CND Heddwch 23 summer 2000

Description

'Heddwch' is the supporter magazine for CND Cymru, the Welsh Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, published roughly quarterly from 1991 to the present day.
Contents
Page 1:
• Getting what we want - Cartoon.
Page 2:
• The non-violent fight - Dafydd Iwan on the UN year for a culture of peace.
Page 3:
• The nuclear non proliferation treaty review conference 2000: Nuclear disarmament - but not yet…
Page 4:
• News round-up:
• The US answers the NPT by extending the nuclear target list
• Russia may use the nuclear bomb first - New military doctrine in Russia.
• NATO on trial - NATO’s war crimes against Yugoslavia.
• Trouble at Criggion - Deliberate damage to Criggion BT station was not a Trident Ploughshares 2000 action.
• A lack of confident trick: BNFL and the Atomic Weapons Establishments - More problems at Sellafield.
• Nuclear Tails - Cartoon.
Page 5:
• News round-up cont.:
• Decision time for U.S. “Star Wars” approaches
• Auf Weidersehen nukes? - Proposed date of 2018 for German nuclear power stations closing.
• Wylfa nuclear power station in trouble - Reactors at Wylfa are still non-operational.
• Dead submarines - Plans for the MoD to decommission nuclear powered submarines.
Page 6:
• Chernobyl - Commemorating the 14th anniversary of the disaster.
• Windscale pile problems - Decommissioning of Windscale piles at Sellafield has been halted.
• The European Union - a nuclear weapons alliance? - Formation of a “European Rapid Reaction Force” to be discussed at EU summit.
• The deplorable sound of dirt money: Iraq’s children continue to die - Sanctions on Iraq are still in place 10 years on.
Page 7:
• Trident Ploughshares 2000: Humans behaving responsible - A round up of the latest protests and actions by the Trident Ploughshares 2000 campaign group.
Page 8:
• Wales and the world - an ethical economy - Excerpts from the National Assembly’s Ethical Economy report.
Page 9:
• Wylfa nuclear power station must close! - Crises at Wylfa since Novmeber 1999.
• Business at Brawdy - Jill Stallard returns to Brawdy.
Page 10:
• Campaign Updates:
• Nuclear weapons - a matter of concern to Wales - Meeting held to discuss implications of Trident on international relations.
• A bit of a rumpus at BAe Glascoed - Protestors arrested at British Aerospace weapons factory at Glascoed.
• CND Cymru goes to Aldermaston - Welsh protestors at the Trident Ploughshares 2000 blockade in Aldermaston.
• Judicial Review to challenge manufacture of Trident warheads.
Page 11:
• Oslo Paris Convention (OSPAR) - The OSPAR Commission debated a resolution to suspend nuclear reprocessing at Sellafield.
• Trecwn - Pembrokeshire Anti Nuclear Alliance is calling for “no new nuclear sites in Wales”.
• Commemorative site at Greenham Common Peace Camp - Plans for a garden and sculpture continue.
• Greenham statue for the Assembly building? - Calls for a statue to commemorate the 1981 walk from Cardiff to Greenham Common.
• Anti-Nuke Protest at Dimona, Israel
• Remembering Henry - Commemorating Henry Richard, 19th Century Tregaron MP.
Page 12:
• Sanctions as a means of economic warfare Iraq - Dave Rolstone continues campaign to end economic sanctions in Iraq.
• Yugoslavia - NATO military intervention exacerbated tensions in Yugoslavia.
• WILPF at the National Assembly - Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom members visit the Assembly.
• Protests in Vieques and Scotland
• Peace women arrested (again) - Helen John, Anne Lee, and Angie Zelter have been arrested at Menworth Hill.
Page 13:
• Silencing the messengers: US Plowshares activists return to prison.
• Happy happy birthday Faslane Peace Camp!
• Peace flame for the Urdd - CND Cymru at the presentation of the “Flame of Peace” at the Urdd Esiteddfod.
Page 14:
• Diary Dates
• Join CND Cymru Postal Slip
• National Eisteddfod, Llanelli Events at the Peace Tent
• CND Cymru Contacts
• Heddwch contacts