Greenham Women Everywhere

AWEA - Anarchic Women Embrace Aldermaston
2022-12-09 12:00 - 2022-12-11 12:00 UTC | Cornwall
The spiders and crows are gathering on the 40th anniversary of Embrace the Base when 30,000 women joined hands in solidarity, protesting against the siting of American nuclear weapons on Greenham Common.

Join the Anarchic Women Embracing Aldermaston at any point during the monthly Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp from Friday 9th – Sunday 11th December 2022 in resistance against UK nuclear weapons at AWE Aldermaston.

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

Friday afternoon

Embrace the Tower! The Control Tower, Greenham Common
Combining photos and soundscapes, talks by women who lead or attended the Embrace, performances from Scary Little Girls, mulled wine and a singalong from the Greenham Song book!
Herstorians chatting to people and recording memories.
2pm, Meet, Greet and Memory share – grab your glass of mulled wine and add your photos, fliers or other memories to our Embrace table, and have a chat to the Herstorians hosting it.
2.30pm – 3pm Guest Speakers, readings and songs inspired by Embrace the Base by Scary Little Girls and female artists who were part of the action.
3pm, Embrace the Tower! Head outside where we’ll use hands and wool to embrace the tower and raise a cheer for peace and solidarity!
3.15pm – 4pm, Head back inside to warm up with more mulled wine, and enjoy more readings and songs, finishing with time for a Q&A for all your burning Embrace the Base Questions.
Saturday
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 and will also happen at 10am and 1pm)
Crows & Spiders shadow puppet show
Wintry spider & crow party (bring your own crow/spider costume or make one at Camp)

Sunday
10.30 am – 12 pm Workshop – Movement Building: Militarism. Links to the Climate and Nature Crisis

The programme will be updated here on the Facebook event page and is subject to change. All accessibility and travel info is also available on that Facebook page. We are supporting and attending this event but are not running it so we advise you to check the Facebook Page for the most up to date information

From Greenham to Faslane and beyond
2022-11-26 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Glasgow Womens Library, 23 Landressy St, Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 1BP, United Kingdom
As we approach the 40th anniversary of Embrace the Base, the iconic action that brought Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to international notoriety, Glasgow Women’s Library are excited to host social archivers Greenham Women Everywhere and activists from Faslane Peace Camp in a day of banner making, information sharing, memory recording and song!
The session will begin with a chat about the impact of Greenham and Embrace the Base told through images, animations and music, then members of Faslane will share their current campaigns and invite us to create banners with messages to take to the Peace Camp.
Enjoy chats, craftivism and cake as we create a space for the change we want to see in the world!

Walk, Talk, and Protest at Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp
2022-10-08, 2022-08-13, 2022-06-11 | Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp, Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp, Paices Hill, Aldermaston, RG7 4WP, United Kingdom
Join us to walk, talk, protest, and camp at Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp!

Walking from Greenham Common to AWE Aldermaston every couple of months for the rest of this year: 11 June, 13 August, 8 October

More details TBC, keep up to date via our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Weaving the Web/inars: No fixed Abode Travellers Speak Out
2021-10-21 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Cornwall
When ‘Women for Life on Earth’ walked to Greenham Common and decided to stay from September 1981 onwards, they were helped by Travellers who traditionally visited and camped close to Greenham airbase and nearby Crookham Common in Berkshire.
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As the Greenham Women’s Peace Camp developed over the years, there were many supportive exchanges with women of the Traveller communities, from whom Greenham women learned a lot, including how to make beautiful benders that kept the rain out (until evictions)!
This Greenham 40th webinar carries on these connections with women from ‘No fixed Abode Travellers and Supporters’ (nfATS) talking about their lives and challenges today, including the 2021 Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. In their own words:
“We are three women travellers living in trucks in the UK, and we are part of nfATS, a collective of mostly travellers. We are diverse, living in vehicles, boats, benders and tree houses, travelling horse-drawn and with handcarts. We include those who now reside in houses and members who have never been nfA but support the nomadic life.
Our culture has always been under attack (you may remember the Peace Convoy at Greenham and Molesworth and the Battle of the Beanfields) for we have chosen to live outside of the system searching for a better way, living off grid, valuing our communities and a return to a more sustainable way of living.
Currently we face the proposed Police Crime Courts and Sentencing Bill. If it passes, it will criminalise trespass and threaten our very existence as travellers. Our nfATS Collective is campaigning against this threat to the nomadic way of life, whilst also campaigning for the continued freedom to access the land. Otherwise, in 2026 all unrecorded rights of way will be lost when the definitive maps are redrawn, putting all of us at risk of losing access to even more land.
We work with many other groups to highlight these issues and oppose the prejudice against Travellers. There is so much creativity and beauty in our way of living that we want to share. By showcasing some of this we hope people will understand and help us to continue our way of life without further legal barriers and prejudice.”
SPEAKERS

Lou (NFATS) nfATs Collective
Amy ( I Choose the Road Podcast and nfATS) ‎I Choose The Road Podcast on Apple Podcasts
Jelly ( Author of ‘Thoughts of Freedom’ and nfATS)

Including interviews with:

Sherry Smith and Daughters (Drive 2 Survive -Traveller Coalition to fight the PCCSBill) Drive2Survive (@drive2survive2021) • Instagram photos and videos
Hedge-u-Cation
Bristol Van Dwellers Movement
HAC

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Bloody Wimmin
2021-09-30 19:30 - 2021-10-01 19:30 (Europe/London) | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
Script in hand performance of play by Lucy Kirkwood, Booking via Eventbrite

@ Greenham Control Tower

Weaving the Web/inars: Greenham 40th: Western Shoshone Speak Out Against Nuclear Colonialism
2021-09-27 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Cornwall
Nuclear Weapon ‘Test’ on Shoshone Land 1951
From 1958 to 1992, the UK conducted 24 underground tests at the US Nevada Test Site, on the ancestral lands belonging to the Western Shoshone people. This Web/inar is coordinated by Juley Howard and explores the impacts of nuclear colonialism with Ian Zabarte, who stands alongside Chief Raymond Yowell (ret’d) as Principal Man of the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians in their continuing struggle for true sovereignty and justice.
Map of Newe Segobia, as recognised by the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley
On 14 November 1990, four activists, including three Greenham Women who were also part of the Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp(aign), halted a British nuclear test for new warheads for the Trident nuclear weapons system. Jane Gregory, Juley Howard, Lorna Richardson and Michael Terry from local American Peace Test group had been given permission by the Elders of the Western Shoshone Nation to walk on their sacred ancestral lands to stop nuclear testing. Following their arrest and subsequent trial in Las Vegas, the Greenham and Aldermaston Women returned to Britain and organised meetings for Western Shoshone women to speak directly about British-American nuclear colonialism, environmental contamination and violation of their land, rights and sovereignty. In July 1993, 13 Greenham/Aldermaston Women were arrested for gate-crashing a Buckingham Palace Garden Party with visual materials that highlighted British nuclear testing and abuses against Western Shoshone rights and lands. When the women stood trial in Bow Street Court, they were supported by Western Shoshone Elder William Rosse Sr., who travelled to London and gave powerful testimony on this issue.
Ian Zabarte (our main speaker) is a long-term political activist by necessity of being a member of the Western Shoshone Nation. From Duckwater in Northern Nevada Ian has spent decades working with Western Shoshone elders to preserve the Western Shoshone territory – Newe Segobia. Through organisations such as the Native Community Action Council, the heart of Ian’s work is to maintain the Western Shoshones’ Treaty Rights from the agreement made with the US government at Ruby Valley in 1863. This work encompasses fulfilling the treaty agreements, environmental and social justice demands of the Shoshone Nation, as well as their rights to conserve and use the land to support the traditional Shoshone lifestyle and to protect Western Shoshone cultural heritage.
Ian has carried on the struggle to stop nuclear waste dumping at Yucca Mountain in the heart of Newe Segobia. He was part of the campaign to successfully end nuclear bomb tests in North America, above and below ground. Today he stands alongside Chief Raymond Yowell (ret’d) as Principal Man of the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians in the fight for true sovereignty and justice.
Ian Zabarte
This Webinar is coordinated and facilitated by Juley Howard, Greenham Common campaigner, who took part in actions to stop the UK’s penultimate nuclear bomb explosion in 1990, along with Greenham/Aldermaston campaigners Lorna Richardson and Jane Gregory, Michael Terry from the American Peace Test action group, plus Rebecca Johnson, whose post-Greenham work with Greenpeace enabled this and other nonviolent activism at many nuclear test sites, which contributed to the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

Explore the Repository at University Nevada Reno relating to the lives of the Dann sisters and the Western Shoshone Defense Project dedicated to maintaining the Shoshone tradition of respect for and life in harmony with Mother Earth.
Yucca Mountain on Shoshone land, Nevada

Drawing towards Peace
2021-09-09 10:00 - 2021-09-10 13:00 (Europe/London) | The Base, Greenham Business Park, Communications Road, Thatcham, RG19 6HN, United Kingdom
workshop for adults, booking via Corn Exchange

The Base, Greenham Business Park

Cabaret on the Common
2021-09-05 16:30 - 17:30 (Europe/London) | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
4pm – 5.30pm: Cabaret on the Common To finish things off, and reaching all those who can’t be there in person via the world wide web, a cabaret with music, poetry, readings, games and high-jinks from Greenham Women artists and the next generations of feminist creatives they’ve inspired. This is a Greenham Women Everywhere and Scary Little Girls event
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Gateway to Greenham
2021-09-05 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
1pm – 3pm: Gateway to Greenham An afternoon of interactive family activities inspired by the Greenham Peace Camp Gates and hosted by Scary Little Girls artists and Greenham Women who made the camp their home. Explore the common around the Control Tower to find all the sites! Don’t miss dropping in at Red Gate for a singalong! Joining Orange Gate for cake and bender making! Having your say at the discussion circle at Yellow Gate! Partying at Bloo Gate! Stencils and spirituality at Green Gate! Finding out what’s going on today at the Aldermaston Gate! This is a Greenham Women Everywhere and Scary Little Girls event
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Living Theatre Peace Camp
2021-09-05 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Cornwall
Living Theatre peace camp An improvised re-enactment creating the atmosphere of the Peace Camp – it’s supporters and opponents! This is a Greenham Control Tower event
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Decorate the Peace Fence
2021-09-05 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
Decorate the Peace Fence Family activity with Newbury Knitters and Creative Stitchers. This is a Greenham Control Tower event
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Meet the Marchers
2021-09-05 12:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
12 noon: Meet the marchers at the Control Tower
This is a Greenham Control Tower event

The March of the Common People!
2021-09-05 11:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
Leaving at 11am: The March of the Common People!
Carrying art that has been made for this weekend and singing the songs of the Greenham Songbook, we invite you to join us in a celebratory walk across the common which the Greenham Women and the people of Newbury won back for us all!
Leaving from the original site of Yellow Gate and going to the Control Tower with banners and music.
This is a Greenham Women Everywhere and Scary Little Girls event

Exhibition in Control Tower
2021-09-05 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
10am – 4pm: Exhibition in Greenham Control Tower
This is a Greenham Control Tower event

From Greenham to Peace Treaties
2021-09-04 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
From Greenham to Peace Treaties

Talks and discussion groups with Greenham Women
about the impact of Greenham on international peace
treaties and the current situation globally. Led by
Greenham Women who lived at camp, took its
message abroad and continue to campaign for peace
internationally at the highest levels .

This is a Greenham Control Tower event

Living Theatre peace camp
2021-09-04 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
Living Theatre peace camp

An improvised re-enactment creating the atmosphere
of the Peace Camp – it’s supporters and opponents!

This is a Greenham Control Tower event

Decorate the Peace Fence
2021-09-04 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
1pm – 4pm: Decorate the Peace Fence

Family activity with Newbury Knitters and
Creative Stitchers.

This is a Greenham Control Tower event

Greenham Bus Tours
2021-09-04 11:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
4:30PM Bus Tour 1 – Tour of Aldermaston & Burghfield Greenham Common has been returned to nature and the military base is no more but few of us know that just down the road are the sites where nuclear weapons are made today in the UK. Join Nobel Peace Winning Greenham Woman Rebecca Johnson and members of Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp for a tour that lifts the lid on some of Britain’s best kept nuclear secrets… Places limited, please go to our website for times and to book – www.greenhamwomeneverywhere.co.uk 11:30AM Bus Tour 2 – Sue Say: Tales of a Teenage Tearaway At 18 Sue quit her job and ran away to Greenham where she lived for several years at the heart of the peace camp, when she wasn’t in Holloway for her non violent direct actions on the base! On this tour of the 9 mile perimeter of the base she’ll talk you though the different gates and their personalities, the outrageous actions she and her fellow teens undertook, their run ins with military and police and the various sites of her arrests – which range from the terrifying to the hilarious! Places limited, please go to our website for times and to book – www.greenhamwomeneverywhere.co.uk These are Greenham Women Everywhere and Scary Little Girls events

Exhibition in Greeham Control Tower
2021-09-04 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
10am – 4pm: Exhibition in Greenham Control Tower

Greenham Common Cafe opening times
2021-09-04 - 2021-09-05 | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
10am til 4pm daily

Memorial Labyrinth opening
2021-09-04 - 2021-09-05 | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
8.30am: Opening of the Memorial Labyrinth Bring words, pictures or mementoes of the Greenham Women you have loved and lost and leave them on this specially created eco labyrinth on the common created by Sue Hill and Jill Raymond in remembrance of those women who cannot be with us. The Memorial Labyrinth will remain open till the end of the weekend. We ask you to respect that this space is women-only, thank you.
This is a Greenham Women Everywhere / Scary Little Girls event

Greenham - end of walk / evening
2021-09-03 16:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom
Singing and speeches.

Speakers TBC.

Greenham stages Events Leaflet
2021-09-03 - 2021-09-05 | Greenham Common Control Tower, Bury Banks Road, Newbury, RG19 8BZ, United Kingdom

A weekend celebrating women's peace camps
2021-09-03 - 2021-09-05 | Cornwall
Join Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp for a weekend of women’s peace camps celebrations

AWPC’s September camp will be moved to Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th to join in with the Greenham Peace Camp’s 40th anniversary events

Join AWPC outside AWE Aldermaston for:
– Guided tours of Aldermaston and Burghfield nuclear weapons bases ֎֎֎
– Activism Craft workshops (all materials provided, bring your inspiration!) ֎֎֎
– Talks on nuclear weapons and resistance

More info here
PLUS!!
Saturday night party to celebrate 36 years of AWPC’s presence outside AWE Aldermaston
Wine, Song, Music – Party starts at 7pm

⛺️ Bring a tent and sleeping bag
Some refreshments provided throughout the weekend
🚾 Accessible toilets near the Camp
ALSO!

Join AWPC and Greenham Women for ‘Weaving the Web(inars)’ – Online March of Ideas between 27 August and 2 Sept 2021 (info@acronym.org.uk)
Organized by Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp, Paices Hill RG7 4WP, outside AWE Aldermaston
AWPC camps are held on the second weekend of each month. For more information please phone 07852 293386

Hungerford - end of walk / evening
2021-09-02 17:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Croft Field & Activity Centre, Hungerford, The Croft, Hungerford, RG17 0JA, United Kingdom

40th Anniversary Bike Ride from Cardiff to Greenham Common
2021-09-02 - 2021-09-03 | Cornwall
Join us on your bike as we cycle from Cardiff to Greenham Common, retracting the steps of the original Greenham Women, and following our marching sister!
Leaving Cardiff on Thursday 2nd September, we will arrive at Greenham Common in the afternoon of Friday 3rd. The route is being finalised now, there will be one overnight stop on the way – sign up here!

Marlborough - end of walk / evening
2021-09-01 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Priory Gardens, Marlborough, High Street, Marlborough, SN8 1LW, United Kingdom

Devizes - end of walk / evening
2021-08-31 19:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | The Smaller Green, Devizes, The Green, Devizes, SN10 3AG, United Kingdom
