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2022, as the pandemic eased, Peace and Justice and Secure Scotland moved into Words and Actions for Peace , near to Summerhall and the...
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- Feb 21
- 3 min
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...
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- Feb 6
- 2 min
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...
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Secure Scotland
- Sep 19, 2022
- 2 min
THE COMMON SECURITY WARNING BELL
When exploring alternative ways of thinking about security – alternative, that is, to the standard references to military matters,...
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Secure Scotland
- Aug 12, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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- Jul 18, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Secure Scotland
- Feb 5, 2022
- 2 min
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....
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Secure Scotland
- Jan 8, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Secure Scotland
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Secure Scotland
- Oct 30, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Secure Scotland
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Secure Scotland
- Aug 9, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Secure Scotland
- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
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,...
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Secure Scotland
- May 29, 2021
- 2 min
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,...
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Secure Scotland
- May 17, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Secure Scotland
- Mar 31, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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Secure Scotland
- Mar 31, 2021
- 6 min
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...
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Secure Scotland
- Mar 31, 2021
- 7 min
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...
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Secure Scotland
- Mar 31, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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