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Walter Wolfgang the Labour Party conference in Brighton in 2005. The Labour Party activist, was ejected from the conference and then arrested after he shouted ‘nonsense’ as foreign secretary Jack Straw defended Britain’s presence in Iraq
LABOUR stalwart and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) co-founder Walter Wolfgang died in hospital yesterday morning aged 95.
CND vice-chair Carol Turner said that he “died peacefully in hospital in the early hours of this morning, after a long and full life.”
CND general secretary Kate Hudson said: “A huge loss to our movement. Walter was a founding member of CND and was on the committee which organised the first Aldermaston march. He was active with CND as a vice-president and chair of Labour CND until the very end.
Campaigns against nuclear weapons on the Clyde, financial backing for arms firms and rising militarism are converging with solidarity for Palestine, as Scotland’s peace movement builds momentum ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, says ARTHUR WEST
Maggie Bowden was a trailblazing campaigning lawyer at Birnberg and Thompsons, women’s organiser of the Communist Party, and general secretary of Liberation
LYNNE WALSH tells the story of the extraordinary race against time to ensure London’s memorial to the International Brigades got built – as activists gather next week to celebrate the monument’s 40th anniversary