruce Kent, AlistairMackie, Alice Mahon, Paul Oestreicher,Walter Wolfgang, Rebecca Johnson(from December 09)

Staff and volunteersStaff at Holloway RoadSam Akaki: Parliamentary OfficerJoy Annegarn: Membership, FinanceKate Charteris: Membership and

Database Officer; Eve Cuthbert: Finance and NetworkManager; Sian Drinkwater: Campaigns Officer (fromJuly 09) Ben Folley: Campaigns Officer(until June 09); Sue Longbottom: Designer; Mell Harrison: Group DevelopmentOfficer; Anna Liddle: Peace Education Officer;Dawn Rothwell: Campaigns Officer(Research and Information); Rebecca Sage: Office & PersonnelManager (until November 2009); Luke Massey: Office & Personnel Manager(from November 2009); Ben Soffa: Press Officer; Beckett Vester: Fundraiser (fromSeptember 2009); Chris Wood: QPSW Campaigns Officer(from September 2009)Many thanks and good luck to Ben Folleyand Rebecca Sage

National and Regional staffCND Cymru: Jill Gough Scottish CND: John AinslieGtr Manchester CND: Jacqui Burke, Doug WeirLondon Region CND: David PoldenYorkshire CND: Denise Craghill, Hannah Tweddell Other regional offices are run by volunteers

Specialist sectionsChristian CND: Claire Poyner (part-time).Other specialist sections are run byvolunteers from home.

Volunteers at Holloway RoadHumay Alekberova, Pat Allen, PatArrowsmith, Jim Brann, Kitty Cooper, Sue Davis, Dave Esbester, Tamas Foldvari,Camila Garces-Bovett, Sas Joyce, BruceLevy, Gina Mackenzie, Eileen Maclean,Stuart Minto, Luba Mumford, MaryOgbogoh, Becky Ridgewell, RosemaryRogers, Annette Russell, Ellen Sheffield,Stuart Stephenson, Andrea Szilagyi, JeanTaylor, Jim Thomas, Ian Triggs, TimWardle, Tony Watkins, Frank Wood,Muriel Wood, James Wright

InternsRichard Hawting; Tom Howie; AnnaMisterska; Miriam Cragg

Thank you to all those who volunteertheir valuable time and energy

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Appeals

THANK YOU so much toeveryone who responded to ourappeals this year, all of which

were very successful. Over £100,000 hasbeen raised and donations are still comingin at the time of writing. With your help wewere able to fund a huge amount of workand have full page adverts in The Guardian,The Independent and The Times containingletters from Bruce Kent to Gordon Brownand David Cameron. Your generosity andcommitment also enabled us to hold ourextremely successful InternationalConference in October as well as printingthousands of postcards to send to localMPs and to the Foreign Secretary, keepingthe pressure on to stop Tridentreplacement plans and negotiate a NuclearWeapons Convention.

CND Direct DebitMore and more of our members arechoosing to support us by Direct Debit.This is really helpful for us, as gettingregular gifts means that we can more easilyplan for future campaigning. Additionally,supporting us by Direct Debit is mucheasier for us to process than standingorders, so it saves us money inadministration costs. If you already have aDirect Debit set up – thank you! If not, butyou think you might like to, you can do iton our website or give us a call on 0207700 2393 and we will send you therelevant form.Do remember that a Direct Debit will

not cancel any Standing Order you mayalready have set up with us - you will haveto cancel that with your bank.

CND Membership Rates£24 Waged Individual£8 Concessionary

Merchandise – sale now on!We sell a wide range of T-Shirts, badges,posters and other desirable, CND-themedgoods at our online shop, which you canreach through our website. There is a Salenow on, so many of the items are reduced,

like our hand-madeceramic badges(inspired by theoriginal 1958Aldermaston Marchceramic badge) which

you can get for just £2(reduced from £5), and our No TridentReplacement T–Shirts, available for just£8.50. So snap up a bargain, and you canhelp raise awareness of the cause whilesimultaneously looking fabulous.

LegaciesLegacies left to CND continue to beessential in helping usfund our campaigning.They enable oursupporters to continuemaking a difference to thecause beyond their ownlifetimes. We areimmensely grateful to allour members who haveput a bequest to us intheir will.If you would like more

information about leavinga legacy to CND you canfind it atwww.cnduk.org/legacies,otherwise call us on 0207700 2393 or emaillegacies@cnduk.org and

we can send you a copy of ourinformation pack A Legacy for Peace.

Nuclear Education TrustNET continues to fund all of CND’sexcellent Peace Education work and makesa significant contribution to the briefingsand information sheets that CNDcontinually prepares. NET has also fundedinitial peace education work in Scotlandduring 2009. At the start of 2009, NETfunded a conference on the legal issues ofTrident in Scotland, jointly organised byEdinburgh CND and the AcronymInstitute, which was well received byparticipants which included Scottish MSPs.Further afield, NET supported translationwork on an Israeli website, Armagedonhttp://armagedon.org.il/ dedicated toinforming Israelis of the nuclear weaponsheld by their state. Closer to home, NET has begun

funding work on a website detailing allaspects of trident replacement anddevelopments at Aldermaston, as aresource for campaigners everywherewww.tridentreplacement.net. Otherbeneficiaries of small NET grants were theNuclear Submarine Forum, Artists &Education, Leeds Metropolitan University,Bradford University and BASIC.

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Making Disarmament HappenSaturday 9th-Sunday 10th October 2010, LondonIn 2010, CND national conference and AGM willincorporate an International meeting on the theme ofmaking nuclear disarmament happen. Theoutcomes of the NPT Review Conference will beconsidered in the context of the next stepstowards global abolition. Conference gives CNDmembers the opportunity to vote on policy andcampaigns for the coming year, meet CND councilmembers, staff and other members and to build links within theorganisation. The international meeting is an added dimension andwill bring together international activists to discuss commonstrategies and action.

The AGM will be held on the morning of Sunday 10th October and willinclude officer hustings and ballots for directly elected councilmembership. Venue to be confirmed – up to date information and allconference forms can be found on our website – use the drop downmenu under ‘About’, which is on all pages.

Registration fees (including international meeting) £12 per individual; £40 per group of delegates of CND membershiporganisations. Attendance at the AGM is free of charge.

Key deadlines Nominations: 7th July (directly elected) Resolutions: 12th July. Groups will receive a mailing in early April;all members will receive full details in the summer edition of Campaign.

CND Annual Conference and International meeting

General Election in SpringAs the general election approaches weare working to make sure that Trident isa major issue in the election campaign.We are targeting ProspectiveParliamentary Candidates, to ensure theyare all contacted about Trident. It is vitalthat all candidates are approached byvoters in their constituencies too soplease use the new email lobbying toolon our website to help get in touch withyour candidates. We are also producingan election pack, with information aboutparty policies, and guidance onorganising hustings and local press work.

NPT Review Conference in MayWe will be sending a delegation to NewYork, to join thousands of peace activiststo press for action on nucleardisarmament. This is a very importantopportunity so join our delegation, ororganise an event or a media anglelocally. Following the NPT, there will bean international day of action in June, tocoordinate our international movementresponse. Further details to follow.

No Trident and Troops out ofAfghanistan nationaldemonstration, March, LondonOrganised by CND, Stop the WarCoalition and British Muslim Initiative:–further details to follow.

� Keep in touch with CND events andactivities by signing up to email bulletins– send an email to enquiries@cnduk.organd we’ll add you to the list.

Events planned for 2010

Aldermaston Big Blockade,15th FebruaryCND is supporting the blockade of AWE Aldermaston, which is busy preparing for anew generation of nuclear bombs. Blockaders and supporters all welcome, bringbanners and placards! CND will be gathering at the Main Gate. Please bring yourfriends and relations too. 7am start. Find out about overnight accommodation andtransport email chris@cnduk.org

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Aldermaston Women’sPeace Camp(aign)

THEearly part of the year wasdominated by our successfulappeal against the High Court

decision on new Aldermaston byelaws.Otherwise, we’ve been actively opposingplanning applications and havemaintained our monthly camp throughbad weather and frequent police andhighways-related harassment. We maynot be able to say exactly where we’ll beat any one time but we will ALWAYS befound somewhere next to Aldermaston’sperimeter fence (very rarely atBurghfield) on the second weekend ofevery month. We took the Tridentreplacement opposition message tosummer festivals and have recentlystarted leafleting more locally. The yearhas also been a busy one direct action-wise. We took part in joint blockades andprotests in April and June and haveenabled and joined in other joint protestsat Aldermaston.

High Court Appeal victoryOur successful and highly publicisedappeal against the previous High Courtruling on the Aldermaston Byelaws wasmade in February. The court ruled thatbanning camping was unlawful which,added to our previous Judicial Reviewvictory that reclaimed the right to tiethings onto the fence, has rendered thenew Ministry of Defence byelawsineffectual. It has effectively re-established the right to peaceful protestat Aldermaston, including our Women’sPeace Camp. The ruling also resulted in alot of press coverage, and we received astream of emails from individualscongratulating us on the victory – avictory not only for the right to protestand to hold peace camps, but also anexample of how a few committedwomen can make a real difference bypeaceful protest and using the courts

appropriately. Most importantly, itmeans we can carry on ‘being there’ atleast once a month to actually see what’sgoing on. All the more important withthe New Build Programme now actuallyshifting on to plans for a new war-headproduction line.

New websiteAutumn has been celebrated by launchingour fantastic new website (stillwww.aldermaston.net) which is linked tothe new TridentReplacement.net – apublicly available on-line database ofdocuments such as news items, academicand campaigning articles, and governmentpublications relating to the replacement ofthe UK's Trident nuclear weapons system. The website encourages women to

come to the camp (read the camp blogsfor inspiration and a laugh). You can alsosign up for alerts on when to writeobjections to planning applications, suchas the expected new Enriched UraniumFacility which will have a crucial role inthe production of the next generation of

nuclear warheads. There you can also finddetails of the Trident Ploughshares BigBlockade at Aldermaston on the 15thFebruary 2010 (see page 23) and, inadvance and to prepare, our women’saction training on the 9-10th January. Thisis a great opportunity to explore whetheryou want to get involved in direct actionor hone your plans with other women.Come and visit us, for an hour or a

day, or stay over and participate inmaintaining our monthly peace camp atAldermaston.

�For more information please visit:www.aldermaston.net/

Campaign AgainstDepleted Uranium (CADU)

IT has been another extremely busyyear for CADU. In February weheld a photo exhibition and

workshop in Holyrood, before thesubmission of a motion on uraniumweapons by the Scottish Greens. This

Autonomous campaignsCND supports and gives grants to the work of the following autonomous campaigns:

Outside the High Court following AWPC victory, February 2009

was followed by an exhibition sponsoredby the Nuclear-Free Local Authorities inMay in Manchester Central Library. As Belgium’s law banning uranium

weapons entered into force in June,CADU launched the UK UraniumWeapons Network. This now comprises11 NGOs, including CND, Medact andQuaker Peace and Social Witness. Thesearch is underway for funding for aNetwork Coordinator. August was takenup with fundraising and outreach workat the Big Chill and Green Man festivals.Throughout the year we have been

redeveloping the CADU website andproducing bumper editions of CADUNews, reflecting the acceleratinginternational campaign. PeaceworkerDave Cullen and Development WorkerDoug Weir have travelled widelyspeaking on uranium weapons, includinginternationally for Doug in his role as

Coordinator for the InternationalCoalition to Ban Uranium Weapons(ICBUW). CADU remains thesecretariat for ICBUW and, as theprofile of the issue of uranium weaponshas risen, so has the workload. Thisrising profile has attracted funding fromthe Norwegian Government for researchprojects in Iraq and the Balkans andsupport for an ICBUW Researcherbased in the CADU office. After alengthy recruitment process, DaveCullen got the job and in Septemberbecame ICBUW’s first full-time worker. In October, CADU hosted a

weekend workshop for EuropeanICBUW members to coordinatecampaigning ahead of crucial 2010United Nations First Committee talksnext September. To mark the International Day of

Action Against DU in November,CADU joined demonstrators at the armsmanufacturer Brimar (www.targetbrimar.org.uk) and launched a photographiccompetition in memory of veteranactivist Richard Crump. Top Crumpshas attracted entries from campaignersacross the world. At the time of writing,CADU is on its way to Geneva foranother round of lobbying with states.

� For more information please visitthe CADU website: www.cadu.org.uk

NukewatchWarhead safety at AWEBurghfield

OVER the last 12 monthsnuclear warhead convoys havebeen seen much less

frequently than usual, owing to seriousfaults with facilities at the AtomicWeapons Establishment (AWE)Burghfield. Nukewatch believes thatonly one new or refurbished warheadwas processed at AWE and only fourtaken apart over the period betweenApril 2008 and April 2009. AWEBurghfield has recently been givenpermission to restart ‘live’ operationsagain (assembly and disassembly of thewarheads). They were stopped in 2008after 1,000 safety shortfalls werediscovered and devastating floods

affected the area. However, as yet, it istoo early to say whether this resumptionwill lead to convoy movements pickingup in tempo.

Convoys on the roadThis year warhead convoy movementsbetween AWE and Coulport weremonitored by Nukewatch inJanuary/February and September/October. Nukewatch also suspects thatanother convoy was on the road in earlyJuly. Convoy training exercises tookplace in February, June, July, andOctober.A range of new types of convoy

vehicle has come into service over thecourse of the year. They include newmotorcycles and new armoured controlvehicles for the MoD Police SpecialEscort Group, and new escortminibuses for the Fleet ProtectionGroup Royal Marines. Refurbishedwarhead carrier vehicles are expected toenter service before the end of 2010.

Can you helpNukewatch?Nukewatch relieson informationfrom members ofthe public whohave spotted thenuclear warheadconvoy when it is

on the road to help us track its move -ments. If you see a convoy please ringone of these numbers as soon aspossible:Di: 0845 45 88 364 or 07880 557035Jane: 0845 45 88 367 or 07778 267833Roz and Mark: 0845 45 88 365 or07972 096499 We need to know what you saw,

when you saw it, where, and whatdirection the convoy vehicles weretravelling in.Nukewatch members are always

happy to visit local peace groups to talkabout the warhead convoy and ourwork. Please contact us on one of thetelephone numbers above.

� For more information please visitthe Nukewatch website:www.nukewatch.org.uk

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(top) Veteran activist Richard Crump(bottom) The ‘Top Crumps’photographic competition has attractedentries from campaigners across theworld.

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Peace CampsAldermaston Women’sPeace Camptel: 07969 739 812info@aldermaston.netwww.aldermaston.net

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Menwith Hill Women’sPeace CampContact Yorkshire CND fordetails.

Regional and local activity is essential in getting our message heard. Contact yournearest group to find out how you can get involved.

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