Bromley Borough CND News

Microseconds into the explosion of a nuclear weapon, energy released in the form of X-rays heats the surrounding environment, forming a fireball of superheated air. Inside the fireball, the temperature and pressure are so extreme that all matter is rendered into a hot plasma of bare nuclei and subatomic particles, as is the case in the Sun’s multi-million-degree core. The fireball following the airburst explosion of a 300-kiloton nuclear weapon—like the W87 thermonuclear warhead deployed on the Minuteman III missiles currently in service in the US nuclear arsenal—can grow to more than 600 meters (2,000 feet) in diameter and stays blindingly luminous for several seconds, before its surface cools. The light radiated by the fireball’s heat—accounting for more than one-third of the thermonuclear weapon’s explosive energy—will be so intense that it ignites fires and causes severe burns at great distances. The thermal flash from a 300-kiloton nuclear weapon could cause first-degree burns a...

Local leafleting on the first Saturday of the month 14:30-16:30 for more details check out our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/garrettecnd or contact anncgarrett@yahoo.com April 26th - Chernobyl Day stall and vigil - Bromley Market Square 12 00 - 3pm Hiroshima Vigil - August 5th opposite the Churchill Theatre 12 - 3pm - poems and statements. Nagasaki Day - August 9th - Peace Picnic in the Tutu Peace Garden at Grove Park 1.30 - 3pm Poems , music and statements. [ SE London Peace, Justice and Solidarity Network] August 28th Bank Holiday stall - 12 - 3pm Bromley Market Square Sept 21st Peace One Day event at Bromley Friends Meeting House 7 -10pm . Stalls, speaker, films , poetry and music. November 12th - White Poppy Ceremony 10.30 - 11. 00 a.m. at Bromley War Memorial [ SE London Peace, Justice and Solidarity Network ] speeches, poems and music.

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 BAN 2020 Summ      Annual Bromley Borough CND News       40p                                  Published by Bromley Anti Nuclear Group Notice from the Secretary: CND still very much needs support with their campaigns, especially since the Coronavirus has exposed the futility of spending  billions on new nuclear weapons when money is needed for essential services. CND is also supporting the  challenges of climate change working with XR, dealing with the refugee crisis, and the campaign to get the UK to sign up for  the Nuclear Ban Treaty. The selling of arms to Saudi Arabia continues and there are still concerns regarding UK's plans for Trident renewal, the use of drones and the dangers from nuclear power pollution from the Fukushima fall out. It would be really supportive if local Bromley Borough CND members could also join National C...

Hiroshima Day Peace Picnic  Charlton House & Gardens   Charlton House, Charlton Road, London SE7 8RE   This year the South East London CND groups (Lewisham and Greenwich, Forest Hill and Sydenham, and Bromley Borough) hope to have our annual "peace picnic" in person rather than on zoom. So bring food and drink to share on the lawn behind Charlton House. At 7 pm we will adjourn to the Peace Garden for a minute's silence and poetry. There will then be live music whilst we finish the picnic. If progress of the pandemic means that meeting in person is not possible, we will do a zoom like last year. The photograph above shows last years zoom broadcasting team observing the minute's silence.  

Plenary 1 - Britain’s role in the World, Report of London CND Conference ‘An ethical foreign policy’ held at SOAS 7 th March 2020. Catherine West, MP for Hornsea & Wood Green Catherine stressed the need for new and younger members. This was covered by Plenary 3 which Ann attended. An Ethical Foreign Policy should be based on 3 pillars. Human Rights. Training. Security (This means security from nuclear weapons). The present British Government has singularly failed to address these problems. President Trump has ratcheted up the problems and made Nuclear War more likely. The USA has not participated in International Conferences since 2016 , especially the 2017 Ban Treaty when Trump stood outside the Hall at UN Headquarters where the conference was being held. BREXIT has resulted in a lessened impetus on disarmament issues. Problems of Climate Change have not been resolved. Problems in the Middle East have been exacerbated by the failure to resolve the issues of the Kurds squeezed bet...