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Blair Protest – Chilcot: Time for Truth and Justice
After a seven year wait the Chilcot Report is finally going to be published on June 6th. Despite its astounding length (2.3 million words) it is highly likely that it […]
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Trident
Nuclear weapons continue to pose a profound threat to human life on the planet. This section of the website includes material on the history of nuclear weapons and their effects, […]
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Tracking Health Through Peace
Medact and Queen Mary University London (QMUL) are holding an event called ‘Tracking Health Through Peace‘ on July 4. The panel discussion and Q&A will be held at the Morris Lecture Theatre in the […]
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Refugee Week
Refugee WeekWatch this video on YouTube
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Militarisation
Militarisation Militarisation: The action of making military in character or style; spec. transformation to military methods or status, esp. by the provision or expansion of military forces and other resources. (Oxford English […]
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Medact submission to the Labour Party Defence Policy Review
A number of members of Medact from the Nuclear Weapons Group (NWG) have produced a paper for submission to Labour’s International Policy Commission Defence Review. The submission is based on […]
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Nukes of Hazard
Nuclear Convoys: coming soon to a hospital near you! Written by Matt Hawkins, Project Officer at ICAN UK Out of sight and out of mind: this might be the […]
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Stop Trident
To coincide with the #StopTrident march on Saturday 27th February 2016, leading UK health professionals wrote a letter in The Telegraph calling on the UK government to back international efforts to […]
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Forum 2016 – Healthy Planet, Better World
Human health is dependent on a healthy environment. Yet we are damaging ecosystems and depleting natural resources in ways that undermine our ability to sustain healthy and equitable societies. Climate […]
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Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre
Written by Medact members Rebecca Cousins and Pauline Latil. On Saturday 12th of March, the Medact Refugee Solidarity Group joined Movement for Justice by Any Means Necessary and gathered alongside two […]
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North Korea's Latest Missile Firing and Nuclear Weapons Test
This article has been written Dr Frank Boulton – an active Medact member and Trustee with a long-standing interest and considerable experience of the nuclear weapons debate. On January 6th 2016, North […]