Oxford Faslane Newswire Archive

The legality of Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons was challenged in court last Friday in the trial of a peace activist from London.

PEACE campaigner Daniel Viesnik, 33, from north London questioned the legality of Trident nuclear weapons before Newbury Magistrates’ Court on Friday 7 March as he faced trial on the minor charge of obstructing the highway. The alleged offence involved a peaceful sit-down protest that took place on 27 July 2007 at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston [1] in Berkshire, in the southeast of England, where Britain’s nuclear warheads are manufactured. According to Mr Viesnik, the protest was a statement of his passionate opposition to nuclear weapons in general and to the British Government’s plans to replace or renew Trident. Read more >>

AN ELDERLY male councillor from south Wales received a two-year conditional discharge at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 11 December for a recent protest action at AWE Burghfield, a nuclear weapons facility in Berkshire, England [1].
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Anti-nuclear campaigners raise concerns as the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) site at Burghfield is granted planning permission for factory


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Activists from Faslane Peace Camp stopped a nuclear convoy near Balloch for half an hour whilst it was en route from RNAD Coulport to AWE Burghfield.
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Please write a letter / e-mail to oppose current and future generations of British nuclear weapons (sample letter provided) – DEADLINE FOR PLANNING OBJECTIONS: 9 NOVEMBER
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Insiders report that the Atomic Weapons Establishment has already commenced work on a successor warhead to Trident, despite there having been no parliamentary debate or vote on the matter.
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The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) and the Ministry of Defence have submitted a planning application for a new nuclear warhead component factory at the Burghfield site in Berkshire, yet the site has been struggling to remedy as many as 1,000 safety defects uncovered by the government's official nuclear watchdog. And it has only been allowed to remain open because the Ministry of Defence says the work it does is vital.
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On the eve of the MoD-sponsored DSEi arms fair in east London, there was one arrest at AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) Aldermaston in Berkshire, where supporters of the Block the Builders campaign had gathered on Monday morning.
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There will be a family blockade as part of the faslane 365 action on the 19th and 20th of May.The main blockade will be on the 20th of May Read more >>

A couple of photos from the Oxford Faslane 365 blockaders. Read more >>

Update from the intrepid Oxfordshire (and environs) blockaders! Read more >>

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This Sunday, benefit gig for the Oxfordshire Faslane 365 group's blockade at the end of the month. Ooo look, poster! Download and distribute where you live/work/drink/stick on your bedroom wall etc. Read more >>

Do you sing, dance, act, juggle, do stand-up comedy sketches, or basically love performing? Do you believe that the proposed new nuclear weapons programme should be scrapped? We're looking for acts for a fundraiser for the Oxfordshire Faslane group on the 11th March - and potential blocakders/supporters :)
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