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Build Peace, Save Our Planet
A5 leaflet and booklet titled: Build Peace, Save Our Planet written by REJ and distributed widely as part of XR Peace and related climate justice events in April 2023. The booklet uses slides from her various presentations to provide accessible information and ideas...
Nonviolent Humanitarian Campaigning for Disarmament, Peace and Our Environment
Rebecca Johnson's keynote presentation and additional slides for the break-out workshop on feminist nonviolence for peace activism, delivered at Braziers Park Actions for Peace conference, UK, 20-21 September 2019. To download this PDF please click on the link below:...
Women, security and banning nuclear weapons
This powerpoint presentation on "Women, security and banning nuclear weapons" was given by Rebecca Johnson to an audience of students and interested members of the public on 21 February 2019, at the School of Oriental and African Students (SOAS), University of London....
“Nuclear Weapons Treaties – Why they matter for security” Presentation by Rebecca Johnson
Dr Johnson's January 2019 presentation to Shrivenham Defence Academy, UK, on the importance for our collective security of not undermining existing nuclear agreements, such as the 1987 INF Treaty, the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the 1968 NPT;...
“From Greenham to the Nobel Peace Prize”, Presentation by Rebecca Johnson
Dr Johnson's January 2019 presentation at the newly opened Greenham Common Museum in the Air Traffic Control Tower of the former nuclear base where ground launched cruise missiles were deployed from 1983 until they were banned and eliminated under the 1987 INF...
UK NGOs: Government is on wrong side of history boycotting ban negotiations
Today, ICAN UK sent a letter on behalf of 34 NGOs to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, emphasising our disappointment with the UK government’s current position on the ban treaty negotiations starting at the UN in New York next...
YouGov Poll: 75% of the public in favour of British government attending UN Nuclear Ban Treaty negotiations
via Pressenza 75% of UK adults think the British Government should be represented at nuclear disarmament talks due to begin at the United Nations next week. Only 9% said the Government should not attend and 16% were undecided. The opinion poll was conducted in the...
Playing with Fire: Nuclear Weapons Accidents and Incidents in the United Kingdom
by Peter Burt, Nuclear Information Service: http://nuclearinfo.org [embeddoc url="https://new.acronym.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Playing-With-Fire-Report-Web.pdf" download="all"]
Trident missile test misfire – Opposition demand explanation
via the BBC Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has refused to divulge "operational details" of what happened during a Trident test last June. It is reported that a missile went off course, but the government has not confirmed or denied this. Theresa May was told...
UN votes to commence nuclear ban treaty negotiations in 2017 – ICAN
by ICAN The United Nations today adopted a landmark resolution to launch negotiations in 2017 on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons. This historic decision heralds an end to two decades of paralysis in multilateral nuclear disarmament efforts. At a meeting of the...