On November 4th Scottish CND will host the Festival For Survival. Taking place across two fantastic venues, Adelaides and the Renfield Centre in Glasgow, this event will bring together and incredible line up of campaigners, civic voices, think tanks, academics, cultural figures and international guests.

In a range of workshops, plenaries and cultural exhibits we will bring hundreds of people together to discuss and debate how we can make another world possible, with a focus on the twin threats to our planet: nuclear calamity and catastrophic climate change.

These issues fuse together to threaten the very habitat we rely on.

Today’s nuclear bombs are many times more destructive than those dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. All of the nuclear states including India and China are developing new weapons while the non-nuclear powers create new pressure towards disarmament through the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

At the same time, we need a full scale mobilisation of resources to tackle climate change and environmental destruction.

The movement for nuclear disarmament and action on climate is needed now more than ever. In Scotland, we have a special responsibility to rise to that challenge. Removal of nuclear warheads from Faslane and Coulport would dismantle the British nuclear weapons system and prove that nuclear states can be disarmed. Meanwhile, Scotland can play a leading role in taking action to avert climate breakdown.

Let's discuss how we can build a movement for nuclear disarmament and climate justice. Explore the speakers, sessions and plans for the day below, and make sure you are part of what promises to be an inspiring and landmark event.

TICKETS

TICKETS

Speaking at the festival

  • Aamer Anwar

    Human Rights Lawyer

  • Jean Urquhart

    Former MSP and veteran peace campaigner

  • Isobel Lindsay

    Scottish CND

  • William Nolan

    Archbishop of Glasgow

  • Chris Stephens

    SNP MP

  • Katy Clark

    Labour MSP

  • Bill Ramsay

    SNP Trade Union Group

  • Cat Boyd

    Herald columnist and PCS National Officer for Scotland and Northern Ireland (personal capacity)

  • Coll McCail

    Progressive International, Editor of Skotia and climate campaigner

  • Dr Olamide Samuel

    Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy

  • David Hayman

    Actor

  • Linda Pentz Gunter

    Editor, Beyond Nuclear International

  • Dr Catherine Eschle

    Senior lecturer in the School of Government and Public Policy and Editor of Feminism and Protest Camps: Entanglements, Critiques and Re-Imaginings

  • Layla-Roxanne Hill

    Author of Black Oot Here: Black Lives in Scotland

  • Angela McCormick

    Glasgow based anti-war campaigner and EIS FELA Executive Committee member

  • Bill Kidd MSP

    SNP MSP and Convenor of the Cross Party Group on Nuclear Disarmament

  • Venessa Hanson

    International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

  • Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

    Senior lecturer in Central & East European Studies

  • Peter Burt

    Author and founder of Drone Wars

  • Dr Claire Duncanson

    Senior lecturer in International Relations

  • Almut Rochowanski

    Expert in civic activism in Ukraine and on women’s and girls’ rights.

  • Roger Sturrock

    Moderator of Glasgow Presbytery

  • Laura Young

    Climate activist, environmental scientist and Scottish influencer of the year

  • Arthur West

    Scottish CND Trade Union Network

  • Alex Gordon

    President of the Rail, Maratime and Transport (RMT) union

  • Ross Greer

    Green MSP

  • Lynn Jamieson

    Chair, Scottish CND

  • Mike Danson

    Economist with expertise on energy and transition

  • Common Weal

    Scottish think-tank and advocacy group

  • Nyuklia Eureka

    African Youth for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

  • Scientists for Global Responsibility

    Promoting ethical science, design and technology, based on the principles of openness, accountability, peace, social justice, and environmental sustainability.

  • The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

    A coalition of non-governmental organizations in one hundred countries promoting adherence to and implementation of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty.

More participants to be announced


The programme

WORKSHOPS

  • Global Scotland: How we can act for peace and climate justice

  • Myth busting: Why nukes don’t make us safer and escalate environmental harm

  • Reclaiming Our Clyde: Building movements for change

  • Women, war and climate change: A feminist response

  • Working for a green peace: Engaging with the trade union movement

  • Getting our message out: A creative workshop on campaign communications

  • All of us first: Building our Common Home

  • Fighting for the future: Youth for the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

  • The environmental bootprint: The military cost to our environment

PLENARIES

One Planet – Twin Threats: Surviving the 21st Century
International Panel: Solidarity and hope in an era of crisis
The Clyde Declaration: Scottish CND Marches Forward

FILM

A cinema room will show films throughout the day, on nuclear disarmament, climate change and global justice

EXHIBITS

An exhibition space will host over 15 stalls from across the movement

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