Press Releases & Updates 2005
4th July 2005
Peaceful Protesters Block all Gates at British WMD Base
10.30am
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Hundreds of peaceful protesters have this morning blocked all the vehicle entrances to the British nuclear weapons base at Faslane on the Clyde.
The activists are sitting or lying in the gateways and some are “locked-on” to each other with arms linked through plastic or metal tubes. Among those blockading are a group of parliamentarians, including Green MEP Caroline Lucas and Scottish Socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan.
The atmosphere is peaceful and relaxed. One protester has been arrested inside the base after scaling a perimeter fence at the base.
The blockade has been planned to co-incide with the G8 summit to highlight the links between poverty and war, militarism and destructive globalisation.
The Faslane base is home to Britain’s four Trident nuclear weapon submarines.
A Faslane G8 spokesperson said:
“How can anyone take seriously a government promise to share in the alleviation of poverty worldwide when that same government indulges in illegal wars, deploys genocidal weapon systems and profits from a vicious trade in arms.”
Last updated: 4th July 2005
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