Last night, anti-nuclear campaigners established the Trident Ploughshares/Action AWE Disarmement Camp just outside AWE Burghfield. So far, the atmosphere is relaxed and peaceful, but police have for now blocked off car access at both ends of The Mearings. The address…
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Action AWE and Trident Ploughshares establish AWE Burghfield Summer Disarmament Camp outside AWE Burghfield on MoD land
At 2am on Sunday, 25 August 2013, more than 20 anti-nuclear campaigners set up camp at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Burghfield, Berkshire, for a fortnight of activities including a blockade of the nuclear bomb factory on 2 September.…
Singing against Trident at the Burghfield Disarmament Camp 2013
Action AWE Call-Out – for 26th August 2013
Action AWE is a campaign mobilising and making visible mass public opposition to Trident replacement, through action and events at AWE Aldermaston, AWE Burghfield & in the nearby towns of Reading, Newbury and Basingstoke. YOU ARE NEEDED! Please come…
Closure of Burghfield Road Canal Bridge
Burghfield Road Canal Bridge (situated between Reading and AWE Burghfield) will be closed from Tuesday 27 until Friday 30 August 2013 between 9.30am and 4.00pm each day. There may also be a closure on Saturday 31 August 2013. This is…
Diary of a Peace Faster
Two members of Trident Ploughshares (Angie Zelter and Julia Mercer) took part in a fast at AWE Burghfield from Hiroshima to Nagasaki day as part of the Action AWE campaign. They were able to camp right outside the main gate…