Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Merseyside CND local news
On Thursday 21st June, the iconic Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament symbol was displayed at Liverpool’s Pier Head to mark our 60th Anniversary. A big thank you to everyone who came to see it and a special thank you to Mark Bishop who transported the symbol all the way from London and back. A selected of photos taken on the day are below.
Liverpool Friends’ Meeting House, School Lane
17:00 – 18:00, Sunday 13th May
Since 1978 the Norwegian-based Bike for Peace has travelled the world to promote peace, friendship and our common environment. Along the way they have met Pope Francis, former United Nations General Secretary, Ban Ki-Moon and the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
On Sunday they will arrive in Liverpool where Merseyside CND will host a reception in their honour at Friends’ Meeting House.
The following day, they will be given a tour of the city and will visit the International Slavery Museum, the Cavern and the Nordic Church.
They are passionate opponents of nuclear weapons and it is a privilege for us host a group that has shown such an extraordinary commitment to promoting the cause of peace.
The latest edition of the Merseyside C.N.D. newsletter is now available to download. Highlights include:
On Wednesday 14th February, Ash Wednesday, Christians of different denominations, and representatives of CND walked behind the Liverpool Pax Christi banner in the cold, rain and strong wind from St Luke’s bombed out church to the Law Courts in Derby Square. The walkers held aloft placards highlighting the indiscriminate mass murder of innocents and the long term devastation of the planet that nuclear weapons would cause. Other placards drew attention to the obscene cost of renewing Britain’s Trident nuclear weapon system and also to Pope Francis’s recent statements that even possessing nuclear weapons is gravely immoral. On Church Street the horrifying testimony of a survivor of the 1945 atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, a 13 year old at the time, was read out. At the Law Courts a copy of Article 6 of the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, to which the UK is a signatory and which calls for complete nuclear disarmament, was handed in to the Chief Justice with a plea for the UK to honour the treaty. Just how urgent this is was demonstrated in recent weeks when grossly provocative rhetoric and actions by both the leaders of the USA and North Korea quickly led to a nuclear crisis, and how peaceful dialogue between South and North Korea and a simple invitation to the Winter Olympics quickly defused the threat of nuclear war. Peter Moonan – Liverpool Pax Christi
Images from the event, taken by John Usher, are below.
Merseyside CND’s first news update of 2018 is now available to download. Highlights include:
