Labour CND conference

Good afternoon colleagues. Here are details of Labour CND’s online annual conference this Sunday 3 April 12 noon to 14.30, Stop the drift to nuclear war! For a Labour policy for peace! With Jeremy Corbyn, Tom Unterrainer, Richard Burgon, Katy Clark MSP and other guests listed below. This year’s conference couldn’t come at a more important time. The Ukraine crisis has brought the prospect of nuclear war closer than it’s been for decades. We need de-escalation and negotiations, not the belligerent approach adopted by the British and US governments. You’ll find a programme outline below. All are welcome to attend. Please register here. 

 

If you are a member of CND and of the Labour Party, you’re eligible to attend Labour CND AGM which takes place this year on Monday 16 April, with guest speaker Kate Hudson outlining the threat of nuclear war posed by the Ukraine conflict and CND’s other campaigning priorities. If you’d like to get involved, email [email protected] for details.

 

Looking forward to seeing some of you on Sunday, Carol 

 

 

CONFERENCE OUTLINE

Parliamentary briefing

Richard Burgon MP

Panel I: Perspective on the military build-up

Tom Unterrainer, CND Chair and a member of Labour’s International Policy Commission, on Ukraine

Mish Rahman, NEC member (pers cap), on refugees

Jess Barnard, Young Labour Chair (pers cap), on welfare not warfare

Margaret Kimberley, Black Alliance for Peace USA, with a view from the US

Chair Carol Turner

Refreshment break, with music from Sam Browse

Panel II: How Nuclear Contributes to the Climate Crisis

Katy Clark MSP, on Hunterston closure and the likelihood of Scotland becoming carbon neutral

Samantha Mason, PCS policy officer and Labour CND’s climate specialist, on Just Transition 

Stuart Parkinson, Scientists for Global Responsibility, on the carbon boot print of the military

Chair Logan Williams

Values and Ethics in Labour’s foreign policy, 

Keynote address from Jeremy Corbyn MP, former Labour Party leader

Chair Christine Shawcroft

 

LABOUR CND

Labour CND is a specialist section of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament comprising members of CND who are also full members of the Labour Party. We campaign within the party for CND’s aims and objectives and for Labour to adopt a peaceful foreign and security policy. 

 

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