Faslane Peace Camp

[Man_In_A_Shed]

I have been staying at the camp more or less for the last month and i am going to be living there until the new year. So far this summer there has been the 22nd birthday party, a street party in glasgow opposing the "handover" of power and an occupation of the army recruiment offices in glasgow. The latter was brilliant, we rebooted computers, re-arranged furniture and super-glued file cabinets shut. It would be great to see lots of you coming up, even if only for a short period of time, to help out around camp, join in on actions or just chillin' out.


Jamiexx

[JOsie]

i hope you managed to secure the bus for yourself:p

[PeopleAreStrange]

ime gonan try and get my ass up there someitme this year if i get chance.

[Brightwolf]

Hi Jamie ill be there this october to join you man and ill bring lots of dope with me my dad has agreed to let me have some man cant wait to get the bag of this shit of him hehehe well have a great time and by the way thanx for comeing to ilkley gathering it was great to see you again.

Take care dude. kieron W.

[Brightwolf]

anybody else fancy coming to faslane we need more people plus its fun to meet people.

[ISeeSheep]

I want to go but I when were you guys thinking of going? I have a few things already planned for half terms and things you see......

[Brightwolf]

I want to go but I when were you guys thinking of going? I have a few things already planned for half terms and things you see......
ill go when ever i can ill go up with you if you like but daz is coming too my friend.

[Fleassy]

Heyall
I e-mailed Morag about going up there a few weeks back. She asked me last time i was up there to lend a hand painting her caravan so yea i'll be going up some point but im not sure when. Hopefully before christmas :(... that sounds so lame but ive go no money and time at the moment but when i do go up im going to make sure im there for a susbstantial amount of time this time rather than just the weekend.

[Brightwolf]

Heyall
I e-mailed Morag about going up there a few weeks back. She asked me last time i was up there to lend a hand painting her caravan so yea i'll be going up some point but im not sure when. Hopefully before christmas :(... that sounds so lame but ive go no money and time at the moment but when i do go up im going to make sure im there for a susbstantial amount of time this time rather than just the weekend.
yeah im thinking of going for 2 week but i need to no when the half terms are.

[ISeeSheep]

ill go when ever i can ill go up with you if you like but daz is coming too my friend.
The more the merrier :)

[chickabean]

i think i wana know more about the camp before i go..i dont want to just go up for the experience, or for a laugh or whatever...want to have the right motives...can someone please link me to more info on the camp or give me further information themselves..?

and peeps, im not sayin dont go but remeber its a peace camp, with active protests and families actually living there as their home..not a holiday camp :)

love luchi xxx

[ISeeSheep]

And dont forget, it's in scotland. If you go in winter, it's gonna be colder than a witch's.

[Brightwolf]

i think i wana know more about the camp before i go..i dont want to just go up for the experience, or for a laugh or whatever...want to have the right motives...can someone please link me to more info on the camp or give me further information themselves..?

and peeps, im not sayin dont go but remeber its a peace camp, with active protests and families actually living there as their home..not a holiday camp :)

love luchi xxx
hehe your with me ive never been man

[Brightwolf]

And dont forget, it's in scotland. If you go in winter, it's gonna be colder than a witch's.
itl be ok its only winter i can cope dont no about anyone else

[Xiola]

can someone please link me to more info on the camp or give me further information themselves..?
I can indeed give you a few links. If there is anything specfic that you want to know then I'm sure if you leave a question Jamie will be able to answer it for you as he lives there.:)

http://www.faslanepeacecamp.org.uk/ (Main site. Tells you lots of the things you may need to know)

http://www.teknopunx.co.uk/faslane.htm (Another site of basic information)

http://www.banthebomb.org/trisaf/ch3.htm (Dangers of Trident)

http://www.reclaimthebases.gzzzt.net/nbases_16.html (Has some reports of things they have been up to. Also lets you know of some events that are coming up)

http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/uk/servlet/OpenMir?do=search&search_boolean=or&search_sort=score&search_content=faslane (Articles and pictures on Indymedia about the Camp)

[Man_In_A_Shed]

and peeps, im not sayin dont go but remeber its a peace camp, with active protests and families actually living there as their home..not a holiday camp :)

love luchi xxx

The camp don't just want people coming up to take part in actions and get arrested. Granted if you did take part in actions it would be greatly apprieciated. But the camp really needs visitors of any kind, even if they just want a short holiday. At the moment we have "Job-day Thursdays" where everybody on site makes a list of things needing done and we try to do as much as possible on that day. The rest of the week you are free to do as you please, doing little everyday jobs you would do at home anyways. I'd say that no matter what you read about the place it won't really prepare you for what it actually is. You need to experience it first hand to see what the place is about, if you like it you are more than welcome to come again. If you don't, then you don't have to come back.

Jamie

[Brightwolf]

Jamie how long as some people stayed there for man.

[Man_In_A_Shed]

Housey has stayed the longest, around six years he has lived there. And now he is completely insane :p

[Brightwolf]

Housey has stayed the longest, around six years he has lived there. And now he is completely insane :p
jesus man he must love the out doors.

[PeopleAreStrange]

ill go when ever i can ill go up with you if you like but daz is coming too my friend.
what

the

fuck???

she knows me as do most people here you dumbass....you say your going to faslane and IME coming along....i think youll find its the otherway round

dont forget who had the decency to ask you to the fucking gatherings asshole

[ISeeSheep]

Daron, Calm down!

Its a PEACE camp afterall...... :p

[Brightwolf]

what

the

fuck???

she knows me as do most people here you dumbass....you say your going to faslane and IME coming along....i think youll find its the otherway round

dont forget who had the decency to ask you to the fucking gatherings asshole
god man who said i was going with you im going because giles asked me to come not you starnger

[Man_In_A_Shed]

Can You Guys Take Your Fcuking Argument Elsewhere.....

[Ananael]

Hehehe I saw Craig on the news at the big bloackade. Didn't recognise him at first with his mohican. Didn't spot Jamie tho, or ne other peace camp folk.

[Claire]

Peace Activists Block Scotland WMD SIte by Trident Plougshares
Email: media (nospam) tridentploughshares.org (media (nospam) tridentploughshares.org) (unverified!) (http://www.scotland.indymedia.org/newswire/display/779/index.php#) 23 Aug 2004 Press Release: 23rd August 2004 at 3.30pm

70 arrests as peace activists block British WMD site
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70 people, including four members of the Scottish Parliament, have
been arrested during the blockade of Faslane naval base on the Clyde.

From 6.30 this morning there were long tailbacks of worker traffic
as the protesters besieged the gates of the base, sitting down in the
roadway and locking on to each other. Two climbers scaled lamp-posts and hung
across the main gate of the base a large banner reading "Nuclear Free
Scotland".
The base was disrupted for almost nine hours as gates cleared by
police were blocked again by activists.

The MSPs arrested are Mark Ballard, Francis Curran, Rosie Kane and
Patrick Harvie. Along with the others they are likely to be released from
police custody this evening.
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The blockade has now been closed with a formal ceremony but further
actions against the base may be taken during the rest of the day.

Overnight two Scandinavian activists, Tiina Sarkinen, 23, a plant
scientist from Finland, and Anna Goransson, 24, a student from Sweden, swam
into the high security berths where the Trident submarines are berthed and got
200 metres inside the boom before being apprehended. Early this morning
Petter Joelson (27), from Goteborg in Sweden, and Per Hilkrstrom (22), from
Nosrkoping in Sweden breached security at the Trident nuclear warhead
store at Coulport on Loch Long, five miles from Faslane.

A Big Blockade spokesperson said: "We are delighted that so many
people have been willing today to take a stand against Britain's weapons of
mass destruction."

The Trident Ploughshares camp at Coulport continues until 1st
September,
with the prospect of further direct action against the Trident bases.
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Contacts: 0870 458 3117 (07876593016)
media (at) tridentploughshares.org (media (at) tridentploughshares.org)
www.tridentploughshares.org (http://www.tridentploughshares.org/)

[Fleassy]

WOOOO!!! go faslane!! man i need to go back there soon. ie contacted morag about heading up theere and decorating a few of the caravans for them but i need to find some time its going to have to be after i start uni unfortunatly :(

[Zonk]

I recieved this letter today. As these guys often go up to Faslane maybe you folks could send your solidarity?

Thanks guys.:)


Hello,

Irene is part of the group of women, including myself, that entered RAF
Lakenheath last October with a camera to gather information on the illegal
free fall nuclear bombs inside the base.
We where charged with criminal damage and given a 3 year conditional
discharge and costs.
Irene decided that she would not pay the massive £500 costs and when she
went to court for non-payment of fines last week the Judge sentenced her to
21 days in prison.
Irene was not ready for this and had no books or any thing else with her at
all.
There is confusion on her release date but it may be Friday 27th.
Please send cards of support to Irene if you can. This is her first prison
sentence and I am sure she would love to hear from you all.


HMP Edmunds Hill
Stravishall
Newmarket
CB8 9EY

I am hoping to visit Irene tomorrow, so any messages could be emailed to me
and I shall pass them on.


In Peace,

Mell


Mell can be contacted at the Theatre of War email address thepeaceforce@theatreofwar.org

[Claire]

I recieved this letter today. As these guys often go up to Faslane maybe you folks could send your solidarity?

Thanks guys.:)

done:) good call Mr Zonk:)

[Zonk]

Cheers mate.:)

[IndigoSheep]

That jobs day sounds like a good idea, I live at Bilston Glen Anti-Bypass Protest Site (http://www.bilstonglen-abs.org.uk) and we've recently had around thirty visiting Spanish, it's being the festival and that, and us being so close to Edinburgh, a lot of them are great people, and fantastic to have around, but then there are the ones who treat the place as a free holiday resort. You know we have magic fridges, the food just appears in them, and that wood pile, it just gets bigger by magic! But we're constantly looking for new faces here too, especially ones that speak English, that's a joke really, I just get envious cos I can't speak to Spanish people, because of the lack of Spanish. Also more females! There are only two girls on site! Yeah. but please come visit us. For more info see the website link above.

[Man_In_A_Shed]

:) Ahhh...good to see some Bilstonites going about aswell....



Craig was one of the *65* arrested, but i didn't see the point in doing actions. The base is open all year round and it is much easy to do an effective action against it when there is far less police. There was something like 6 police officers to 1 protester, so everyone was nicked before they could do anything worthwhile. The big blockade is good for publicity, but that is all. The base know months before hand when its going to happen, so they can prepare for it. All of the non-essential staff were given a paid holiday, and the majority of the rest were brought in on boats. So the road blockades caused very little disruption. Its just an excuse for MSP's like Rosie Kane to get in front of the camera and look like they are part of the cause, when she has never visited to camp once.

[Brightwolf]

:) Ahhh...good to see some Bilstonites going about aswell....



Craig was one of the *65* arrested, but i didn't see the point in doing actions. The base is open all year round and it is much easy to do an effective action against it when there is far less police. There was something like 6 police officers to 1 protester, so everyone was nicked before they could do anything worthwhile. The big blockade is good for publicity, but that is all. The base know months before hand when its going to happen, so they can prepare for it. All of the non-essential staff were given a paid holiday, and the majority of the rest were brought in on boats. So the road blockades caused very little disruption. Its just an excuse for MSP's like Rosie Kane to get in front of the camera and look like they are part of the cause, when she has never visited to camp once.
man im glad you wasnt arrested i was starting to think

[IndigoSheep]

I was arrested too, did anyone else get told that fish and macaroni cheese were vegan at the police station? They got really angry with me there cos I kept saying that I wouldn't eat cheese and fish cos they weren't vegan... fucking screws!

You're right the blockades don't do much, but they spread the word a bit.

[Brightwolf]

I was arrested too, did anyone else get told that fish and macaroni cheese were vegan at the police station? They got really angry with me there cos I kept saying that I wouldn't eat cheese and fish cos they weren't vegan... fucking screws!

You're right the blockades don't do much, but they spread the word a bit.
I BET IT IS FUN THOUGH I WISH I WAS THERE TO SIT DOWN....

[tulip]

Overnight two Scandinavian activists, Tiina Sarkinen, 23, a plant
scientist from Finland, and Anna Goransson, 24, a student from Sweden, swam
into the high security berths where the Trident submarines are berthed and got
200 metres inside the boom before being apprehended. Early this morning
Petter Joelson (27), from Goteborg in Sweden, and Per Hilkrstrom (22), from
Nosrkoping in Sweden breached security at the Trident nuclear warhead
store at Coulport on Loch Long, five miles from Faslane.


Wehey, someone from Finland! :D

[whispera]

I thought that the vegal halaal meat was the best that night actually, the police were hilarious. Whilest it didnt do that much it was fun and there was a lot of media, as for the comment about Rosie Kane, she really does care about the cause and whilest not living on site has been going to the blockade for years, i dont think its fair to say its just an oppertunity for her to be seen by the press doing something moral. She was locked on with us and was one of the last people arrested, one thing she kept repeating when being interviewed was that it wasnt fair to focus so much on her as she had been at the blockade for years and no one paid her attention until she was an mp.
claire xxx

[Man_In_A_Shed]

i'm sorry but i have to disagree with you about Ms.Kane. I never said she had to live at the site to do believe in the cause, but she has never botherd to visit or see the people that do it day in day out. If she's not doing it for publicity then why doesn't she come down when the cameras aren't their and do an action?