Bristol CND newsletter, September 2024

Posted: 27th August 2024

Bristol CND Peace Matters Sept 2024

Bristol CND newsletter

View “Peace Matters”, September 2024

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:
  • As we approach UN International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, we reflect on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
  • Report and photos from the Bristol 4 Day Peace Gathering marking the anniversary of the first use of atomic bombs in 1945 on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement – the little-known nuclear agreement between the United Kingdom and United States of America that is due to be renewed before the end of 2024
  • Sellafield pleads guilty to IT failings that put national security at risk
  • Bristol Activist, Gaie Delap (77), in prison
...and many other topics.Please note the following events for your diary:
  • Thursday 29th August,  Bristol CND Planning Meeting (Virtual), 7.00 pm
  • Sunday 1st September, Bristol CND stall at St Werburghs Picnic in the Park, 1.00 pm – 5.00 pm, Mina Road Park BS2 9PA
  • Saturday 7th September, National March for Palestine – End the Genocide, 12.00 noon Central London. Bristol coaches leave Anchor Road 8:15 am and return by 8 pm. Tickets available here https://tinyurl.com/5a2j59sj
  • Saturday 14th September, Bristol CND stall at Victoria Park (Bedminster) Festival, 12.00 noon to 5.00 pm, junction of Nutgrove and Hill Avenues BS3 4QE
  • Saturday 21st September,  UN International Day of Peace
  • Sunday 22nd September, Silent Vigil for victims of wars and for Peace, Freedom & Equality. 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm in Bristol Centre by
    the Cascades
  • Saturday 28th September, Lakenheath Alliance for Peace vigil
  • Monday 30th September, Mordechai Vanunu Day
  • Saturday 5th October, National CND AGM and policy conference (online)
  • Sunday 6th October, ‘A new agenda for peace and justice: its time is now’ CND conference, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Bloomsbury, London
 
Best wishes
Bill Braddick
Bristol CND “Peace Matters”
[email protected]

 

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