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Vigils remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki are not just about looking back
2+ week, 3+ day ago (729+ words) AS communities across Scotland gather for vigils and local events marking the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, these remembrance activities across Scotland carry a sharp, pressing urgency. We are not merely looking back at history. We…...
I was an elite IDF soldier. Now I organise a Nakba Day event every year – here’s why
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (744+ words) GROWING up on a kibbutz in central Israel in the 1980s and 1990s, Avner Wishnitzer had never even heard of the word Nakba. Translating directly to the word “catastrophe” in Arabic, it is the word used to describe when – in 1948 – some 750,000 Palestinians…...
Russia snubs unilateral ceasefire, sending dozens of drones into Ukraine
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (704+ words) Russia fired dozens of drones at Ukraine in night-time attacks, Ukrainian officials said, disregarding a unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv that began at midnight. The Russian Defence Ministry claimed that Ukraine had not abided by its own ceasefire, saying that…...
New links between Scotland and Canada forged as communities honour WW2 airman
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (587+ words) A CANADIAN Air Force pilot whose plane crashed in Scotland’s Southern Uplands during the Second World War has been honoured in the South Lanarkshire village of Leadhills. Leadhills Miners’ Library gifted a salvaged propeller blade from Sgt George Stevenson’s Hawker…...
Infamous concentration camp commandant’s home reborn as anti-extremist centre
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1591+ words) IN the former home of the SS commandant who ran Auschwitz, Jacek Purski is talking about neo-Nazis and reclaiming a number that represents “Heil Hitler” and white supremacy. He’s referring to the number 88, which is a code in far-right circles…...
Explosive device revealed after 24-hour closure of Scottish beach
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (111+ words) A SUSPECTED explosive device which caused a beach to be closed for 24 hours has been revealed to be an unexploded paintballing grenade. Emergency services were called to East Beach in Lossiemouth at around 1.20pm on Friday after an unexploded ordnance device…...
Scottish university opens UK’s first Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing display
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (396+ words) AN exhibition documenting the lasting effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will open for the first time in the UK at a Scottish university. To mark the anniversary of the catastrophic event, the University of Stirling is…...