This year the annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Fast is coming to London! The fast is an international initiative which has been followed in France for over 30 years now, and for several years in Germany also. For two years running it has…
TP Tamarians Response to Critics
In response to various reactions to our protest at Charles Church, we, the Tamarians, would like to say a few words to explain: Many of the Herald’s commentators regarded the action as ‘disgusting’ and ‘disgraceful’, and it has been said…
Plymouth Campaigners Occupy Shell of WW2 Bombed Church to Challenge Spending On Trident
Monday 27 April a group of campaigners occupied the ruins of a Second World War church in Plymouth to protest the continued spending on the Trident submarine system which is refitted here in Devonport dockyard in Plymouth. The campaigners occupied the…
Scrap Trident Blockade Shuts Down Faslane
The Scrap Trident blockade of the UK’s nuclear weapons base at Faslane in Scotland was a huge success with the gates blocked from 7 am until 1.30 pm and many workers, who had been queued up in buses in nearby Helensburgh, sent home after refusing…
ScrapTrident Demo Fills George Square
On Saturday 4 April about four thousand people gathered for what Nicola Sturgeon called “the biggest anti-Trident demo in George Square ever.” “Trident Ploughshares was one of the organising groups. Next stop is the Big Blockade of Faslane Naval Base…
House of Commons lobby filled with singers objecting to Trident – with video!
SINGING TRIDENT OUT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS by Angie Zelter, 11th March, 2015. Camilla Cancantata updated her ‘Trident is a War Crime Oratorio’ for singers with Action AWE to lobby their MPs in the House of Commons, Westminster, today.…
Fast 2015, Whitehall Gardens, London
Fast in Central London for the 70th commemoration of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombings. A national urgency; an international fast This year the annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Fast is coming to London! The fast is an international initiative which has been followed in…
Trident Ploughshares Activists Took Part in Burghfield Lockdown
TP activists Erica, Anne, Morag and Zelda held the South Mearings with the Welsh group for 8 hours at the ?#?BurghfieldLockdown? last Monday. What is it like to blockade in a Non Violent Direct Action. Maybe some of you don’t know and…
Peace Pirates Charged with Vandalism at Faslane
A Trident Ploughshares activist was arrested and charged with vandalism at Faslane naval base today while two others were detained after pinning a set of “Peace Pirate Articles”, to the fence. [1] The three have all been released from custody.…