ACTION SociAlist those high powered male security forces surrounportunity Greenham women to take down over a mile of the nine mile long fence surrounding the base where 96 cruise missiles are expected to arrive this week While CND asked us to ODD Parliament with candles, the Greenham women • were Once again capturing the headlines and showing call leads the campaign to stop The aim was pull down the entire fence. But because the action had to be secret it wasn't possible mobilise the numbers required to do AS PARLIAMENT debated the arrival of cruise missiles on Monday a Tory plan to keep demonstrations to a minimum was foiled.
The announcement about the debate was left to the last minute so that there would be no time to organise a However, they had considerably underestimated the ability of the local CND groups to respond.
CND's own 'Instant
Response Units' swung into action! During the afternoon, CND organised a lobby of MPs which was one of the largest ever organised. that. I shall never forget the delight expressed when one orlac wonch rom unc Peace Camp brandished her clippers at a discussion about the action telling us exactly how those clippers should used to bring down each of the fence in seconds - if you know where to cut.
In practice the cutting proved more difficult and the tug ol war between women and soldiers meant that certain degree of forceful womanpower was required alongside the wonders moderr Between three and four thousand people gathered in Trafalgar Square for a march to Downing Street.
As the demonstration left the Square, hundreds of police in buses rushed up Whitehall to block off Street. Undeterred, the Street. Undeterred, demonstrators sat down, and spent the next two hours steadily expanding the area under their COLEO.
The police were not amused, but were unable to prevent the demonstrators systematically blocking all the roads in Trafalgar Square area and lighting a bonfire in the middle of the road.
All in all a very successtul night. technology women said that thev had "take up tools to cut down this chainmail fence of fear and destruction' More actions are planned ior this next week a cruise missiles be installed On November Women Against Cruise will be in court in America altemp ting to gain an injunction to stop the deployment of the missiles as a violation ot international Law The next National Meeting of Greenham Support Groups 1374.
Greenham National Office 01-251 3133.
As it is also likely to be proved that the Us ma well be violating international law with its inva sion of Grenada it could be embarrassing to the hardline Reaganites.
Women Against Cruise are calling for peace camps to be set up › outside every American base that day. This is a mixed action and men are being invited to give support.
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