Merton Peace Coalition/CND

13/06/2026

Thank you to Wandsworth Friends of Palestine for supporting our most recent SHUT DOWN NORTHROP GRUMMAN demo!

Northrop Grumman produce components for the F-35 ‘genocide jets’ that have been used to kill civilians in Gaza.

We do not want companies complicit in war crimes to be operating out of South West London. Shut them down!

13/06/2026

Arms companies like Northrop Grumman are responsible for some of the worst fossil fuel emissions in the world. They waste huge amounts of fuel in the production and transportation of weapons that only go on to destroy the environment as well as human lives. We’re delighted to have Auriel from Merton Friends of the Earth so centrally involved in our campaign to SHUT DOWN NORTHROP GRUMMAN!

Merton Friends of the Earth

12/06/2026

Residents from across South West London are getting involved with our campaign to SHUT DOWN NORTHROP GRUMMAN!

You can too! Start by signing our petition calling for their offices in New Malden to be closed down and export licenses to be revoked. Check the link for more details: https://www.change.org/p/shut-down-northrop-grumman

18/05/2026

📣Shut down Northrop Grumman!
🕊️We’re building an alliance of peace activists, environmentalists, anti-racists, and Palestine solidarity groups opposed to the presence of an arms manufacturer here in South West London.
📝 Join our campaign! You can start by signing our petition: https://www.change.org/p/shut-down-northrop-grumman

08/05/2026

📣SHUT DOWN NORTHROP GRUMMAN
⏰Saturday 9th May, starting at 11am
📍Assemble at 118 Burlington Road, KT3 4NR

The offices are next door to New Malden Fire Station. The nearest bus routes are the 131, 152, 265 or K5.

There is an arms company, complicit in producing weapons components for the US war machine, based here in South West London. Northrop Grumman produce parts for nuclear-capable ICBMs and the F-35 genocide jets. Everyone with an interest in standing up for humanity against the war crimes committed in the Middle East, Latin America, and elsewhere around the world.
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05/05/2026

📣We have written to the leaders of all of the local political parties in Merton, asking them to sign our PEACE PLEDGE, ahead of this week's local elections.

📝We'll keep you posted about who responds! See the full text from the pledge below.

"If successfully elected as a local councillors at this May’s Local Elections, I pledge:

🕊️To commit to an immediate audit of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to divest all funds from arms manufacturers and, in particular, all F-35 supply chain partners.

🍉To uphold the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, challenge Israel on its genocide and apartheid, and ensure that my council does not help to normalise Israel’s violations of international law.

☮️To support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which forbids all activities related to nuclear weapons: testing, building, funding, and threatening to use them."



[Our pledge combines elements from statements released by CAAT, PSC, and London CND]

03/05/2026

🎉Well done to our friends at Lewisham and Greenwich CND, who raised £5,500 at their recent fundraiser.
🏥These funds have gone towards purchasing medical supplies for hospitals in Cuba.
🎷There was music, dancing, and speeches about the need to defend Latin America from US colonialism.
☮️We the need to oppose the humanitarian crises being inflicted on Cuba and Venezuela as a result of US sanctions.

🇨🇺Viva Cuba! 🇻🇪Viva Venezuela!

06/04/2026

🕊️We’re so proud to have been able to tie the Merton Peace Coalition/CND banner to the perimeter fence at RAF Lakenheath, during the recent ‘Give Peace a Chance’ protest.
🕊️This symbolic act connects us to a long tradition of peace and anti-nuclear activists tying ribbons and banners to military fences, which stretches at least as far back as the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.
🕊️By decorating the fences, activists are drawing a contrast between the drabness of the military and the vibrancy of our movement.
🕊️In doing so, we are highlighting the importance of standing for life and against death and nuclear annihilation.

☮️For more about RAF Lakenheath, see: https://cnduk.org/resources/raf-lakenheath-us-nuclear-weapons-return-to-britain and https://lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk

Lakenheath Alliance for Peace CND

06/04/2026

05/04/2026