Step back from the nuclear brink: Ukraine, NATO and Trump – CND webinar

Thank you to everyone who was able to take part in last weekend’s emergency day of action for Ukraine despite the weather warnings. We are keeping up the pressure on the government. If you haven’t already, please lobby your MP today. Join us for our upcoming international webinar on Wednesday, 18 December, which will look at the future of NATO and the war in Ukraine in the context of Donald Trump’s presidency.

• Wednesday, 18 December
• 7pm
• Online, register here 

With guest speakers: Ann Wright, retired US Colonel; Sevim Dağdelen, German MP; Sophie Bolt, CND General Secretary; Lindsey German, Stop the War Convenor, and Tom Unterrainer, CND Chair.

Britain has still to comment on its role in the latest escalation in Ukraine. The same week the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) announced skyrocketing profits for global arms companies in 2023, the government announced its new military-industrial strategy, tying economic growth to great global instability.

CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt writes in her recent blog post:

“The government is trying to present building new nuclear submarines as a dynamic catalyst for Britain’s economic growth. But nothing could be further from the truth. The reality is you can’t build sustainable growth on genocide, global militarism and the threat of nuclear war.”

You can read the full post here.