Anarchic Women Embrace Aldermaston

Event Date: 10th December 2022
Location: Aldermaston

EMBRACE THE BASE was an iconic nonviolent action in which over 35,000 women encircled the 9 mile Greenham Common nuclear base in Berkshire UK on Sunday 12 December 1982, to highlight and protest against NATO plans to deploy new nuclear armed ‘cruise’ missiles in Europe. The next day, 6,000 women blocked all the gates of Greenham for over 24 hours, preventing access to the USAF military. EMBRACE THE BASE, CLOSE THE BASE brought the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to international attention, but is not widely known today.

To ensure the public know about this huge event in herstory, and to highlight current nuclear issues, we are holding and supporting various events

 AWEA – Anarchic Women Embrace Aldermaston

The spiders and crows are gathering on the 40th anniversary of Embrace the Base.

Join us at any point during the monthly Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp from Friday 9th – Sunday 11th December in resistance against UK nuclear weapons at AWE Aldermaston.

We will be weaving webs, celebrating the spiders and crows and resisting nuclear weapons through co-learning, connection and creativity.

Saturday 10th December
Workshop 1: Making crows, spiders and jar lanterns (for evening Lantern Parade) to encircle the base with webs, spiders & crows and expose the web of connections that enable nuclear weapons and AWE Aldermaston to exist (uranium mining, militarism, financial interests etc.)
Workshop 2: The Web of Resistance – Weaving the web of resistance to nuclear weapons and nuclear colonialism. What we need to resist, both in terms of personal energy, commitment and resilience and possible/feasible actions.
Workshop 3: Visions of a good society. What a world without nuclear weapons would look like.
After dark: Lantern Parade – site-specific performance by local movement artists (this will last approx. 20 mins & will also happen at 10am & 1pm)
Crows & Spiders puppet show
Wintry spider & crow party (bring your own crow/spider costume or make one at Camp)

Sunday 11th December
10.30am – 12pm Workshop: Movement Building – Militarism. Links to climate and nature crisis

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