Trident, the LibDems and the election
Polls show that scrapping Trident would be a vote winner, and senior military figures say it is ‘militarily useless’. But none of the three main...
A new START?
It’s a year since President Obama made his famous Prague speech, committing to a nuclear weapons-free world. As President Medvedev of Russia added his voice...
Star Wars goes to China
So far the controversy around the US’s missile defence system has been played out with Russia. Bush’s version of the system involved a radar...
Michael Foot: setting the record straight
For over two decades, Michael Foot has been wrongly blamed for the defeat of the Labour Party in 1983. As one of CND’s founders...
Let Blair face his critics
The nannying of Tony Blair is reaching ridiculous proportions. When he goes before the Iraq Inquiry on Friday, attempts are afoot to prevent his...
Commons committee wants new Trident debate
Demand for a new vote on replacing Trident, Britain’s nuclear weapons system, is now coming from the House of Commons’ Foreign Affairs Committee. This is...
Nuclear Test outrage
North Korea appears to have successfully tested a Hiroshima-sized nuclear bomb. This terrible step must be condemned by all. Describing the bomb in that...
Trident and the credit crunch
Two years ago, when Parliament voted to start the process of replacing Trident, the majority of the population opposed it. Even then, before the...
The Battle of Strasbourg
This evening I read media coverage of today’s events in Strasbourg which said that anti-NATO protesters attacked the police. That is rubbish. Anti-NATO protesters...
NATO’s 60th: cause for protest
On Saturday 4th April, NATO is ‘celebrating’ is sixtieth anniversary. Peace and anti-war activists across Europe, however, see this as a cause for protest....