Podcast 122 - The fight for peace and disarmament
Socialist correspondent
- Published
- January 10, 2025
- Duration
- 16:35
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jul 5, 2026
Discusses The tasks of the peace movement in Britain are urgent, as people continue to suffer poverty, cuts to…
Summary
The tasks of the peace movement in Britain are urgent, as people continue to suffer poverty, cuts to services and crumbling infrastructure yet the government plans to increase arms spending to 2.5%of GDP or £87.1 billion including massive expenditure on replacing the Trident nuclear weapons system. This has nothing to do with self-defence and everything t…
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The tasks of the peace movement in Britain are urgent, as people continue to suffer poverty, cuts to services and crumbling infrastructure yet the government plans to increase arms spending to 2.5%of GDP or £87.1 billion including massive expenditure on replacing the Trident nuclear weapons system. This has nothing to do with self-defence and everything to do with Britain playing its part in fighting wars and imposing military power across the globe. Not only could this money be better spent els