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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer meets British soldiers at Sal
Labour Conference 2024 / 23 September 2024
23 September 2024
The Prime Minister’s reckless stance on long-range missiles and uncritical support for Israel threaten to escalate conflicts, warns Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament general secretary KATE HUDSON
Hiroshima
Hiroshima Day 2024 / 6 August 2024
6 August 2024
As tensions rise in Ukraine and Gaza, KATE HUDSON argues that Western militarisation and Nato expansion bring us closer to nuclear catastrophe — we must heed the lessons of history
A mushroom cloud from a US nuclear bomb test in 1954
Features / 12 January 2024
12 January 2024
The threat of escalation of the Israel-Gaza conflict is rapidly increasing, as recent rhetoric from Israeli politicians suggests a willingness to use their nuclear weapons, warns CND general secretary KATE HUDSON
People at a rally in Trafalgar Square, London, calling for a
Features / 25 November 2023
25 November 2023
General secretary of CND KATE HUDSON calls for an embrace of a broad range of allies and tactics — especially remembering pro-war MPs at the ballot box
protest
Features / 21 October 2023
21 October 2023
KATE HUDSON looks back 40 years to a landmark event of the peace movement – with parallels for the world of today
hiroshima
HIROSHIMA DAY ’23 / 5 August 2023
5 August 2023
KATE HUDSON of CND lays to rest some myths about the supposed ‘necessity’ of bombing the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II
Aldermaston
Features / 7 April 2023
7 April 2023
In the early days of the CND, thousands took part in the London to Aldermaston 52-mile, four-day march against the bomb. KATE HUDSON tells the story
Britain's decision to send depleted uranium munitions to Ukr
Features / 26 March 2023
26 March 2023
Depleted uranium, infamous for its use in the Gulf war, could harm both sides fighting, not just Russian troops, and contaminate the region for civilians and nature for decades, warns KATE HUDSON
Anti war demonstrators make their way down Piccadilly in cen
Features / 15 February 2023
15 February 2023
KATE HUDSON of CND explains how, 20 years ago, the anti-war movement coalesced and built unity against illegal war and intervention, a unity that is still just as needed today
An F15 jet is seen as it flies over British Army soldiers, F
Features / 5 November 2022
5 November 2022
As the Tories consider a massive increase in defence spending, CND general secretary KATE HUDSON rings the alarm over the slide into pro-war, pro-arms industry thinking — on both sides of the political spectrum
Egor Myznik
Features / 5 August 2022
5 August 2022
On Hiroshima Day, CND general secretary KATE HUDSON warns against the criminally dangerous sanitising of atomic weapons – we must be aware of the brutal truth about the annihilation they cause
BK at demo
Features / 16 June 2022
16 June 2022
June 22 1929 – June  8 2022
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THE PEACE AND JUSTICE REPORT / 9 June 2022
9 June 2022
CND leader KATE HUDSON highlights how the countries of the global South are at the forefront of of the struggle for a nuclear-free world
A mushroom cloud from a nuclear bomb
Features / 21 May 2022
21 May 2022
KATE HUDSON, general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, argues that CND has seen success in the past — and if US bombs are being stationed in Britain once more, we can force their removal through protest
We have more in common
Features / 17 March 2022
17 March 2022
We must unite to reject the brutality, the hatred and the oppression which this war fever on the part of our leaders is generating, writes KATE HUDSON of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Stop nuclear war
Features / 4 March 2022
4 March 2022
We must be clear-sighted. There is no way to be prepared for a nuclear attack, you have to stop it happening – and that must be our most urgent task today, warns CND leader KATE HUDSON
crane
Features / 21 January 2021
21 January 2021
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), comes into force today. For the first time ever the production and possession of such weapons has been ruled illegal. KATE HUDSON reports
Nuclear bomb
Features / 25 October 2020
25 October 2020
A new treaty to ban nukes is now set to become international law after being championed by nations from the Global South who are angry at the failure of nuclear weapons states to disarm. KATE HUDSON reports
Demonstrators at an anti-Trident CND rally in Parliament Squ
TUC CONGRESS 2020 / 14 September 2020
14 September 2020
Find out why the time for defence diversification is now – KATE HUDSON invites readers to join a top panel of speakers at the CND’s online fringe event
Atomic Trump
Features / 6 August 2020
6 August 2020
In a US war on China, nuclear weapons would undoubtedly be used. We need to work with all our strength to prevent such a war, says KATE HUDSON of CND
poland
Features / 29 November 2019
29 November 2019
KATE HUDSON believes a mass turn out at demonstration next week in London will send a pertinent anti-war message to Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Nato delegates
Police arrest
Features / 16 October 2019
16 October 2019
Protest is having an effect — that’s why the powers that be are cracking down, writes CND general secretary KATE HUDSON ahead of this Sunday's international conference
nuclear power
TUC Congress ’19 / 9 September 2019
9 September 2019
KATE HUDSON, general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, says nuclear is not the answer to our energy needs
nuclear boom
Features / 6 August 2019
6 August 2019
The US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan simply to demonstrate their capability, not for a quick victory – it can never be trusted with nuclear weapons, writes KATE HUDSON