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Press Releases & Updates 2001
19th October 2001
School Students Join Faslane Blockade
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Five secondary schools pupils from the west of Scotland will be among the
many young people blockading Faslane naval base on Monday, in an event
characterised by a huge diversity of age, background and nationality.
The students, mainly from the Cardonald and Paisley areas in Scotland, have
indicated that they are willing to risk arrest. Chloe McCormack (16), from
Cardonald said: "Sometimes young people are stereotyped as irresponsible
but we care as much about the future of our world as older people do. We
will do what we can to get rid of Trident." Joining her will be Jack Archer
(17), Elizabeth Watson (16), Debbie Henderson (16) and Lisa Ball (15).
UK nationals will be joined on Monday by people of Dutch, Belgian, Irish
and Finish nationality. Explaining why Faslane is such an important focus
for people outwith the UK, Pol D’Huyvetter, of the Belgium - based For
Mother Earth campaign said: "The Western nations have announced a war
against global terror but most people worldwide feel they have been
hostages to nuclear terror for a very long time. The heightened tensions in
these days, especially over Pakistan and India, means that worldwide
nuclear disarmament is a top priority. The arsenals of the nuclear weapon
states, including the UK, threaten us all."
Among those present on Monday will be at least six MSPs, Christine Grahame,
Sandra White, Dorothy-Grace Elder, Adam Ingram, Lloyd Quinan and Tommy
Sheridan, the last two named having clearly indicated that they will risk
arrest.
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