‘Defending Rights Defenders’ – public talk

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We had a stall in Bedford Square, Tavistock, Saturday 6^th April to raise awareness of Trump’s withdrawal from the INF Treaty. We had leaflets (“Not then not now: Oppose US missiles on UK soil”) and a petition (“We call on the government to: Condemn the imminent US withdrawal from the INF treaty; Use diplomatic routes to encourage the US to re-engage with the treaty; Commit that the UK will not allow any US missiles to be stationed in Britain should the treaty collapse.”).
On Tuesday, October 30th Kevin Eady gave a talk: “WW1: Myth and Reality”. Was WW1 a war for freedom or a confused and pointless conflict? Was it popular, or deeply divisive? A catastrophic blunder, causing further wars? Which caused more deaths, the war or Spanish flu? Did the war achieve votes for women? He gave us the answers to these and other questions in an excellent presentation.
On Saturday, August 11th we were in Bedford Square, Tavistock from 11 am to 1 pm to commemorate Hiroshima and to urge our government to sign the UN Global Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty and to cancel the replacement of Trident. Trident is militarily irrelevant in dealing with the security problems we face today. Replacing Trident is hugely expensive, especially when considered in the context of cuts to other areas of government spending. The use of nuclear weapons would be illegal under international law. Replacing Trident would also be unpopular internationally, with the majority of world governments calling for a ban. Many joined us to sign our CND petition to stop Trident.
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May 7th 2019.