Next protest at Lakenheath

Event Date: 20th May 2023
Location: Lakenheath

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Speakers announcement: Join CND at Lakenheath on 20 May!

 

The preparations for our next national demonstration at Lakenheath airbase in Suffolk are taking shape. Will you be joining us in protesting the return of US nuclear weapons to Britain?

  • Saturday, 20 May
  • Protest from 1-4pm
  • Lakenheath Main Gate, Brandon Road, transport options here

We will have workshops, ‘artivism’, performances and speeches, including from European campaigners from the Netherlands and Germany opposed to the siting of these weapons of mass destruction in their own countries.

 

Speakers confirmed: Dutch peace campaigner Guido van Leemput; German peace campaigner Reiner Braun; CND Chair Tom Unterrainer; Stop the War Coalition convenor Lindsey German; Liberation General Secretary Roger Mackenzie; playwright Michael Mears; and Dr Peter Burt of Drone Wars UK. Hosted by CND General Secretary Kate Hudson.

You can find out more about CND’s Lakenheath campaign and how you can support it on our dedicated page here.

No to US nukes in Britain: CND is returning to Lakenheath, 20 May 2023!

 

Put Saturday, 20 May in your diary. CND is returning to the US airbase at Lakenheath in Suffolk, to say no to the return of US nuclear bombs to Britain!
 
With reports last year that the nuclear weapons bunkers at the US-run Lakenheath airbase were undergoing multi-million pound upgrades, alarm bells rang: the US is planning to deploy upgraded B61-12 nuclear bombs to Britain. We must oppose this dangerous and destabilising development!
 
Hundreds of you joined us for two demonstrations at the base last year. On Saturday, 20 May, we will return with our biggest protest yet! More information to follow. Coaches are being arranged from around the country, please let us know if you are coordinating transport. For all queries, contact [email protected].
 
CND members and supporters were instrumental in removing US nukes from Britain in 2008. Together, we can build enough public resistance to make the British government reject their return.  
 
Find out more about the return of US nukes to Britain and how you can oppose them here.
Find out more – call Caroline on 01722 321865 or email us.