All types of protest needed

Action AWE is committed to nonviolence and asks that anything done in its name meets the commitment. Beyond that caveat we recognise all types of protest as important and necessary. We hope people will join the efforts of Action AWE with a diverse range of actions and events.

Candlelight vigils have been held by Christian groups at AWE

Some people will be able to do the vital job of corresponding with MP’s and Ministers to make sure they’re aware of people’s dissatisfaction at our government’s retention of a useless and illegal nuclear weapons system and its investment in a new one.

Others will be able to attend AWE Aldemaston or Burghfield to hold vigils and sitting or walking protests within sight of workers at AWE who will be reminded that the public don’t want their product……and neither do their potential victims.

Various groups will attend AWE with the intention of disrupting the business of the base. These groups will arrive at AWE prepared to be arrested and informed of the consquences of any arrest or subsequent charges.

People have serenaded as the arrests go on….

Action AWE activists and supporters are looking forward to carrying out a wide range of actions and events at AWE and helping others to get involved. From silent religious vigils to wacky innovative and colourful protests and reports that all gateways have been blockaded.Here’s a list of ideas for actions for starters.

• Vigils - all kinds from silent to noisy, daytime to overnight, candle-lit ….
• Demos - at gates or around the sites
• Decorating the fence - by weaving, attaching objects, cutting, spray painting, climbing
• Blockading - by standing, sitting, dancing, singing, with your pets (dogs, horses, sheep), dumping objects like straw bales, or settees, locking on with tubes, cars, caravans, bikes
• Painting and decorating roads and road signs to show where is war is being planned
• Performing at demos or blockades or in the 3 nearby towns with dance, yoga, meditation, art, street theatre ….
• Go-slows with bikes or vehicles on roads and around the rooundabouts
• Marches with street bands, singers, dancers from towns to sites adn around them
• Hands linked around and from site to site
• People patterns - in CND or radiation signs, lying down or standing
• Support flags fl;ying in and around the sites
• Leafletting and letter writing around the actions

For more information about non-arrestable protest, visit our Protest without arrest page.

Direct Action tactics people have used in protest in the past are on our Direct Action ideas page and a selection of Direct Action handbooks for all, written by experienced campaigners can be found on the Action guides & handbooks page.

Past protests at AWE

Some choose to protest quietly……..

Some choose to make a noise….

And some choose to block the road….

Whatever you choose to do let us know.Send your reports and pics to admin@actionawe or post your own news reports on this site