Bristol CND newsletter

Posted: 3rd April 2026

Bristol CND Peace Matters April 2026View this email in your browser

View “Peace Matters”, April 2026

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:

• We know how world wars start : This is not a moment for silence – stand up against US and Israel’s illegal war in Iran
• Bristol CND events this summer : we need your help
• Trump & Netanyahu’s war on Iran risks major nuclear accidents
• A ‘Great British Nuke-off’ in Wales? Rolls-Royce wants to put Britain’s new Small Modular Reactors on Anglesey, but it turns out they’re not small nor even particularly British

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

• Wednesday 1st – Monday 6th April, Lakenheath Alliance for Peace International Peace Camp, ‘RAF’ Lakenheath, Suffolk, UK
• Saturday 4th April , ‘Give Peace A Chance’, demonstration, RAF/ USAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, UK
• Saturday 4th April – Sunday 5th April [Bristol CND stall on Saturday], ‘Bristol Transformed’ Bristol’s leading festival of radical politics, arts and culture, Trinity Centre, Bristol BS2 0NW, 10.30 am – 6.30 pm
• Saturday 25th April, Bristol CND stall at Bristol Radical History Festival, MShed, Princes Wharf, Wapping Rd Bristol BS1 4RN, 10:: am – 4:00 pm
• Thursday 16th April,  Bristol CND Planning Meeting (Virtual), 7.00 pm
• Sunday 26th April, Chernobyl Day.
• Sunday 26th April, monthly Peace Vigil For Victims Of War & Catastrophic Climate Change, Cascade Steps, Broad Quay, BS1 6QH, 1.30 – 2.30 pm
• Saturday 16 May, Nakba 78: March for Palestine, Central London
• Tuesday 19th May, Welfare Not Warfare – The best Strategy in 2026? Free public meeting, Front Room Theatre, 13 Central Walk, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1FF, 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm  (doors open 6.45pm)