Category: News

Israel / Palestine

CND Cymru is horrified to hear the developments in the middle east. Our solidarity and sympathy stand absolutely with those who have lost loved ones and our absolute support for those who stand and are working for peace and justice. Here at CND Cymru, we call for all human life to be protected. International humanitarian…
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Jeremy Corbyn at the Eisteddfod

‘The vision of peace will always be stronger than the voices of war’ My thanks to CND Cymru for inviting me to this special anniversary event of the use of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The hundreds of thousands who died then were followed by many more deaths from nuclear fallout and…
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Ukraine

The war on the Ukrainian People is increasing joint threats of global nuclear war and ecological disaster including the danger of the malfunction of nuclear power stations in Ukraine. The inevitable consequences will be widespread human sickness and illness, massive environmental destruction, food and energy shortages and increased poverty affecting people worldwide.  As always those…
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ICAN – The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear weapons are the worst weapons ever created, they present a grave and growing threat to humanity. The world’s nine nuclear-armed nations are maintaining and modernising their nuclear arsenals, and the UK announced it would increase numbers for the first time in decades. The risk of nuclear weapons use is now greater than it has…
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Cop26 Mobilisation – 6 November, 2021 

CND Cymru walked alongside the many environmental and justice groups that joined the Cop26 demonstration in Cardiff, organised by Climate Cymru. The march set off from City Hall and proceeded to the Senedd in Cardiff Bay. On the steps of the Senedd, CND Cymru National Secretary, Bethan Siân, emphasised the links between nuclear weapons, the military…
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Campaigning in the Senedd – 2021 summary

There are 21 Members of the Senedd who have signed the ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons) Parliamentarian Pledge. Of course, we’d like all Members of the Senedd to sign the pledge, so it your MS hasn’t signed, please contact them and ask them to sign up.  Before the election, we asked candidates to complete our questionnaire;…
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CND Cymru is 40!

The year 1981 was momentous for the peace movement in Wales. Local CND groups were springing up all over the country and organising marches, public meetings and petitions. Protect and Survive, the UK Government guide on how to make our homes and families “as safe as possible under nuclear attack” had been published the previous year. It suggested we could survive by sheltering under the stairs!…
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