Press Releases & Updates 2006
9th August 2006
Activists Paint Peace Words On Nagaski Day
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The Trident Ploughshares campaign to expose the reality of Britain’s nuclear weapons continued tonight as two activists painted peace slogans on the roadside walls of a railway bridge close to the main entrance of Faslane Naval Base.
Barbara Dowling (61), a retired local government officer from Glasgow and Morag Balfour (33) a member of the Iona Community and co-chair of the Scottish Socialist Party marked Nagasaki Day by spray painting slogans including "No nukes - not now - not ever" "No Trident -not today - not ever" and "Trident is terrorism". They were charged with malicious mischief.
On Monday night Barbara and Morag were arrested after painting another railway bridge on MoD land.
Barbara said "Today we are remembering one of the worst ever acts of terrorism when 70,000 people lost their lives at Nagasaki. Britain’s nuclear weapon, Trident, based here in Scotland, have the potential for even greater terror."
Last updated: 31st August 2006
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