Pat Arrowsmith at first Aldermaston march

A celebration of Pat Arrowsmith: the extraordinary peace activist

There is still time to reserve your spot at our event at the LSE Library, celebrating the life and work of Pat Arrowsmith, the extraordinary peace campaigner and organiser of the first Aldermaston March in 1958, the single event that most put CND on the public map at that time.

We'll hear from some of the people who knew Pat best from the various arenas of her political and campaigning life. Afterwards, your are invited to join us for a drink and share your memories of Pat, as well as view the current LSE Library exhibition, featuring items from the papers of Pat Arrowsmith.

Reserve Your Spot

Thursday 18 April, 6-8pm
LSE Library, 10 Portugal Street, London, WC2A 2HD, reserve your spot

Speakers include: Steve Bell, Pat's election agent when she ran as an Independent Socialist candidate against the sitting prime minister Jim Callaghan, in Cardiff South and Penarth; Francie Molloy, MP for Mid-Ulster, remembering Pat’s longstanding commitment to the struggle for Irish freedom; Lindsey German, Stop the War Coalition convenor. Introduced by Kate Hudson; and chaired by Professor Christine Chinkin and Dr Louise Arimatsu.

Nuclear exploitation: how uranium mining harms communities webinar

With nuclear often wrongly touted as a 'clean source' of electricity generation, an aspect seldom discussed in Britain's debate about nuclear power is the sourcing of the uranium needed to fuel its reactors. Uranium mining leaves the surrounding environment contaminated and has had devastating health consequences for those, mainly Indigenous peoples, who live and work near these mines.

Join CND and Beyond Nuclear on Thursday, 11 April, for a webinar exploring these unacceptable harms, where we will hear from experts, and Indigenous campaigners opposing uranium mining where they live - which is often far away from where the power created is consumed.

Thursday, 11 April, 6:30-7:30pm
Online, register here

With guest speakers: Carletta Tilousi, from the Havasupai Tribal Council – guardians of the Grand Canyon; Bruno Chareyron, Scientific Advisor at CRIIRAD (Commission for Independent Research and Information about RADiation); Linda Pentz Gunter, Beyond Nuclear. Chaired by Kate Hudson, CND General Secretary.

For any queries please contact [email protected].

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Route announcement for Saturday's national march for Palestine

Yesterday, the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling for a two-week pause to the war in Gaza, after the US dropped its usual veto and abstained from the vote. While this shows that pressure is mounting on Israel's allies to take action in the face of an imposed famine and staggering civilian casualties, a temporary truce is not enough.

Only a lasting ceasefire can stop the bombardment that has killed over 32,000 Palestinians and create the space for enough food and medicine to enter Gaza. Join us this Saturday, 30 March, to call on the British government to support a permanent ceasefire and suspend its arms transfers and military support for Israel's war.

Assemble 12 noon, Russell Square, London
March to Trafalgar Square
Accessible route TBC, details will be posted to our event page here