PloughshareThe journal of Christian CND
January 2016 Christians working and praying for a nuclear weapons-free world
In this issue:No Faith in Trident
Nuclear Morality Meeting at House of CommonsSome good news at last!
The Queen meets the PM (a fantasy)Plus news, events and prayer diary
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Ploughshare is published by Christian
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
Mordechai Vanunu House,
162 Holloway Rd,
London N7 8DQ,Tel 020 7700 4200,
Web: http://ccnd.gn.apc.org/
Editorial team: Claire Poyner, Michael
Pulham and Patricia Pulham
Opinions expressed in signed
articles may not correspond to CCND’s
official position.
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1 May 2016
Christian CND Executive:
Co-chairs: Caroline Gilbert and Martin
Birdseye.
Treasurer: Neil Berry
Executive Council Members:
Kelvin Gascoyne, Mike Gilbert,Angela
Rayner, Michael Pulham and Patricia Pulham.
Office worker: Claire Poyner.
Members can be contacted via the office.
Contributions to this issue from: Patricia
Pulham, Caroline Gilbert, Martin Birdseye,
Michael Pulham and Mary Holdstock
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Contents
Page 3 Editorial Page 4 - 5 Christian CND AGMPage 6 ‘Nuclear Exits’ meeting in House of CommonsPage 7 Christian CND at SynodPage 8 - 9 Forthcoming events and campaignsPage 10 Trident Briefings, Peace Tax CampaignPage 11 UN at 70Page 12 Nukes of Hazard - campaigning on nuclear convoysPage 13 Ethics of nuclear weaponsPage 14 - 15 Fly on the WallPage 16 Book ReviewPage 17 Members’ Page - Estella NewsomePage 18 EventsPage 19 Prayer DiaryPage 20 Photos and membership form
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TThere are so many sad eventstaking place in the world that
it helps to keep hold of whatevergood ones we can! The long andhard negotiations with Iran haveproduced change for the better.There has been the phenomenomof anti-Trident Jeremy Corbyn andrecently a very welcome legacy forus from a loyal supporter. We areso grateful - article inside!
As usual, we have much going on. Thebig rally against Trident renewal, ofcourse, but also a meeting in Parliamentto help MPs consider the ethics ofnuclear weapons, work on SynodMembers at the Church of EnglandGeneral Synod in Westminster and theorganising of approaches for YOU toYOUR OWN constituency Member ofParliament. Again, read inside to seehow all this is happening …
It is a momentous year. We must do allwe can against the renewal of Trident. Ifyou are near London, please try toattend the rally on February 27th.Christians and those of other faiths willfirst gather together at Hinde StreetChurch near Marble Arch, (detailsinside).
Write to your MP and to your bishop -even if you’ve never written before. Tellpeople at your church what is happen-ing - be a publicist! Contact the papers,and local radio. Listen to broadcasts andrespond. And, of course, pray as you doall these things.
God works in mysterious ways. We inthe Executive can be surprised by that.Remember that though we try our best,it is God’s work.
Lastly, THANK YOU for being aMember of Christian CND!
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Waiting for our ‘Exits Meeting’ to start at House of Commons
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OOur AGM at the end ofNovember was held in
Burghfield Parish Hall. Yes, weknow it was difficult for many ofyou to get to, but this venue waschosen so that it could be com-bined with a vigil at Aldermastonfor the start of Advent.
John Prangley, one of our OxfordMembers, chose the prayers, and ourlanterns represented the Light of Christ.
The names of the elected ExecutiveCouncil are at the front of this journaland all will serve until the next AGM,when we hope some more of you willput your names forward - and we prom-ise to hold it in a place that is easier toreach!
The full minutes and the financialreport is available on request. There’san annual report with this mailing.
Page 4 News
AGM
A display of our press work
Discussion and decision-making
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News Page 5
AGM
Post-AGM vigil at Aldermaston
A selection of Church Quotes dispalyed at the AGM
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Page 6 News
Nuclear Exits meeting in parliament 4 November
Left: Alex Salmond couldn’t make it but
gave us a thumbs up anyway
Exec member Patricia Pulham
with a CCND supporter
Frank Boulton (Medact) and Andreas Persbo (Vertic)
OOur successful ‘NuclearExits’ meeting was held
after the CND lobby of par-liament on 4 November2015.
Our speakers were AndreasPersbo, Director VERTIC (theVerification Research, Trainingand Information Centre).Andreas told the meeting howSweden abandoned its nuclearweapons programme. We hadBrendan O’Hara, SNP and RuthCadbury MP and Co-chairsinclude Dr Frank Boulton, amember of Medact’s NuclearInterest Group.
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WWe will have a Display Stallagain, helpers very welcome.
You will need a Pass to get to wherethe stall is, deadline 29th January.Email passport type photo [email protected] you just want to listen in to pro-ceedings from the Visitors Galleryyou can get a Visitors Pass just bygoing to the door to Church Houseround the corner in in Great SmithStreet.
This will be the third General Synod wehave been at recently; York last July; lastNovember in Westminster for just oneday, sharing the Stall with Sue Claydon ofthe Anglican Pacifist Fellowship. Sue gotSynod Member Janet Perrett, from herDiocese, Ely, to ask a Question:'Noting that the Archbishops’ Councilwrote to the Secretary of State forDefence in March 2007, and that the UKParliament is due to debate the MainGate decision on Trident renewal atsome point in 2016, would theArchbishops’ Council again draw theattention of HMG to the General Synodmotion of February 2007 and in particu-lar to the amendment that was passed to“suggest to Her Majesty’s Governmentthat the proposed upgrading of Trident iscontrary to the spirit of the UnitedKingdom’s obligations in internationallaw and to the ethical principles under-pinning them”.
‘Questions’ are a bit of the synod agendawhere questions are submitted inadvance, it’s a way of bringing up mattersto Synod’s attention, if you don’t think a
Private Members Bill doesn’t have muchhope of success. Our Question wasaccepted, so that was stage one. Most ofthe earlier questions had two verbalSupplementary Questions asked, all a wayof raising the profile of the issue. Ourshad one, by our sponsor, the Rt Revd PaulBayes Bishop of Liverpool. I didn’t man-age to note down his question but after-wards I asked his PA who said: ‘BishopPaul would be happy to sponsor the stallagain at the next Synod. He also wantedto let you know that he is due to meetwith the relevant national church staff totalk about a briefing paper regarding theTrident renewal and he will be back intouch after that.’
So that’s where we are now; please notethat all this happened through co-operat-ing with other others, asking advice ifthey know more than us, like Peter Burtof NIS, the Joint Public Issues Team,(Methodists, Baptists, Quakers, Church ofScotland, URC) and Sue of AnglicanPacifist Fellowship.
So very soon, February 15-19, ChurchHouse, Westminster. We will have mem-bership forms, this newsletter and theonline Interfaith Petition: endnuclearweapons.org. Our main focuswill be the coming 27 February demo withleaflets for our Faiths gathering at HindeStreet Methodist Church at 11am.Michael Pulham got rid of a lot of leafletslast time outside the great Smith St door,this time we’ll pass out leaflets for the27th, the week after. Come and help.
Caroline Gilbert
Christian CND Stall at the Church of England General
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SSome time this year, Parliamentwill debate the future of
Trident. Support as many of theplanned campaigning events asyou can, both national and local.Here are some that have beenplanned already, and some still inthe pipe-line.
Talk to your MP about Trident!This issue of Ploughshare will go out toolate to publicise CND’s ‘constituencylobby of MPs’. But you can still (if youhaven’t already) contact your MP toarrange a meeting in the constituency todiscuss Trident renewal. You can writeto your MP or use the lobby tool at:http://act.cnduk.org/lobby/constituencylobby Please let CND knowwhen you have an meeting confirmed, orinform them of the results of your meet-ing: 020 7700 2393 [email protected]
This month, the 34th annual AshWednesday Witness will take place atthe MOD in London, on 10th February,from 3.0pm-4.30pm. Meet in VictoriaEmbankment Gardens. Similar eventswill be taking place in other parts of thecountry.
Christian CND will have a stall at theChurch of England Synod inWestminster, week starting Monday 15thFebruary. Do get in touch if you wouldlike to help.
A Parliamentary Meeting on NuclearMorality takes place on 25th February.(see Pg 13) and on 27th a national
demonstration and rally “Stop Trident”in London. Faith Groups will marchbehind the banner “No Faith in Trident”.Immediately before this, at 11am, therewill be an Interfaith Service at the HindeStreet Methodist Church, near MarbleArch. We will finish in Trafalgar Square -standing with our banners and ChurchStatements placards on the steps of St.Martin-in-the-Fields. Do come toLondon for this if you can but if not,there is plenty to do at home too.
At the end of March, CCND will be at theSpring Harvest ecumenical gathering -“Game Changers” in Butlin’s, Minehead.Let us know if you will be there too, par-ticularly if you could help us on our stall.Also look out for us at the “Greenbelt”Christian arts festival at the end ofAugust.
Our annual Embassies Walk will be heldon a later date than usual as there is noNPT Conference this year. We willorganise it together with ICAN, andfocus on the humanitarian effects ofnuclear weapons.
We have started planning a MediaTraining Day, when we hope to haveworkshops run by professionals from thebroadcast, print and social media to helpus gain confidence and skill in gettingour message out there.
Look out too for news of a Conference inOxford . The decision on Trident willhave been taken by then but there will beplenty to learn and campaign about,whatever the result. Happy New Year!
Looking ahead
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TTrident Ploughshares is organ-ising a month of direct action
at AWE Burghfield in June.
There’s a concern that if there is a votein Parliament to renew the Trident sys-tem people will get very disheartenedand think it is all over. A month of non-violent direct action should show thatthe public will continue to opposenuclear weapons and strengthen ourresistance and keep the pressure on.
It is time the public demanded the gov-ernment to comply with our obligationunder international law to accomplishthe total elimination of our nucleararsenal. By doing so we would send amessage to the world that spending forpeace and development and meetingpeople’s real needs is our priority, notspending on weapons of mass destruc-tion.
So Trident Ploughshares are asking youand your friends to spend at least oneday in the month of June at AWEBurghfield to disrupt the illegal andimmoral ‘business as usual’ by joiningour month of action. We need you toshow public opposition to TridentReplacement and to encourage nucleardisarmament.
Unlike AWE Aldermaston with multipleentrances and exits, AWE Burghfieldonly has two gates. The main entrancegate is in The Mearings, off ReadingRoad, Burghfield. The second gate(known as the Pingewood gate) is onBurnthouse Lane. Construction vehiclesmainly use this gate so it is sometimesreferred to as Construction Gate.
Trident Ploughshares already have oneday in the rota claimed for an academicsblockade on Thursday 16th June.Various other groups are consideringdates now.
It’s not expected for every group to onlyblockade but to consider any creativeand disruptive nonviolent actions insideand outside AWE Burghfield. Please letAngie Zelter know what day you wouldlike to take on. The aim is not to block-ade at weekends but to disrupt work asusual on the weekdays.
You can ring 01547 520929 or 07456588943 or email [email protected]://tinyurl.com/h9jjw4y
See the AWE Burghfield briefing here:http://tridentploughshares.org/january-2016-awe-burghfield-briefing/
A blockade at Burghfield
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A new bill is to go before Parliament toallow for conscientious objection to mil-itary taxation. It would enable people toredirect the military portion of theirtaxes to non-military security, conflictresolution and prevention work. It isbased on a recognised humanright.
In the first world war theMilitary Service Act (1916)deemed most British males asconscripts. It made some roomfor conscientious objection.March 2nd is the centenary ofthat Act and, because conscrip-tion to the forces has ended, itseems there is no way peoplecan exercise conscientiousobjection, which is why mili-tary tax should be able to beconstructively diverted.
Find out what you can do to supportthis by contacting Holly Wallis,Parliamentary Officer for Conscience.020 3515 9132 [email protected]://www.conscienceonline.org.uk/
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TAXES FOR PEACE, NOT WAR!
Various CND briefings here:http://www.cnduk.org/information/briefings/trident-briefings (ring CND 020 7700 2393 for papercopies)
Scientists for Global Responsibility:Trident, Deterrence and UK Security: http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/trident-deterrence-and-uk-security
Nuclear Information Service: Tridentreplacement: Costs rise and timetableslips. http://tinyurl.com/zjqgb38
Nuclear Free Local Authorities PolicyBriefing 130: Rethinking Trident - influ-encing the Trident replacement andnuclear weapons debate,http://tinyurl.com/zhzsqag
If you cannot access the internet wecan print you off a copy - just ask!
Some useful briefings and information on Trident
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UN 70th Anniversary
OOn January 11, the UnitedNations General Assembly
(UNGA) held a special meeting inNew York to commemorate the70th anniversary of the very firstUNGA meeting in London.
UN Secretary general Ban Ki-moon saidthat the body has truly become the“Parliament for all people.... Each dele-gate who speaks, each vote that is cast,every gavel that opens a new meetingadds a little more hope to the world.”
See more at:http://tinyurl.com/znx2kfn
US Ambassador Samantha Powerreminded delegates that the first issue
addressed by the UNGA was on thethreat of nuclear weapons. “On January24, after weeks of debating, the GeneralAssembly adopted its very first resolu-tion... to seek a path toward the elimina-tion from national arsenals of atomicweapons and all other weapons adapt-able to mass destruction.”
UNFOLD ZERO has been promoting thecommemoration of this first UN resolu-tion as a good time to take action fornuclear abolition. See Time toImplement UN Resolution 1(1):http://tinyurl.com/hldjjpj
For more on the UNGA 70th anniver-sary session see UN General Assembly‘Parliament for all People’ celebrates70th anniversary (UN News Centre):http://tinyurl.com/zlj75s3
UN General Assembly in London,
January 1946
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Nuclear Convoys project 2016
ICAN UK recently received funding totake forward the first year of what ishoped will be a longer campaign tofocus attention on the unacceptablerisks arising from the transporting ofnuclear warheads across Britain.
For many years Nukewatch,Aldermaston Women (AWPC), CND andothers have monitored and tracked thenuclear warhead convoys that travelabout six times a year between AWEBurghfield in Berkshire and Coulportnaval depot near Faslane, just north ofGlasgow. The most recent convoy wastracked by AWPC and Nukewatch leav-ing Burghfield on 9 January 2016, seeNukewatch video on youtube.
The purpose of this project, provisional-ly titled ‘Nukes of Hazard’, is to raisepublic awareness in ending Britishreliance on nuclear weapons, througheducational materials, outreach andactions that highlight the dangers of theUK’s possession and transporting ofnuclear weapons. By focussing initiallyon four locations along the convoy
route, the project will research localinformation, such as schools/colleges,hospitals, public amenities and work-places nearby, and link local meetingsand actions about the nuclear risks withbroader efforts to prevent the replace-ment of Trident.
The risks of possessing nuclear weaponseven if Trident is never fired at othercountries - is generally little understoodand under-reported.
The humanitarian consequencesapproach includes an understanding ofnuclear risks, eg. as highlighted by stud-ies published by ICAN, NuclearInformation Service, Scientists forGlobal Responsibility, Acronym, Article36, Scottish CND, and recent publica-tions such as Eric Schlosser’s 2014 bookCommand and Control and ChathamHouse report ‘Too Close for Comfort’, aswell as ongoing work by Nukewatch,Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA),and others.
See http://uk.icanw.org/ for more orring 07906 166 299
Nukes of Hazard
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An open meetingThursday 25 February 2016Houses of Parliament
What is Ethics? Ethics is moral philoso-phy.
What is it for? It is the basis for the rules,written and unwritten, by which we con-trive to live together in peace and harmo-ny; without it we are miserable, possiblywe die.
Where does it come from? Not a prohibi-tion, but a reaching out in love forhumanity. God made us to love oneanother and all of life.
In a nuclear age we must love one anoth-er, or we certainly die, possibly alongwith all life on Earth.
Simple isn’t it? Unfortunately it is notthat simple. We have somehow managedto contrive a different moral law for warto that which applies for peace. And fornuclear weapons we contrive somethingdifferent again.
This is the position when we come todebate the future of our country’s nuclearweapons. We have one of the nine gov-ernments, out of 196 in the world, whichpersists in holding on to nuclearweapons. The proposal is to renew thiscapability, so that it lasts for another 30or 40 years. To do this without anyrecourse to moral judgement, or withoutany thought for applying the rules that
we normally live by, would be irresponsi-ble in the extreme.
In the run-up to the “Main Gate” debateon renewal of Trident, Christian CND isorganising a briefing for MPs on theethics of nuclear weapons. The basis forthis will be the Nuclear MoralityFlowchart. This is simply a decision tree,a logical network of moral and practicalquestions to encourage and enable aninformed personal decision on this topic.(see http://nuclearmorality.com/). It alsohas the potential, where our MPs areconcerned, to make their decision-pathtransparent to their constituents.
All the MPs will be invited to this meet-ing. You can ask your MP if he/she isgoing. Ask them anyway about their ethi-cal position on Trident. Ask them, at thevery least, to complete the Flowchart andlet you, their constituents, know theirdecision path, the basis for their decisionon this critical, moral, issue.
NB The date and time will be confirmedshortly — please ring the office to check.
“THE RIGHT THING TO DO”? - AN ETHICAL
BRIEFING ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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FLY ON THE WALL
Her Majesty the Queen:“Congratulations on your elec-tion, Prime Minister, and wel-come! One always looks forwardto this part of the week. Over theyears, you know, One has hadthe benefit of discourse with severalPrime Ministers; a much valued experi-ence.”
The new PM: “Thank you, YourMajesty. It is a great privilege to be ableto speak with you.”
Queen: “Do be seated, Prime Minister.In spite of your success you must betired after all the recent activity?”
PM: “Thank you, Ma’am. It has beenboth exhilarating and testing, but Iintend to go on working hard for thegreater success of leading your kingdomforward.”
Queen: “Indeed. Now tell me, how didyou feel when you faced your first dutyas Prime Minister?”
PM: “My first duty, Ma’am?”
Queen: “When you were required towrite instructions regarding the use ofTrident - may God forbid that eventuali-ty!”
PM: “Although I expected the chal-lenge, Ma’am, it was a sombre momentand a grave responsibility. We all hopethat Trident works purely as a deterrent.However, should it fail in that role and
Great Britain suffer devastatingattack, whether or not actuallyto use it was the principal thingI had to decide.”
Queen: “And what did youdecide, Prime Minister?”
PM: “It was impressed on me, YourMajesty, that what I wrote was a top-most secret, meaning that no-oneshould have it except the submarinecommanders on receiving a special sig-nal. Only in that way are my instruc-tions to be accessed. I am sorry (and, Imust say, rather embarrassed) not to beable to enlighten you, Ma’am, about mydecision.”
Queen: “Please don’t be discomforted.You do have your duty to perform.However, One does find One’s ownposition somewhat troubling. I expectyou considered a range of options; fromusing it, to withdrawal. My difficulty inrespect of this awful weapon of massdestruction lies in my being a Christianand Head of the Church of England. Assuch, One subscribes to theCommandment, ‘Thou shall not kill’.This means that to go on slaughteringmany more innocent people should beout of the question. Two wrongs cannotmake a right. One reasons that ourfailed deterrent might best be dis-patched to a region of theCommonwealth not actively at war?”
PM: “That was an option I considered,Ma’am, but I’m afraid I cannot let you
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know whether it was the one I decidedon.”
Queen: “I do hope it was. You know,the Cabinet Papers often provide Onewith clues about how minded myGovernment is, so you must expectsome probing questions on your visits!”
PM: “Is there anything else I can helpyou with, Ma’am?”
Queen: “There is indeed. You nowknow One’s concern about the nucleardeterrent being actually used as retalia-tion but, in addition, One must tell youhow troubling the policy of deterrenceitself is.”
PM: “Really, Ma’am?”
Queen: “Picture One in church, havingjust recited the Lord’s Prayer, and thenhappening to reflect on One’s nation’sdeclared intention to kill masses ofharmless people in order to make deter-rence credible! Nothing short of blas-phemy leaps to mind!”
PM: “Our hope has to lie in deterrence,Ma’am.”
Queen: “That sort of hope is dreadful.To rely on fear is certainly not the bestway for anyone to live. The more weallow nuclear weapons to govern ourlives, the more we accept them, themore degraded we shall become. Theycertainly do not protect us from that!
One must also say how unsettling it is
not to have a policy of ‘no first use’. Weare a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and committed tothe elimination of nuclear weapons.Surely our proclaiming we would notuse them first would be a step forward?”
PM: “I will discuss this with the appro-priate Minister, Ma’am, but I ratherthink we have to follow strategy obliga-tions in respect of our major ally.”
Queen: “Oh! Before we talk about othermatters of State, one last observation:One is so very disappointed at the slowprogress toward nuclear disarmament.Please assure that it is a priority ofyours to do your best to really speedthings up; to make sure diplomacy is aspositive, adventurous and innovative aspossible. Even leaving aside the event ofconflict, these weapons threaten every-body, Accidents and miscalculations areabsolutely inevitable and the risk is fartoo high for any delay. The history oftheir existence has already provided uswith several terrifyingly narrow escapes.Can One have your assurance, PrimeMinister?”
Michael Pulham
Ancient joke:Missing - one apple. God questions
Adam. Adam says, ‘It was thewoman.’God interrogates Eve. Eve says, ‘It
was the serpent.’ God confronts ser-pent.Serpent hasn’t a leg to stand on.
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MMany of us were affected byreading John Hersey’s
“Hiroshima”. I found SusanSouthard’s “Nagasaki - Life afterNuclear War” even more emotive.As the publisher’s press releasehas it, “How to survive a nuclearbomb every day of your life”. Thiscity, the centre of Christianity inJapan at the time, has been over-shadowed by Hiroshima but itssufferings were equally appalling.
Susan Southard spent a decade inter-viewing and researching the lives of thehibakusha. This book follows the lives offive teenage victims, from 1945 to the
present day. Having survived the initialblast, they describe the effect on theirhealth, relationships and employment-the way they were so often ostracised bysociety who somehow thought it couldbe contaminated by their sufferings.
Read it if you dare; the city and its peo-ple will stay in your mind. Don’t let sup-porters of Trident persuade you thatthere can be a moral justification fornuclear war, EVER.
“Nagasaki, Life after Nuclear War”,Susan Southard. 2015, Souvenir Press.
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Nagasaki - Life after Nuclear War
Faith groups start at 11am at Hinde Street Methodist Church, see page 18
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Obituary
EEstella (known as Stella)Newsome’s maiden name was
Cope, she came from a wealthymidlands Jewish family but hadlittle contact with them when shemarried and became a Christian.
Stella was a keen historian and taught atWoking Girls Grammar School for someyears - she had started as a medical stu-dent at 18 yrs but dropped out when shemet the love of her life Vernon Scannellin her home town of Leeds. This wasrecounted at her funeral as she thoughtshe had married him but he was alreadymarried and they were arrested andtried for bigamy. They escaped prisonbut Stella was very traumatised and sonot surprisingly dropped out of medi-cine.
Later she married Tony Newsome whohad a prestigious job in the City.
Stella had quite disabling mental healthproblems and was a bad sleeper whohad the habit of phoning me at 3am fora long chat!!
Her beloved son developed a braintumour when he was around 10 yearsold. He was operated on successfully butleft with epilepsy. Sadly her son pre-deceased her and her husband diedsome years before she did.
Stella was a long-term member ofWoking CND and a generous supporter.
She attended the Coign church inWoking, and they were very supportiveof her in her last years but not ofWoking CND (seek ye first the kingdomof heaven - was their message to us).
I went to her funeral at WokingCrematorium but only a cousin wasthere and I didn’t have any contact afterthat.
She led a sad life and I was fond of herbut she slept all day and only wantedvisitors after midnight!
Mary HoldstockWoking Action for Peace
Legacy
A bequest from Estella Newsomehas enabled us to expand our pro-gramme this year.
We have lots of ideas already butwe also want to be able to discussthem with you and listen to yoursuggestions too.
In June, there will be an EGM(Extraordinary General Meeting)so this can take place and then, inthe autumn, we reach our AGMwhen we can evaluate what wehave achieved!
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6 February: #StopTridentThunderclap. Sign up as an individualor an organisation to our Thunderclapso we can send our message far andwide throughout social media. CND canprovide speakers for your local events. [email protected] or telephone020 7700 2393
10 February: Ash Wednesday.Witness to Nuclear War Preparations. 3 - 4.30pm at Ministry of Defence,Horse Guards Ave London SW1A 2EX.Organised by: Pax Christi with ChristianCND and London Catholic Worker.Info: Pax Christi UK, 020 8203 [email protected]
27 February: Stop Trident nationaldemo in London. Starts at noon andends in Trafalgar Square. More detailsto follow. Info: 020 7700 2393http://cnduk.org/
18 - 20 March: Fellowship ofReconciliation Conference. WyedaleHall, Wydale, Scarborough YO13 9DGScarborough. Speakers: Hannah Brock,War Resisters’ International. SymonHill, writer and associate of Christian
political thinktank Ekklesia. EmmaSangster, Forces Watch. More [email protected], 01865 250781.http://www.for.org.uk/events/conf16/
18 April: Global Day of Action onMilitary Spending. A great opportunityto take simple actions that show howmilitary spending could be redirected toother needs – social and environmental.Put the date in your Diary now, more tofollow. http://demilitarize.org.uk/
22 - 24 April: ‘The Things that makefor Peace’. Joint conference organisedby the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship andthe Methodist Peace Fellowship.Speakers inc Bea Foster, SteveHucklesby and Stephen Kingsnorth.Whaley Hall, High Peak, [email protected]://anglicanpeacemaker.org.uk/event/joint-apf-mpf-conference/
15 May: International ConscientiousObjector’s Day. Events worldwide. 12Noon event in Tavistock Square,London. http://www.wri-irg.org/http://www.ppu.org.uk/coday
21 May: Pax Christi Annual GeneralMeeting.Oxford Place Centre OxfordPlace, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1. 10:30am – 4:30 pm. http://paxchristi.org.uk/
6 & 8 August: Hiroshima andNagasaki Days. Please do send details ofyour events in to us early! And photosafter the event if you like.
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27 February: No Faith in Tridentat the Stop Trident National Demo.There will be a gathering for inter-faith prayer at 11.00 am at HindeStreet Methodist Church, 19 ThayerStreet, London, W1U 2QJ. We willthen join the march under the banner‘No Faith in Trident’… but do bringyour own peace/Church/communitybanner!
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There is much to pray about. Weask to be guided to find the rightway ahead.
Feb 10th We ask for forgiveness fornuclear war preparations, for our gov-ernment and for ourselves when we toofall short of the way of non-violence.
Feb 15th-20th That the Synod of theChurch of England renews its commit-ment to a non-nuclear defence policy.
Feb 25th For our ParliamentaryMeeting and for all MPs. May their con-sciences be touched as they make deci-sions that affect the lives of the peopleof this country and the world.
Feb 27th For the success of the “StopTrident” demonstration so that the mes-sage of the non-nuclear weapons move-ment spreads far and wide.
March 27th Easter Sunday. Alleluia!Alleluia!
March 28th- April 2ndSpring Harvest. Help us toencourage all to be true“Game Changers” in a vio-lent world.
April May we renew ourcommitment to peace thisEaster season, in newhope and confidence.
May 8th Ascension: Lift up our hearts!
May 15th Pentecost; The Spirit ofWisdom, of Love, of Joy, be with us aswe continue on the road to Peace.
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CCND goods
Pack of 24 A4 sheets of Interfaith quo-tations £1 a pack. CCND stickers 10stickers for 50p, 50 stickers for £2.Legacy Guide (Free). Churches’ Guide(Free). T-Shirts (£12), cotton bags (£3).Picasso greetings cards. £2.50 for six.Christmas cards, £2.50 for six.Church porch A4 poster of churchquotes on Trident (free), badges (30p),enamel brooches (£1.50), window stick-ers (50p), pens (£1) and a history ofCCND (£2.50). See your membership insert for detailsand an order form.
New membership flyers, available free. And free Nuclear Weapons And... Linkleaflets. Contact the office. Send orders to Christian CND, 162 Holloway Road, London N7 8DQ.
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How to join CCND
Annual membership subscriptions are:
Waged, individual: £18 (£22 household) Unwaged individual £9, (£12 household)Group affiliation: from £20
I/we wish to be a member of CCNDI enclose a cheque/PO (payable to CCND) toinclude the following: Membership: £.................. Donation: £................... (Thank you!)
TOTAL: £.................. Or Please send me a standing order form
Name.......................………...................................................
Address...............................................................................Postcode..................
Telephone/email.................................................................
Please return (or photocopy) to: Christian CND 162 Holloway Rd, London, N7 8DQ
Denomination/church position:......................(Optional)
To help with local campaigning, Iagree that my contact details can bepassed on to other CCND members.
CCND will never pass members’ detailsto anyone who is not a CCND member.
... and get them to stop
(Display at the CCND AGM in November)
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