CCND events
25 November: Bring on the Ban! Christian CND Annual General Meeting and public meeting. An open mini-conference on the Nuclear Weapons Ban with film, workshops and discussions. Join us to find out more about this ground-breaking treaty and ways to bring it into force. Help us plan an exciting programme to involve our Churches in this way to protect God’s creation. Venue will be St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol. 11.00am – 4pm. All welcome. Bookings: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk
UK events
12 – 15 September: DSEI, the world’s largest arms fair, at Excel Centre, London.
Art the Arms Fair all week – SET Space, 7th Floor, Capstan House, Clove Crescent
London E14 2BA. https://www.stopthearmsfair.org.uk/events/
28 September: Protest against the prospects of nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula. More information on the CND website.
6 October: Concert for Peace. A recital by NICKY SPENCE (tenor) & MPD Patron ROGER VIGNOLES (piano). Interval Speaker: Wendy Horler, Campaign Against Arms Trade. 7pm at Hinde Street Methodist Church, 19 Thayer Street, London, W1U 2QJ. All proceeds from Musicians for Peace & Disarmament concerts go to organisations in the peace movement. Tickets: £15, Concessions: £10. Online Booking (with no booking fee) at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/414994
Or purchase tickets with cash at the door. All seats are unreserved. Contact us at info.mpdconcerts@gmail.com http://www.mpdconcerts.org/
7 October: Keep Space for Peace march and rally. As part of Keep Space for Peace week, join this national march and rally to protest against the US using this British site for its war games. Speakers include CND’s Chair, Dave Webb. Bring flags and banners! 12 noon-4pm RAF Croughton main gate, Brackley, Northamptonshire NN13 5XP.
Transport has been arranged from Oxford, leaving St Giles at 10:45am and Oxford rail station at 11:00am. Tickets £8; pre-booking essential. For tickers and/or more information contact 01865 248357 or oxonpeace@yahoo.co.uk
8 – 16 October: Week of Prayer for World Peace. Contact for ordering Week of Prayer for World Peace leaflet:- Sue Davis, Flat 3, Harlequin House, Crossways Road, Grayshott,GU26 6HG. tel: 01428 608897 or 07889 192 649 email: suejanedavis3@icloud.com
11 October: London CND meeting.London CND presents an evening of discussion with Fabian Hamilton MP, Shadow Minister for Peace & Disarmament. 6:30pm-8pm Portcullis House, Westminster, London SW1A 2JR. For more information contact 020 7607 2302 or info@londoncnd.org
12 October: What’s Wrong with Trident? Technically? Politically? Morally?
Talk and discussion with Dave Webb, Emeritus Professor of Engineering at Leeds Beckett University, Chair of CND, Board Member of Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. 7.30pm Friends Meeting House, off Newmarket St., Skipton BD23 2JA.
14 — 15 October: Confrontation or cooperation? Nuclear abolition in dangerous times. CND Conference 14th October. AGM and policy conference on 15th. Arlington Conference Centre, London, NW1 7HE. 020 7700 2393. http://www.cnduk.org/
21 October: Scrapping Trident: A New Generation of Anti-Nuclear Activists. Join Youth and Student CND as we collaborate with anti-Trident groups to share ideas and plan future actions! A day of workshops, creativity and discussion to unite the youth and student movement in campaigning against nuclear weapons. 10am-4pm Waterloo Action Centre, 14 Baylis Road, London SE1 7AA. More details to follow – join the facebook event for the latest information Contact yscnd@riseup.net or 020 7700 2393 with any questions.
For more UK nuclear disarmament events see: http://www.cnduk.org
For UK peace events see: http://www.networkforpeace.org.uk
International Events
7 – 14 October: Keep Space for Peace Week. Join the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space as they commemorate Keep Space for Peace Week. Events happening across the UK, as well as the rest of the world – more information to follow. http://www.space4peace.org/
For more international events see:
International Peace Bureau
Reaching Critical Will (a project of Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom)
Friends Committee on National Legislation