150 cyclists against nuclear weapons in Kleine-Brogel, Belgium

Sunday 26 September, 150 peace activists cycled from Kiewit (Hasselt) to the air base in Kleine-Brogel, a tour of 27 km under the name Bikes not Bombs. Among them were a number of peace activists from Germany, the Netherlands and the US. At the base they had a picnic with speeches follow by a human … Continue reading 150 cyclists against nuclear weapons in Kleine-Brogel, Belgium

Human chain against nuclear arms in Büchel, Germany

On Sunday 5 September, the European month of action against nuclear weapons in Europe was kicked off in Büchel, Germany. 800 peace activists formed a human chain to protest against the US nuclear bombs at the Fliegerhorst air base as part of NATO's nuclear sharing arrangements. The action took place just weeks before the September … Continue reading Human chain against nuclear arms in Büchel, Germany

TPNW deflates nuclear sharing

“Umbrella” vs. “Sharing” NATO was founded in 1949 with the claim that a US ‘nuclear umbrella’ would protect non-nuclear member states. In 2018, the British government affirmed that its nuclear Trident SSBN missiles are part of “the defense of our NATO allies”1. The French government, meanwhile, never made such explicit claims about using its nuclear … Continue reading TPNW deflates nuclear sharing

END Info No. 19

ENDINFO News, updates and information | European Nuclear Disarmament Issue 19 | Sept 2020 | Produced by the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation www.spokesmanbooks.com/Spokesman/PDF/ENDINFO19.pdf Read the latest edition of END Info, As the number of states ratifying theTreaty on the Prohibition of NuclearWeapons (TPNW) edges ever closerto the ‘magic number’ of 50, it lookscertain that a … Continue reading END Info No. 19