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class=094495213-29092006>1 - people probably have this sorted for sheffield
- but I've sent this press release to our derbyshire press. (Such as it
is.) If anyone wanted to use it for sheffiled (I think it would be
really good to contact the star and telegraph and radio sheffield at least) -
would just need "derbyshire" replacing with sheffield and (preferably) the
contact numbers changing. (And I'm sure it could be imporved in loads of ways if
anyone had energy!!) But - as I say - this may well be covered - I'm just
being a bit forgetful about who's doing local press - but Ankie / Simon will
know.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=094495213-29092006>2 - On
the hiroshima peace flame - explained below - be great if people back home in
sheffield etc. wanted to burn it too.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=094495213-29092006>If
anyone wants to pcik it up (from grindleford) - contact me by email or phone
(07799 470898) before end of Monday .</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Press Release: Derbyshire people take
direct action against </B><st1:country-region><st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Britain</B></st1:place></st1:country-region><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">’s nuclear weapons.<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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</SPAN>Also lighting </B><st1:City><st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Hiroshima</B></st1:place></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Peace Flame at Faslane
base.<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">A group of people from
Derbyshire are going up to Faslane, near
<st1:City><st1:place>Glasgow</st1:place></st1:City> - the home of
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
submarine - based nuclear weapons, over 5th and 6th October.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They intend to blockade the
base, using non-violent direct action to prevent access to it.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Their belief is that it is
immoral and illegal, in international war to maintain weapons of mass
destruction. Since the government refuses to respect this, it is important
that people act to stop this irresponsible activity.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">The action will be part of
“Faslane 365”, an action to blockade the base continuously for 100 days.
Groups from all over
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region> will
be taking part.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">The group will also be taking
up the Hiroshima Peace Flame, to light and maintain outside the Faslane
nuclear weapons base.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">The
<st1:City><st1:place>Hiroshima</st1:place></st1:City> peace flame was
originally lit from the fire ignited by the <SPAN style="COLOR: black">atomic
bomb that was dropped on </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Hiroshima</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Originally, Mr. Tatsuo Yamamoto, who took it, regarded it with anger as
the fire which killed his uncle. However, his grandmother transferred it to
her Buddhist shrine, where it developed into a symbol of reconciliation, and
the transformation of war into peace. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The fire has been burning ever since as an
appeal from </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Hiroshima</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> and </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Nagasaki</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> in support of nuclear weapons abolition activities.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">We are taking it to Faslane,
and also burning it back home in Derbyshire, in the hope that the energy that
has gone into building
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
weapons of mass destruction will similarly be transformed to peaceful ends,
and that the nuclear weapons will be dismantled.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">For more information, Contact
Bob Banks - 07799 470898<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jill
Gibbon - 07891 380819<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p> </o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p> </o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">More about Faslane 365 - see also
www.faslane365.org/<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 8.4pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">50 different groups have now signed up to taking part in
Faslane 365, the year-long peaceful blockade of the Faslane nuclear submarine
base on the </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Clyde</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style="COLOR: black">,
starting </SPAN><st1:date Month="10" Day="1" Year="2006"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">October 1, 2006</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">. This civil resistance movement, launched at a
civic reception hosted by Edinburgh City Council on September 9, calls for
</SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Britain</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> to fulfil its treaty obligations and get rid of the
Trident nuclear weapons instead of replacing them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 8.4pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">The groups will each bring at least 100 people to
blockade and demonstrate at the Faslane nuclear base for up to two days at a
time. In preventing nuclear 'business as usual' these groups will also be
making connections with issues such as climate change, poverty and resource
allocation, to highlight the real, human security
priorities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 8.4pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">The list includes groups organised locally (Assynt,
</SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Glasgow</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">, </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Edinburgh</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">, </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">London</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">, Leicester, Sheffield etc), by political parties (SNP
and Greens), by organisations (CND, Quakers, Stop the War, etc.) and by groups
sharing a common interest or profession (Cyclists, Parliamentarians, Writers,
Health Professionals etc.). The blockades will be launched with on October 1
by women commemorating 25 years of Greenham.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 8.4pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">The government has put Trident back on the political
agenda, with its announcement of a decision in this Parliament on replacing
the </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">UK</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">'s nuclear weapons, at a likely cost of some 25 to 40
billion. With the strong opposition in
</SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Scotland</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> especially in mind, Faslane 365 aims to mobilise public
opinion and action to get rid of Trident and prevent any commitment to further
nuclear weapons. The strategy is to combine persistent, non-violent
opposition at the site of deployment with political pressure at every level.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 8.4pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">With these blockades, Faslane 365 plans to highlight the
political and financial costs of deploying Trident, while raising questions
about the relevance of any kind of nuclear weapons for our security in the
21st century.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">More about the
</B><st1:City><st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Hiroshima</B></st1:place></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Peace Flame:<o:p></o:p></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG>~ A story of a flame
of slaughter that became a light of Peace ~ </STRONG><o:p></o:p></P>
<P>The twentieth century saw decades of wars. What we have started is a
movement to change the flame of war into a “peace light” with a view to
spreading the “wish for peace” to all over the world.<SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black">In 1945 the fire from the atomic bomb that
was dropped on </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Hiroshima</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> was taken by Mr. Tatsuo Yamamoto. He then took
that flame back to his home in Hoshino village. His thought was “this
fire killed my uncle.” He directed his hatred toward the fire because it
slaughtered many citizens and the uncle he loved. “I want to show this
bloody fire to my grandmother.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black">However, when he showed her the fire, she
transferred it to the candle on the family’s Buddhist alter:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“To me it was a fire of hatred
of </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">America</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> but to my grandmother it was the fire of love for
her husband.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The fire of the atomic bomb illuminated
the uncle’s funeral and his grandmother kept the fire burning for twelve
years until she passed away. Seeing the way she cherished the fire
transformed Yamamoto’s own mind from hatred to love. He came to harbour
a sincere wish for peace. Later on, an editor happened to hear about the
fire and wrote a story about the “Love Fire” in a newspaper. Then in
1968, the fire was used to light a “Peace Tower Light” in Hoshino
village.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The fire has been burning ever since as an
appeal from </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Hiroshima</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> and </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Nagasaki</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> in support of nuclear weapons abolition
activities. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black">In 2002, a Japanese Buddhist nun, Jun
Yasuda, initiated the Hiroshima Flame Walk in the
</SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">US</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">. Her and walkers walked to different military
bases and other related sites of Bush’s Space Wars program. The walk
took the flame to Native American communities, the
</SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">US</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> military facilities and communities along the way
and shared the prayer for a peaceful world with thousands of people.
Around the same time, it came to
</SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Britain</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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