Posted in Helen, Supporters, Trial for Terrorism, tagged Claire Pope, Disarming Grandmothers, Greenham Common Peace Campaigners, Helen John, Joan Meredith, Joy Mitchell on September 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »
EPISODE TWENTY FOUR: “Headbangers against the state”
Fellow peace protesters, Joan and Joy, join Helen for an evening down memory lane as they remember protests past. However, with the resumed trial just around the corner it isn’t long before thoughts turn to the consequences of that infamous April Fools Day and the terrorism charge that is now more real than ever.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Find out more about Joan’s life of protest on her blog.
Posted in Press, Yorkshire CND, tagged Claire Pope, Disarming Grandmothers, Greenham Common Peace Campaigners, Helen John, Joan Meredith, Joy Mitchell, Sylvia Boyes, Yorkshire CND on June 21, 2012| Leave a Comment »
EPISODE THIRTEEN: BOYES AND JOHN
Helen believes passionately in the power of the press to generate publicity, whilst Sylvia typically prefers to fly under the radar. But being a Yorkshire grandmother on trial for terrorism has a tendency to attract media interest and with the women needing to raise awareness of the issues at stake, they jointly become press gurus as they involve national and local journalists in their story.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Please note, for rights purposes, this episode is only permitted to be distributed on www.disarminggrandmothers.com and youtube.
Read ‘Helen and Sylvia, the new face of terrorism’ in The Independent.
Find out more about the work of Yorkshire CND.
CREDITS
With special thanks to
Posted in Yorkshire CND, Young Campaigners, tagged Disarming Grandmothers, Greenham Common Peace Campaigners, Helen John, Joan Meredith, Joy Mitchell, No Trident, Sylvia Boyes, Yorkshire CND on May 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »
EPISODE EIGHT: COLLATERAL DAMAGE
Helen and Sylvia, along with friends Joan and Joy, take part in a demonstration in Bradford to show their opposition to the replacement of Trident. Later that evening plans to spend £20bn building a new fleet of submarines to carry Trident nuclear missiles was approved. This episode shows the women’s heartfelt views on nuclear weapons and how this belief is shared by a younger generation of peace campaigners.
FURTHER INFORMATION
The UK is just 1 of 9 nuclear weapon countries, to find out more about the issues at stake visit Greenpeace and Yorkshire CND.
Find out more about the vote in the House of Commons to upgrade Trident.
The UK Government is a state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which works towards nuclear disarmament – read the treaty.
CREDITS
“United States” used with permission from Seize The Day.
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