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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
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CND works to scrap Britain's nuclear weapons, campaigns for global nuclear disarmament, and promotes genuine peace and security for all. Support our work 👇
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The work of @declassifieduk.org and @theferret.scot
have been vital in spotlighting the US military network in Britain. We've updated our map to include RAF Lossiemouth, where the US Navy has built facilities to store its spy and war planes:

Read more: www.declassifieduk.org/the-24-site-...
Map with CND logo showing the 18 locations where US military bases are located in Britain. Text reads: Shut down US bases. Kick out Trump's nukes.
February 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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THIS THURSDAY! How the US is fuelling the nuclear arms race.

Join CND and @newint.bsky.social to discuss the pivotal role the US plays in the escalation of nuclear tensions worldwide.

📆 19 February
⏲️ 6:00pm (UK)

Register: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/newinternationalist/2035147
February 15, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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🚨TWO WEEKS TO GO! #StopBritishNukeJets

We're just two weeks away from our demonstration at RAF Marham against Britain's nuclear expansion.

Join us at this critical base! Transport details: https://cnduk.org/events/stop-british-nuke-jets-national-demonstration-at-raf-marham/
Poster with CND logo and image of F-35A fighter jet. Text reads: "Two weeks to go! Stop Britsh nuke jets. National demonstration. RAF Marham. Saturday 28th February. Assemble 1pm. Main entrance, RAF Marham, Upper Marham, King's Lynn, PE33 9NP" At bottom of graphic are logos of supporting organisations: CND; Scientists for Global Responsibility; UCU union; Movement for the Abolition of War; Stop the War Coalition; Palestine Solidarity Campaign; Quakers in Britain; Fire Brigades Union; Med Act; Pax Christi; Campaign Against Climate Change; Campaign Against Arms Trade; Lakenheath Alliance for Peace Graphic with CND symbol and map showing location of protest. text reads: "Transport available. National demonstration. 1PM Saturday 28 February. national demonstration Stop British nuke jets. Queen Elizabeth II gate. RAF Marham Main Gate. Off Burnthouse Drove. King's Lynn, PE33 9LN." Graphic with CND logo. Text reads: "The nearest train station is Downham Market. A shuttle bus from this station runs to and from the protest. To book your FREE seat email information@cnduk.org. CND-organised transport is also available. Email to book your seat: London - 9.30am Embankment station information@cnduk.org West Midlands wmcndall@gmail.com Manchester gmdcnd@gn.apc.org Norwich jennparkhouse@hotmail.com Yorkshire info@yorkshirecnd.org.uk Cambridge cambridgestopwar@gmail.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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At a time when global conflict is increasing, nuclear-armed states are adding fuel to the fire by reaffirming their commitments to nuclear weapons and abandoning arms control agreements. Join us to discuss the pivotal role the US plays in the escalation of nuclear tensions worldwide.

a.nint.tl/nuke
January 26, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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🚨Palestine Coalition statement: We welcome the High Court decision calling the proscription of #PalestineAction unlawful.

#DropTheCharges #DefendTheRightToProtest
Palestine Coalition welcomes High Court decision calling proscription of Palestine Action unlawful The Palestine Coalition welcomes news of the High Court’s historic ruling which declared the British government’s ban on Palestine Action unlawful. The judgement is a decisive rebuff to the state’s attempts to criminalise political dissent and activism aimed at stopping material support for genocide. Over the past two years of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people, millions in Britain have taken action to oppose British support for Israel’s atrocities through protests, campaigns and direct action focused on the arms companies supplying it. The British government should have taken immediate action to end its own involvement in genocide, but instead has been cracking down on protest, including through the unprecedented use of anti-terrorism legislation to ban Palestine Action, and attempts to silence all forms of protest through the extraordinary misuse of Public Order legislation. Today’s ruling, and the court victories of the previous weeks in the cases of the Filton 24, show that the government’s overreach is not only immoral, it is unlawful. We call for the resignation of police commissioner Mark Rowley, as well as former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and current Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. In light of this ruling, the Palestine Coalition calls on the CPS to drop the charges on all who have been linked to this unlawful proscription and other cases of protest against British complicity in Israel’s genocide, including the organisers of the national marches for Palestine facing criminal charges. Furthermore, we call on the government to accept today’s ruling, and to withdraw its connected attempts to silence protest. Finally, we call on the government to address the root causes of these protests and impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel to put an end to British complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. Palestine Solidarity Campaign Palestinian Forum in Britain Friends of Al-Aqsa Stop the War Coalition Muslim Association of Britain Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
February 13, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Come along with West Midlands CND to this demo - we are arranging transport and you can join us by emailing wmcndall@gmail.com
cnduk.bsky.social Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 3d
🚨 2 weeks to go | #StopBritishNukesJets!

Just over two weeks until our demonstration at RAF Marham - a key hub for supplying F-35 parts to Israel that will be home to Britain's nuclear-capable F-35As.

Transport options 👇

Book coach from London: events.humanitix.com/stopbritishn...
Graphic with CND symbol and map showing location of protest. text reads: "Transport available. National demonstration. 1PM Saturday 28 February. national demonstration Stop British nuke jets. Queen Elizabeth II gate. RAF Marham Main Gate. Off Burnthouse Drove. King's Lynn, PE33 9LN." Graphic with CND logo. Text reads: "The nearest train station is Downham Market. A shuttle bus from this station runs to and from the protest. To book your FREE seat email information@cnduk.org. CND-organised transport is also available. Email to book your seat: London - 9.30am Embankment station information@cnduk.org West Midlands wmcndall@gmail.com Manchester gmdcnd@gn.apc.org Norwich jennparkhouse@hotmail.com Yorkshire info@yorkshirecnd.org.uk Cambridge cambridgestopwar@gmail.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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🚨 2 weeks to go | #StopBritishNukesJets!

Just over two weeks until our demonstration at RAF Marham - a key hub for supplying F-35 parts to Israel that will be home to Britain's nuclear-capable F-35As.

Transport options 👇

Book coach from London: events.humanitix.com/stopbritishn...
Graphic with CND symbol and map showing location of protest. text reads: "Transport available. National demonstration. 1PM Saturday 28 February. national demonstration Stop British nuke jets. Queen Elizabeth II gate. RAF Marham Main Gate. Off Burnthouse Drove. King's Lynn, PE33 9LN." Graphic with CND logo. Text reads: "The nearest train station is Downham Market. A shuttle bus from this station runs to and from the protest. To book your FREE seat email information@cnduk.org. CND-organised transport is also available. Email to book your seat: London - 9.30am Embankment station information@cnduk.org West Midlands wmcndall@gmail.com Manchester gmdcnd@gn.apc.org Norwich jennparkhouse@hotmail.com Yorkshire info@yorkshirecnd.org.uk Cambridge cambridgestopwar@gmail.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:58 AM
cnduk.bsky.social
Packed house at tonight's public meeting on defending the right to protest and the ongoing attacks on those peacefully protesting for Palestine!
February 12, 2026 at 7:23 PM
cnduk.bsky.social
Read 👇 for our comments on last week's expiry of the New START treaty, including calls for the British government to use its diplomatic influence to push for an extension while a new agreement is negotiated.

Write to the Foreign Secretary today: cnd.eaction.org.uk/RenewNewStar...
thecanaryuk.bsky.social The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 5d
Labour accused of ‘sitting on sidelines’ as US/Russia nuclear treaty expires

This follows the the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty which limited the number of US and Russian nuclear weapons.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Labour accused of ‘sitting on sidelines’ as US/Russia nuclear treaty expires
This follows the the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty which limited the number of US and Russian nuclear weapons.
www.thecanary.co
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty known as New START is the last nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia. The treaty expired last week!!

What does this mean for preventing a new nuclear arms race? (1/2)
Crucial treaty expires - CND
The New START Treaty, which puts limitations on US and Russian strategic nuclear weapons, expired on February 5th without a replacement in place. This represents a serious and dangerous step backwards...
cnduk.org
February 11, 2026 at 10:05 AM
cnduk.bsky.social
Sending more troops to the Arctic will only increase tensions in the region. Britain should stop following Trump's orders and forge an independent foreign policy for genuine peace and stability.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
UK to double number of troops in Norway in response to Putin’s Arctic threat
The number of troops deployed in Norway will rise from 1,000 to 2,000 over three years
www.independent.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST | DROP THE CHARGES!

Join us at this important public meeting taking place this Thursday!

📍SOAS DLR, London, WC1H 0XG
⏰ 7:00pm

Registration: https://cnduk.org/events/drop-the-charges-defend-the-right-to-protest-free-palestine-public-meeting/
Graphic with logos of Palestine Coalition. Text reads "Public meeting. Drop the charges. Defend the right to protest. Free Palestine. Speakers: Chris Nineham, Ben Jamal, Juliet Stevenson, Yanis Varoufakis, Sophie Bolt, Alex Kenny, Katy Watts. 7.00pm, Thursday, 12 February. DLT, SOAS University, London WC1H OXG"
February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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In three week's time, we'll be protesting against Britain's nuke jet purchase at RAF Marham in Norfolk. Book your transport now and join us in saying no to Britain's nuclear expansion: https://cnduk.org/events/stop-british-nuke-jets-national-demonstration-at-raf-marham/
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt spoke to Tom Nicholas as part of his new film focusing on the history of nuclear treaties and disarmament.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IKugEgjEGvU?si=heLDRgML6WVm-hGQ.
CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt spoke to Tom Nicholas as part of his new film focusing on the history of nuclear treaties and disarmament. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IKugEgjEGvU?si=heLDRgML6WVm-hGQ.
CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt spoke to Tom Nicholas as part of his new film focusing on the history of nuclear treaties and disarmament. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IKugEgjEGvU?si=heLDRgML6WVm-hGQ.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST | DROP THE CHARGES!

Join us at this important public meeting taking place on Thursday, 12 February.

📍SOAS DLR, London, WC1H 0XG
⏰ 7:00pm

Details and registration: https://cnduk.org/events/drop-the-charges-defend-the-right-to-protest-free-palestine-public-meeting/
Graphic with logos of Palestine Coalition. Text reads "Public meeting. Drop the charges. Defend the right to protest. Free Palestine. Speakers: Chris Nineham, Ben Jamal, Juliet Stevenson, Yanis Varoufakis, Sophie Bolt, Alex Kenny, Katy Watts. 7.00pm, Thursday, 12 February. DLT, SOAS University, London WC1H OXG"
February 7, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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STOP THE NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE! | 14 March

Join @scottishcnd.bsky.social at their demonstration at Britain's Faslane nuclear base on Saturday 14 March.

Register for bus from Glasgow and Edinburgh: https://cnduk.org/events/stop-the-nuclear-nightmare-scottish-cnd-national-demonstration/
February 7, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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New statement from the Palestine Coalition welcoming the outcome of the Filton case. The real criminals aren't those protesting against Israel's genocide, it is those who are arming and supporting it who should be facing trial.
February 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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CND urges Donald Trump to rethink his decision to reject extending the New START Treaty. You can help us build pressure by calling on the British government to use its diplomatic influence to push the US administration to reconsider: cnduk.org/crucial-trea...
Graphic with CND logo in the background. Text reads: "We urge Donald Trump to rethink his decision to reject extending the New START Treaty. Trump's actions show he is intent on driving a new nuclear arms race. This threatens us all. The collapse of the treaty, which puts limitations on US and Russian strategic nuclear weapons, without a replacement represents a serious and dangerous step backwards for global arms control – there is now no limits at all on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. Given the destructive power of these two countries' combined nuclear weapons, extending New START is critical to helping reduce global instability and nuclear threats. We urge the British government to use its diplomatic influence and call on the US administration to reconsider."
February 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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With the expiry of the New START treaty between Russia and the US, CND is calling on the British government to stop sitting on the sidelines and push for an extentson to the treaty ahead of a new arms control agreement.

Lobby the Foreign Secretary today: cnduk.org/crucial-trea...
Graphic with image Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin facing each other and CND logo in the background. Text above reads: CND statement on the expriry of New START Graphic with CND logo and page one of statement: The collapse of New START without a replacement represents a serious and dangerous step backwards for global arms control. To get this back on track, we need global public pressure to push for interim measures that could be agreed between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin today! This could involve a one-year moratorium on exceeding New START caps, the resumption of inspections, and a moratorium on deploying new Anti-Ballistic Missile systems like Trump’s Golden Dome. A new treaty is possible if pressure is put on these governments to come to an agreement, which will build momentum to further nuclear arms control agreements involving more nuclear powers. Graphic with CND logo and page one of statement: As a nuclear-armed state, Britain has clear obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to pursue disarmament in good faith. Rather than sitting on the sidelines, the government could show leadership and use its diplomatic influence to push for the US and Russia to extend New START. CND has written to David Riley UK Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament and our members are lobbying Yvette Cooper, Foreign Secretary, urging them to use their influence to secure the extension of the Treaty.
February 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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CND Vice-President @carolinelucas.bsky.social on why you should join the upcoming protest at RAF Marham against Britain's nuclear expansion.
Make sure you're there on Saturday 28 February!

📆 1:00pm-3:00pm
📍 RAF Marham, PE33 9NP

Details and transport: cnduk.org/events/stop-...
Graphic with CND logo and picture of Caroline Lucas. Text reads: Caroline Lucas: why you should join CND’s protest at RAF Marham on February 28. “CND’s rally at RAF Marham is a vital moment to demonstrate our opposition to the Government’s reckless decision to expand this country’s nuclear capabilities. This decision, taken without any parliamentary debate, puts the UK in breach of the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, ties us even more closely to a lawless and unpredictable US President, and undermines our national security. It’s essential to make loud and clear that this is not being done in our name.” Image description Poster with CND logo and image of F-35A fighter jet. Text reads: "Stop Britsh nuke jets. National demonstration. RAF Marham. Saturday 28th February. Assemble 1pm. Main entrance, RAF Marham, Upper Marham, King's Lynn, PE33 9NP" At bottom of graphic are logos of supporting organisations: CND; Scientists for Global Responsibility; UCU union; Movement for the Abolition of War; Stop the War Coalition; Palestine Solidarity Campaign; Quakers in Britain; Fire Brigades Union; Med Act; Pax Christi; Campaign Against Climate Change; Campaign Against Arms Trade; Lakenheath Alliance for Peace
February 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Taking place tomorrow in #Leeds!

Tickets 👇
cnduk.bsky.social Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 21d
Leeds CND relaunch event | 5 February | 6:30pm

CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt and @richardburgon.bsky.social will be speaking at the relaunch of Leeds CND!

📍The Attic

Follow @yorkshirecnd.bsky.social for more!

Register: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/yorkshirecnd/2022685
February 4, 2026 at 2:15 PM
cnduk.bsky.social
🚨Join the Lobby of Parliament - Defend our Right to Protest

⏰ 17 March

The govt plans to give police new powers to effectively ban repeat protests - join us and other civil society groups to demand MPs oppose this attack on our rights!

Register: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/March2026Lobby
Image of protester with megaphone with Houses of Parliament in the background. Logos of supporting organisations are at the bottom. Text reads: "Join the lobby of Parliament. defend our right to protest. Tuesday, 17 March. Parliament, London."
February 4, 2026 at 11:50 AM
cnduk.bsky.social
Solidarity with Angie Zelter. Peaceful protesters should not be criminalised for calling out genocide!
nation.cymru NationCymru @nation.cymru · 12d
A veteran anti-war activist who has previously been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize read out an impassioned statement in court condemning the decision to charge her with a terrorist offence for protesting against Israel’s atrocities in Gaza ✍️Martin Shipton
Palestine Action supporter condemns 'terrorism' charge in court scene
Martin Shipton A veteran anti-war activist who has previously been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize read out an impassioned statement in court condemning the decision to charge her with a terrorist o...
nation.cymru
February 4, 2026 at 10:43 AM
cnduk.bsky.social
As a nuclear-armed state, Britain has clear obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to pursue disarmament in good faith.

Rather than sitting on the sidelines, the government could show leadership and use its diplomatic influence to push for the US and Russia to extend New START👇
cnduk.bsky.social Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 15d
We are just days away from the expiry of NEW START, a crucial arms control treaty which puts limitations on the number of US and Russian strategic nuclear weapons. You can take action today by writing to the Foreign Secretary: https://cnduk.org/crucial-treaty-about-to-expire-help-save-new-start/
Graphic with images of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin facing each other and a CND logo in the background. Text readS: Extend New START Treatu now! Lobby the Foreign Secretary
February 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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We're delighted to announce that @pscupdates.bsky.social and @quaker.org.uk have joined @ucu.org.uk, and others as supporters of our demo against Britain's nuclear expansion at RAF Marham!

Join us on 28 Feb: https://cnduk.org/events/stop-british-nuke-jets-national-demonstration-at-raf-marham/
Poster with CND logo and image of F-35A fighter jet. Text reads: "Stop Britsh nuke jets. National demonstration. RAF Marham. Saturday 28th February. Assemble 1pm. Main entrance, RAF Marham, Upper Marham, King's Lynn, PE33 9NP" At bottom of graphic are logos of supporting organisations: CND; Scientists for Global Responsibility; UCU union; Movement for the Abolition of War; Stop the War Coalition; Palestine Solidarity Campaign; Quakers in Britain; Fire Brigades Union; Med Act; Pax Christi; Campaign Against Climate Change; Campaign Against Arms Trade; Lakenheath Alliance for Peace
February 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM