Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The latest Merseyside CND newsletter, a special edition on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is now available to download and features:
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children.
As part of our work in commemorating the anniversary, and telling the stories of those who lived through the bombings, today we are launching the CND Peace Crane challenge – will you take part?
We’re asking supporters to get sponsored by family and friends to fold origami peace cranes, to raise money to help our campaign against nuclear weapons so the world never has to see another Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Our suggested target is 75 cranes – one for each year since the bomb was dropped – but you can of course set your own target instead.
Everyone can take part, and you don’t need any previous experience of origami – we have a variety of guides available to help you. And by taking the challenge, you can help us continue to campaign for a nuclear-free world. So if you’d like to help, then sign up for CND’s Peace Crane challenge today.
On 6th August, Merseyside CND and Liverpool Pax Christi were joined by former Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Christine Banks, as we remembered the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Over the 260,000 were killed in one of the worst atrocities in human history. The only way to ensure that it never happens again is for all 9 nations that possess nuclear weapons, to abolish them.
We call on the British Government to abandon it’s plans to renew Trident and sign the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treay
All images © John Usher
On Wednesday 9th August, Merseyside C.N.D. commemorated the 72nd anniversary of the atombic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Killing over 250, 000 people, these events marked the beginning of the most dangerous period in human history. This still continues today, as the Government prepares to replace Trident with a new generation of nuclear weapons.
Photos, taken by John Usher, of Nagasaki Day 2017 are below.
Remembering, with readings of poems and prose, the 6th August 1945 when USA dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
The United Nations has agreed, in July 2017, a global treaty to ban Nuclear Weapons. Over 120 countries have agreed. Our government refused to send a delegate to the Treaty conferences and has given the go-ahead for new nuclear weapon bearing submarines.
On Wednesday 9th August, Merseyside C.N.D. will commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in which over a quarter of a million people were killed.
The events of August 1945 marked the beginning of the most dangerous chapter in human history, which still continues today as the Government prepares to spend £250,000,000,000 on a new generation of nuclear weapons.
We invite everyone to join us at St. John’s Gardens and help us ensure such a horrific event never happens again.
