Pax Christi joins anti-nuclear protests at Aldermaston; Bruce Kent begins nationwide tour

Pax Christi members joined with hundreds of people around the country at the traditional Easter protests at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston, Berkshire on 1 Aprii. Aldermaston is where the nuclear warheads for Trident are being processed.

Christian CND organised a time of prayer at one of the gates on the theme Easter Resurrection Hope: Raising the Alleluia. A Buddhist monk and num from the Myohoji order offerd prayers and chanted and prayers from other faith traditions were shared.

Among the speakers was Bruce Kent, a vice-president of Pax Christi. He spoke passionately about the need to make links between the new welfare cuts, cuts to overseas aid and the miitary budget, in particular the £100 billion that is tied to the development of Trident. He urged people to use all means possible to ask why no politician, no NGO working on domestic or international poverty eradication ever talk about cutting the military budget as a way of protecting the poor.

Today also marks the start of Bruce Kent's 'Scrap Trident' speaking tour which will take him to many towns around the country during the month of April. Read more about the tour Pax Christi members joined with hundreds of people around the country at the traditional Easter protests at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston, Berkshire. Aldermaston is where the nuclear warheads for trident are being processed.

Christian CND organised a time of prayer at one of the gates on the theme Easter Resurrection Hope: Raising the Alleluia. A Buddhist monk and num from the Myohoji order offered prayers and chanted and prayers from other faith traditions were shared.

Among the speakers was Bruce Kent, a vice-president of Pax Christi. He spoke passionately about the need to make links between the new welfare cuts, cuts to overseas aid and the miitary budget, in particular the £100 billion that is tied to the development of Trident. He urged people to use all means possible to ask why no politician, no NGO working on domestic or international poverty eradication ever talk about cutting the military budget as a way of protecting the poor.

Today also marks the start of Bruce Kent's 'Scrap Trident' speaking tour which will take him to many towns around the country during the month of April. Read more about the tour here: www.cnduk.org/campaigns/no-to-trident/scrap-trident-tour