First pics from the Welsh day of protest – 15th June, during the month of protest at Atomic Weapons Establishment Burghfield.
Knighton group with enormous Trident sub blockading Construction Gate at AWE Burghfield. For high res version please email admin@tridentploughshares.org
Angie Zelter, speaking for the group, stressed that it was entirely non-violent, the intention being to raise public awareness of the issue and to disrupt the activities at AWE Burghfield, near Reading, where Britain’s nuclear warheads are manufactured and maintained.
Chris Plant, said “With each of the 160 missile warheads on board each submarine having eight times the power of the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, Trident can only be a weapon of mass destruction and as such illegal under international law. Add to that its cost, estimated recently at £150 thousand million over the lifetime of the system, and renewing Trident looks absolutely obscene.”
Other Welsh groups, from Blackwood, Caerphilly, Newport, Swansea, West Wales and Powys are taking part in the protest and singers from choirs Cor Cochion and Cor Gobaith are protesting Trident in song as workers arrive at AWE Burghfield. The Welsh action today continues the continuous blockade of the nuclear weapons plant that has closed the construction gate since 6th June. The singers are in fine voice and passing traffic is tooting its support.
Singers at the end of The Mearings protesting in song as workers arrive at AWE Burghfield
Knighton Group’s Press Release