Power of the Word's Blockade Reports

On the side of this most beautiful Scottish loch, Garlochhead, whose surrounding mountains dwarf every man-made pretension, lies the Faslane Naval Base. 11,000 people’s work and livelihood are dependent upon it. If you look at it from just a little way up the northern slopes, as here, it appears benign, innocuous, even insignificant until you spot the submarine moored to the pier on the right. Even right outside the North Gate, which you can glimpse in the first photo, there is the ‘normal’ mix of armed guards, unscaleable fences and precision security on each and every vehicle and individual entering or leaving. ‘Normal’ in that we have all become used to seeing this combination outside army barracks, nuclear generating stations, government research labs, etc. etc. What makes Faslane different is the unimaginable horror it contains.

Writers and performers arrested in Second
‘Power of the Word’ Blockade Against Trident

Five writers and singers were arrested at the Faslane nuclear base after a five hour “Power of the Word” blockade against Trident on June 5 involving around 30 writers and performers from all over Britain.