Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Merseyside CND local news
On Saturday 20th June activists from around the country gathered in London to demonstrate against the Government’s ongoing policy of "austerity". Despite brutal cuts to public services and welfare benefits plans to waste £100 billion on replacing Britain’s nuclear weapons continue.
Images by Zoe Laycock
Liverpool Pax Christi will be showing the film Sophie Scholl on Monday 11th May, 7:30pm at Sacred Heart Church, Low Hill, L7.
Sophie Scholl was part of the White Rose Movement, which was active during the time of the Nazis, and distributed literature amongst students, urging them to rise up against Hitler. She and her brother were executed and the film chiefly focuses on the last few weeks of her life and her interrogation by the Gestapo. Admission is free!
You can watch a short trailer for the film below.
May 15th is International Day of Conscientious Objectors – Liverpool Quakers mark the day with a stall on School Lane from 2.30pm. From 7pm there will be an opportunity to find out about & celebrate the stories of those who opposed World War 1. Emily Johns (Editor of Peace News) will be presenting this event at the Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane.
There will also be music and pom pom making at the Meeting House as part of Light Night
Following on from last week’s there will be a further Trident ballot tomorrow at Bromborough Cross, Bromborough Village Rd, CH62 from 11am – 2pm.