Helen Swanston, a 39 year old professional milliner from Cromer, appeared at Newbury Court on 19th October 2013 to answer charges of ‘Obstruction of the Highway’. Helen was part of the ‘Big Blockade’ at Atomic Weapons Establishment,Burghfield during the two week Trident Ploughshares…
The Trident Ploughshares Disarmament Camp at AWE Burghfield – 25th August to 7th September 2013 in support of Action AWE
On Saturday 24th August 20 activists met as a group for the first time with the kind support of a Buddhist Peace Pagoda. We sorted through plans, maps, contingencies, equipment and transport. We even had time to be filmed by…
Photos from TP / Action AWE Big Blockade of Burghfield
On Monday 3 September affinity groups from 5 European countries, Finns, Scots & frineds, French, Belgians, and Spanish, succeeded in shutting down the AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) Burghfield, the UK’s nuclear bomb factory, for 3 hours. The Scots affinity group…
Report from Reading Magistrates Court, 3 September 2013
Krista van Velzen, a Dutch former MP and member of Trident Ploughshares was the only one of 21 people arrested yesterday in the Action AWE Blockade of Burghfield who was held over night to appear in Court today. ‘What are…
Trident Ploughshares and Action AWE 14 Hour Blockade of AWE Burghfield 21 Activists from 6 European Countries Arrested
September 2, 2013: Activists from all over Europe today blockaded the two gates of AWE Burghfield, starting at 5:15am. For almost an hour, all vehicle access to AWE Burghfield was blocked, until police cleared a lock-on blockade of six Finnish…
Burghfield Disarmament Camp getting ready for Monday blockade
On Monday, 2 September, anti-nuclear campaigners based in the Burghfield Disarmament Camp just outside AWE Burghfield in Berkshire will blockade all two gates of AWE Burghfield in a nonviolent action of civil disobedience. The action will begin at 7am, with…
Action AWE video from Burghfield Camp
We’re taking nonviolent direct action because at the atomic weapons establishment Burghfield, Britain’s nuclear war heads are assembled and maintained, so that the UK has the capability to destroy forty cities at one time.
Nuclear weapons are immoral, illegal under international law, dangerous to maintain and pose a danger to peace on earth.
We want real security. Don’t spend money on nuclear weapons, put it into public services.
Change is possible. Come and join us.
Important update on how to get into the Burghfield Disarmament Camp
Please network this widely Please come to the Disarmament Camp and celebrate our success of putting it up right by the fence of AWE Burghfield. Do not be put off by the MOD police who will approach you hoping to…