Highlights from the Festival For Survival

Indypodcasters Fiona, Marlene and Lynne spent a day at the Festival for Survival in Glasgow which brought together an international group of experts and activists to discuss the twin crises of nuclear weapons and the climate emergency.

Our reflections of the day and highlights from a selection of the speakers are:

00:00:30 Intro and reflections

00:07:42 Lynn Jamieson (Scottish CND) opens with a poem

00:10:25 Jean Urqhart (activist) recalls heady days in Ullapool

00:13:33 Mark Ruskell MSP stopping the nuclear convoys

00:17:59 Melissa Parke (ICAN) never too small to make a difference

00:21:16 Bishop William Nolan (Archbishop of Glasgow) real peace

00:25:07 Laura Young (campaigner) engaging our young people

00:32:33 Bill Kidd MSP glimmers of hope

00:35:25 Dr Claire Duncanson (Uni. of Ed) a feminist approach

00:40:49 Dr Olamide Samuel (Inst Diplom) Scotland's power

00:45:00 Venessa Hanson (ICAN) climate effects

00:47:00 Tim Wallace - divest and call out polluters

00:49:22 Robin McAlpine (Commonweal) - how much to do?

00:58:00 Bill Ramsay (SNP TU Group) - reflection on the event.

Watch presentations by Linda Pentz Gunther and Philip Webber on our Youtube channel here: 

You can also watch the full day's livestream from the event on Scottish CND's Youtube channel here -

Scottish CND website is here

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) website : 

Beyond Nuclear International website 

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