Aldermaston Big Blockade 2008

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The Aldermaston Big Blockade was held on October 27 2008. Organized by Trident Ploughshares, it opposed the proliferation of nuclear weapons and in particular the replacement of the UK's Trident program.

  • Sample gallery

  • Trident Ploughshares Non-Violent direct action (NVDA) training Oct. 26 2008.

  • Trident Ploughshares Non-Violent direct action (NVDA) training Oct. 26 2008.

  • Trident Ploughshares Aldermaston Big Blockade Oct. 27 2008.

  • Police checking cars

  • Participants locked on and preparing to lie down

  • Participants locked on at Tadley Gate

  • Participants locked on at Tadley Gate

  • Participants locked on at Tadley Gate

  • Participants locked on at Tadley Gate

  • Participants locked on at Tadley Gate

  • Police preparing to remove a blockade participant

  • Police remove a blockade participant

  • Participants blockade Tadley Gate

  • Supporting at Tadley Gate

  • 'Angels and Vicars' blockade at Tadley Gate

  • Close-up of a 'modesty screen'

  • Police use a small camera

  • Participants at Tadley Gate

  • Participants dressed as 'Angels and Vicars'

  • All participants are put behind modesty screens

  • Tadley Gate blockaded

  • Traffic into the Atomic Weapons Establishment

  • Crowd in front of Main Gate

  • Crowd at the main gate kept from entering the road

  • Participants blockade the Atomic Weapons Establishment Main Gate

  • Participants blockade the Atomic Weapons Establishment Main Gate

  • Participants blockade the Atomic Weapons Establishment Main Gate

  • Participants blockade the Atomic Weapons Establishment Main Gate

  • Participants blockade the Atomic Weapons Establishment Main Gate

  • Participants blockade the Atomic Weapons Establishment Main Gate

  • Participants blockade the Atomic Weapons Establishment Main Gate

  • Participant holding a banner

  • Participants and supporters gathered at an entrance to Home Gate

  • Participants and supporters gathered at an entrance to Home Gate

  • Participants and supporters gathered at an entrance to Home Gate

  • A concrete lock-on after having been broken

  • Tripod used to blockade a road used to get to Home Gate

  • Tripod used to blockade a road used to get to Home Gate

  • Tripod used to blockade a road used to get to Home Gate

  • A pedal-powered soundsystem

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