CND Press Digest: Wednesday 15 February 2023

War In Ukraine/NATO

• Some letters to the LA Times warning against the escalation caused by more US military support to Ukraine.
• A journalist who protested Russia’s invasion of Ukraine live on Russian TV recounts her escape from the country after repeatedly defying orders by the authorities to stay at home.
• Norwegian intelligence claims Russia has deployed ships armed with nuclear weapons to the Baltic Sea for the first time in three decades.
• US intelligence say the war in Ukraine is turning Iran into a global leader in producing cheap and lethal drones.
• Andrew Murray writes in The Morning Star on the need to oppose NATO.

Iraq War

• The actor Mark Rylance is campaigning for a statue to protester Brian Haw - who camped on Parliament Square for ten years calling for an end to the war in Iraq.
• The Morning Star with an editorial on the anniversary of the Iraq War as well as a column from CND General Secretary Kate Hudson.
• The Argus reports on when former boxer Chris Eubank Snr took part in the Iraq protests.

UK Nuclear Energy

• UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt plans to give “green” status to nuclear power - as part of plans to unlock billions of pounds in funding.
• Hundreds of Sellafield cleaners have voted to strike over pay.

Nuclear Energy

• The Guardian gives a 4 star review to Atomic Hope, a film which makes the case for nuclear power. Out in cinemas on 17 February.
• Vox looks at how nuclear weapons can be turned into nuclear energy.

Fukushima

• The Guardian reports on Japan’s insistence that its plan to release radioactive water from Fukushima is safe - while neighbouring countries and local fishers express concern against the plan.

Iran Nuclear Deal

• Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton tells the Saudi-based Arab News that there is now an alternative to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal - the people of Iran. 
• That’s as China’s Xi Jinping called for an early resolution to the Iran nuclear issue - adding that Beijing would safeguard Iran’s rights and interests.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament