Actions are taking place across Britain this weekend to call on the government to #StopArmingIsrael !

Find one near you and join the protests calling for a #CeasefireNow : cnduk.org/events/day-of-…

Nationalism, militarism and war are on the rise globally but is there also a wider 'culture of war' that has normalised this shift?

In this presentation for University of Portsmouth, Dr Stuart Parkinson critically analyses examples of pro-military culture.

sgr.org.uk/resources/pro-…

📢 #CeasefireNow - London demo!

Join us on the streets of London tomorrow for where we'll call on the British government to #StopArmingIsrael !

📍Assemble from 12 noon at Russell Square!

🖋️ Write to your MP, urging them to back an arms embargo: cnd.eaction.org.uk/EDM177

Tomorrow the badvertising campaign team will be discussing their new book on the need for a tobacco-style ban on high-carbon advertising.

The event will be held at Margate's radical Crab Museum with free limited tickets available 👇

eventbrite.co.uk/e/advertising-…

Join us next week as we kick off #GDAMS with a webinar looking at the political landscape in the UK on around military spending ahead of the General Election with Sam Perlo-Freeman Kate Hudson Richard Reeve

Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Six months have now passed since Israel launched its relentless bombardment campaign of Gaza.

In this article, Dr Philip Webber and Dr Stuart Parkinson assess Israel's military assault in comparison to other wars.

sgr.org.uk/resources/gaza…

'No one can conceivably benefit or get any military or political advantage from attacks against nuclear facilities. This is a no go.'

Europe's largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhia, is hit by drones, increasing the risk of a major nuclear disaster.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

🔻UK MPs push for green taxes on frequent flyers. 'Jet zero' plans are not enough.

🔻It's time to cut emissions & rethink aviation, not protect the 15% who take 70% of flights.

🔻Sustainable fuels won't solve it all. Less flying is the real answer.

bigissue.com/news/environme…

Lobby your MP today to stop the UK arming Israel 👇

🚨This is an emergency🚨
The EU is spending over 400 billion euros on fossil subsidies, every year.
The UK alone is spending £40 billion on fossil subsidies, every year: the highest ever amount recorded.
While the climate crisis is getting worse every day. 🧵
(Sources: IMF, OECD)

'The UK must take immediate measures to bring to an end through lawful means acts giving rise to a serious risk of genocide.'

Over 600 legal experts write to the Prime Minister to warn him that providing arms to Israel risks complicity with genocide.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-687293…

'Don't Buy a Bomb' by Demilitarise Education goes live at 4pm today.

The documentary tells the story of CAAT's legal battle against the UK government's arms sales to Saudi Arabia, weapons used in its bombardment of Yemen.

Watch the film in full 👇

youtube.com/watch?v=GVbv7M…

Peace is a value that must be nurtured from generation to generation.

Peace Education Network's school curriculum brings together orgs that are committed to this task.

Find our lessons along with those of CND, Pax Christi, Amnesty International here 👉 peace-education.org.uk/teach-peace

New investigation by The Ferret documents the revolving door between the fossil fuel industry and the UK government.

Since 2011, 127 people from this polluting industry have been recruited into top government roles and ministerial advisory boards.
theferret.scot/revolving-door…

'Full cost of the nuclear weapons programme between 2019 and 2070 could be £172bn, when including new warheads and running costs.'

Unaffordable, and deeply dangerous. World needs ICAN
theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Wind farms generated record levels of UK electricity last year, providing just under 29% of the country's power needs in 2023, as fossil fuel generation from coal and gas plants fell.

#renewables #RenewableEnergy
businessgreen.com/news/4191162/w…

The Govt keeps citing 200,000 UK oil and gas jobs to justify pumping more planet-heating fossil fuels. But that number is far higher than official ONS stats, nobody can verify it and it comes - you've guessed it - directly from the oil & gas lobby itself. theguardian.com/environment/20…

UK's wind, solar, and hydro power plants provided more electricity than fossil gas power stations this winter, as rising renewables generation continued to displace fossil fuels in the domestic energy mix.

businessgreen.com/news/4188691/s…

A nuclear power plant is not safe in a war zone. Which means it is not safe anywhere.

#NoNewNuclear
inews.co.uk/news/world/ext…

Solutions proposed by policy-makers on climate change almost always hinge on future technological innovation.

In this article, Prof Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE explains why behaviour change around consumption is vital to any green transition.

sgr.org.uk/resources/why-…