Bit of hope in a dark world

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Date: 26 May 2007 08:15:05

Reading through this weeks Schnews update I came across the following article about Faslane which brought a smile to my face:

"Anti-nulclear do-gooders are still making a nuisance of themselves
as part of the Faslane 365 campaign (See SchNEWS 581) which is
still firing on all cylinders. So far, ninety different blockading
groups - including academics, clergy, artists and writers, health
professionals, Quakers, clowns and some 'normal' people too (!) -
have spent 116 days at the Trident submarine base, resulting in a
disruptive presence on more than half of the entire 235 days since
the campaign began.

So far, this has resulted in 740 arrests and 29 prosections, for
all you stat-lovers out there.
Next week is the turn of Protest in Harmony, Edinburgh's crack
political choir, to let the warmongers know they're out of tune
with the rest of us when it comes down to peace and stability in
the world. The 2nd - 4th will echo with the sounds of singers from
all over the UK as they converge on the base for the most
harmonious noise demo ever heard. The 2nd will see workshops,
legal briefings and rehersals in Glasgow, with actions at the
Faslane gates planned for the 3rd and 4th.

Meanwhile earlier this week the base was nearly brought to it's
knees in an onslaught of cartoon dogs, crayons and the Muppets
(no, we weren't there), as the Families' Blockade came to town.

There was no villain to unmask, but the criminals on the other
side of the fence must have known their time was up when Scooby
Doo (Well, Bengie - aged 3 and ½) appeared with a banner reading
"You would have got away with it if wasn't for those pesky kids!"
Even famous diva and frog fancier Miss Piggy got in on the act,
saying, "Even the Muppets wouldn't have spent £76 million on
Trident. Someone like Moi would have spent it fighting climate
change." From the mouths of babes...www.faslane365.org "