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Protestors from the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament<\/a> (CND) gathered at the UK government’s Trident submarine base at Faslane in the west of Scotland on Sunday 26 September as part of a series of protest on the United Nations official International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons<\/a>.\u00a0 Mike Picken was there to report for ecosocialist.scot.<\/p>\n

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CND Protestors hold a marine wildlife themed die-in outside the gates of the Faslane nuclear base (Pic. M Picken)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The protest was part of the Scottish Climate Fringe Week to build momentum towards the COP26 talks due\u00a0 in Glasgow in Novemb<\/a>er.\u00a0 Faslane is 40 km away from where the Glasgow UN Climate talks will take place and houses the totality of the UK government’s nuclear weapons system, the Trident nuclear submarines.\u00a0 There have been many protests at Faslane over the decades and there is a permanent peace camp on the road leading to the nuclear base that also supported the 26 September protest.\u00a0 This protest highlighted the impact of nuclear weapons on the environment and climate<\/a>, particularly marine wildlife.\u00a0 Protestors dressed as marine life and then staged a ‘die-in’ outside the Faslane North Gate entrance, to symbolise the negative impact of the Trident nuclear submarines on marine wildlife in Scotland and beyond.<\/p>\n

The entire military industry is one of the biggest contributors to global climate change and nuclear weapons and nuclear power have a particularly terrible effect on the environment.\u00a0 Uranium that fuels the reactors of nuclear submarines like Trident and nuclear weapons around the world has a devastating impact on the planet, from its extraction through mining, processing and the continuing leak of radioactivity into the environment.<\/p>\n

Scottish CND will highlight the impact of nuclear weapons and militarism during COP26 in a day of action on Thursday 4 Novembe<\/strong>r in Glasgow.\u00a0 You can find out more details shortly here: https:\/\/www.banthebomb.org\/whats-on\/<\/a><\/p>\n

UK-wide CND are arguing that the UK government are breaking international law in increasing the number of nuclear missiles it holds, yet the UK government is still the UN-appointed official host to the COP26.\u00a0 Read about CND’s campaign here: https:\/\/cnduk.org\/report-the-uk-to-the-un\/.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Scottish CND holds its Annual General Meeting online shortly after the COP26 events to plan and take forward the campaign against Trident and nuclear weapons.\u00a0 The Scottish CND AGM is on Saturday 20th November 2021<\/strong> and you can find out more details here: https:\/\/www.banthebomb.org\/AGM\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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