A rather quick view down the line of Trident Ploughshares activists and supporters chained on to the railings at Westminster on Wednesday 20th June 2018. 40 activists ?have chained themselves to the railings of the House of Commons calling on…
Protesters Chained to Houses of Parliament Railings Call for UK to Sign Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
At 1:30pm on Wednesday 20 June, while Parliament was sitting inside, 60 activists from across the UK chained themselves to the railings outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster They are calling for the UK to Sign the Treaty on…
Shame on the Government: Prime Minister’s Question Time 16th May, 2018
Ten members of Trident Ploughshares met together in the Central Lobby at Westminster as Prime Minister’s Question Time was held on 16th May, 2018. Some of us managed to bring in then display t-shirts produced by Yorkshire CND with the…
Coulport Blockaders in Court
Report from Dumbarton Justice of the Peace Court Wed 24 Jan 2018 Jamie Watson and Peter Anderson appeared on a charge of Breach of the Peace for blockading Coulport during the TP summer camp 2017. Jamie represented himself and Peter…
Court shows sympathy with DSEI protests through light sentences and commendation
Press Release: 12th January 2018 In spite of guilty verdicts today at Stratford Magistrates Court there was commendation from the judges for protesters who blocked the entrances to the ExCel Centre on 6th September last year to disrupt the delivery of tanks and other…
Taking a Peaceful Christmas Message to Lockheed Martin
The Muriel Lesters Affinity Group and friends made their seasonal visit to the offices of Lockheed Martin in London on Monday Dec 4th. With banners and signs and some colourful costumes they alerted people to what Lockheed Martin get up…
Coulport Blockaders Admonished as Ban Treaty used in Court for 1st Time
Three anti-nuclear weapon campaigners were today admonished by a Scottish court after taking part during the summer in a blockade of RNAD Coulport, where the UK’s nuclear warheads are stored and loaded onto Trident submarines. Brian Quail from Glasgow, Angie…
No Nuclear Day Stops The Arms Fair
The week of action against the DSEI arms fair continued on Wed 6th September with some really good blockades of equipment going into the Excel Centre in London by groups working together for a NO NUCLEAR day. At the West…
“WE’LL STOP WORLD’S BIGGEST ARMS FAIR”
On Wednesday 6th September, Trident Ploughshares, a group committed to the non-violent disarmament of the UK’s nuclear weapons will, along with CND groups, be protesting at the ExCeL Centre in the Docklands, ahead of the Defence & Security Equipment International…