Stop British Nuclear Expansion

Today, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting another ‘Coalition of the Willing’ meeting to push for greater supplies of long-range missiles for Ukraine in the devastating on-going conflict with Russia. British Storm Shadow Missiles have again been used, destroying a Russian chemical plant as Russian missiles and drones target Ukrainian energy supplies. Meanwhile the European Union is attempting to release €140 billion of frozen Russian state assets to fund even more lethal weaponry for Ukraine.

Overwhelming evidence that US nuclear bombs are now sited in Lakenheath, means that NATO is carrying out its biggest nuclear expansion across Europe and Britain since the Cold War. With Britain expanding its nuclear capability through the purchase of US F35A fighter jets, it could not be more urgent to bring together all those who want to stop these nuclear dangers and reverse the wider war drive.

That’s why we need you to join us at our conference, for a day of debate and activism. Stopping British nuclear expansion – how to reverse the government’s war drive on Saturday 22 November has a powerful line up of speakers from across the peace, environmental, student, and trade unions movements.  

• Saturday, 22 November
• 10am to 5:30pm
• The Green House, 244 – 254 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9DA

Speakers include: Jeremy Corbyn MP; Ludo De Brabander, writer and spokesperson for Vrede, the Belgium Peace organisation; Mikaela Nhondo Erskog, Tricontinental Institute of Social Research and campaigner against global NATO; Ben Jamal, Director, Palestine Solidarity Campaign; Micaela Tracey-Ramos, Unison NEC; Denis Fernando, Senior Rights and Justice Campaigner, Friends of the Earth; Karen Bell, University of Glasgow and editor of Alternative Defence Review;  Okopi Ajonye, Nuclear Information Service; Sophie Bolt, General Secretary, CND; Lindsey German, Convenor, Stop the War Coalition; Nuvpret Kalra, Codepink UK; Rebecca Johnson, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) UK; Alex Gordon, RMT; Jinsella Kennaway, Executive Director, Demilitarise Education; Dave Cullen, Policy Fellow, BASIC; Louise Arimatsu, London School of Economics; Sabby Dhalu,co-convenor, Stand up to Racism; Kirsten Bayes, Outreach Coordinator, Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT); Stuart Parkinson, Executive Director, Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR); Barnaby Swonnell, Y&S CND campaigner, Sheffield University; Zareen Taj Islam, Lakenheath Alliance for Peace; Dylan Lewis-Rowlands, Parc against Darc campaign; Di McDonald, Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp.

As well as plenary sessions with key speakers, attendees can take part in workshops on: Understanding British nuclear expansion; Challenging militarism in education; Exposing the ‘defence dividend’ myth; Militarism and climate breakdown; Building the movement – organising in our communities; Shutting down the bases.

Register today and help us build public support for the solutions: prioritising diplomacy and global cooperation and real, human security – funding health, education, and climate action.