Dear all,

Please find this week’s roundup below. Thank you all for your continued support.

CND Weekly Digest: Friday, 29 November 2024

Ukraine

• On Tuesday, CND, Stop the War Coalition and several MPs handed in a letter to the Prime Minister at Downing Street, calling on Britain to end its reckless role in intensifying the war in Ukraine. You can read CND’s press release and find the letter Independent Catholic News and Labour Outlook.  
• Another letter signed by peace campaigners,, trade unionists, MPs over Britain’s escalating support for Ukraine was published in the Guardian.
• With Ukraine firing British-made missiles into Russian territory, the risk of being dragged into world war III is greater than ever – so why is there scarcely a murmur from our political class, asks Andrew Murray in the Morning Star.
• Spotify or Apple podcasts.

Nukes in Britain

• Scientists for Global Responsibility: Alasdair Beal takes a look at the UK nuclear industry – and finds that the proposed expansion has a workforce problem.
• The Metro and RAF Lakenheath. Meanwhile, the The Bulletin on the growing nuclear weapons debate and what makes a nuclear threat.
• The Bulletin: The entanglement of fusion energy research and bombs.

Middle East

• Iran Declassified UK: Despite Netanyahu arrest warrant, UK keeps sending arms and intel.

Climate

• Nuclear fusion: neither imminent nor relevant to climate change.

NATO / Europe

• Newsweek runs a story using nukemap showing the impact of a Russian nuclear weapon on major cities of NATO countries.
• Germany’s intelligence chief said on Wednesday that Russian sabotage attacks risks invoking NATO’s article 5 defence clause.
• Cyprus could join NATO once its armed forces receive the necessary training and equipment with US help, according to the country’s president.

AUKUS / Indo-Pacific

• China has warned New Zealand against joining AUKUS, with Beijing’s ambassador to the country saying it would “inevitably” have negative consequences for their bilateral relationship.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament