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The Global Net - Stop the Arms Trade
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 March 2019 13:45
Stephan and Magdalena from the Arms Information Centre (RIB) visited Scotland in early March 2019 to introduce us to Global Net - Stop the Arms Trade
Their mission was to remind us that International cooperation is essential if we are to limit the harms of arms trade - arms manufacturers often have operations that are global; they manoeuvre to avoid national restrictions, sometimes exporting whole factories to bypass national laws or make their legal entity to avoid reparations required by international law. National laws often make it very difficult for victims of weapons to receive any compensation. For example, a Somalian soldier who lost a leg and could identify the rifle as made in Germany would have to be in Germany to seek legal redress - you cannot file a complaint without being on German soil. They are making public, visible detailed case studies on arms manufacturers and the arms they cause on the Global Net website.
Bike for Peace tour / South Africa ratifies the TPNW
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- Published on Wednesday, 13 March 2019 15:03
Scottish CND welcomes the formal launch in the Palace of Westminster of the latest global tour by the Norwegian group 'Bike for Peace'.
South Africa yesterday became the 22nd state to formally ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. South Africa is the only country in the world to have had a nuclear weapons programme, to then dismantle it and to become a leading member of the growing coalition to prohibit all nuclear weapons.
The End of Nuclear Power - Dr Ian Fairlie
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- Published on Monday, 11 March 2019 15:30
Readers will have seen the news[1] (March 5) that Rolls Royce is trying to get rid of the main bulk of its civil UK nuclear business though not Small Modular Reactors, nuclear submarines and Hinkley Point C involvement. It has appointed the consultancy firm KPMG to find a buyer[2].
Don't Bank on the Bomb - Stop Funding the End of the World
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- Published on Monday, 04 March 2019 17:18
Our friends at Don't Bank on the Bomb Scotland have created a guide which is a resource for those who want to get involved in the divestment movement in Scotland. The aim of the movement is to persuade Scottish companies and organisations to stop providing financial support in the form of loans and investments to companies who are involved in the production of nuclear weapons, which will in turn pressurise these companies to halt production. Divestment has been shown to work in the case of cluster munitions.
You can read the full report here.
You can read more about Don't Bank on the Bomb Scotland here.
'Nuclear deterrent' and the India/Pakistan conflict
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- Published on Friday, 01 March 2019 14:47
Tensions between the two nuclear powers continues to escalate in the disputed region with the countries reportedly exchanging shellfire over the Line of Conflict. Both countries have ordered air strikes over the Line of Control in Kashmir over the last two days, the first time in history that two nuclear-armed powers have done so, while ground forces have exchanged fire in more than a dozen locations.
Nuclear Weapons are a Feminist Issue
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- Published on Wednesday, 13 February 2019 12:56
The devolved parliament in Scotland, elected through proportional representation, has undoubtedly attended too many of what are described as women’s issues. New legislation to protect women from men’s violence towards them and their children for a start.
Women within the movement for independence are deeply committed to ensuring that women are better represented, that their voices are heard and that they contribute fully to creating the kind of country where their needs are met and their aspirations are part of the plan.
Doomsday Clock is still at two minutes to midnight
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- Published on Friday, 25 January 2019 15:22
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which informs the public about risks from nuclear weapons, climate change and disruptive technologies, today maintained its “Doomsday Clock” at 2 Minutes to Midnight. In their view, as regards nuclear weapons, the abatement of the North Korean crisis is balanced by dangerous posturing and the undermining of arms control measures by the nuclear-armed states.