Anfonwch ymatebion (erbyn Ebrill 16eg) i: petition@wales.gov.uk
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Willlam Powell AC,
Cadeirydd, Pwyllgor Deisebau,
Bae Caerdydd,
Caerdydd
CF99 1NA.

There are several events coming up in the next couple of months or so that need your support! As you must know, nothing can happen with out you and we hope you will be able to get involved in some of the following. If you are unable to go, perhaps you could write to your local or national papers and/or your elected representatives about the issue. A printed mailing will be posted to CND Cymru members in March. If you or your group have any diary dates you would like included, please get in touch.

February 13th 7.00 pm HAVERFORDWEST Picton Centre
LIVING IN PALESTINE: Life as an observer in the occupied Palestinian territories June – December 2012
JANE HARRIES AND MARYSE NEWNHAM
All welcome. Bring your friends. Contact:  Pembrokeshire Peace Group: e: anne.gregson@littlewedlockgallery.co.uk  t: 01834 845868

February 16th 3pm CARDIFF Nye Bevan Statue (opp. Cardiff castle), Queens Street
Vigil: TWO MILLION STRONG: we remember!
On February 15, 2003 over 15 million people marched against the war in Iraq, in over 800 cities around the world.  It is estimated that the London protest alone was perhaps 2 million strong. If you protested on February 15, 2003, you made history!  Tens of millions of people said “Not in Our Name” to warmongers in the biggest mass protest in the history of the human race. With history seemingly repeating itself with the drumbeats of war against Iran, it is now more timely and important than ever to remember and learn the lessons of the past, and prevent another costly and catastrophic war. Please join us in a celebration of that day and a reaffirmation of our message to the war-mongers. Bring banners, placards, songs, photos, stories, poems, musical instruments, and hwyl… bring along anyone you know who marched in 2003 and help celebrate the human spirit of co-operation, solidarity and peace. Contact: e: marie@riseup.net  t: 01495 220 400

February 28th  7 pm CARDIFF UNIVERSITY, Wallace Lecture Theatre, Main Building, Park Place (opp.Student Union)
Public Meeting : ISRAEL/PALESTINE – HOW CAN THERE BE PEACE?
Keynote speaker – John Rose, Jewish academic, activist & author of ‘The Myths of Zionism’. John became a campaigner for Palestinian rights in 1967 during the ‘Six Days War’ and anti-Vietnam war movement shortly after participating in the first ever student sit-in in Britain at the LSE, in the same year he became one of 35 British students recruited by to carry out underground resistance work in South Africa against the apartheid regime. He analyses the conflict as rooted in western imperialism and the racism of the Zionist project arguing for a non-racist democratic alternative for all peoples in the region. ‘Myths of Zionism’ Book review here: http://qumsiyeh.org/themythsofzionism/

March 11th 8-9am PONT BORTH/ MENAI SUSPENSION BRIDGE (Anglesey end)
COFIWN FUKUSHIMA – REMEMBER FUKUSHIMA NA I WYLFA B! PAWB: Pobl Atal Wylfa B/ People Against Wylfa B roadside protest against nuclear power
• in sympathy with the people of Fukushima in Japan, marking the second anniversary of this ongoing disaster.
• in support of Cumbria County Council’s decision to refuse permission for a huge underground depository for radioactive waste
• against Hitachi’s plan to store spent nuclear fuel (twice as radioactive as the present fuel), on site at Wylfa B for at least 150 years Why on the bridge?
• to highlight the impossibility of evacuating Ynys Môn in the event of a nuclear disaster
Contact: Phil Steele PAWB e: phil_steele@btinternet.com 01248 490 715

March 23rd 10am – 4.00pm ABERYSTWYTH Academi Heddwch Cymru Conference – Speakers & Workshops
To discuss ongoing work and future plans for setting up a peace institute in Wales. All welcome.  If possible let us know if you are planning to attend. ] Contact: Jane Harries ejharries@hotmail.com 01656 768 910 More details will be sent out nearer the time.
March 28th 1.15 pm BAE GLASCOED (BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Munitions Glascoed) nr. Usk
Annual prayer service / vigil .
An ecumenical prayer vigil will be followed by the laying of flowers at the gate and boundary fence of the factory in memory of the millions of innocent victims of the arms trade. Location: http://tinyurl.com/bo9xn2m Contact t: 029 20705458
Easter Monday April 1st 12 noon to 2pm ALDERMASTON Atomic Weapons Establishment
Demonstration: Scrap Trident and Cancel Plans to Replace it!
As we head towards the 2016 decision point on whether or not Trident should be replaced, vast sums of money are already being poured into developments at Aldermaston. The total cost of a replacement for Trident would be over £100 billion. Come along and suggest that the government ‘stops fooling with nuclear weapons’. Bring banners, placards, knitting and poems to decorate the fence. An information sheet is available from British CND. To co-ordinate transport from South and Mid Wales contact: Brian and Jan Jones (Swansea area) t: 01792 830 330 e: brian.jones@phonecoop.coop or Duncan Rees (North east Wales) m: 0777 426 8371 e: ‘Duncan.rees@phonecoop.coop’

April 12th-15th SCOTLAND
Scrap Trident and Let Scotland Lead The Way to A Nuclear Free World! Three days of long overdue anti-Trident-ness at a scene of the crime.

Saturday April 13th: GLASGOW – DEMONSTRATION AGAINST TRIDENT
Sunday April 14th: GLASGOW – MASS WORKSHOPS & NON VIOLENT DIRECT ACTION TRAINING
Monday April 15th: FASLANE – MASS BLOCKADE & SUPPORTING DEMONSTRATION! http://scraptrident.org/ C Called for and supported by: Faslane Peace Camp, International Socialist Group, No To NATO Scotland Coalition, Radical Independence Conference, Renfrewshire CND, Scottish CND, Scottish Green Party, Scottish Socialist Party, Scottish Stop the War Coalition, Stirling CND, Trident Ploughshares, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, CND Cymru. With the increased debate on nuclear weapons in the run up to the Independence Referendum, mobilisation in Scotland is essential to ensure that the opportunities for disarmament that we are faced with in the coming years are not allowed to pass. Accommodation is available – book in advance!                                                                     Groups and individuals will be going from Wales, mostly on public transport.                                         Contact us to find out if there are any more people going from your area.                                     Also, it would be helpful to CND Cymru if you could register your interest. Contact CND Cymru e: heddwch@cndcymru.org

April 15th Global Day of Action on Military Spending CND Cymru are part of this day of action against global military spending www.demilitarize.org.uk

August 3-10th National Eisteddfod DENBIGH CND Cymru needs volunteers to commit themselves to helping in Pabell CND Cymru/ Heddwch. If you are a Welsh speaker or learner and would like to help – for a day or for longer (with free entrance and time off of course!). Please contact Brian Jones: t: 01792 830 330 e: brian.jones@phonecoop.coop                                                           And finally an Autumn Date for your diaries:
October 3rd – 4th (a Thursday & Friday) ALDERMASTON or BURGHFIELD AWE All-Wales ‘Action AWE’ day at the bomb factory gates. CND Cymru will of course have a presence on this day. If you or your group can be there with banners and dragons and all please let Angie Zelter t: 0845 4588 362 e: info@actionawe.org  and CND Cymru heddwch@cndcymru.org know so we can co-ordinate! See the excellent website: www.actionawe.org (Weds. 27th February 2013 7.30 pm : Public launch of AWE Action Campaign at The Conference Room, Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC), 35-39 London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS)