Oxford Anti-militarism Newswire Archive

The view from Construction Gate: more pictures of the demo at AWE Aldermaston. Read more >>

Maya Anne Evans and Milan Rai are trying to walk non stop (with naps) from Aldermaston to London (55 miles) Read more >>

Make a space in your busy schedules for the evening of 24th March, as activists from Brighton’s anti-arms trade campaign, Smash EDO, are coming to Oxford for a soiree of film and discussion. Read more >>

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 >>

Brian Haw, the peace activist who has been camped at parliament square for the last 6 years, has walked to Oxford for a historic debate at the Oxford Union whether it is right to fight for Queen and country. Read more >>

Smash EDO on tour Read more >>

fresh from their controversial "freedom of speech" debate, when they invited a holocaust denier and a bnp leader, those pesky students have thought up another wheeze Read more >>

"A country that hides something is a country that's afraid of getting caught."
George W Bush 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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NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
Don’t Attack Iran!
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As part of an ongoing expression of solidarity with the people of Burma, Saturday 17 December witnessed a march of 200 people through Oxford Read more >>

Anti-nuclear campaigners raise concerns as the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) site at Burghfield is granted planning permission for factory


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A report by the independent research group Nuclear Information Service (NIS), released the same week that Britain’s nuclear bomb factory at Aldermaston prepares for a major test of its emergency procedures, highlights a series of flaws in previous emergency exercises at the site which the authors believe would leave members of the public and personnel working at the site at risk in the event of an accident.
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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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DEADLINE for planning objections to new warhead components facility at Atomic Weapons Establishment Burghfield, Berkshire is **FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER**. Please don't miss this opportunity to put a spanner in the works of Britain's WMD renewal programme (sample email/letter provided).
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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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An article exposing the UK Government's collusion with Indonesia in stopping the people of West Papua from voting for freedom from Indonesian colonial rule Read more >>

More than 70 local people gather for protest and cakes at RAF Croughton, the US military listening base, just outside Oxford. Read more >>

A brief explanation of some of the situation in Burma and a report on the demonstration in Oxford which took place on the 6th of October, 2007. Read more >>

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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