On Friday 30th April a group of XR Scotland rebels blocked Faslane’s North Gate to demand a ‘Safe, Green Future’. Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion Scotland, collaborating with Trident Ploughshares and Faslane Peace Camp, blocked the North gate of the…
Press Release: 29th March 2021 – for immediate use. UK Nuke Number Hike “Calamitous” Say Campaigners The anti-nuclear campaign Trident Ploughshares has reacted strongly to the decision of the UK government to increase its nuclear weapon stockpile by 40%,…
Trident Ploughshares response to the Government’s Integrated Defence Review. This was written as part of the TP’s continuing Dialogue and Negotiation work and is being sent out to the Prime Minister, Defence Minister and all current MPs as well as…
Angie has written a remarkable account of her campaigning life and shared some of the lessons she has learnt from her actions in many different countries. Heartfelt but clear, Activism for Life includes personal insights into mobilising for effective, sustainable…
On 1 February 2021 we sent a letter to President Macron regarding the Teutates Treaty by which the United Kingdom and France, without public debate, have committed to ruinous, immoral military nuclear cooperation, in a way which is directly contrary…
Today January 22nd 2021 we kick off the worldwide celebrations to mark the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by projecting images and slogans onto key Edinburgh buildings: the Scottish Parliament, the government building at…
TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES Press Release For immediate release Nuclear Base Blockaders Welcome Game Changing UN Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Members of Nonviolent Direct Action group Trident Ploughshares will celebrate the entry into force of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of…
OPEN LETTER TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BORIS JOHNSON MP, THE PRIME MINISTER, FROM TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES RESPECT THE LAW: DISMANTLE THE UK’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS 30th November 2020 Dear Prime Minister, On 18th March 1998 Trident Ploughshares wrote an Open Letter to…
As a great ray of hope for all of humankind in these dark times, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is due to come into force on Friday January 22nd 2021, 90 days after ratification by Honduras,…