Action AWE Newsletter No.3 - July 2013

Action-packed summer issue! Details of the latest actions, plus August events open to all. Click on the links for full stories. Full info, briefings, and action tips at www.actionawe.org.
Action AWE is a campaign moblilising and making visible mass public opposition to Trident replacement, through action and events at AWE Aldermaston & Burghfield & nearby towns.

Trident Ploughshares Burghfield camp, 26 August - 8 September
Join us at camp to meet others taking action to stop Trident & shut down the nuclear weapons factories; form affinity groups; and get to know the area around AWE to help you plan future actions.
Full information on the Trident Ploughshares website, including a registration link (helps us plan the camp!) & full details of how to get there: http://tridentploughshares.org/awe-burghfield-summer-disarmament-camp-2013/

Fast for Hiroshima & Nagasaki, 6-9 August, Burghfield & Paris
Join campaigners at the main gate of Burghfield in a joint fast with campaigners inParis to remember the victims of nuclear warat Hiroshima & Nagasaki. More details here: http://actionawe.org/paris-burghfield-4-day-fast-6th-9th-august-2013/

Block Burghfield! 2 September 2013
Come and shut down the warheads assembly plant at AWE Burghfield, now gearing up to replace the current Trident warheads. Join campaigners from around the UK. Full details on this leaflet: http://actionawe.org/burghfield-blockade-leaflet-2nd-september-2013/ & legal information on the AAWE website.

Action round-up

In fine voice: On 28 April singers from Wales, Reading, Oxford & London converged on Newbury and then Aldermaston to make their feelings known in song. Report here: http://actionawe.org/protesters-sing-outside-awe/ - and in the local Hampshire press: http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/10384425.Protesters_sing_outside_AWE/

With love, for justice and peace: On 7 May Christian and Quaker peace activists from around the UK partially blocked the main gate at Burghfield, slowing traffic into the facility and causing a great deal of inconvenience. More here, including some handy tips for future blockaders: http://actionawe.org/blog-from-the-burghfield-blockade-of-7th-may-2013/

On 21 May the early morning Aldermaston picketers got out in unseasonably cool weather to make sure the message got to AWE in rush hour. Nice pic: http://actionawe.org/home-office-gate-picket-21st-may/

By the Main Gate into AWE Burghfield

Singing again! On 15 June singers from around the UK raised their voices against Trident again, this time in Reading and at Burghfield. FIT turned out with cameras. Report describing Burghfield for future planning: http://actionawe.org/singers-attract-attention-in-reading-town-centre/

Silence is powerful: On 28 June 13 women from Women In Black, known for their weekly vigils encircling the statue of Edith Cavell in London, held a vigil at the roundabout at AWE Aldermaston. Beautiful photos: http://actionawe.org/women-in-black-wilpf-take-action-at-aldermaston/

Street action: On 6 July a group from Reading took to the streets with street theatre, music and poetry, to explain to passersby what their local nuclear weapons factory is up to http://actionawe.org/newbury-and-reading-public-engagement-day/

Stopping traffic: On 8 July 10 activists braved blasting sunshine and temperatures reaching 30 degrees to block Burghfield AWE for 3 hours, thank goodness for suncream and (sun) umbrellas! http://actionawe.org/trident-ploughshares-affinity-groups-blockade-awe-burghfield/

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In the news: AWE Fined £280,000 for 2012 Fire
The companies operating AWE were fined £280,000 by a court in Reading for breaches of health and safety following a fire at the facility last year. Film at Nuclear Information Service: http://tinyurl.com/nmt3lc2 – but just days before they had been given an award by RoSPA for accident prevention! http://tinyurl.com/q9catqx

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