Oyez, Oyez! TP Muriel Lesters and friends from LRCND, Japanese Against Nuclear/Kick Nuclear & At Ease, spread the good news about the current UN negotiations towards a Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. We leafleted at the International Conscientious Objectors Day commemoration…
A group of town criers has appeared in central London to proclaim the good news that negotiations are taking place at the United Nations towards a global ban on nuclear weapons. Their aim is to encourage the UK Government to…
On March 27th negotiations will begin at the UN on a nuclear weapons ban treaty. Write to the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, to ask him to engage constructively with the negotiations. It has always been a key aspect of Trident…
When the Government called a vote on replacing the four British Trident submarines in July last year Trident Ploughshares activists visited the Central Lobby and sang throughout the debate – over six hours!! Although no filming or photography was allowed…
Back in June five members of Put Down the Sword were arrested “willful obstruction of the highway” while blockading one of the entrances to AWE Burghfield, where the UK’s nuclear weapons are assembled. Two other affinity groups (from the Catholic…
Thirty years ago three Faslane Peace Campers eluded MOD security and boarded a UK nuclear Polaris submarine and got into the control room. Classified documents, released today under the 30 year rule and published today by the BBC and The Guardian, reveal that…
A 20 minute film of some of the actions and protests during the Month of Action at Burghfield in June 2016 is now available to see here
Anti-Nuke Activist Convicted for Obstructing Traffic A woman who blocked a key entrance to AWE Burghfield for more than two hours, in protest at the UK’s nuclear weapons system, has today been found guilty of obstructing the highway. Helen Swanston, 42,…
Anti-Nuke Activist Convicted for Road-Painting A woman who painted the words ‘Stop the Deadly Convoys’ on a road near AWE Burghfield, has today been found guilty of unauthorised road-painting, and going equipped for criminal damage. Mary Millington, 68, a retired…