Upside Down Priorities - Talk by John Gittings

Event Date: 16th June 2020
Location: Internet 8pm

Abingdon Peace Group Meeting

TUESDAY 16th June 2020 at 8.00 pm

To be held on Zoom – email for Meeting ID & password

Upside-down Priorities:

the Bomb and the Virus

Speaker: John Gittings

TO JOIN US FOR THIS ZOOM MEETING, EMAIL ABINGDONPEACE@GMAIL.COM FOR THE LINK - to be held online using Zoom -

You may recall John’s previous visits to Abingdon. On the first

occasion he spoke about his book, The Glorious Art of Peace, and

in January 2019 he reviewed the perfect storm of nuclear threats,

climate change and world poverty, enlightening us in particular on

the many decades that the climate crisis has been understood but,

as we know, scarcely acted upon by those with the power to do so.

He has recently initiated a parliamentary petition – ″Halt

Trident renewal and spend the funds on fighting the

coronavirus.” To read fuller details and, most importantly, to

“At a time of national and international crisis, Britain can no longer

afford to squander vast sums and scientific resources on a policy

designed to counter the remote and improbable threat of nuclear

attack. The finance and technology involved is now desperately

needed to counter a real and actual threat to the lives of millions.

Britain should set an example to the other nuclear powers and

urge them to take similar initiatives, but it cannot wait for

multilateral action which has not been achieved in fifty years.

When the crisis is over there can then be a thorough review of

strategic priorities.” (from the petition website).

About the meeting: We’ve simplified the procedure. The zoom ID and

password are: ID: 989 937 792 and https://us02web.zoom.us/j/989937792 . And

watch out for an email with a clickable link, the day before the meeting.

John Gittings worked at The Guardian

(UK) for twenty years as assistant foreign

editor and chief foreign leader-writer. His

interests and his many publications are

listed on his website. He is a long-standing

CND activist and writes a one page article

in every edition of the Oxford CND

newsletter. He also tweets regularly:

@TheCaseforPeace.