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Huge Autumn of Scottish CND Campaigning!

As you will hopefully know already, Scottish CND has a very busy Autumn of campaigning ahead! Here’s an overview of upcoming events to take note of, along with registration links where required:
  • Thursday 25th September, 7pm – Reclaim our Clyde Poetry night (Glasgow, The Wee Dram, Woodlands Road, poster here)
  • Saturday 27th September, 10am-5:30pm – Scotland’s Not for Sale conference (National Piping Centre, Glasgow, McPhater Street, register here)
  • Monday 6th October, 12pm-2pm – SCND Keep Space for Peace Week vigil at (Scottish Parliament, all invited)
  • Thursday 9th October, 5:30pm-7pm – SCND Nuclear Test Explosions Worldwide webinar with Aigerim Seitenova (Online, register here)
  • Saturday 1st of November, 10am-4pm – SCND Stop the Nuclear Nightmare MAJOR CONFERENCE (Glasgow, Adelaide Place Baptist Church, 209 Bath Street, register here)
  • Saturday 15th of November, 10am-4pm – Scottish CND Annual General Meeting (Glasgow, Renfield Centre, register here)

As a Scottish CND member, you are warmly invited to our Annual General Meeting on 15th of November, and to submit your nominations and resolutions for the meeting through the following online forms:

Scottish CND AGM Executive Nominations Form 

Scottish CND AGM Resolution Submission Form 

The deadline for nominations and resolutions is October 18th 5pm. 

The deadline for amendments to resolutions is November 8th at 5pm.

Before submitting a resolution for the AGM, make sure you have read and understand the Framing Statement written by Chair and which was approved by members at our recent Pre-AGM Meeting. It’s also worth looking through our Year in Review report, which has been printed, distributed to members without email and will be available to pick up at our AGM. You can request a physical copy of the report by emailing us.

We are also issuing a call for volunteers to help with the running of the AGM! If you can spare some time on or before the day, please consider volunteering for one (or more) of these roles:
 

Before the AGM:

  • Driver – Collect banners, merchandise, and other supplies from the storage unit.
  • Set-up & Decorating Volunteers – Unload materials at the hall, then put up banners, signs, and decorations to get the venue ready

During the AGM

  • Stall volunteer – Assist at the merchandise table
  • Refreshments volunteer – Prepare, lay out, and replenish tea, coffee, and snacks
  • Greeter – Welcome attendees and guide them to registration
  • Registration Desk Support – Sign people in and hand out papers
  • Tech Support – Help run the Zoom livestream and handle the AV setup for the hybrid meeting.

After the AGM

  • Take-down and Clean-up Volunteers – Clear the hall and pack away tables and chairs. Take down and organise decorations, banners and merchandise for return to the storage unit.
  • Driver – Return items to the storage unit

Please contact scnd@banthebomb.org if you would like to volunteer for any of these roles!

Finally, we have an important announcement regarding our recent joint protest with Stop the War Scotland in Edinburgh on 6th of September:

Several Scottish CND members attended an event outside the UK government building Queen Elizabeth House  in Edinburgh on Saturday 6th September at which some people held up signs saying “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” and the other participants surrounded them in silent witness. Many organisations were collaborating with Defend Our Juries in taking this action including Scottish CND and Stop the War Scotland. Witnesses included our chair, vice chair and myself and placard holders included Janet Fenton.

There were no arrests during the event but Janet Fenton is among those subsequently arrested and charged under section 13 of the Terrorism Act then released without conditions to await further news of whether or not prosecution will proceed.

It goes without saying that we believe these arrests for a totally peaceful protest action are a major and unprecedented overreach by Police Scotland. Peaceful protestors like those in attendance on 6th September are not terrorists and we hope these charges will not be pursued.

Please use the links in this email to register for these important campaign events, and get involved to strengthen the civil movement against nuclear weapons and the UK government’s plans for a war economy.

In peace,
Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament