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Media and Climate Change: Why we need a total overhaul
Mike Small, reporting for Bella Caledonia, shares a video from The Listening Post on the Al Jazeera media network, which explores the global phenomenon of the media failure to report and understand…
A report from the Scottish Green Party conference
Ben Wray reports on the Green Party conference last month, which was held on 20-21st October at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. First published online at Common Space. THE Scottish Greens…
A March for Peace
On Saturday 22nd September, around thirty people from Arran’s CND group joined hundreds of demonstrators at the naval base on the Clyde, for the international anti-nuclear rally organised by Scottish CND. A…
Nae Pasaran! How Scottish workers grounded Pinochet’s airforce
As Holyrood honours the East Kilbride engineers who refused to work on the jet engines of the Chilean dictatorship, CommonSpace looks back at the story of how Scottish workers stood against Pinochet’s…
Messages for Peace
On Sunday 5th August, people gathered on Lamlash Green and also in Lamlash Church hall, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. There were several speakers on the…
Women in Black, a reflection
Some thoughts on the Arran Women in Black group, by Sue Weaver. Arran Women in Black meet for an hour on the last Saturday of the month in Brodick, near the ferry…
Hiroshima Memorial Event – Sunday 5th August Lamlash Green
Two Important Events with Arran CND Coming Up Hiroshima Commemoration Long standing Arran residents will know that there has been a tradition on the island of witnessing for peace on Hiroshima Day…
Heathrow as a Sign of Political Failure and Exercise in Mass Delusion
An article by Mike Small, writing in Bella Caledonia, on the recent vote by MPs in Westminster to expand Heathrow airport, a decision with enormous implications for the government's commitment to cutting…
Scottish CND Education
New lesson available for schools & training for volunteer speakers We are delighted to announce a new lesson for schools entitled "Survivors' Stories". This will run between end of August and end…
Nae Nukes – the Singapore Summit puts Global Focus on Peace
Writing for Bella Caledonia on the eve of the historic summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un on 11th June in Singapore, Janet Fenton, SCND and ICAN peace activist and campaigner,…
An Update from Scottish CND in Arran
A meeting of Scottish CND members on Arran was held on Saturday 26th May in Lamlash Church Hall. Three main areas were discussed: proposals for a Hiroshima Commemoration event in Lamlash on…
