The Poisoned Umbrella
Those engaged with the grim business of nuclear weapons are as prone as any other in-crowd to spout chunks of jargon that mystify the...
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Starting a better conversation
about being SAFE
‘Secure Scotland’ is a network of people and organisations that is challenging prevailing ideas of security. In place of practices that increase inequality and make us less safe, we want to link up those who think Scotland could look after all its citizens and their environment by responding to basic needs and real threats, and make useful contributions to peace and security in the global community.
food security – wellbeing economy – peace and disarmament – violence reduction - land reform
Projects
Freedom Come All Ye
Being Safe
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News and Updates
- Jul 14
Standing For Peace In Difficult Times
The European war drags on. And this is not the mere passage of time – it is the death and destruction that each day brings, alongside the...
- Jul 14
Summer Time News
As the summer goes on, Secure Scotland is feeling at home in Words and Actions at Ratcliffe Terrace and finding the practical...
- Mar 15
OUR NEW HOME
2022, as the pandemic eased, Peace and Justice and Secure Scotland moved into Words and Actions for Peace , near to Summerhall and the...
- Feb 21
Standing for Peace in Difficult Times
A Secure Scotland panel event at Words and Actions for Peace Centre 58 Ratcliffe Terrace EDINBURGH EH9 1ST on 2nd March at 7 p.m. A year...
- Feb 15
A Guided Tour of the Unacceptable
A Guided Tour of the Unacceptable is a geographical and historical tour of the UK’s nuclear weapons on the Clyde and resistance to them,...
- Feb 6
24th February - solidarity with the people of Ukraine
On the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, Scottish CND, Peace & Justice Scotland and Secure Scotland are calling for a repeat of the...
- Sep 19, 2022
THE COMMON SECURITY WARNING BELL
When exploring alternative ways of thinking about security – alternative, that is, to the standard references to military matters,...
- Aug 12, 2022
The Strong Grip of the Cold War Mentality
On 9th August, while folk across the world were commemorating the 1945 slaughter of the people of Nagasaki by a nuclear bomb, Dave Doogan...
- Jul 18, 2022
NO MORE THINKING IN BOXES
One thing jumps out of “Emu Field”, Elizabeth Tynan’s fine account of one location for the UK’s nuclear weapon tests in Australia, is the...
- Feb 5, 2022
The Drums of War and Scottish Silence
It's not surprising that here in Scotland we are all heavily focussed on the stinking and entrenched clusterbourach that is Westminster....
- Jan 8, 2022
Why we need to stop talking about "Nature"
One of the big problems at the back of the serious pickle we are in with climate breakdown and the threat to bio-diversity is how we...
- Dec 8, 2021
Secure Scotland Welcomes Nicola Sturgeon/Douglas Ross Visit to Bluevale Community Club
Secure Scotland has written to the First Minister and to Douglas Ross MSP to commend them for their joint supportive visit to the...
- Oct 30, 2021
White poppies - Now More Than Ever
As the UK’s Remembrance Day approaches many of us will be wearing white poppies. The Peace Pledge Union points out that “the white poppy...
- Sep 28, 2021
The Trouble with Neighbourhood Watch
You live in a flat in a six-in-a-block, part of a scheme built by the council in the fifties, though now only two of the households are...
- Aug 9, 2021
A Minute's Silence
A poem by Iona Soper, Associate for Secure Scotland - https://www.securescotland.scot/people/iona-soper Our vigil was sheltered from...
- Jul 5, 2021
Judy Murray Is Talking Nonsense
Judy Murray, mother of the admirable tennis champions, has criticised the practice of non-competitive sports days in primary schools,...
- May 29, 2021
GLASGOW 13th MAY
13th May 2021 was a day of three connected events in Glasgow. Most folk are now familiar with what happened that day in Kenmure Street,...
- May 17, 2021
Open call for contributions - 'The Scottish Degrowth Commission
Open call for contributions - 'The Scottish Degrowth Commission: work, livelihoods and a just transition’ Supported by Enough!, Svenja...
- Mar 31, 2021
Human Security: It Starts Here!
By Iona Soper Associate for Secure Scotland: https://www.securescotland.scot/people/iona-soper I recently attended a panel exploring...
- Mar 31, 2021
Harm and Hunger: Funding Hunger
By Iona Soper Associate for Secure Scotland: https://www.securescotland.scot/people/iona-soper This blog was originally produced for...
- Mar 31, 2021
Harm and Hunger: Nuclear Famine
By Iona Soper Associate for Secure Scotland: https://www.securescotland.scot/people/iona-soper This blog was originally produced for...
- Mar 31, 2021
Harm and Hunger: Operation Starvation
By Iona Soper Associate for Secure Scotland: https://www.securescotland.scot/people/iona-soper This blog was originally produced for...
- Mar 30, 2021
The Anti-Nuclear Family
By Iona Soper Associate for Secure Scotland: https://www.securescotland.scot/people/iona-soper Last night I attended the launch of Ray...
- Feb 21, 2021
Plato and Play-Doh
There is a cartoon going round in which a young student turns up at the philosophy class with a pack of Play-Doh instead of a copy of...
- Jan 17, 2021
STAYING SAFE
In the pandemic the business of staying safe is top of the agenda. It's personal and social responsibility, it's the business of...
- Sep 26, 2020
“Building Back Better” in a Militarised World
We desire that Scotland should be known for its contribution to peace and justice rather than a launch pad for waging war (Scotland's for...
- Jun 28, 2020
What We Talk About When We Talk About Security
Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal,...
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