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…
Author: BrianLarkin
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…
TP Letter to Alex Salmond: Keep Scotland out of NATO; Reduce Military Spending
Alex Salmond First Minister of Scotland 12 April 2013 Dear Alex, I wanted to thank you for your letter in support of the Scrap Trident weekend of protest and action and for your support for the historic resolution of the…