REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW

Some of you will have read the Secure Scotland Response to the UK government’s so-called Defence Review 2025 produced – if not, read it at the link – and will not be surprised that the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has produced their own ,

Alternative Defence Review You can download that one too! Or go to the Scottish CND launching this evening, the 18th June at 6.30. Email arthurwest@hotmail.co. uk for access.

Secure Scotland is part of the Rethinking Security Network, which has been working on a wider Alternative Security Review since Boris decided that more nuclear weapons are an answer to anything in 2021. The Rethinking Security Review aims to show that there are other ways of creating security strategies and centring human and ecological security in policymaking. Plenty of ideas for real alternatives to be found there - and added by you if you want to get in touch. Here’s our take on to the UK Gov’s latest, the Spending Review.

BEYOND HUMAN RIGHTS

EXHIBITION OPENING 26 June at 6.30 - COME ALONG AND ENJOY AMAZING IMAGES, POEMS, AND MORE -

Th new Secure Scotland - open exhibition and event  In “The Age of Insecurity” Astra Taylor points out that the wreckage we are making of the climate and the ecosystems arises from an exclusive concentration on human security without regard for the rest of reality. And, of course, an exclusively human-centred approach to security is chain-sawing the branch on which we precariously perch. (Book is available to buy from WandA)

Despite help from some of you costs are very limiting for Secure Scotland, Especially welcome are regular monthly payments to be able to plan and budget. The details are on the donate page of the website. One-off donations are also appreciated, as well as offers of financial support in cash or by card in the shop, bank transfer or card online

Words and Actions for Peace (WandA), is hosted by Secure Scotland, which receives financial support from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

WandA is the drop-in gallery and resource base - available for public or private meetings, film and acoustic music nights

General enquiries contact@wordsandactions.scot 

Open Monday - Friday 10.00 - 16.00 

(Secure Scotland, Peace & Justice Scotland, Scottish WILPF, CAAT and others work from WandA )

Secure Scotland Media enquiries +44 (0)7795594573

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