Trident Ploughshares

Trident Ploughshares and Women in Black take their concerns about replacing Trident to Parliament

web@tridentploughshares.org — 2009-07-02T18:38:58Z

Trident Ploughshares activists working with Women in Black (London) joined together in a dignified and silent protest at the illegal and undemocratic decisions being made behind closed Government doors. Entering the lobby of the House of Commons at 2p.m. they stood displaying their t-shirts painted with their messages 'DISARM NUCLEAR WEAPONS NOW', 'SCRAP TRIDENT' and 'STOP TRIDENT REPLACEMENT' whilst waiting to lobby their MPs. The 15 protesters refused to move and were told that slogans (...)

Trident Ploughshares Blockade at Aldermaston on 15th June 2009

web@tridentploughshares.org — 2009-06-16T10:55:11Z

It was a glorious morning as 5 separate groups made their way towards Aldermaston. At 6.30a.m. the Muriel Lesters arrived at North Gate to find it had not been opened yet for the park and ride coaches so they further locked it with their own chains and some super-glue and arranged themselves as comfortably as possible in their lock-ons and hung their peace banners.
There were 5 of them locked on, including one in a wheel chair plus a lone supporter. A policeman soon arrived and asked them, (...)

Woman arrested at nuclear sub base talking to workers

web@tridentploughshares.org — 2009-05-28T10:32:34Z

Early this morning, one woman was arrested as Trident Ploughshares activists took their legal right to protest to the north gate of Faslane nuclear submarine base in western Scotland.
Their placards showed quotations from President Obama and Prime Minister Brown reacting to the recent underground nuclear weapons tests carried out by North Korea. The activists wanted the workers at Faslane to consider how their work compared to the activity in that country.
The UK government is preparing (...)

Campaigners visit nuclear bomb-makers in London

web@tridentploughshares.org — 2009-05-01T00:20:04Z

Six anti-nuclear campaigners from Trident Ploughshares affinity group the Muriel Lesters visited nuclear weapons profiteers Jacobs Engineering outside their Tower Bridge office in London earlier today.
The campaigners displayed a banner reading "Nuclear Bomb Makers" and various placards to the busy passing traffic and pedestrians and handed out leaflets to passers-by and users of the building, alerting them to the presence of nuclear proliferators in the capital and calling for the (...)

Campaigners call for immediate UK compliance with international law on nuclear weapons

web@tridentploughshares.org — 2009-04-29T04:01:09Z

Trident Ploughshares has written an open letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown reminding him of Britain's legal obligations to disarm its nuclear weapons, ahead of next month's Preparatory Committee in New York for the 2010 Review Conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The letter is additionally being sent to the Defence and Foreign Secretaries, and to the leaders of the major political parties in the UK.
Daniel Viesnik, a spokesperson for Trident Ploughshares and one of the (...)

Six Britons Join Two Hundred Strong Blockade of NATO Summit in Strasbourg

web@tridentploughshares.org — 2009-04-04T04:00:00Z

Six British members and supporters of anti-nuclear campaign group Trident Ploughshares joined over two hundred protesters from a dozen countries in the five-hour NATO-ZU / Shut down NATO nonviolent blockade of NATO's 60th anniversary conference this morning [see note 1]. The activists blocked a main road into the red zone around the conference centre where NATO is meeting. There were no arrests. At the same time, other groups of five hundred and seven hundred activists blocked other main (...)

NATO to be targeted in France by TP activists

web@tridentploughshares.org — 2009-04-01T18:54:45Z

Five members of British anti-nuclear campaign group Trident Ploughshares will join peace activists travelling to Strasbourg this week from the UK to take part in international protests during NATO's 60th anniversary conference.
See some photo's here.
The campaigners plan to join thousands of European activists taking part in the NATO-ZU / Shut down NATO nonviolent civil disobedience actions [see note 2].
Trident Ploughshares opposes NATO for the following reasons:
NATO is today a (...)

Women fined for blockading nuclear weapons factory

web@tridentploughshares.org — 2009-03-11T23:17:44Z

The founder of Trident Ploughshares, Angie Zelter, from London, was one of five experienced female members of the group on trial at Reading Magistrates' Court on Monday, 9 March 2009 for obstructing the highway during last October's Big Blockade of the Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Berkshire, England.
The other defendants were Ms Zelter's daughter, Zina Zelter, from Leicester, Emma Bateman, from Leicester, Joan Meredith, from Cheshire and Marlene Yeo, from (...)

Conference on Trident and International Law: Scotland's Obligations

web@tridentploughshares.org — 2009-02-12T00:12:00Z

Trident Ploughshares was one of three organisations that planned and organised the successful Trident and International Law: Scotland's Obligations Conference held in Edinburgh on 3rd February. Around 45 lawyers, MSPs, civil servants and peace activists attended the conference to learn and exchange ideas about international law and Trident from an International and Scottish perspective.
The keynote speaker, Judge Weeramantry, was excellent, giving a humane and clear overview of (...)