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Join the 2000+ who say No Nuclear Weapons Here
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- Published on Sunday, 17 June 2012 07:00
Over 2,000 people have added their pin to the map at naenuclear.org to say that Scotland is no place for nuclear weapons. If you haven't yet done so, please join them.
Disarming Trident
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- Published on Sunday, 17 June 2012 06:13
A new report from Scottish CND points out how Scotland could be free from nuclear weapons in two years. Report (3Mb pdf)
Writing in the Sunday Herald, Rob Edwards reports that the Scottish Government have warmly welcomed Scottish CND's timeline for disarming Trident.
If not now, When ?
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- Published on Saturday, 09 June 2012 14:23
Thirty years after the Peace Camp was established at Faslane, campaigners unfurled a banner from Finnieston Crane in Glasgow. Part of 30 days of action at the Peace Camp.
Trident on Loch Lomond
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- Published on Friday, 08 June 2012 15:41
Nuclear weapons are regularly transported on the A82 along the shores of Loch Lomond. The route to the Couport nuclear base takes these convoys North from Balloch and then along the military road through Glen Fruin which was built to enable to expansion of the nuclear base for Trident. The photograph, taken from Loch Lomond Youth Hostel, shows a Trident convoy travelling South. Help us to get rid of these Weapons of Mass Destruction - add your pin to the map at naenuclear.org
Save the Humans
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- Published on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 09:05
Young people from Ban All Nukes generation (BANg) held a protest outside St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna to draw public attention to the NPT Prep Com meeting taking place in the Austrian capital.
SCND at NPT Prepcom
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- Published on Thursday, 03 May 2012 18:52
John Ainslie, Scottish CND coordinator, gave a presentation on the modernisation of British nuclear weapons at UN City in Vienna. This was one of a series of NGO meetings taking place during the 2012 Preparatory Committee of the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. (Presentation, notes) The meeting was to launch a new book: "Assured Destruction Forever: nuclear weapon modernization around the world". This has chapters on China, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russia, UK and US, as well as sections on international law, divestment and political will. It was published by Reaching Critical Will. There are detailed reports and official papers from the NPT PrepCom on reachingcriticalwill.org