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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
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CND works to scrap Britain's nuclear weapons, campaigns for global nuclear disarmament, and promotes genuine peace and security for all. Support our work 👇
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · Nov 6
💸 A report from the Public Accounts Committee shows that Britain's F-35 programme is in disarray and the costings are "unrealistic."

With the budget coming up, we need much greater scrutiny on military spending hikes and nuke expansion.

Read more: cnduk.org/british-nucl...
Image of F-35A flying. Text below reads: British nuclear jets programme costs 'unrealistic'. (Origianl image credit: AS1 Tomas Barnard RAF / MoD)
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CND is part of the Together Alliance, a new coalition of over 50 organisations and hundreds of individuals who are uniting to expose and challenge the rise of the far right in Britain.

Save the date: national demo on 28/03/26

Sign up for unity: https://www.togetheralliance.org.uk/
Graphic that reads: We are together against the far right
December 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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🎄There's just under 3 weeks to go until Christmas. Buy some peace-themed gifts and stocking-fillers for your loved ones, and help support the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

📦Free shipping on UK orders until midnight Sunday!

🎁 See CND's Gift Guide: https://cndukstore.com/gift-guide/
CND staff wearing Christmas jumpers. Design includes a Christmas tree made out of CND 'peace' symbols with doves of peace. Text below the Christmas tree reads: "Peace on Earh"
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Critical minerals are vital for a clean energy economy, but extracting them can come at a heavy environmental and social cost.

Military stockpiling and unchecked extraction put both the environment and our long-term security at risk.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report
Study reveals US earmarked billions to stockpile critical minerals for military use, including precision-guided weaponry and AI-driven warfare
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December 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Our recent conference in London brought together a wealth of technical expertise and campaigning knowledge on Britain’s nuclear expansion plans, as well as topics on Palestine, NATO and climate security, and more.

Watch here: cnduk.org/cnd-conferen...
CND conference builds the movement against nuclear expansion - CND
On Saturday, 22 November, CND held a very sucessful conference in London which brought together a powerful alliance of campaigners, academics, and leaders from the peace, climate, and trade union move...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Thanks to the Your Party MPs, including @zarahsultana.bsky.social, Ayoub Khan, @shockatadam.bsky.social and @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social, for demonstrating their commitment to a peaceful future by including nuclear disarmament in their first political statement at last weekend's conference.
Collage of photos including Zarah Sultana, Ayoub Khan, Shockat Adam, and Jeremy Corbyn standing with CND activists and holding CND placards.
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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CND is proud to be part of the #Together Alliance, a coalition of organisations and individuals uniting against the far right. Show your support by signing up to the campaign and put 28 March 2026 in your diary for a national demonstration in London: www.togetheralliance.org.uk
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December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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100,000 people on the streets of London today marching for Palestine. Nuclear-armed Israel continues to kill Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank despite a so-called ceasefire. Britain needs to #StopArmingIsrael now!
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Thousands marching in the rain through London calling for an end to arms sales to Isrsel as the nuclear-armed state continues to kill Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Today's national march for Palestine is about to begin. There's still time to join the rally on Whitehall. ☮️
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Ever since the start of the Manhattan Project in the 1940s, nuclear weapons have remained inexorably linked to civil nuclear reactors.

CND opposes nuclear power both because it is dirty, expensive and unsafe - and because of its direct links to the nuclear weapons industry.
CND statement on nuclear power and nuclear weapons links. On November 26, the Prime Minister issue a statement making clear that a major reason for the Government's plans for more nuclear power is the technical and logistical support it provides for the government's nuclear weapons programme. Ever since the start of the Manhattan Project back in the 1940s, nuclear weapons have remained inexorably linked to civil nuclear reactors. For example. all the fissile materials for making nuclear weapons come from civil nuclear reactors, their processes and facilities, including uranium mining, milling and fuel manufactuing, and uramium enrichment plants. CND opposes nuclear power both because it is dirty, expensive and unsafe - and also because of its direct links to the nuclear weapons industry. We strongly oppose the Government's plans for more nuclear weapons and more civilian nuclear reactors.
November 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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🚨 Routes maps - March for Palestine - 29 Nov

The full route will go from Hyde Park Corner (Piccadilly) to Whitehall. The accessible, step-free route will be meeting on Eagle Place (between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street), outside Natwest from 2pm.

Maps: shorturl.at/begyB
Route map for the 29 November 2025 national march for Palestine. Route starts on Hyde Park Corner (Piccadilly) towards Piccadilly Circus and finsihing on Whitehall Map showing the the accessible, step-free route which will be meeting on Eagle Place (between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street), outside Natwest from 2pm. This step-free route is 800m and incudes a small downward hill on Haymarket as we join the full march when it gets just before Piccadilly Circus.
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Announcing some the confirmed speakers at Saturday's march for Palestine, taking place on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. Many to more to come!

March with us this Saturday, note the new assembly point!

📍Hyde Park Corner Piccadilly
⏰ 12 Noon
Poster advertising speakers at the march for Palestine. Photos of speakers include: Peter Oborne, journalist and author; Denise Gough, actor; Hala Hania, Palestinain activist from Gaza. Poster advertising speakers at the march for Palestine with images of: Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Labour MP; Mary Lou McDonald, President, Sinn Féin
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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🚨 Assembly point changed - March for Palestine

The assembly point for Saturday's march has been changed.

📍Hyde Park Corner Piccadilly
⏰ 12 Noon, Saturday 29 November

Share and read the full Palestine Coalition statement 👇
Poster with logos of Palestine Coalition members. Text reads: " Internatinal Day for Palestine. End the Occupation. Stop Arming Israel. End Apartheid. 12 noon, Saturday 29 November. Hyde Park Corner (Piccadilly) to Whitehall. Palestine Coalition statement on police harassment of our protests Given the escalating assault on the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, Saturday’s national demo is absolutely crucial. Having agreed the assembly point and route of the march on November 10th, now at less than 3 days notice, the police have insisted that we change the form up from Park Lane which they had agreed, to Hyde Park Corner/Piccadilly. They have cited spurious reasons about disruption to businesses without providing any evidence and detail. This is just the latest example of police harassment and imposition faced by the Palestine movement which we can only assume is designed to disrupt our organising. This movement is still under attack. We will continue to resist these attempts to disrupt our organising. We urge everyone who wants peace and justice for the Palestinians and believes in the right to protest to join us at noon this Saturday for another huge display of solidarity. Palestine Solidarity Campaign Palestinian Forum in Britain Friends of Al-Aqsa Stop the War Coalition Muslim Association of Britain Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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While people in Britain suffer, the government is purchasing uncosted nuclear-capable fighter jets, which risk us all.

Take action ahead of tomorrow's budget, lobby your MP to call for an urgent debate on the F-35A purchase: cnd.eaction.org.uk/StopBritains...
CND and Christian CND banner Protesters holdCND nurses not nukes placards and CND banner in front of ministry of defence
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Starting shortly, register ⬇️
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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“This will not make us safer. They are US fighter jets. All the money is going to the US. And the planes launch US nuclear bombs, so that means they are basically under Nato command, meaning they are under the US nuclear umbrella of Nato."

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Britain will have to obey US orders on nuclear jets, CND conference hears
BRITAIN would need permission from the United States in order to use its nuclear deterrent, experts say, as the government goes forward with a £71 billion purchase of nuke-carrying US jets.And increas...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Join the Nuclear Education Trust tomorrow morning for the launch of their new report looking at the myths behind so-called tactical nuclear weapons and the possibility of a limited nuclear war.

⏲️ 11 AM
📍 Zoom, register here: cnduk.org/events/stepp...
'Stepping Back from the Brink' - Online launch of Nuclear Education Trust report - CND
25 Nov 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm - Join the Nuclear Education Trust for the launch of a new report,  'Stepping Back from the Brink – The Myths of Tactical Nuclear Weapons and Limited Nuclear War', ta...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt will be speaking at tomorrow's eve of budget protest organised by the @peoplesassembly.bsky.social. The priority in the budget should be investing in public services, not preparing for war and buying new nuclear weapons.

📅 Tuesday, 25 Nov
⏲️ 6pm
📍 Downing Street
Poster announcing CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt as speaker at People's Assembly eve of budget protest. 25 November 6pm - Downing Street. Text reads: "Welfare not warfare. Make the rich pay. Refugees not to blame." Poster includes logos of the People's Assembly, We Demand Change, Stand Up To Racism, Disable People Against Cuts, Stop the War Coalition, CND, PCS union, RMT union, National Education Union, The Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union, and UNITE."
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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CND's conference, Stop nuclear expansion: how to reverse the war drive, is underway. Ludo De Brabander from Belgian peace organisation Vrede starts by outlining the threats facing Europe today.

Join the stream: www.youtube.com/live/OcxrxF5...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Conor Bollins is chairing our ‘challenging militarism in education’ workshop. Join us tomorrow. tomorow! morningstaronline.co.uk/article/manu...
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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CND Vice-Chair Carol Turner previews this Saturday's CND conference for @labour-hub.bsky.social. labourhub.org.uk/2025/11/19/e...
European rearmament and the drive to war
Carol Turner previews this Saturday’s upcoming CND Conference. Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced what she says are “the most sweeping asylum reforms in modern times.” Modelled on …
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November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Strong support from eight trade unions for our campaign against Britain's nuke jets. Thanks to Fran Heathcote of @pcsunion.bsky.social for joining us at Downing Street and for sharing our #WagesNotWeapons message.

See the letter: cnduk.org/allies-unite...
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Our closing plenary at Saturday's conference will ask what we need to do to build the movement for a peaceful, nuclear-free, and sustainable future.

Register today: cnduk.org/events/no-to...
Poster for closing plenary with images of speakers and CND symbol. Text reads: "CND day of debate and activism. Stop Nuclear Expansion. End the War drive. Saturday 22 November. Closing plenary: building the movement for a peaceful, nuclear-free, sustainable future. Micaela Tracey-Ramos, UNISON NEC; Sophie Bolt, CND; Lindsey German, Stop the War Coalition; Grace Da Costa, Quakers in Britain. Register today."
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Ahead of our conference on Saturday, CND Vice-Chair Carol Turner gives a round-up of the challenges we face and the possible solutions. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/more...
More war is not inevitable
FEW would dispute that 2005 has been dominated by conflict abroad and preparations for war at home. Under pressure from President Donald Trump, Europe is preparing to take on a greater share of the mi...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Our final two workshops at Saturday's conference will hear from activists on resisting militarism in their community, while leading climate campaigners will discuss how opposing war and nukes can help the planet.

See the full list and register today: cnduk.org/events/no-to...
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM