Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp
- Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a peace camp established to protest at nuclear weapon being sited at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began in September 1981 after a Welsh group called "Women for Life on Earth" arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the Government to allow cruise missiles to be based there.
On 1 April 1983, tens of thousands of protestors formed a 14-mile human chain from Greenham to Aldermaston and the ordnance factory at Burghfield. [cite web
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1/newsid_2520000/2520753.stm
title=1983: Human chain links nuclear sites |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation]
On 4 April 1984, the women were evicted from the Common by Newbury District Council. However by nightfall the women all returned to reform the camp. [cite web
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/4/newsid_2458000/2458653.stm
title=1984: Greenham Common women evicted |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation]
The last missiles left the camp in 1991 but the camp remained in place until 2000 after protestors won the right to house a memorial on the site. [cite web |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,364669,00.html |title=19-year Greenham Common campaign to end |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |date=05-09-2000]
ee also
* Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
* Faslane Peace Camp, a peace camp in Scotland
References
External links
* [http://www.greenhamwpc.org.uk/ Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp]
* [http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/greenham-menu.html] Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp Festival
* [http://www.yourgreenham.co.uk/ YourGreenham.co.uk]
* MySpace.com: [http://www.myspace.com/greenhamcommonwomyn Greenham - 26 - Female - UK]
* UKWatch.net: [http://www.ukwatch.net/article/remembering_greenham_common Remembering Greenham Common] (December 11th, 2007. by Kate Hudson)
* BBC News: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_5310000/newsid_5316600/5316666.stm?bw=nb&mp=rm&news=1&nol_storyid=5316666&bbcws=1 Peace protest memories shared] (BBC Video. 5 Sep 2006) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news_web/video/9012da680050600/nb/09012da6800506ab_16x9_nb.ram]
* [http://www.carywelling.co.uk] Derby Women for Peace
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