[matilda] Blocking Britain's weapons of mass destruction - meeting and planning

[Jill]

The meeting is the Quaker Meeting house, St James, Sheffield, 7.30, 28th
February.

It's a chance to form a Sheffield/Yorkshire group to blockade Faslane for
a day as part of Faslane 365.  Hope loads of Matilda people will come....

Jill



Can't find where the meeting takes place ? Is it known yet ?
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>>Could youi distribute this info as widely as possible?
>>And please come to the meeting on 28 Feb - it should be inspiring!
>>(Leaflets attached - also summary copied below.)
>>
>>Many thanks,
>>Bob
>>
>>
>>The Background
>>All of Britain's nuclear weapons are currently based at Faslane on board
>> four Trident submarines. Together they have the destructive power of
>> 1,500 Hiroshimas.  The use of such weapons may seem unthinkable.  However
>> during the Iraq war Geoff Hoon said Trident could be used in attacks
>> against 'rogue states.'
>>Meanwhile the maintenance of the weapons impoverishes the NHS, schools,
>> universities and other vital services. It seems likely that the
>> government has already decided (in secret as in the past) to build a new
>> and even more dangerous nuclear weapons system at a cost of £20 billion.
>>Nuclear weapons pollute and degrade our spirit, our environment, our
>> economy, our international relations and undermine all our efforts to
>> create a fair and sustainable world.  They affect us all.
>>
>>The Campaign
>>Faslane 365 is an inspiring plan for a continuous peaceful blockade of
>> the Trident base at Faslane, near Glasgow. We are invited to form groups
>> that will maintain the blockade on a specific day from October 2006.
>> Support, local publicity etc., will be as important as physical
>> participation in the blockade.  The main demands are that Trident is to
>> be taken off patrol and a clear timetable for dismantling the UK's
>> nuclear weapons is to be made plus a commitment not to develop new
>> nuclear weapons.
>>
>>The Meeting
>>The meeting on February 28th is a chance for groups and individuals from
>> Yorkshire and Derbyshire to get involved.  Angie Zelter will present the
>> plan, there will be a video about a previous blockade at Faslane,
>> discussion, and tea and biscuits.
>>Angie is an inspirational and internationally renowned peace campaigner,
>> who has many years' experience of non-violent direct action.
>>Everyone is welcome!
>>
>>More information
>>01433 651328             www.faslane365.org
>>
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