YES TO SCOTLAND, NO TO TRIDENT The nuclear disarmament campaign Trident Ploughshares (TP) is asking people in Scotland to vote Yes in the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence as the the best and most immediate opportunity to dismantle Trident in Scotland…
Trident Ploughshares Says Trident NO Scotland YES
In a lively and entertaining demonstration against the backdrop of Edinburgh Castle during the YES Campaign march on Saturday Trident Ploughshares activists demonstrated their support for Scottish independence and the disarmament of Trident. Wearing tabards that read TRIDENT NO on the front…
£50 fine for nuclear weapons blockader
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…