12 February 2007 — Fantastic February Blockade at AWE Aldermaston

12 Feb­ru­ary 2007
Fan­tas­tic Feb­ru­ary Block­ade at AWE Alder­mas­ton
From 7 am at Tadley gate

Meet up the night before for con­spir­a­cy and prac­tice

Block the Builders are call­ing for spe­cial efforts for this last
announced block­ade before the vote on Tri­dent replace­ment

Par­lia­ment will vote on Tri­dent replace­ment with­in weeks. The gov­ern­ment
are propos­ing a long term pol­i­cy in favour of new nuclear weapons and
against
dis­ar­ma­ment. Now is the time to show your oppo­si­tion to British weapons
of mass destruc­tion in a prac­ti­cal and vis­i­ble way.

If Par­lia­ment vote to replace Tri­dent in March it will be an uphill
strug­gle for decades to come, so it is vital that we exert pres­sure now
to influ­ence the
debate. This means not just tak­ing action, but also let­ting peo­ple know
— local groups, local media and your local MPs as they are the ones who will
be vot­ing.

At Alder­mas­ton new facil­i­ties to devel­op the replace­ment for Tri­dent are
already being built. Block the Builders are call­ing for all build­ing work to
stop until a deci­sion is made about the future of Britain’s nuclear weapons.

Pre­vi­ous­ly…
In Novem­ber 400 peo­ple descend­ed on Alder­mas­ton to oppose Tri­dent
replace­ment and halt the con­struc­tion of new facil­i­ties. Nuclear war work
was dis­rupt­ed for sev­er­al hours but the large num­bers involved meant
that only one per­son was arrest­ed. The more peo­ple we have the low­er the
risks are.

The road out­side Alder­mas­ton was closed by police for two hours in
Decem­ber dur­ing a block­ade by a dozen peo­ple using a con­crete-filled
wheel­ie bin and
a vari­ety of lock-ons. And a suc­cess­ful sur­prise action this week by
Scot­tish activists saw con­struc­tion traf­fic blocked for four hours and
con­crete
lor­ries arriv­ing to build the new facil­i­ties were turned away.

Join the block­ade on Mon­day 12 Feb­ru­ary.
Block the Builders are call­ing for a spe­cial effort dur­ing this cru­cial
time.
Non-arresta­bles and sup­port­ers are need­ed. We are encour­ag­ing oth­ers to “be
pre­pared”. Bring plans, equip­ment and enthu­si­asm. Bring your friends!

Accom­mo­da­tion avail­able the night before, legal sup­port team on the day.

See www.blockthebuilders.org.uk for fur­ther details or
ring 07969 739 812