Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (Scottish CND) is part of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament representing Scotland.
History
It was founded in 1958, when CND was founded, and was one of the centres of a CND revival in the 1970s.The current Chair of the organisation is Dr Alan Mackinnon.
Organisation
It has an office in Glasgow, which organises anti-war protests in Glasgow, Edinburgh and blockades at Faslane.
Faslane
The nuclear submarine base at Faslane had provided a focal point for Scottish CND from 1968 when the Polaris nuclear weapons system was based there up to the present with the Trident system.
ee also
*Faslane Anti-nuclear_demonstrations
*Faslane Peace Camp
External links
* [http://www.banthebomb.org Scottish CND Homepage]
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