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Welsh Dragon Blockade at Nuclear Weapons Factory

Welsh Dragon Blockade at Nuclear Weapons Factory

cnd cymru campaign for nuclear disarmament yr ymgyrch dros ddiarfogi niwclear t: 01239 85 11 88 e: [email protected] March 2nd 2015 Ban the Bomb-Makers! Gwahardd Adeiladwyr y Bom! CND Cymru activists from across Wales will be protesting at and blockading the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Burghfield from 7.00am on Monday March 2nd. In what they are calling the ‘Burghfield Lockdown’ and alongside others from across Britain, they will be calling for Trident nuclear weapons to…

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Blockade protest underway at AWE Burghfield this morning (Mon)

Blockade protest underway at AWE Burghfield this morning (Mon)

Reporter: Ellis Barker Newbury News Reporter Email: [email protected] Contact: 01635 886639 A PROTEST against the building of nuclear weapons is being staged at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Burghfield this morning (Monday). Around 15 people were lying in front of one of the Burghfield site’s two entrances by 5am this morning to prevent vehicles from entering, despite the protest not due to officially start until 7am. It has been organised by Action AWE, a…

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Video: Construction Gate at AWE Burghfield

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Post by Action AWE.

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French blockaders at North Gate

French blockaders at North Gate

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Road closed at south end of The Mearings.

Road closed at south end of The Mearings.

As part of Burghfield Lockdown 7 activists have locked on in the South Mearings approach to the Main Gate at AWE Burghfield. Locked on are Erica Wilson, 73, Wolverhampton. Morag Carmichael, 69, London, ANN Kobayashi and Zelda Jeffers from Basildon, all from Trident Ploughshares and 3 others. Show as slideshow            

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Finnish blockaders in place near Construction Gate

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Burghfield Lockdown has begun………

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First 5 blockaders from Bradford locked down at Construction Gate at 5.00am…..      

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Burghfield Lockdown: 25 European Activists Questioned under Schedule 7 Terrorism Act 2000 in Calais

25 international peace activists from Finland, Sweden, and Belgium travelling on a coach from Finland to Burghfield in Berkshire to take part in the Burghfield Lockdown blockade planned for Monday 2 March were stopped and searched under Schedule 7 Terrorism Act by British anti-terror police in Calais on 28 February 2015. The pacifists from groups including the Union of Conscientious Objectors Finland (AKL), ofog in Sweden and Agir pour la Paix in Belgium are part…

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AWE neighbour notification of planned protest activity

As part of AWE’s commitment to be a good neighbour we wanted to notify local residents about planned anti-nuclear protest activity planned in March 2015. The protest group ‘Action AWE’ has said that it intends to ‘lockdown Burghfield’ on 2nd March, with protest activity expected from early morning. There is also the possibility of further unplanned protest action during the rest of March at both the AWE Aldermaston and Burghfield sites. We are expecting all the activity to…

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BURGHFIELD… BRACE YOURSELVES…2nd March!

BURGHFIELD… BRACE YOURSELVES…2nd March!

  Report from Village Eye Magazine on-line. BY HELLEN · FEBRUARY 23, 2015 NEWS A major blockade of AWE Burghfield – Burghfield Lockdown! – will start on Monday 2nd March 2015 at 7.00am. The event will be open ended as it launches a month of sustained daily action at the AWE’s Burghfield site in the lead up to the UK 2015 General Election. Please circulate this announcement and please come! Full details with briefing, maps,…

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Ken Loach

“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

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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