UCU: Thanksgiving' for nuclear threat to existence

Motion

Motion text: Congress deplores the Thanksgiving service on 3 May for 50 years of nuclear weapons and recently announced US proposals to use nuclear reactors on the battlefield and notes a recent NGO report on Trident replacement overspend and delays.

Congress reaffirms policy of committed opposition to nuclear weapons and nuclear power and that nuclear power is not the solution to climate change.

Congress resolves to
1. produce and distribute campaigning and organising materials on opposition to nuclear weapons and climate change as two major threats to continued existence
2. encourage branches to organise meetings and other activities on nuclear weapons and climate change
3. encourage members to engage with their students on these issues, including in their teaching
4. campaign, including by supporting broadbased demonstrations and other events, a public statement and encouraging members to write to MPs, for an immediate end to the Trident replacement programme.