WRAP UP TRIDENT – 24 JANUARY, 12.00 – 3.00 pm

TAKING THE PEACE SCARF TO PARLIAMENT, LONDON.

Following from the Wool Against Weapons link-up between AWE Aldermaston and Burghfield on Nagasaki Day, many people wanted to re-use the peace scarf at Parliament before it was turned into blankets.

In response, Action AWE and CND, with Wool Against Weapons’ support, are organising a mass demo in London on Saturday 24 January 2015, from 12.00 to 3.00 pm. The demo will link the peace scarf from the Palace of Westminster, along the Embankment past Portcullis House and the MoD, up Horse Guards Ave, down Whitehall past Downing Street, the MoD and Foreign Office, with a rally in Parliament Sq.

The demo will send a message to the government and MPs: SCRAP TRIDENT AND BAN ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS. People’s Needs not Nuclear Weapons. There will be placards on ‘NHS not Trident’, ‘Jobs not Trident’, ‘Climate not Trident’. The rally will hear from activists, anti-Trident MPs, trade union and faith leaders, as well as some great music.

We have a lot of peace scarf stored in different places, so bring what you have and we’ll do the rest. Whether or not you have peace scarf to bring, get involved, organise a bus from your town and bring your friends and neighbours. Bring local group and union banners and placards.

With the ‘Main Gate’ decision on Trident replacement scheduled for 2016 and just months before the election, make our voices heard for peace and disarmament. Help us make this the biggest nuclear disarmament demo London has seen since the 1980s.

CND is mobilising coaches and activists to come from all over the country. Contact Rebecca (demo coordinator) on [email protected]. More info also from [email protected] or phone O20 770 2393.
We have to send a clear message to MPs: Trident must be scrapped, not replaced.

Let’s meet people’s real needs. Cut Trident - not jobs, health or education.

ASSEMBLE

• 12pm, Saturday 24th January
• Westminster, London

ARRANGEMENTS

12 noon: Gather outside the Ministry of Defence, Horseguards Avenue, Westminster

1pm: Encircle the Ministry of Defence and MPs’ Offices, before marching together from Whitehall to Parliament Square

2pm: Rally at Old Palace Yard, outside Parliament

RALLY SPEAKERS
Rebecca Johnson, Angie Zelter, Leon Rosselson, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Julie Ward MEP, Shahrar Ali (Deputy Leader, Green Party), Kate Hudson (CND), Bruce Kent (CND), Lindsey German (Stop the War), Heather Wakefield (UNISON), Khalil Charles (Muslim Association of Britain), Ben Griffin (Veterans for Peace) and spoken word artist Potent Whisper.

TRANSPORT
Please let us know if you’re arranging/coordinating transport from your area and we can advertise the details here

Transport arranged from Leeds - contact Yorkshire CND on 01274 730795 to reserve your space.

Transport arranged from South Cheshire and North Staffordshire - contact them to reserve your space (07778 913528 / [email protected])

Greater Manchester and District CND is coordinating transport from this area - contact Jacqui to make arrangements ([email protected] / 0161 273 8283)

Transport arranged from Bridgend, Carmarthen, Swansea area - contact Swansea CND on [email protected] / 01792 830330 to reserve your space.

Reigate and Redhill CND is coordinating transport from this area - email [email protected] if you would like to travel with the group.

Bath CND is coordinating transport from this are - email [email protected] if you would like to travel with the group.

Members of Exeter CND will be going up to London on the mega bus - a return ticket is only £10. If you would like to join the group, they will be leaving Exeter coach station at 6.00am, arriving at Victoria coach station at 10.45am

ROUTE

MORE INFORMATION

E: [email protected]

T: 020 7700 2393