Press Releases & Updates 2000

Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas, who was arrested along with 184 others at the Trident Ploughshares/Scottish CND blockade of Faslane naval base in Scotland in February this year, will join the protest march on Sunday. She said:

"The continuing production of nuclear warheads at Aldermaston is contrary to international law, and must stop. The Cold War may be over, but there are still more than 30,000 nuclear warheads around the world, enough to destroy it many times over - and the development of new weapons continues. I’m proud to be joining people from all over the country on another historic march to Aldermaston. Britain can never be safe until these horrific weapons of war have been removed from our country."

Monica Huggett, one of the foremost baroque violinists of our time and Professor of Baroque Violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London, will give a concert with her four colleagues in the baroque ensemble "Sonnerie" at AWE Aldermaston on Saturday 20th May before joining the blockade of the site on Monday 22nd May with fellow musician Emilia Benjamin. Both have indicated their willingness to risk arrest.

Note:

There will be a protest march of about 5 miles starting at the Savercenter at Junction 12 on the M4 to Aldermaston at 1 p.m. on Sunday 21st May. "Velvet Fist" will greet the marchers with song when they arrive at Falcon Gate. For information on the precise location of the Sonnerie concert on Saturday 20th call the campsite number from Friday 19th May.

Printer friendly version

Home | Top