Berkshire: Anti-nuclear campaigners protest at AWE Burghfield

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Berkshire: Anti-nuclear campaigners protest at AWE Burghfield

News Vetted story LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN - 02 MARCH 2015

Anti-nuclear campaigners descended on AWE Burghfield, Berkshire on March 2, 2015 to protest against Government proposals to spend £100bn on the new Trident missile programme.

AWE Berkshire is a former munitions factory, responsible for making warheads used in the nuclear weapons system carried by Royal Navy submarines.

The “Burghfield Lockdown” protest was organised by Action AWE, who are campaigning for the British government to join other UN nations in negotiating an international nuclear ban treaty.

Source: http://www.newzulu.com/en/photos/news/2015-03-02/10990/berkshire-anti-nuclear-campaigners-protest-at.html#f=0/139428

John Hurt

".....the government has pledged to rebuild a new generation of British nuclear weapons at enormous cost and at a time when social services budgets including those for health and education are being drastically cut. Having nuclear weapons doesn't make us safer, it just brings the possibility of nuclear conflict ever closer. We need to protect this planet not put it at even more risk of destruction. We all have a voice so please use yours and join me in supporting ACTION AWE." John Hurt

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