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The next West Midlands CND meeting via Zoom 7.30pm Wednesday 7 January to plan upcoming demos, stalls and the trip to RAF Marham. For Zoom link or further details email [email protected]

December 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM

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Make sure to join the next national demonstration on Saturday, 31 January 2026 in Central London. More details TBA!

The Arabic word intifada simply means shaking off or an uprising against injustice. It came to prominence during the first Palestinian intifada which was overwhelmingly marked by peaceful protest that was brutally repressed by the Israeli occupation. It is also used in a wide range of contexts including, for instance, to describe several of the uprisings collectively known as the Arab Spring. Many people who use the slogan now are invoking the Palestinian heritage of popular civil resistance against an ongoing occupation and apartheid system, that is deepening daily in the West Bank, and, of course, the genocide. Notably, the police have not suggested that someone saying ‘globalise the uprising’ would be arrested, indicating that their principal objection is to the use of an Arabic word. This is both deeply discriminatory and a disgraceful attack on freedom of expression.

These attempts to conflate protests against the British government’s ongoing support for Israel’s atrocities with acts of terrorism is profoundly sinister and entirely without foundation. So too is the suggestion that groups and individuals who support Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people should be given a veto over the rights of others to protest against that oppression. Many of those who have been pushing for these steps have also expressed the view that Palestinian flags, keffiyehs, and even the slogan ‘Free Palestine’ are threatening and unacceptable to them. Where will the politicised policing of speech and protest end?

These incidents are just the latest examples of the use of police powers to demonise and repress protests and expressions of support for Palestine in Britain. Since 2023, demonstrations against Israel’s genocide in Gaza have been subject to unprecedented restrictions, protest organisers have been charged under public order legislation, artists and musicians have been targeted for speaking out,

direct action group Palestine Action has been proscribed as terrorists, and protestors have been arrested for demonstrating peacefully. Right now, the government is using the Crime and Policing bill to introduce new powers to further clamp down on the right to protest.

While these attacks are aimed at the movement in solidarity with the Palestinian people, they threaten to undermine all of our democratic freedoms. We urge everyone to join us in opposing this growing climate of repression.

In Gaza, Israel’s genocide continues – with ongoing deadly attacks on Palestinians and Palestinian families desperately sheltering in tents, battered by the wind and rain of winter, while Israel cruelly continues to prevent adequate aid from entering.

We will not be deterred from standing with the Palestinian people in their struggle for freedom and justice. Join us for our next national march for Palestine in London on Saturday 31 January.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Palestine Forum in Britian

Stop the War Coalition

Muslim Association of Britain

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Friends of Al Aqsa

December 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM

West Midlands CND

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If you would like to join West Midlands CND transport to Marham on 28 Feb, please contact [email protected]

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📢 SAVE THE DATE - 28 February 2026 - #StopBritishNukeJets

Join CND to protest against Britain's purchase of nuclear-capable F-35A fighter jets.

📅 Saturday, 28 February 2026
📍RAF Marham

☮️ Details: https://cnduk.org/events/stop-british-nuke-jets-national-demonstration-at-raf-marham/

December 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM

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CND Chair Tom Unterrainer assesses how the UK government will likely react to proposals to end the war in Ukraine: https://cnduk.org/we-need-peace-in-ukraine/?link_id=0&can_id=c97537650e1f03d050c375f6e06617fe&source=email-tbc-48&email_referrer=email_3015487&email_subject=we-need-peace-in-ukraine

Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for a meeting in 10 Downing Street. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street / Flickr

December 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM

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A must watch documentary from @declassifieduk.org on the role of British spy flights in Israel's Gaza genocide.

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📽️ 🛩️ MAJOR NEW FILM COMING TODAY AT 4PM UK TIME

Will this documentary put Keir Starmer behind bars❓

Watch the Trailer below 👇

Watch the full film here after 4pm
👉 youtu.be/0fk3t28TiAc

December 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM

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#OTD 1982: 30,000 women form a human chain around RAF Greenham Common to oppose the deployment of US nuclear cruise missiles. Public protest forced the US to remove them.

US nukes are now back in Britain. Join CND today and help us kick them out again: cnduk.org/join/

Front page of the Daily Mirror from 13 December 1982 with an image of women forming a human chain around the fence of RAF Greenham Common. Headline and subheading read:" PEACE! The plea by 30,000 women who joined hands in the world's most powerful protest against nuclear war."

Image of women forming a human chain around the fence of RAF Greenham Common during the 1982 Embrace the Base protest.

December 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM

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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/

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December 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM

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Solidarity with German students protesting attempts by their government to introduce conscription if army recruitment targets aren't met. These young people understand governments' 'war readiness' plans won't secure peace - but drag us closer towards global war. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Germany military service: 'Protesting before it's too late'

Germany is introducing voluntary military service to boost national defences after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

www.bbc.co.uk

December 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM

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☮️ Save the date and join us at the first national march for Palestine of 2026!

📆 Saturday, 31 January
⏲️ Assemble 12 noon
📍 Central London, route TBC

Poster with logos of Palestine Coalition members. Text reads: "national march for Palestine. End the Genocide. Hands off Gaza. Stop Arming Israel. 12 noon. Saturday 31 January. Central London.

December 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM

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Britain needs to stop the obscene gravy train to arms companies for an unworkable and immoral nuclear weapons programme and invest the money in public services and infrastructure instead!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/06/britains-nuclear-submarine-fleet-no-longer-fit-for-purpose/

December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM

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Scientists for Global Responsibility

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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

www.theguardian.com

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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Lakenheath Alliance for Peace

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7:30 – 8:30pm, Wednesday 14th January 2026
For more information see: lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk/webinar-maki...
#WelfareNotWarfare #RAFLakenheath #NoUSnukes #NuclearBan #NuclearWeapons #NoToNATO #XR #XRPeace #Peace #CloseBases

November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM

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ICAN

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😲Did you know the global majority rejects nuclear weapons?

What that means is:
1⃣Most of the world’s countries are now part of the #NuclearBan Treaty🎉
2⃣They’ve chosen real security rooted in cooperation, not fear.

Learn more here: www.icanw.org/global_major...

November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM

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2/ Learn more about the #NuclearBan Treaty or Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons here: www.icanw.org/the_treaty

The Treaty

In 2017, the UN adopted a historic treaty to end nuclear weapons for good. It is time for all countries to join the TPNW.

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November 11, 2025 at 11:57 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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🚨 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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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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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

West Midlands CND

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Sat 6 Dec - WMCND stall at the Farmers Market in Kings Heath Village Square to promote the importance of banning nuclear weapons, and to sign people up for the national demo against British nuclear jets at RAF Marham on 28 Feb. Contact [email protected] if you can help.

November 23, 2025 at 5:38 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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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...