Keep Space for Peace
In June, President Trump made a highly controversial announcement: he has directed the Pentagon to develop a ‘Space Force’ – a new branch of...
MoD nuclear sites a ‘ticking time bomb’
The Public Accounts Committee has revealed the latest catalogue of Ministry of Defence incompetence and negligence. It has warned that the infrastructure supporting the...
Conference season looms
When it comes to scrapping Trident, or winning support for the UN’s global nuclear ban treaty, one of our priorities has to be changing...
Space: Trump’s next frontier
As if President Trump isn’t causing enough trouble already: trade wars with China, trashing the Iranian nuclear deal, on/off nuclear confrontation with North Korea,...
Why the atom bomb was dropped on Japan
Conventional wisdom – especially in the US – suggests it was necessary to drop the bomb on Japan in order to bring about a...
Why we marched against Trump
Last Friday’s demonstration was a remarkable upsurge of popular feeling against the policies of Donald Trump. It was a powerful rejection of the extraordinary...
Time to end the ‘special nuclear relationship’
It’s not only CND that’s sixty this year. Last week saw the anniversary of the signing of the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement (MDA) –...
Welcoming the Trump/Kim summit
Today’s summit between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un is a very positive development. At a time of escalating militarisation and increasingly dangerous policy...
Trump trashes Iran nuclear deal
Whatever the rhetoric around President Trump’s attempt to trash the Iranian nuclear deal, his withdrawal cannot be based on concern over Iran developing nuclear...
No to NATO: protest at the Brussels Summit
As the world becomes more dangerous by the day, the need for action for peace has never been more vital. This is the starting point...