On St Andrews Day TP activists unfolded a banner from the highest parapet of Edinburgh Castle with the message Trident NO Scotland YES as thousands of visitors were milling about. Thanks to Nelisa and Sandra for producing the video. Please…
Trident NO Scotland YES Demo at Celtic Connections
On Saturday 19 January Trident Ploughshares activists once again carried the message Trident NO Scotland YES to another busy city centre urging Scots to support independence as the best way to get rid of Trident nuclear weapons. This time about ten…
DISARMING CONNECTIONS
On the 18th January the disarmament campaign Trident Ploughshares will share their vision for a Trident-free Scotland with Saturday evening crowds in Glasgow, and in particular those gathering for the Capercaillie Concert in the Concert Hall, part of the Celtic…
Burghfield blockaders are spared a trial…….and get train fares paid
Leonna, Jamie and myself, Julia, arrived for trial in Reading on Friday 10th Jan. defending ourselves on a charge of Obstruction of the Highway. This was as a result of the blockades outside AWE Burghfield which closed it down on…
Charges of Obstructing Nuclear Disaster Dropped on Five Women Pensioners
Charges were dropped to against five women, members of the Muriel Lester’s Trident Ploughshares affinity group, who were appearing on on trial at Reading Magistrates Court for non-violently blocking the private road to the Atomic Weapons Establishment Burghfield on Monday 2ndSeptember 2013.…
TP & friends Invoke Mandela Call for Nuclear Disarmament in Christmas Message to Lockheed
Nuclear arms company receives Christmas peace carols and card. On Tuesday, 17th December 2013 from 12.40 to 2.30pm the Muriel Lester’s Trident Ploughshares affinity group with supporters of Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Women in Black and Raised Voices sang suitably…
Report a Crime at Reading Police Station
Saturday 8th February 2014. 12noon to 2pm Crimestoppers! You have a right to report a crime. It is a crime to threaten mass murder. It is a crime to prepare for mass murder. Trident is the crime. Reporting the Crime.…
YES to SCOTLAND, NO to TRIDENT at Edinburgh Castle on St Andrews Day
The disarmament campaign group Trident Ploughshares took their hopes for an independent Scotland free of nuclear weapons to a crowded Edinburgh Castle on St Andrews Day, dropping a banner with the message SCOTLAND YES, TRIDENT NO from the highest parapet.…
Two TP Activists Admonished for Entering Faslane and Graffitti
Sylvia Boyes and I have both been taking non-violent direct action against nuclear weapons since the early 1980s. After countless arrests, court appearances and prison sentences, we found ourselves in court yet again on the 24th of September this year. Dumbarton…