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Scrap Trident! Let Scotland lead the way to a nuclear free world!

by Leonna O'Neill | Comment | February 2013

On 15 April, hundreds (maybe thousands!) will descend on the Faslane naval base, home to Trident, in a mass display of nonviolent direct action.

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Action Atomic Weapons Eradication! Now!

by Clare Cochrane | Feature | February 2013

At last Trident is on its way out. After 19 years of service, the Vanguard class nuclear-powered submarines that carry the 58 Trident II missiles designed to deliver more than 180 thermonuclear warheads are ready for retirement. 

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French nuke scene

by Member of Haringey CND and of the Mouvement pour une Alternative non-violente. | Feature | October 2012

A survey of current French campaigns against nuclear weapons.

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Nearly the end of the world

by Milan Rai and Emily Johns | Feature | October 2012

Secrets of the Cuban missile crisis, 50 years on

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Trip to Faslane Peace Camp February 2013

by Natalia Grana | Blog entry | 19 April, 2013

Report back from Natalia Grana’s recent trip to the Faslane Peace Camp

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Scotland says: Scrap Trident!

by Leonna O'Neill | News | April 2013

Last week a public poll found that four out of five Scots want to see the Trident nuclear weapons system removed from Scotland. It is hardly surprising that support for the Scrap Trident weekend of protest and action on 13-15 April is mounting at a phenomenal rate.

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Re-entering Faslane

by PN | News in Brief | March 2013

On 3 February, long-term peace activists Sylvia Boyes and Mary Millington were arrested attempting to enter the Faslane nuclear submarine base one week after David Cameron ...

Aldermaston Women

by AWPC | Feature | February 2013

An update on the long-running peace camp at the Atomic Weapons Establishment

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Women for Life on Earth

by PN | Feature | February 2013

From Cardiff to Greenham Common

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Three US ‘saboteurs’

by PN | News in Brief | February 2013

On 4 December, three US peace activists, including an 82-year old nun, sister Megan Rice, were charged with injuring national defence premises, a crime under the US Sabotage Act with a maximum sent ...