Bristol CND Newsletter

Posted: 29th August 2025

Bristol CND Peace Matters Sept 2025View this email in your browser

Bristol CND newsletter

View “Peace Matters”, September 2025

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:

• Kick Trump’s nukes out! Details of national demo at Lakenheath on Sat 20th Sept. Show that neither Trump nor his nuclear bombs are welcome here.
• Help Bristol CND get the message out at local CND stalls here in Bristol in September.
• Report and photos from 80th anniversary of Hiroshima – Nagasaki Remembrance events in Bristol
• Report from the Bristol speaker meeting on the Alternative Defence Review speakers tour
• The UK’s government’s proposed Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) for nuclear waste could cost £54bn and ‘appears unachievable’; according to a Treasury assessment of the project.

... and many more topicsPlease note the following events for your diary (see What’s On in Peace Matters for more details):

• Thursday 28th August,  Bristol CND Planning Meeting (Virtual), 7.00 pm
• Friday 29th August, International Day Against Nuclear Tests
• Saturday 6th September, ‘Stop Starving Gaza’ – National March for Palestine, Central London, 12.00 noon
• Sunday 7th September,  Bristol CND Stall at St Werburghs Picnic in the Park , Mina Park, BS2 9TW, 1.00 pm – 5.00 pm
• Saturday 13th September , Bristol CND stall at the Victoria Park (Bedminster) Festival, BS3 4SN
• Wednesday 17th September, ‘Trump Not Welcome’ – National Demonstration Against Trump’s State Visit, Portland Square, London W1B 1AE, 2.00 pm
• Saturday 20th September,  National Demonstration at RAF Lakenheath, 2:00-3:00 pm
• Sunday 28th September, monthly Peace Vigil For Victims Of War & Catastrophic Climate Change, Cascade Steps, Broad Quay, BS1 6QH, 1.30 – 2.30 pm
• Tuesday 30th September, Mordechai Vanunu Day