News
Protect Europe From Nuclear War - Sign the Candidates Pledge Now!
- Details
- Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2019 14:31
Scottish CND, as an ICAN partner, urges all candidates in Scotland to sign the ICAN Parliamentary Pledge. ICAN are the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for work around the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
The following is for candidates of the 2019 European elections to read and sign the ICAN Parliamentary Pledge.
Scotland Not Trident
- Details
- Published on Tuesday, 07 May 2019 10:54
Scottish CND are organising days of action in 2019 to highlight the ways money saved by scrapping the Trident nuclear weapon programme could be better spent on essential public services in Scotland.
We encourage local groups and individual supporters to do anything through the month to spread the message of Scotland Not Trident. This includes street stalls, gatherings, vigils and writing a letter to your local paper or a social media post.
33rd Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster
- Details
- Published on Friday, 26 April 2019 13:19
26th April 2019 is the 33rd anniversary of what is known as the Chernobyl disaster. This was a catastrophic nuclear incident that occurred in the Number 4 nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The location was the town of Pripyat, in Northern Ukraine.
Protests at Royal Bank of Scotland AGM
- Details
- Published on Wednesday, 24 April 2019 11:36
Don't Bank on the Bomb Scotland is a network of organisations involved in the Scottish Peace Movement who campaign on the links between banks and other financial institutions in support of the production and development of nuclear weapons. Scottish CND is a member organisation of Don't Bank on the Bomb Scotland Network.
Scottish CND at STUC Congress 2019
- Details
- Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 14:17
Scottish CND have had an active few days at the STUC Congress 2019 which took place from 15th - 17th April 2019.
Scottish CND back Christian CND petition opposing Nuclear Weapons Church Service
- Details
- Published on Wednesday, 10 April 2019 13:12
Scottish CND have backed a petition organised by Christian CND protesting about a church service praising nuclear weapons scheduled for Westminster Abbey on Friday 3rd May 2019.
Bike for Peace tour / South Africa ratifies the TPNW
- Details
- 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.