In the last few days before the United Nations states that are members of the Treaty On The Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons meet for the first time in Vienna, the Scottish Greens have made very clear their support for the Treaty and Scotland’s early accession. This follows the announcement that Read more…
Joseph Anderson writes for Holyrood about SCND’s stance on the SNP and NATO, accessed here: https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,cnd-criticises-snps-nato-stance “We are looking at a very slippery slope in which the anti-nuclear stance is watered down to a point that is meaningless and could end in the acceptance of a Guantanamo-type role for the Read more…
Janet Fenton, SCND Vice-Chair, on BBC Radio Scotland this morning discussing nuclear weapons, NATO, and the primacy of the Nuclear Ban Treaty for Scotland’s future. Listen here from 34:30: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c869v6
ICAN Australia discusses the advantageous results of the recent parliamentary election, accessed here: https://icanw.org.au/new-prime-minister-backs-the-ban/ “The election of the Albanese Labor Government heralds a new era in Australia’s approach to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. While the previous government shunned the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the Australian Labor Read more…
Isobel Lindsay penned a letter to The Herald, accessed here: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20145794.letters-tridents-fate-must-sealed-scotland-tries-join-nato/ “What is crucial for an independent Scotland is that the TPNW is ratified before any application for Nato membership (“Nato and EU would be cornerstones of security says Sturgeon”, The Herald, May 17). If the Trident issue is not clearly settled, Read more…
Written by Janet Fenton: https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2022/05/21/on-nato-and-stewart-macdonald/ “While threatening to use nuclear weapons is certainly a terrifying thing to do and has no part in peacebuilding or conflict resolution, NATO also relies on threats of violence as its starting point and main tool. Is this not just a thinner end of the same Read more…
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Philipp Austin of NFPB explains the importance of the upcoming MSP and the necessity for civil society participation: “for those who wish to see the UK take the TPNW more seriously, this is an opportunity to encourage all parliamentarians in Westminster and in the devolved parliaments to become more familiar Read more…
The First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) at the United Nations International Centre in Vienna is the first opportunity for countries which have already prohibited any nuclear weapons activity to get together and firm up the blueprint for a nuclear weapons-free Read more…
Dr Nick Ritchie, University of York, May 2021 Scotland has an important role to play in the global nuclear disarmament movement in two ways: 1) by reinforcing the web of international norms and law that constrains and delegitimises nuclear weapons; 2) by challenging the nuclear weapons practices and ideology of Read more…