Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre

August is the month in which the 1945 US government unleashed the horror of nuclear weapons on the world; first Hiroshima City and a few days later Nagasaki were sacrificed in the most terrible show of power ever seen on the planet.

"One of the strange contradictions of our contemporary world is that there are nation states pledged to the maintenance of civilised values that claim the right to use a weapon that can exterminate all life in the target city down to the last microbe. Its use would automatically pollute the environment not only of the victim state but of all surrounding neutral states and cause damage that lasts for over twenty thousand years. Despots like Genghis Khan would dearly have loved to enjoy this power, the brutality of which goes far beyond anything they could envisage."
HE Judge Christopher Weeramantry

Thursday the 6th of August

Glasgow-
Peace Tree Kelvingrove Park (opposite Kelvin Hall), 19:30.
Speakers Pauine McNeill MSP (Labour), Bill Kidd MSP (SNP) and Green Party Speaker, followed by songs and the floating of peace cranes down the River Kelvin.
Edinburgh-
The Mound, 18:00.
Please bring music, poems, candles, banners...
Aberdeen-
Fisherman's Hut (by Riverside Drive, between Bridge of Dee and Duthie Park), River Dee, 21:00.
Release of 200 peace lanterns on the River Dee to commemorate the 200,000 men, women and children who died in the nuclear attack. Short contributions from the representatives of student organizations, trade union, faith groups and political leaders.
Dundee-
Assemble at the bottom of the Law 20:15/20:30.
Speakers: John McAllion, Lesley Barnett, Church of Scotland speaker and SNP speaker.
Chair: Mike Arnott, Chair of Dundee TUC
Music.
Stirling-
Peace Garden, Pullar Memorial Park, Bridge of Allan, 19:30
Poetry, reflections and the laying of a wreath.
Helensburgh-
Rhu Spit 20:00.
Floating of Peace Lanterns.
Kilmarnock-
Kilmarnock Cross 11:00.
Street Stall.
Irvine-
Bridgegate 12:00.
Street Stall.

Saturday the 8th of August

Inverness-
Bught Park, Inverness, 13:00 - 14:00.
To commemorate the devastating nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, paper boats and birds (cranes) will be launched on the River Ness on Saturday the 8th of August. Please come along - from 1pm till 2pm there will be a 'bring and share' picnic. At 2 o'clock David Thompson, MSP, will say a few words in remembrance of these terrible events. Following this, the paper boats and cranes will be launched in the river. The launch will take place at the stony beach, at the corner of Bught Park, beside the shinty pitches and the football field. Everyone is welcome.

Sunday the 9th of August

Dundee-
Top of Dundee Law, 11:00.
Service led by Rev Erik Cramb.
Kilmarnock-
Country Park 14:00.
Meet at main car park for Peace Walk.