Author: Andy Morton

On Saturday 9^th August Merseyside Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament commemorated the atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945. A selection of the photos of the day is available below.

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed, will be commemorated this month.
On 6th August, the date of the Hiroshima bombing, Chester C.N.D. will be holding a Flower Memorial at the Bandstand, The Groves, Chester at 8pm. Then on Saturday, to remember Nagasaki, Merseyside C.N.D. will host the Lord Mayor of Liverpool Erica Kemp at St. John’s Garden, Liverpool at 11am. This event will include music from the Socialist Singers and Neville Grundy plus poetry read by Gordon Nash.
Everyone welcome!

Liverpool Pax Christi will be holding a vigil at St. John’s Gardens, Liverpool to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of World War One between 12 and 2pm on Monday 4th August. Everyone welcome!

On Saturday 26th July activists from the Merseyside Peace Network gathered for a silent protest outside the Unite building to counter the glorification of World War I when the Giants visited Liverpool.
A selection of the photos, taken by John Usher, is available below.