Blog: Peace

Faslane 365 - the big blockade

Posted by Paula - 2 October 2007 at 9:39am - Comments

Protest at the North Gate, Faslane Naval Base, October 2 2007

Faslane 365 is a one year continuous peaceful blockade of the Trident base at Faslane from 1st October 2006, ending with a Big Blockade on 1st October 2007.

So where to start? At the very beginning...a very good place to start. Or the end? Having just sung "So long Farewell" as we processed out of the final Faslane 365 circle, the Sound of Music is still ringing in my ears.

3.30pm: 100 or so people, encircled by the police, in the space in front of North gate, had been given permission to have a closing ceremony. We were invited to join hands and take a minute to look at each other and acknowledge our presence, diversity and strength.

Article tagged as: faslane, peace, trident

Greenpeace videos on Youtube

Posted by jossc - 24 July 2007 at 11:02am - Comments

Greenpeace UK YouTube screenshot

For me one of the coolest things about our new-look site is that we're carrying a lot more streaming video courtesy of the good folks at YouTube. But did you know that we now have our own YouTube Greenpeace UK Video Channel?

Article tagged as: animations, climate change, forests, GM, nuclear, oceans, peace, toxics, what you can do, youtube

Too hot to handle: the future of civil nuclear power

Posted by bex - 6 July 2007 at 3:01pm - Comments

We've been arguing for a long time that nuclear power can't stop climate change - because replacing our whole fleet of nuclear power stations would only reduce our carbon emissions by four per cent, some time after 2024 (far too little, far too late).

The Oxford Research Group has just published an interesting study on the subject. It says that, for nuclear power to make any significant contribution to a reduction in global carbon emissions in the next two generations, the industry would have to construct nearly 3,000 new reactors globally - about one a week for 60 years.

Article tagged as: climate change, david howarth, nuclear power, oxford research group, peace, proliferation, reports, terrorism

The Trident tour finishes

Posted by bex - 16 March 2007 at 12:27pm - Comments

Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog


Sunrise over The Sunrise

Sunrise over The Sunrise
© Greenpeace/Sumner

Blimey. I’m not sure how time has slipped past so fast but, after a five week frenzy of Faslane blockading, crane climbing, arrests, solitary confinement, losing the ship, getting it back again, bearing witness, gigs, press conferences, political events, rallies and general sleep deprivation, the Trident: we don’t buy it tour has just come to an end.

The Arctic Sunrise set sail for Scandinavia a couple of hours ago, cheered on from the quayside by a smattering of exhausted Greenpeace folk and watched by the police boat that inevitably appears every time the ship moves.

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, disarmament, london, nuclear non-proliferation treaty, nuclear weapons, parliament, peace, ships, trident, trident tour

Two days at Westminster

Posted by lisa - 15 March 2007 at 1:41pm - Comments

Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog


Vivienne Westwood leafletting outside parliament
© Greenpeace/Vickers

Occasionally I wandered over to the bridge to see how the climbers were doing up the crane. At one point, a police van arrived and several men in bullet proof vests jumped out and scaled the fence on the side of the bridge. One of them told me he was glad this was happening because "it shows that people still care about the world" - then he grinned and said "but don't quote me on that!". He didn't have any idea I was with Greenpeace - he he.

Article tagged as: disarmament, government, nuclear, nuclear weapons, peace, trident, trident tour

Tony wears his heart on his sleeve, and it looks like he'll get his WMD

Posted by tracy - 14 March 2007 at 9:52pm - Comments

Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog

Tony Loves WMD

It's been a long day, so excuse the lame rhyme (above), I just couldn't stop myself. It's not that I'm giddy with excitement, it's all been rather anti-climatic really. We didn't expect the vote would be defeated, so there was no surprise when Blair got his way and the vote to replace Trident went through. Tony gets to go ahead and build his new weapon of mass destruction – the Blair Bomb, his legacy. But only because of help from the Tories. That some how feels hollow too. So I look elsewhere for inspiration.

“It’s not the end of the story by any means,” said Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn immediately following the vote. “This is a very big rebellion.”

Article tagged as: disarmament, london, nuclear non-proliferation treaty, nuclear weapons, parliament, peace, trident, trident tour

Last minute lobby

Posted by tracy - 14 March 2007 at 8:13pm - Comments

Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog

The government will be voting to build a new nuclear bomb today. Our climbers spent a cold night up the crane outside Big Ben, but they are still there trying to reach MPs as the arrive with their banner "Tony loves WMD".

There is already a massive police presence outside parliament and inside the corriors of power we're lobbying MPs to say no to new nuclear weapons. Throughout the day different groups will stage their own protests; CND, Faslane 365, Block the Builders, Rethink Trident and many more. Here are the first images back from the Rethink Trident Mps breakfast with Viven Westwood, Bianca Jagger and Annie Lennox.

You can join the rally at Parliament Square from 1pm to show your opposition to Trident. And send us your photos of the day at greenpeace@moblg.net

 

lobby-viven.jpg Vivienne Westwood outside the Houses of Parliament this morning lobbying MPs to vote against Trident. lobby-viven-jon.jpg Vivienne with Jon Trickett MP who sponsored the hugely important cross-party amendment to delay the decision on Trident.
lobby-annie-lennox.jpg Annie Lennox at the Rethink Trident group lobby at parliment this morning. lobby-bianca.jpg Bianca Jagger with Joan Ruddoch at the Rethink Trident group lobby
Article tagged as: disarmament, london, nuclear non-proliferation treaty, nuclear weapons, parliament, peace, trident, trident tour

Critical mass at Parliament Square

Posted by tracy - 14 March 2007 at 7:43pm - Comments

Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog

Some of our ship's crew and volunteers joined in the Critical Mass ride at Parliament Square as part of the protests.

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Article tagged as: critical mass, disarmament, london, nuclear non-proliferation treaty, nuclear weapons, parliament, peace, protests, trident, trident tour

Come down to Parliament Square for the rally

Posted by tracy - 14 March 2007 at 5:37pm - Comments

Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog

The rally in Parliament Square to show opposition to Trident will be on from 6 to 8pm - we're expecting the vote during that time.

Article tagged as: disarmament, london, nuclear non-proliferation treaty, nuclear weapons, parliament, peace, trident, trident tour
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