Holy Loch in the west of Scotland.
March has Peace, International Women's Day.
The event has the support of CND, the AntiTrident campaign, women's movement and large sections of the labour and trade union movement in Scotland. The Day of Action will consist of a blockade linking the three main gates to the base, from 10am to 4pm In choosing this as the central focus for Interna 2 tional Women's Day, women in Scotland intend take The idea for a Day of Action at Faslane December Greenham Common. The lially Scotland who travelled to Greenham felt it was imScottish highlight the or nuclear concentration nuclear weapons Tne west Scotland and to aid the women in Scotland who support butwere unable attend Greenham.
The concentration of the population in the wes of Scotland and its cen trality to the government's nuclear • strategy make Faslane important. Apart from the concentration of Polaris submarines conveen laking place on the Trident missile system for the last year at Faslane The aim is to have this work completed by the late 1980s, but action to oppose this project is crucial a picket of the nuclear bases at Faslane and the The Women's Day of Action on Sunday 6 been organised by Women for a Glasgow based group, to celebrate As Tricia Benzie from the Anti-Trident Campaign explained:
Trident the UK is increasing target capability from 64 to 896, and its explosive power by times that of Polaris. Trident, will bring the curacy of the down to derween ivv and 200 metres. While Trident has been called strike, that is a 'defensive' missile, it can actually be targetted agains ystems in the USSF and so can be used as a first strike missile.
Trident would Britain's be nuge leap in nuclear capacity. Opinion polls in Scotland have consistently shown a large majority of people supporting unilateral nuclear disarmament, 13 recent ent giving percent specifically opposed to Trident.
The 6 March action will also publicise peace camp of about twenty women and men which has been based there during the last year. The camp has recently been given a allancie status Strathclyde Region by charging it rates and has had support from the local council maximise the impact of this initiative it is crucial that it gets the support of all the : forces involved in the peace move. ment.
For further information contact Glasgow Women's Centre on Saturday afternoon, 041-221 1177.
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