The construction gate at AWE Burghfield is blockaded this morning! Check out Put Down The Sword on Twitter for updates (@PutDownTheSword): https://twitter.com/PutDownTheSword?s=09
‘Wheel Stop Trident’ ride leaves London this morning The cyclists say cut Trident, not public services Ten cyclists will set off from London this morning, heading for the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) based at Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire. On their two-day trip, they will meet communities affected by government cuts and visit the offices of arms companies profiting from government subsidies. The cyclists will begin at 8.30am at the offices of arms giant Lockheed…
Two blockaders from Las Canarias Alternativa Antimilitarista.MOC were at Burghfield Lockdown, and they got lots of media attention for their actions! Read the reports below. Repercusión en prensa de la acción de bloqueo en la fábrica de armas nucleares de AWE Burghfield Resumen de prensa sobre la acción de bloqueo internacional en la fábrica de armas nucleares de AWE Burghfield: Naiz Berria Uriola La Ser: EL Drago La Provincia: Antimilitaristas del Archipiélago protestan contra una…
Protesters have unveiled a seven-mile “peace scarf” as part of a protest in Berkshire against replacing the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system. The scarf, which took thousands of hours to knit, was stretched from the Atomic Weapons Establishments in Aldermaston to Burghfield. It was created from hundreds of pieces of knitting made across the world and took about five hours to assemble. Campaigners have spent the past eight months making the scarf. Police closed several…
A seven-mile pink scarf knitted by over 5,000 people from around Britain and beyond has been unfurled between the Atomic Weapons Establishments (AWE) at Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire. The knitters are calling on Parliament not to renew the Trident nuclear weapons system when the decision comes up in 2016. The event is the latest demonstration against Trident at the AWE, the site of increasingly frequent protests as the general election approaches in May 2015.…
View and download this briefing as a pdf here Between 1 – 7 July, concerned citizens across the country will demand that law enforcers make sure that the various crimes - including crimes against humanity and war crimes-being planned and prepared for at Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston and AWE Burghfield in Berkshire are properly investigated by the police. On 8th February this year, over 50 people reported the crimes of AWE at Reading Police Station:…
Summary of Trident Crimes The threat or use of the nuclear warheads on the UK Trident weapon system that is currently deployed, is criminal under international law. The UK’s reliance on Trident in its military posture amounts to a criminal conspiracy to carry out war crimes and crimes against peace in contravention of international humanitarian law. International Law and Nuclear Weapons in General The July 8th 1996 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice…
Adapt the template below to use for your local action. Visit the websites of local radio stations and newspapers, or contact friends or contacts who have worked with the press in the past and ask them for contacts and email addresses. If you can, once you have sent the press release by email, follow it up with a phone call (phone numbers of local press are also usually available online). Have a copy of the…
Week of Action 1 – 7 July Between 1 – 7 July, concerned citizens across the country will demand that law enforcers make sure that the various crimes - including crimes against humanity and war crimes - being planned and prepared for at Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston and AWE Burghfield in Berkshire are properly investigated by the police. On 8th February this year, over 50 people reported the crimes of AWE at Reading Police…
To mark the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, Action AWE signed this statement: The latest world military expenditure figures show that spending is an enormous $1.75 trillion. One of the nations continuing to spend the most is the UK, which plans to spend £38 billion in 2014/15. This shows the backwards priorities of a government that is protecting its overblown military budget, at the same time as it is subjecting vital public services to drastic spending cuts.…
“Spending £100 billion on replacing Trident is a catastrophic folly. I’m sure I am one of many who support the those, like Action-AWE, who campaign actively and imaginatively against it”
– Ken Loach
WORLD IN CHAIINS
TRIDENT ON TRIAL
Nuclear weapons crime in the UK has been reported to Thames Valley Police.