Newbury.
POLLY VITTORINI was the day's activities.
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started our blockade at the green gate, where the police were vers There more than WC expected, and so it was not very long at all before we were warned that unless we stopped sitting in all that mud we may have to be arrested.
Due to our lack of resources we decided to The day that Michael Heseltine went to of our supporters, arrested at nearby Greenham. Here she describes We arrived at Greenham at 10am; four of us in a car from Swansea after a three hour drive, still unsure of what we were going to do, except that we were not, definitely not, going to get blockade one at a time. So lay in the road while others around me protectively and held my be both cautioned and arrested, so for me the worst part was just waiting until the long arm of pulled me up by the sleeve he charge we learned later, was obstruction of the highway.
In the police van I watched as eight of my sisters were hauled un and fumed as we were told that couldn't sit on the filthy seats because WC were filthy.
We spent the rest of the day in a cell. For eight hours we sat in a seven IOO1 square Cel EURO shouted across to the other 90 women who were penn.
dayat various times of the Despite our protests we were only given one cup of warm water each, SO mostly sang and wrote a letter to Heseltine. Later our spirits were quite low -WYC - recieved through the window about all the excitement we were Now the moral of this story is that 60 women are Newbury on 18 April, anc oing to tried in your support is greatly needed. Be there cmema baiston. oncon AUEW Halls, West Regent St., Glasgow Base. details Torpedo factory nr.
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Restaurant, Perth Scotland.) * Thurs largrave Hall. Hargrave Roa , Oxford * Sun 20 March Faslane Peace Camp Festiva * March 3-10 Film 'From Hitler to Marx' at the Ri * Sat 5 March Scottish TUC CND Conference. 10an * Sun 6 March Women's blockade of Faslane Naval 10am-4pm. Tel: 041 221 1177 on Saturdays for * Sun 6 March Peace Chain from Marconi 'Stingray' Neston to Capenhurst plant. Arrive 10.30 Link' from Rally at Cavenhurst at 3.00 * March 6-8 'Stop the Arms Race' (STAR) Women's Peace Demonstration in Brussels. Details Margot Mille * March 10/11 Picket of Royal Aeronautical Societ seminar on Electronic Warfare. Details from Ann on Windso * March 7-19 (provisional). Distribution of Strathclyde Regional Council anti-nuclear broadsheet to every home in the region. (This covers half of the population of 17 March "The War Game' showing a , London N19 March 19/20 Oxford YCND march from Oxford t Greenham Common. For details contact Oxford YCND * Wed 23 March 7.00-8.00 Surround the Town Halli support of the Peace camp and in opposition to Civi
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