Action AWE is supporting Picat - the new citizens challenge to UK’s nuclear weapons. Please read the details and press release below and join us if you can! A letter from Angie Zelter, co-organiser of The Picat Project: You can take the Secretary of State for Defence to Court 1 October, 2015 Trident Ploughshares has today, 1st October 2015, launched a project to encourage groups around England and Wales to go to their local magistrates…

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Our last newsletter of 2014 is packed full of plans and dates for your diary – get ready to Wrap Up Parliament; Lockdown Burghfield; and Act Speak Vote and Disarm the UK. We’re also supporting book launches, and we have good news from the Marshal Islands… A World in Chains In November we’re launching the book World In Chains - you still have time to put the Oxford launch on 19 November in your diaries.…

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In this Action AWE newsletter: Wool Against Weapons Act, Speak, Vote > Disarm! World in Chains book launch We’ve had a busy time of it over the last few months, with several blockades of Burghfield AWE and of course the huge success of Wool Against Weapons – over the summer of 2014, thousands of people have demonstrated their commitment to opposing Trident replacement. But we’re not stopping here – there’s still a lot of work…

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Let’s Roll It Out on 9 August 2014 We’ve got less than 2 weeks to go and we’ve nearly reached the target of 7 miles of pink scarf! Knitters around the country are sewing pieces together and rolling up giant pinwheels of pink knitting, and we’re finalising plans for Nagasaki Day at Burghfield and Aldermaston AWE. The scarf rollout will follow a fast at Burghfield which all are invited to join, either at Burghfield or…

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Welcome to the summer – at last, to plans for action with Action AWE and our latest reports of exciting blockading, knitting and anti-arms campaigning action in Spring… Upcoming actions 1. Report the crime of nuclear weapons! Action overview, details & info here. When: 1-7 July 2014 Where: your local police station Resources, here. The next big action will be Reporting the Crime of Nuclear Weapons – at your local police station. In the first…

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“We have a window to act now. If we push on scrapping Trident now, we’ll win. With the confluence of the international movement to ban nuclear weapons, and UK popular opposition to spending money on illegal weapons during a time of austerity, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get rid of Britain’s nuclear-weapons of mass destruction.” - Dr. Rebecca Johnson, international anti-nuclear campaigner, Acronym Institute http://www.acronym.org.uk/ & ActionAWE actionawe.org Latest actions Action…

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