Saturday July 14th,Starting midday at the Scottish Parliament and then going via the US consulate to the Meadows for a festival. No to Trump. This is the day that Trump is visiting Scotland: after his attendance at the NATO summit in Brussels and visiting Teresa May. Edinburgh CND will have a banner on the demo and will be sharing a peace stall at the Meadows. Join us. You can download the leaflet for the demo from https://scotlandstopwar.org/2018/06/23/leaflet-artwork-for-trump-demos/ If you’d like bulk copies email edinburghstw@tiscali.co.uk or you can collect from the Augustine Church on George 4th Bridge c/o Kirsty, Jubilee ScotlandCheck out the Scotland Against Trump Facebook Page for up to date information. https://www.facebook.com/events/628616174183456/
While some steps in the right direction have been made by Trump and his administration (North Korea summit) we have to keep in mind that many of his statements and actions are contributing to moving us closer to nuclear war.
For example inflammatory posts on Twitter like having a nuclear button which is much bigger and more powerful than North Korea’s to pushing withdrawal from the Iran Deal. In these difficult times of conflict we call for world leaders to act with diplomacy and use tactful words and language to help with the peace making in our modern world . Moreover, we call nuclear weapons states to align to the rest of the countries who reject nuclear weapons and sign and ratify the new Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
“Trump is the President who’s torn up the Iran nuclear deal, he’s threatened to kill millions with nuclear weapons in North Korea, and he’s unveiled new ‘usable’ nukes, increasing the possibility of nuclear war.
“When he dropped the ‘mother of all bombs’ on Afghanistan it signaled that he won’t stop with threats. We have to recognise that a nuclear bomb could be next.
“His visit to Britain comes after an appearance at the NATO summit in Brussels where he is calling on member states to spend even more money on nuclear weapons and war.
“It’s crucial that Trump’s visit is defined not by Theresa May’s open arms, but by opposition to his dangerous policies. That’s why thousands of us will take to the streets in central London on Friday to make that message loud and clear.”
One minute Trump’s posing as the peace broker, the next minute he’s preparing for war. His presidency threatens the security of the world and it’s time for our movement to confront him.
This month’s edition of Campaign also looks at Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Will this bring de-nuclearisation and peace to the peninsula?
Parliamentarians and nuclear disarmament activists are calling on U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin to use the opportunity of their July 16 summit to step back from the nuclear brink and make progress on nuclear disarmament. ‘Trump and Putin should consider ‘No-First-Use’ commitments, better military-to-military communications (re-establishing and upgrading hotlines instead of scrapping them), lowering the alert status of US and Russian weapons that are maintained in a state of immediate readiness to launch, and an end to provocative and potentially dangerous military exercises close to each other’s borders,’ says John Hallam, Co-Chair of the Abolition 2000 Working Group on Nuclear-Risk Reduction. ‘In addition, the leaders should reaffirm the joint statement of Gorbachev and Reagan made in 1986 that “A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.” 3. PNND added: More than 300 parliamentarians from Europe, Russia, other former Soviet countries, Canada and the United States adopted a declaration in Berlin today expressing deep concern about unresolved conflicts and nuclear weapons threats in the region, and proposing measures that should be taken to rebuild peace and security in Europe. (Declaration in English, French or Russian.)
The parlaimentarians were in Berlin for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which was held just prior to the NATO Summit in Brussels and the Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki
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5. Nuclear ban tour – stall dates to promote ban & demo Tue 7 Aug, 12.30 – 2 pm – Glasgow City Centre, Tue 14 Aug, 12.30 – 2 pm Paisley, Tue 21 Aug, 12.30 – 2 pm Edinburgh, Tue 28 Aug, 12.30 -2 pm Dundee, Tue 11 Sep – 12.30 – 2 pm Irvine
Tweet of Guardian story here: https://twitter.com/lloyd_rm/status/1014124294522265600Astonishingly, the independent aid watchdog ICAI has said that that due to gaps in monitoring evaluation and learning, ICAI cannot be sure that CSSF programming is not risking aggravating the very conflicts it seeks to address – ICAI 2018 report, paras 4.77, 4.79.