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XR Autumn Rebellion

WE WANT TO LIVE – CLIMATE NOT TRIDENT

Join us to be part of Extinction Rebellion (XR)’s autumn rebellion – from your own home, garden, local streets – the choice is yours! Powefully named ‘We Want to Live’ – a message at the heart of CND’s own campaigning – XR is calling on us all to take local action over the August Bank Holiday weekend, prior to events starting on 1st September.

So please join with us to raise awareness of the climate emergency, to demand change and to highlight the crucial links between climate change and nuclear weapons – the twin existential threats that we face.

Due to social-distance requirements, this Rebellion will not be the same as the one we joined last October. But there are still plenty of actions we can take. Here a just a few ideas!

  • Arrange a socially-distanced flash mob in your town or village centres, like Yorkshire CND did recently in Bradford.
  • Print and colour in this poster. Be as colourful and creative as you can! Take photos to tweet and share on social media over the weekend – use hashtag #ClimateNotTrident, then send us your photos.
  • Contact your local XR group to get involved with their activities and make sure they incorporate the Climate not Trident message
  • Email your local MP to explain why issues of climate change and nuclear weapons go hand in hand
  • Write to your local paper to explain why getting rid of Trident is an environmental issue. You may want to use this briefing for inspiration

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CND at XR October Rebellion

October 7 – 18 | 10am – 10pm, London

Climate change is one of the main threats the world faces today.

The hands of the infamous Doomsday Clock now stand at just two minutes to midnight. They have never been closer. The atomic scientists who set the clock agree we face two existential threats: nuclear war and climate change – and the risk of disaster has never been greater.

Urgent action is needed but our government continues to prioritise war and weapons over the future of our planet.

XR Peace Rebellion

This is why CND has joined XR Peace – a coalition of organisations for peace and justice. As XR Peace, we will be holding one of the sites in the October Rebellion. This is a coming together of movements to resist the twin  threats of nuclear weapons and the climate emergency. Join us between October 7th-18th as we take part in the rebellion.

XR Peace supporters will be blockading an area on the Embankment in London. If you would like to join the blockade, please bring a chair, piece of carpet, or anything to sit on while you’re in the road.

While the blockade is ongoing, there will be a series of speakers and workshops between 10am-12 noon and 2pm-4pm each day. Full line-up to be published soon.

If you want to get involved or if you have any enquiries, please contact information@cnduk.org or phone 020 7700 2393