The “Tour of Shame”, as it was called, organised by XR Peace Bristol and Bristol Against Arms Trade, visited six arms companies in north Bristol: Thales and Leonardo in Stoke Gifford, BAE Systems and MBDA in Filton, Airbus on Gloucester Road North, and Rolls-Royce in Patchway. Continue reading From Bristol to Yemen: protesting the global arms trade
Peace activists concluded a four-day vigil by delivering a petition to City Hall calling on Bristol City Council to support the abolition of nuclear weapons. Continue reading Bristol Peace Gathering calls on council to back nuclear weapon ban
Bristol Hiroshima-Nagasaki peace gathering returns to Castle Park this weekend to mark the anniversary of dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan in World War II. Continue reading Peace Gathering marks Hiroshima anniversary
A giant peace symbol built by Bristol anti-war activists begins a tour of the UK on Monday ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Faslane Peace Camp. The 3-metre-high logo – a brightly-coloured “Ban the Bomb” symbol – departs from St Augustine’s Parade at 10.30am on Monday, June 6, for a 400 mile journey to Glasgow where it joins peace activists from across the UK … Continue reading Peace symbol begins UK tour for Faslane anniversary
Last Wednesday evening, under cover of darkness, an XR Youth activist spray painted the word “Greenwashed” on the wall of Senate House, the University of Bristol’s administration building, just metres away from the headquarters of University security, In a statement, XR Youth Bristol explained that they carried out the action (on January 26) to challenge Bristol University’s acceptance of money for research and consultancy from … Continue reading XR Youth Greenwash Action Targets University
A recreation of the historic march from Cardiff to Greenham Common will pass through Bristol to mark the 40th anniversary of the original Greenham peace protests. In August 1981, 36 women walked 110 miles from Cardiff to RAF Greenham Common to protest the siting of US cruise missiles on common land. Around the airbase they started a Peace Camp that lasted 19 years and inspired … Continue reading Greenham Common Anniversary March to Pass Through Bristol
A four-day Peace Gathering last weekend brought peace activists from across the south west together in Castle Park peace grove to network, learn, and deliver a petition to Mayor Marvin Rees. The Gathering, organised by XR Peace and Bristol Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) officially began on Friday (August 6) with a die-in at 8.15am – marking the moment the first atomic bomb was dropped … Continue reading Four-Day Peace Gathering In Castle Park
A 5-metre-high “ban the bomb” symbol toured famous Bristol locations including the harbourside, Clifton Suspension Bridge, North Street and King Street over the weekend (July 31 to August 1). The stunt was organized by Bristol Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), who use the symbol as their logo, and XR Peace. Described by organizers as “Banksy-esque,” the tour aims to spread a message of peace prior … Continue reading Touring Peace Symbol Brightens Bristol
The wartime bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be commemorated in Bristol with a Peace Gathering. From Friday August 6, XR Peace will run four days of events, including two die-ins marking the exact times the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. Speaking for XR Peace, Rowland Dye said: ‘The atomic bombing of Japan in 1945 led to the death of over quarter of a … Continue reading Peace Gathering To Mark Atomic Bomb Anniversary
As the Ministry of Defence (MoD) site at Abbeywood, Filton, celebrates 25 years of operating, Bristolian, nuclear scientist, and member of anti-war campaign group XR Peace Dr Rowland Dye looks past the decorative lake, with its Canadian geese and bees, and explores the true nature of the secretive complex in North Bristol. Bristol is a beautiful city. It’s easy to be unaware of the shocking … Continue reading Opinion: Happy Birthday MoD: 25 Years of Death and Destruction
