Trident Ploughshares Blockades Aldermaston to Protest Nuclear Weapons Proliferation

Trident Ploughshares activists working with Bikes Block Bombs, Scrap Cars-Scrap Trident, Aldermaston Women, and Eastern-region CND have blockaded 4 gates at AWE Aldermaston today. They are protesting at the building of new nuclear weapons facilities and the lack of democratic accountability.

The surprise blockades have caused massive road blockages and construction vehicles have been prevented from getting into Aldermaston.

Four gates are being blockaded by activists locked on two concrete (Home Office gate), a caravan (Boilerhouse gate), cars (Tadley gate) or plain lock-ons.

Angie Zelter, one of the organisers of the blockade today, said, 'When our Government refuses to comply with the fundamental principles of law and undermines the whole Non-Proliferation process then it is up to us, ordinary people, to prevent 'business as usual' at Aldermaston. The blockades today are responsible nonviolent attempts to prevent nuclear state terrorism.'

Janet Kilburn of the Aldermaston Womens' Peace Camp, said, 'The government is due to take fundamental decisions on the replacement of Trident this autumn. They wanted to do it in secret, behind closed doors. Given the current economic situation, blowing £76bn on a useless weapon of mass destruction should surely be a matter for public scrutiny and debate. Our action today is part of the process of bringing this issue out into the open'.

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