Bristol CND Peace Matters, May/June 2023

Posted: 16th May 2023

Bristol CND newsletter

View “Peace Matters”, May/June 2023

Please follow the link above or click here to read or download the latest edition of our local newsletter Peace Matters – information from Bristol, the UK and around the world about the campaign against nuclear weapons.

We are sending it to you and other local/national politicians and campaigning organisations in and around the Bristol area because we want to raise awareness of our campaigning activities and current key issues.

In this month’s edition there are articles including:

• Stop US nuclear weapons coming to Britain – ahead of this weekend’s demo at USAF/RAF Lakenheath, CND General Secretary Kate Hudson explains why reckless behaviour by nuclear states is leading to the increased threat of nuclear war.
• New policing law uses tactics of an authoritarian state not a democracy – why CND condemns the new policing law
• Report back from XR’s ‘The Big One’ protest in London
• What links nuclear weapons and climate change?
• Help Bristol CND distribute ‘Real Ale Drinkers Against the Bomb’ beer mats to the pubs and bars of Bristol!
• Support Bristol CND by buying (and sending!) our new Bristol Giant CND Symbol Greetings/Note Cards

...and many other topics.Please note the following events for your diary:

• Thurs 18th May : Bristol CND Planning Meeting (Virtual), 7.00 pm
• Sat 20th May : National CND Demonstration “No to US nukes in Britain”, USAF/RAF Lakenheath
• Fri 2nd and Sat 3rd June : 40th anniversary of the Four Day Peace Blockade, USAF Upper Heyford
• Sat 10th and Sun 11th June : International summit for peace in Ukraine, Vienna and online