tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35103500802801217162011-10-04T09:22:55.916+01:00Blockading AldermastonBecause disarmament begins at home... Help us stop the next generation of nuclear weapons!dvnoreply@blogger.comBlogger451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-42638980644746569882010-11-09T06:36:00.003Z2010-11-09T15:22:49.656ZAldermaston lead operator to run UK 2011 CensusUS-based arms giant Lockheed Martin is the lead partner in AWE ML, the private consortium which operates the Atomic Weapons Establishment sites at Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire, England on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence [1]. In addition to the nuclear warheads, Lockheed Martin manufactures the Trident missiles themselves, which the UK leases from the US.
But Lockheed Martin has dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-85903718218513984852010-02-19T01:16:00.009Z2010-03-24T12:06:10.057ZMore blockade photos and videos.......................................................................Blockade at Main Gate (Credit: D. Viesnik)
VIDEO
*NEW* Great 5 min video of the blockade by Bombspotting
Aldermaston Video Sound Bites from Nuclear Information Service (on Facebook)
PHOTOS
- Women's Gate pics by Cynthia Cockburn (Picasa)
- By D. Viesnik (over 200 images) (Picasa)
- CND photostream (Flickr - contributed)
- dvnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-91947630953321392242010-02-18T19:28:00.000Z2010-02-18T19:56:27.903ZArrests Update from Thames Valley PoliceFrom Thames Valley Police website:
Protest – AWE Aldermaston – arrests update
Tuesday 16 February 2010, 12:07pm
Thames Valley Police can confirm that 26 arrests were made at yesterday’s protest at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Aldermaston.
Five people were arrested for gaining entry to a secure site and the remaining 21 were for obstruction of the highway.
Eleven people have dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-20449579249069783432010-02-18T17:14:00.003Z2010-02-18T17:18:36.017ZArticle in The FriendFrom The Friend:
Friends turn out in peaceful Aldermaston blockade
17 02 2010 | by Symon Hill
Symon Hill reports on the campaign against renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system
Protestors blockade entrances and exits to the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston on Monday. | Photo: CND CC:BY.
Hundreds of campaigners brought the gates of the Atomic Weapons Establishmentdvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-5715541896320572492010-02-17T21:21:00.003Z2010-02-17T21:23:25.458ZCND Cymru (Wales) appraisal of the blockade................................................................Source: http://www.cndcymru.org/february-15th-2010-aldermaston-wales
Aldermaston AWE Blockade February 15th 2010
On February 15th about 30 Welsh protestors including CND Cymru Chair Jill Evans MEP joined the hundreds blockading the nuclear weapons factory at Aldermaston, England. We had been allocated the Aldermaston AWE dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-6077251985330827832010-02-17T19:45:00.000Z2010-02-17T19:45:27.262ZWomen's Gate Press Release15 FEBRUARY 2010
Women’s Successful Blockade at Nuclear Weapons Factory
Today forty women successfully blockaded one of the main gates of the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston. Vehicles of base employees and police were prevented from entering or leaving the gate from 7 am till 10 am. Our non-violent act of peaceful protest was part of a blockade of all seven gates of this nuclear dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-4381380828381704662010-02-15T09:50:00.006Z2010-02-17T19:55:43.575ZPress release
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Hundreds blockade nuclear bomb factory Campaigners call for disarmament of Trident and abolition of nuclear weaponsImage credit: D.nickleberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13646341305720863750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-84533379360256664902010-02-13T08:00:00.000Z2010-02-12T21:40:01.595ZEmail in your blockade photos!Send your photos for instant publication during the blockade to:awe [at] cnduk.org
Any mobile phone that can send photo attachments by email can submit images, or you can email them in afterwards from a computer.
Your pictures will be published automatically here, on the CND website and other places.
The subject line of your email will be used as the image title and any text in your email will dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-26154961341096550672010-02-12T10:21:00.003Z2010-02-12T10:25:25.206ZPress ReleaseTrident Ploughshares Press Release12 February, 2010
For immediate release
Nuclear bomb opponents gear up for direct action as new warhead facility gets green light
Campaigners from Trident Ploughshares [1] have slammed the approval of a new enriched uranium facility, saying it gives added justification to their blockade of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston, Berkshire next weekdvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-61244632157858537932010-02-08T10:50:00.009Z2010-02-13T00:09:17.052ZPress ReleaseTrident Ploughshares Press Release - Monday 8 February, 2010 Aldermaston Big Blockade – 15 February, 2010 Campaigners to shut down nuclear bomb factory as they call for disarmament of Trident and abolition of nuclear weapons On Monday 15 February, from 7am, hundreds of campaigners from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and other countries will block dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-21497594599334328462010-02-07T21:31:00.000Z2010-02-11T08:15:31.239ZDemo against planned new enriched uranium facility on WednesdayFrom Stop Pegasus: Big demo at West Berkshire planning committee meeting on Wednesday (10th) February: 6pm, Calcot Centre, Highview (off Royal Avenue), Calcot RG31 4XD - join us!
Calcot is just to the west of Reading, just off the M4.
The nearest train station seems to be Theale.
Map: http://tinyurl.com/CalcotMap
dvnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-68035736781320792702010-01-19T13:48:00.014Z2010-02-17T19:58:37.414ZTraining, transport and accommodation for the blockade
Practical information to help you prepare for the blockade.
Training Workshops
The following upcoming workshops have been arranged to help prepare groups and individuals for the Aldermaston Blockade on Monday 15th February. If you would like to take part in one of the workshops, please get in touch with the contact person indicated.
England
Sat 23rd Jan, London - Friends House, 175 dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-57856046891152830312010-01-01T16:39:00.003Z2010-02-11T11:04:38.819ZNeuter the Nukes! - Aldermaston Blockade 2010
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*The deadline for objections to the application is *FRIDAY 15 JANUARY*
Guidelines for your objectiondvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-64024817489514611952009-11-21T11:30:00.002Z2010-02-17T19:57:57.483ZAldermaston Big Blockade - Monday 15 February, 2010Called by Trident Ploughshares and supported by CND and Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp(aign)
The Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston, Berkshire is in the process of spending billions of pounds of UK taxpayers' money building the facilities for a new generation of nuclear warheads. Britain's submarine-launched Trident nuclear missile system already endangers us all, encourages global dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-48795897865136503022009-11-13T12:31:00.010Z2010-02-11T10:27:05.026ZAldermaston blockaders acquitted!
Four people who took part in the Aldermaston Big Blockade on 27 October 2008 were found not guilty on Thursday (12 November, 2009) of obstructing the highway by a District Judge at Reading Magistrates' Court, Berkshire, south-east England.
District Judge Peter Dixon Crabtree OBE ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove that the defendants were in fact on a highway or obstructing a dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-7414461878332637452009-10-22T22:33:00.013+01:002010-02-11T10:26:41.023ZAldermaston five sought to halt “nuclear war crimes preparations”
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Trial at Reading Magistrates’ Court, Berkshire on Wednesday, 21st October and Thursday 22nd October 2009
While Barack Obama is being congratulated for receiving the Nobel peace prize, partly for his commitment to ‘a world without nuclear weapons’ (1), five people who protested at the gates of Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston, where the renewal of Britain’s nuclear weapons is beingdvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-41133492042343521182009-06-16T13:24:00.002+01:002010-02-11T10:49:26.325ZSecret blockade at Aldermaston disrupts nuclear bomb-makingReport by Angie Zelter, Trident Ploughshares
Monday 15 June, 2009 - It was a glorious morning as five separate groups made their way towards Aldermaston. At 6.30a.m., Trident Ploughshares (TP) affinity group the Muriel Lesters arrived at North Gate to find it had not been opened yet for the park and ride coaches so they further locked it with their own chains and some super-glue and arranged dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-48448941199438888982009-03-12T15:40:00.004Z2010-02-11T10:48:52.138ZFive women fined for blockading nuclear weapons factory
Trident Ploughshares Press Release
Defendants disappointed at failure of judge to uphold international law
(Photo: Campaigners outside Reading Magistrates' Court - Copyright D. Viesnik 2009)
The founder of Trident Ploughshares, Angie Zelter, from London, was one of five experienced female members of the group on trial at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 9 March 2009 for obstructing dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-39298210568254530892008-11-29T13:00:00.000Z2008-11-29T13:10:31.836ZNew Aldermaston Big Blockade web photo albums.Click here for public albums.See also album on Europe's Nuclear Heritage site.dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-8093781822046218032008-11-15T09:57:00.008Z2010-02-11T10:48:26.072Z“Guilty of trying to provide a better future for the world”Irene Willis appeared at West Berkshire Magistrates’ Court in Newbury on Friday 7 November 2008 to answer the charge of "wilfully obstructing a highway without lawful authority or excuse" at Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston, Berkshire, England on Monday 27 October, 2008 (during the Aldermaston Big Blockade).
Irene (left) with supporters outside the Court building.
In responsedvnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-49152473928945664472008-11-11T20:09:00.004Z2008-11-11T20:52:39.782ZBlockade makes front page of Peace NewsCongratulations again to everyone who came from far and wide to blockade Aldermaston and support in various ways. It was a really successful blockade, sending a very powerful message to the British Government and the international community. Good luck to everyone who is in court for defending your beliefs and trying to save lives - our thoughts are with you.The entire front page of this month's dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-42564003649608379592008-11-11T20:00:00.004Z2008-11-19T01:47:06.864ZBritish Government's AWE-ful lies continue (updated 11/11)http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/nov/04/houseofcommons-lordsYesterday in Parliament:"[Defence Secretary John] Hutton denied the atomic weapons establishment in Aldermaston was being used for the development of new nuclear weapons. But he said it was "vitally necessary" for Britain to maintain the "minimum nuclear deterrent"."This latest ministerial denial is at best exceedingly dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-31253262590514629162008-11-07T21:01:00.002Z2008-11-07T21:04:32.258ZNuclear weapons manufacturers urged to resign following university visitRepresentatives of the Atomic Weapons Establishment near Aldermaston in East Berkshire have met calls for their resignation after they visited the University of Birmingham to recruit students into the development and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction.Article continues heredvnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-10583330344108627912008-11-07T20:45:00.002Z2008-11-07T20:58:31.052ZMore Big Blockade footage available...on the Tamarians' blog .dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-12537364013016122522008-11-01T09:38:00.004Z2008-11-01T10:02:29.343ZFolk singer David Ferrard on the blockadeIt was great to have musicians David Ferrard, Seize the Day and Frankie Armstrong entertaining blockaders on Monday and keeping spirits high. David, who has performed many times at the gates of Faslane, travelled down to West Berkshire in the minibus from Scotland. He discusses his feelings about the day on his blog.dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-40056106743565024132008-10-30T18:48:00.004Z2008-10-30T18:55:14.123ZMore photos, courtesy of Roy St PierreFour pages of photos and notes from Monday's Big Blockade now up on Roy St Pierre's blog - check them out!dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-2420289240123054342008-10-30T18:42:00.016Z2008-11-29T13:20:37.818ZMedia coverage
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st2\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"lucida grande"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-alt:"Times New Roman"; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-53967827807479583232008-10-30T11:37:00.004Z2008-10-30T11:42:20.998ZKate Hudson, chair of CND on the Big BlockadeKate Hudson reflects on Monday's blockade:Oct 28, 2008Protesting at AldermastonMonday's peaceful blockade of Aldermaston's nuclear bomb factory was the biggest for a decade. Hundreds of protestors gathered from 5.30am to block the gates and halt work at the site, which is being prepared for the building of new nuclear bombs. We wanted to delay that building process and raise public awareness of dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-2676489329865258552008-10-28T23:49:00.006Z2008-10-30T10:53:37.883ZReport and footage courtesy of Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp-Click here for blockade report from Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp-Click here for video clip of tripod blockade.-dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-54422412386758304812008-10-28T23:46:00.004Z2008-11-11T20:49:37.833ZBlockade report by Ray Davies from CND Cymru (Wales)>The success of the blockade of Aldermaston Weapons Establishment on October 27 2008 exceeded our wildest expectations. Sunday was spent in nonviolent direct action training, where the emphasis was on no drugs, alcohol, no abuse of the police, no carrying of implements which could be construed as weapons, and show respect to everyone concerned. Amongst the 350 who turned up, there were many dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-55378501259187391822008-10-28T13:16:00.014Z2008-10-29T01:02:57.205ZLatest updateAll 33 people arrested on Monday were released by Monday evening. They had been held at police stations in Newbury, Loddon Valley (near Reading), Abingdon and Maidenhead. Some were ordered to pay a £30 fixed penalty, others were charged (generally with Highway Obstruction, but one Section 5 Public Order Act (for wearing an offensive T-shirt, apparently) and one Obstructing a police officer), dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-60662094071856359662008-10-28T12:30:00.006Z2008-10-30T10:55:33.687ZGuardian reporthttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/28/anti-nuclear-aldermaston-protest-disarmamentMore than 30 arrests at Aldermaston anti-nuclear protest Richard Norton-Taylor The Guardian Tuesday October 28 2008 More than 30 people were arrested yesterday during one of the biggest anti-nuclear protests at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston for 10 years. The gates of the site were dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-13022821274904117782008-10-28T12:26:00.006Z2008-10-30T10:55:08.030ZMorning Star front page
Hundreds blockade WMD base
(Monday 27 October 2008) by PAUL HASTE DEFIANT: Protesters barring the way into Aldermaston on Monday. dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-53157106659023506012008-10-28T08:20:00.008Z2008-11-26T00:44:28.824ZMore photosTripod blockade on A340 north of Home Office GateVeteran campaigner Pat Arrowsmith joins blockaders and citizens' WMD inspector at Tadley GateWMD inspector impeded from conducting essential work by fluoro-jacketed defenders of the military-industrial complex (on overtime payments).Shalom (peace). Christian Peacemaker Team 'angels' inseparable (literally: hands superglued together!)Japanese dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-50962092737612094172008-10-28T08:18:00.005Z2008-11-26T23:30:46.412ZMore photos from Tadley Gate blockadesAll images CopyLeft 2008 J. Saunderson(please credit any reuse).dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-48942451202828130402008-10-28T08:15:00.002Z2008-10-30T10:56:30.276ZJapanese message of support for Aldermaston Big BlockadeThe following message was sent by Dr Rebecca Johnson of the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy and one of the Faslane 365 organisers:Dear Big Blockaders,Below is a letter of solidarity from some Japanese activists that I had spoken to during my meetings in Hiroshima and Tokyo in August.As I'm in New York at UN meetings, I also have to wish you strength, nonviolent power, fun and dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-91382202082457937292008-10-27T14:00:00.003Z2008-10-29T00:13:03.980Z2pm updateAs we detail below, the blockade is well underway.Photo CopyLeft 2008 J. Saunderson (please credit any reuse)At 2pm the arrest count stands at 33, with those arrested taken to Newbury or Abdingdon. Nine people locked together with arm tubes managed to blockade the construction gate on the A340 for 5 hours; in the end they left over their own accord and were not arrested. A tripod was also erectednickleberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13646341305720863750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-82509344253239889822008-10-27T09:29:00.007Z2008-10-30T10:52:30.711ZThe blockade is underwayTrident Ploughshares Press Release27 October 2008 - For immediate releasePhotos: http://picasaweb.google.com/nucleardisarmA major blockade and protest is underway of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston near Reading to mark UN Disarmament Week [1]. The Aldermaston Big Blockade, organised by Trident Ploughshares [2] and supported by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) [3], nickleberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13646341305720863750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-10474481999136962462008-10-25T16:00:00.007+01:002008-10-30T10:52:03.031ZChristian CND overnight vigil and daytime processionhttp://ccnd.gn.apc.org/events.html
26 – 27 October: Bell, Book and Candle. CCND supporting Trident Ploughshares’ ‘Big Blockade’. There will be an all-night vigil on Sunday 26th October at Tadley Gate, from 9pm until 7am on Monday 27th October. At 7am there will be a procession round the base starting with a short liturgy. Bring bells, Scripture quotes on placards or dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-47530662786778317482008-10-23T07:44:00.014+01:002008-10-26T07:51:53.099ZLatest Press ReleaseCampaigners to blockade nuclear bomb factory to mark World Disarmament WeekTrident Ploughshares Press Release - 23 October 2008Trident Ploughshares [1] has called a major blockade of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston near Reading during UN World Disarmament Week [2], on Monday 27 October, from 6:30am. The Aldermaston Big Blockade is supported by the Campaign for Nuclear dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-16767929971206104392008-10-01T18:06:00.005+01:002008-10-23T07:47:21.386+01:00Aldermaston Big Blockade - Press ReleaseCampaigners to disrupt illegal work on weapons of mass destruction in Big Blockade of Britain’s nuclear bomb factory Trident Ploughshares [1] has called a major non-violent blockade of Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston, near Reading on Monday 27 October 2008 , from 6:30am. The event, which is supported by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) [2], Block the Builders [3] and dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-63515061176381022632008-09-12T12:00:00.001+01:002008-09-12T12:23:40.108+01:00Briefing pack now available onlineYou can now download the Aldermaston Big Blockade 2008 briefing pack as a pdf from the Trident Ploughshares website. We can also send you a copy by post.e-mail: blockawe[at]yahoo.co.uk (remove [at] and replace with @)tel: 0845 45 88 361 (or 07804 640 603)snail mail: Trident Ploughshares (ML), c/o 15 Zion House, Jubilee Street, London. E1 3EN(donations welcomed: please make cheques payable dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-83525115002839515852008-09-07T14:16:00.013+01:002008-09-23T22:39:20.216+01:00Aldermaston Big Blockade – Monday, October 27 2008Help disrupt illegal work on WMD at Britain’s nuclear bomb factory In 2006/7, Faslane 365 saw well over 1000 arrests during a year-long blockade of the Trident nuclear submarine base in Scotland. Last Easter, Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston saw its biggest demonstration in two decades as 5000 people surrounded the base to mark the 50th anniversary of the first London to dvnoreply@blogger.com0