Name/TitleBooklet: The Greenham Factor
About this objectFoldout booklet titled 'The Greenham Factor' (revised edition) published by Greenham Print Prop. Includes an A1 foldout centrefold poster. Priced £1 with all proceeds to Greenham common Peace Camp.
Fully digitised (24 pages plus poster in four parts)
MakerGreenham Print Prop
Maker RolePublisher
Date Madec.1985
Period1980s
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesGreenham Print Prop, 51 Randolph Avenue, London, W.9.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 305 x W: 215 mm (folded booklet - covers)
H: 430 x W: 310 mm (unfolded page)
Subject and Association KeywordsPeace movement
Subject and Association KeywordsGreenham Common
Subject and Association Keywordsanti-nuclear activism
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenham_Common_Women's_Peace_Camp:
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a series of protest camps established to protest against nuclear weapons being placed at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began on 5 September 1981 after a Welsh group, Women for Life on Earth, arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the British government to allow cruise missiles to be stored there. After realising that the march alone was not going to get them the attention that they needed to have the missiles removed, women began to stay at Greenham to continue their protest. The first blockade of the base occurred in March 1982 with 250 women protesting, during which 34 arrests and one death occurred. The camp was brought to a close in 2000 to make way for the Commemorative and Historic Site on the land that housed the original Women's Peace Camp at Yellow Gate Greenham Common between the years 1981 and 2000.
http://www.greenhamwpc.org.uk:
On the 5th September 1981, the Welsh group “Women for Life on Earth” arrived on Greenham Common, Berkshire, England. They marched from Cardiff with the intention of challenging, by debate, the decision to site 96 Cruise nuclear missiles there. On arrival they delivered a letter to the Base Commander which among other things stated ‘We fear for the future of all our children and for the future of the living world which is the basis of all life’. When their request for a debate was ignored they set up a Peace Camp just outside the fence surrounding RAF Greenham Common Airbase. They took the authorities by surprise and set the tone for a most audacious and lengthy protest that lasted 19years. Within 6 months the camp became known as the Women’s Peace Camp and gained recognition both nationally and internationally by drawing attention to the base with well publicised imaginitive gatherings.This unique initiative threw a spotlight on ‘Cruise’ making it a national and international political issue throughout the 80s and early 90s... [continues)
Object TypeBooklet
Object numberGWL-2014-49-1
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