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Tower Hamlets CND Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament AboutContactDonate to THCNDGetting involvedStoriesThe Resister Welcome to the Tower Hamlets branch of the Campaign for Nuclear DisarmamentCND Posted: 03/02/2012 | Author: Tower Hamlets CND | Filed under: news | Comments Off on Welcome to the Tower Hamlets branch of the Campaign for Nuclear DisarmamentCND

CND campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and to create genuine security for future generations.

CND opposes all nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction: their development, manufacture, testing, deployment and use or threatened use by any country.

We aim to:

Change Government policies to bring about the elimination of British nuclear weapons as a major contribution to global abolition.

Stimulate wide public debate on the need for alternatives both to the nuclear cycle and to military attempts to resolve conflict.

Empower people to engage actively in the political process and to work for a nuclear-free and peaceful future.

Co-operate with other groups in the UK and internationally to ensure the development of greater mutual security

As a British campaign, we concentrate first and foremost on British nuclear weapons but we also work with anti-nuclear groups in other countries to eliminate the global threat. CND is also present at the United Nations and other international disarmament conferences.

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Campaigning News

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We remember them all 2021 Posted: 01/11/2021 | Author: Tower Hamlets CND | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off on We remember them all 2021

Each year is punctuated with moments to remember. At this time we cannot forget past THCND members who campaigned against the use of nuclear weapons and war by raising their voices for world peace and harmony. Angela Broome (2019), Marg Behrman (2018), Phillip Wearne (2018), John Rowe (2017), Len Aldis (2016). Although we remember the (recent) loss of so many good people it is heartening that many more carry their legacy into a world which continues to struggle with the aggressive decisions that jeopardise everyone’s future.

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2021 Hiroshima Day Commemoration – 6thAugust Posted: 03/08/2021 | Author: Tower Hamlets CND | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off on 2021 Hiroshima Day Commemoration – 6thAugust

People gathered in Londons Tavistock Square to commemorate Hiroshima Day this year was particularly poignant given the unusual circumstances that we are in the midst of the Covid19 pandemic. Tower Hamlets CND members joined others, from across London, who came to hear speeches given by prominent politicians and activists, join in the singing and the traditional laying of flowers by Sabrina Francis, the current Mayor of Camden, at the Cherry Tree which was planted in 1967 by Millie Miller (Mayor of Camden).

Friday 6 August 12noon 1pm (Tavistock Sq Gardens, London)

Co-hosted by: Catherine West MP, Hannah Kemp-Welsh (London CND co-chair)

Speakers: Sabrina Francis (Mayor of Camden), Benali Hamdache (Green Party), Carol Turner London (CND-co chair), Jeremy Corbyn MP

Performers: Rev Nagase (chant drumming), Hugh Goodacre (song acoustic guitar), Raised Voices (choir)

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Camellia Japonica Arrives inLondon Posted: 29/07/2021 | Author: Tower Hamlets CND | Filed under: news, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Camellia Japonica Arrives inLondon

Tower Hamlets CND organised a Planting of the Camellia Japonica seed at AND EventSpace on 29 July 2021. See the story and images

Camellia Japonica settles in Tower Hamlets

We have received from National CND a seed of the Camellia Japonica bush that has survived the Hiroshima bombing, and are keen to plant it in a local park. However, while it will eventually grow to at least six feet this will take a number of years. Meanwhile, a few of us held a small, Japanese-themed planting ceremony at AND eventSpace, where it was planted in a pot, and will be lovingly tended and, once our baby has achieved a suitable height and strength, we’ll arrange a public planting. This could be some time in the near future, so readers of this should carry on with their lives till further notice! In the meantime our campaign to establish Peace Gardens in Tower Hamlets continues. Those of you who are interested in this project please get in touch with THCND.

Phil Sedler

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Keeping in Touch Posted: 06/09/2020 | Author: Tower Hamlets CND | Filed under: news | Comments Off on Keeping in Touch

THCND members wish Myra a Very Happy Birthday

THCND members under the Cherry Tree, Tavistock Square 2019 Myra (r)

Since we’ve all been locked down during Covid 19 there are still many positive things happening. We have all been experiencing alternative ways to manage our lives and campaigning about social concerns.

This unusual period has been a time when we have all reviewed and recollected our actions and commitments over the years. London CND commemorated Hiroshima Day’ under these conditions.  So it’s nice to recall this time last year (6 August) when we were all in Tavistock Square for the commemorations see the picture (above).

However this year we can celebrate Myra Garrett’s birthday…! This month she celebrates her eighty eighth birthday and has never ceased campaigning.!

So let’s exchange greetings amongst each other and start by sending birthday congrats to Myra.

You can email or post your greetings to:

myragarrett@talktalk.net

Myra Garrett,
c/o 15 Zion House,
London E1 3EN

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Peace Gardens andCommunity Posted: 11/06/2020 | Author: Tower Hamlets CND | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off on Peace Gardens andCommunity

Building moments of ‘Peace’ and community wherever we can find the space would go a long way to resolve the many social issues we struggle with. From small moments of flowery prettiness in a forgotten corner of the street to small planted areas allocated in a local park to purposefully designed peace gardens would go a long way to help inform us all that we all have equal share of the planet and we all have equal responsibility for its survival too.

There are several dedicated ’Peace Gardens’ in London, or ‘Peace corners’ in local parks such as: Tavistock Square (where Ghandi’s statue resides and a beautiful Cherry tree around which each year CND organises a Hiroshima memorial day’), but there are never enough. Here are a few notable gardens:

‘World Peace Garden in South Hill Park in Hampstead

Tibetan Peace Garden on South Bank St George’s Road

Elthorne Park in Islington

Tibetan Peace Garden near the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth, London

Charlton House Peace Garden   Greenwich alongside a Pond Garden and a Sensory Garden

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Remembrance WhitePoppies Posted: 06/11/2019 | Author: Tower Hamlets CND | Filed under: news | Comments Off on Remembrance WhitePoppies

White poppies were first introduced by the Women’s Co-operative Guild in 1933. According to the Peace Pledge Union, the white poppy symbol represents ‘remembrance for all victims of war, a commitment to peace and a challenge to attempts to glamorise or celebrate war’. (1) White poppies were first produced in 1933 by the Women’s Co-operative Guild . The Guild was becoming increasingly concerned by what it saw as the growing militarisation of Remembrance events and the association of the red poppy with this.

The Co-operative Wholesale Society employed its own workers to make the poppies. The money raised from their sale went to organisations such as War Resisters’ International. Many in the anti-war movement were concerned at this time that, even though memories of the slaughter of the Great War were still fresh in people’s minds, governments were preparing for the outbreak of another war. In 1936 the Peace Pledge Union  took on the role of producing the white poppy. This continues to this day.

by Hilary Chuter

The Peace Pledge Union is the oldest secular pacifist organisation in Britain. Since 1934 it has been campaigning for a warless world. From anti bombing campaigns during WW2 to protest at the remote controlled military drone assassinations of today. Campaigning against the militarisation of Armistice Day in the 30s to the militarisation of society today.

War is a crime against humanity. I renounce war, and am therefore determined not to support any kind of war. I am also determined to work for the removal of all causes of war.

So why, in the 21st century, with all our skills, knowledge and resources, are we still waging war?

by Wikipedia:

Remembrance Sunday is held in the United Kingdom as a day to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.^[1] It is held at 11am on the second Sunday in November (the Sunday nearest to 11 November, Armistice Day,^[2] the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War in 1918).

Remembrance Sunday

The poppy is worn around the time of Remembrance Sunday (traditionally from All Souls Day (2 November) until the later of; Remembrance Day (11 November) or Remembrance Sunday)

It is marked by ceremonies at local war memorials in most cities, towns and villages, attended by civic dignitaries, ex-servicemen and -women (many are members of the Royal British Legion and other veterans organisations),

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Angela Broome September 2019 Posted: 07/10/2019 | Author: Tower Hamlets CND | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off on Angela Broome September 2019 Tower Hamlets CND is saddened to inform our members and supporters that our long-term member and activist passed away last week after a lengthy battle with kidney disease.

We will of course be including an obituary in the next edition of our newsletter, and do feel free to send us any memories you have of Angela to include in this.

We will post more information when we know the details of her funeral for anyone who would like to attend.

Phil Sedler for THCND

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14 September at ExcelLondon Posted: 20/08/2019 | Author: Tower Hamlets CND | Filed under: news, Uncategorized | Comments Off on 14 September at ExcelLondon

Stop the trade in death

CND General Secretary Kate Hudson looks at why CND will be protesting against the upcoming arms fair in London’s ExCel exhibition centre in Royal Victoria Docks E16 1XL.

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Walter Wolfgang Posted: 01/06/2019 | Author: Tower Hamlets CND | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off on Walter Wolfgang Wolfgang

Walter Wolfgang died peacefully in hospital in the early hours of Wednesday morning, 29 May 2019, just a few weeks shy of his 96th birthday. Born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, he was sent to Britain by his parents in 1937. Walter became a British citizen in 1948 and made his home here, joining the Labour Party the same year and remaining an active member till his death.
Deeply critical of Ernest Bevin’s decision to align Britain with the United States, he campaigned for the adoption of a non-aligned foreign policy, and against war and nuclear weapons. He campaigned for party democracy and to increase the voice of party members in policy making, firmly believing that this would add weight to the support for the progressive policies he espoused. One of the organisers of the original Aldermaston march, Walter became – and remained – a stalwart supporter of CND and Labour CND and was Vice President of both organisations and of Stop the War Coalition at the time of his death.
Walter was stood as a parliamentary candidate for Labour in the 1959 general election on a unilateral nuclear disarmament programme and increased the Labour vote in his Croydon constituency. However he’s best known and well remembered today as the elderly gent evicted from the 2005 party conference and detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act for heckling then Foreign Secretary Jack Straw over the Iraq War. He won instant approval for saying out loud what everyone else was thinking. His reinstatement to conference the following day was greeted with a standing ovation and led to his election to Labour’s National Executive Committee a year later, where he continued to press the case for an independent and peaceful foreign policy.
When he arrived in Britain, Walter had already experienced anti-semitism first hand in Hitler’s Germany. Throughout his political career he was an outspoken anti-racist and a supporter of Palestinian rights. It is fitting then that Walter’s last public appearance was
making the opening address to at the No Pasaran: Confronting the Rise of the Far Right conference in London on 2 March. He made the opening address of the day, seizing the opportunity to fulminate against Trump and urge support for his long-time friend Jeremy Corbyn.
Walter Wolfgang was a modest man and thoughtful man. Recalling his eviction from Labour conference, he later remarked to me: ‘I’m not very important and I’m certainly not a celebrity. But I’ve done a lot of things in my life that are important – considerably more so than getting thrown out of Labour Party conference, which isn’t very important at all.’
What was important to Walter throughout his life was speaking truth to power for which he will long be remembered.
See the video of Walter’s No Pasaran speech (approx 5 mins) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=78v=Sw2Y5yy6CkU

Carol Turner
Vice Chair, Labour CND

BigBigTroubleVideo
Published on May 6, 2019
Walther Wolfgang, evacuee from Germany 1937, at the No Pasaran Conference, London 2019. Conference theme The Rise of the Far Right. 4m 09s.
Links to each of the 10 speakers:
1 Kate Hudson https://youtu.be/wz73uJ9visw
2 Walther Wolfgang https://youtu.be/Sw2Y5yy6CkU
3 Shaista Aziz https://youtu.be/BTT-rMvLjeo
4 Diane Abbott MP. https://youtu.be/YZ3OPXqy1Xc
5 Ken Loach https://youtu.be/x2NjiDkfHEE
6 Prof. Tamas Krausz https://youtu.be/EmahWRdp9pw
7 Myriam Kane https://youtu.be/JaiZ5Yh6Cn0
8 Esther Lynch https://youtu.be/3GdOkVaNLEI
9 Lindsey German https://youtu.be/F2X_ekh5xqk
10 Salma Yaqoob https://youtu.be/HH9QQALC0Hc

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London CND Group Development Social MediaWorker Posted: 22/04/2019 | Author: Tower Hamlets CND | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off on London CND Group Development Social MediaWorker

Group Development Social Media Worker wanted

Want to help make the world safe for future generations? Like the idea of campaigning alongside others who’re doing just that? Get satisfaction from working in a compassionate and committed environment? This might be just the job for you….
London Region Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament wants to employ a Group Development Social Media staff member who will work for two days a week supporting our local groups, helping set up new ones in the Greater London area, and keeping our social media shipshape.
Application deadline

We will acknowledge receipt of your application and let you know of your progress by email. Closing date for submitting your application is 5pm on Thursday 2 May 2019. Interviews will take place between Tuesday 7 and Thursday 9 May.

More information

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