Liverpool Anti-Nuclear Newswire Archive

28-04-2015 19:28 | 3 comments

Report & Pics: Anzac Day in Wales - Remembering a Pioneer for Peace

On Saturday 25 April, over 50 people came together in Llangollen, Wales, on the centenary of the first Gallipoli landings to celebrate the very long life of Elisabeth (Lib) Rowlands-Hughes, born at the end of WWI into a family missing most of its young men.

Lib firmly believed that the lesson of WWI, a war which claimed the lives of four of her uncles, should be NEVER AGAIN. As an early member of the Peace Pledge Union, Lib made the following vow:

I renounce war, and am therefore determined not to support any kind of war. I am also determined to work for the removal of all causes of war

and this is what she did for the rest of her life.

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21-04-2015 12:49

Event in Llangollen to remember lifelong peace activist Lib Rowlands-Hughes on centenary of Gallipoli landings (Anzac Day)

Saturday 25 April is Anzac Day, and on this centenary of the first Gallipoli landings special commemorations are planned in Australia, New Zealand and in London including government sponsored events designed to bolster support for today's wars rather than mourn the terrible losses in WWI and learn the obvious lessons.

Here in Wales, we have chosen this day to celebrate the life of the great peace campaigner Elisabeth (Lib) Rowlands-Hughes, born right at the end of WWI, who lost an uncle at Gallipoli and three more in WWI: near Gaza and in France: uncles she never knew but remembered all her life and whose deaths she described as "an utter, utter, utter waste." Lib, who died last November aged 96, would have appreciated an event for peace on this anniversary which she would have seen as an invitation not to glorify war but to reflect on its futility.
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08-10-2012 23:01

Photos from Census Resistance solidarity vigil at Liverpool court

Census refusers Andy Manifold and Sarah Ledsom were at Dale Street Magistrates Court in Liverpool today for their trials in connection with refusing to complete the 2011 Census on grounds of conscience. Neither trial reached a conclusion and further dates have been set.

Join anti-war/solidarity vigils outside the court again from 1pm on Friday 19 October (Andy) and Friday 23 November (Sarah). Read more >>

09-08-2012 17:29

Nagasaki anniversary, Census resistance and Lockheed Martin

The cases of two census resisters opposed to arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin's census involvement continued today in Liverpool with another pretrial hearing at Dale Street Magistrates Court. The hearing coincided with the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in which the company now known as Lockheed Martin made the planes that dropped the bombs.

17-01-2012 20:23 | 4 additions

Liverpool Census Refuser cases: two adjournments, one 'guilty' verdict

Some photos and a short report from today's census refuser court hearing and solidarity vigil in Liverpool.

Two cases adjourned pending the outcome of judicial review in the High Court. One defendant found guilty.
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16-01-2012 17:43

Important Update: Census Refuser Trials Tue/Wed this week in Liverpool

***IMPORTANT UPDATE***

Support still needed at court on Tuesday morning but two cases adjourned pending outcome of judicial review. Read more >>

09-12-2011 19:20

8 Dec. Census Refuser court hearing and Solidarity Demo: Report

Report from yesterday in Liverpool. See also: Photo report and link to BBC news item, Call-out, Call-out with downloadable flyer, Feature, Count Me Out website. Read more >>

08-12-2011 21:00 | 2 additions | 1 comment

Photos from Court: Census refuser cases, Liverpool

Here are some photos from the demo outside Dale Street Magistrates Court in Liverpool where a number of census refuser cases were dealt with this morning. We're aware of at least three defendants pleading not guilty today with their trials being set for 17 and 18 January back at this court (not at Crown Court as reported by the bbc). Full report to follow. Read more >>

08-12-2011 07:16

Liverpool - Census Refuser Solidarity Demo - Venue update

Solidarity demo with Census Refuser Sarah Ledsom at Liverpool Magistrates Court this morning from 9.30am. Demonstrate in support of Sarah, against corporate killers Lockheed Martin and the wars their weapons fuel.

PLEASE NOTE: The court has been telling journos that the case has been moved from Dale St to Victoria St Magistrates Court. Sarah has not been informed of this change, so we'll be at Dale St as planned. However, be prepared to walk round the corner to Victoria Street if you come along and we've gone. Read more >>

13-11-2011 23:19 | 1 comment

More photos from Friday's Census court hearing and Remembrance

Some photos and a short report from Wrexham, where anti-war and anti-Lockheed Martin conscientious census objector Judith Sambrook appeared in court on 11/11/11. Read more >>

01-10-2011 16:58 | 1 comment

Bridgwater marchers call for an end to nuclear power

Somerset marches against government plans for eight new nuclear powers stations
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07-08-2011 08:52

Palestine Day and Hiroshima Day in Chester

A Day for Palestine was held in Chester Town Hall Square on Saturday 6 August. Taking up most of the square, three large gazebos housed film screenings, an art display and a stall for Palestine as well as an anti-nuclear stall for Hiroshima Day and, for the hour or so I was there, the whole event was attracting lots of interest from both locals and tourists. Read more >>

04-08-2011 10:34

Campaigners welcome MOX nuclear fuel plant closure, call for end to reprocessing

Campaigners welcome MOX plant closure, call for end to reprocessing

Kick Nuclear - 4 August 2011

Kick Nuclear welcomes yesterday's announcement that the mixed oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication plant at Sellafield, Cumbria is to close, but demands an end to reprocessing and to highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel transports through London and across the country. Read more >>