CND also rightly argues, the £25 billion it will cost to replace this weapon of mass destruction could be better spent in a whole number of ways.
Their suggestions are
• 120,000 newly qualified nurses every year for the next ten years
• Scrapping student to
p fees every year for the nex ten years
• 60,000 newly qualified teachers every year for the next twenty years
• 100,000 extra firefighters every year for the next ten years
• Protecting 900 million acres of rainforest
• Meeting UN Millenium goals aid target of 0.7 per cent of GNP every year for the next six years
CND is stepping up its campaigning, and support for this needs to become a prior. ity for activists. Trade unionists need to make sure their unions are supporting the campaign at every level.
Actions include:
Block the Builders action at Aldermaston where building work is continuing to prepare for the development of a new generation of weapons. Mass Blockade on July See wwW. audenmaston. me
• Scotland's long walk for Peace: Scottish CND are organising a march from Faslane to the Scottish Parliament from September 14-19 to demand that MSP's speak out against the replacement of Trident. see: www.banthebomb.org
• Faslane 365 : from Oct 1 there will be a continuous blockade at the base which houses Trident. Groups from around Britain and from abroad are each taking on periods of 48 hours when they will against the
orotest Trident base.
www.faslane365.org