Women in Black in London’s vigil this week focuses on the UN, which is expected to vote to start multilateral negotiations on a new treaty that will make the use, deployment, manufacture and possession of nuclear weapons illegal and require the elimination of existing arsenals, including the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system. [Our leaflet will […]
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Stop the Arms Fair. Vigils 9 & 16 September
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Act Now! UK complicity with abuses in Sudan, vigil 2 ...
Over the last month WIB-London has been lucky enough to have a wonderful volunteer to help us with our work. She’s sorted out our collection of banners and placards, made a new leaflet (see below)and taken it around to women’s meetings and wherever likely WiBs might be, she made us a new Facebook page, and […]
New leaflet, new Facebook page – thank you Candela!
With an updated leaflet, we held two vigils calling for the end to the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system, on 1 and 22 July. [gview file=”https://london.womeninblack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/08/Trident-leaflet-June-2015-amended.pdf”]
Stop Trident Vigils in July
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Ban Killer Drones, vigil on 15 July
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NATO War Games in the Baltics, Vigil 24 June
Back to one of our regular themes:despite the massive opposition to renewing”our” nuclear weapons system, the government persists with going ahead, whilst proposing masive cuts in public expenditure on essential services.[gview file=”https://london.womeninblack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/07/Trident-leaflet-June-2015-amended.pdf”]
Cut Trident, not public services
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International Women’s Day for Disarmament
In the run up to the parliamentary election in the UK, our vigils on 29 April and 6 May encouraged voters to vote for parties that had a progressive position on real peace and security. Part of our strategy was to encourage votes for parliamentary candidates who opposed the renewal of Trident,the UK’s nuclear weapons […]
Election vigils: Vote for real peace and security
Women in Black London used some of the IPB materials for the Global Day of Action on Military Spending on our Wednesday Vigil on 8 April in central London. The vigil was an anti-Trident/nuclear weapons vigil, and we made a GCOMS banner for each side of the Edith Cavell statue where we stand. The vigil […]