Name/TitleBanner: Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific
About this objectTextile banner made with pastel-coloured floral and Paisley pattern style fabric backing and ribbons for hanging at each corner. Down the left side is the female (or Venus) symbol in purple, overlaid with a green palm tree above green and blue waves. The rest of the banner is covered with the slogan 'NUCLEAR FREE AND INDEPENDENT PACIFIC' sewn on in black, blue and green letters. Made by Jane Tallents while living at the Faslane Peace Camp in the early 1980s, in honour of a visit to the camp by women from the Pacific, organised by Women for a Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific.
MakerTallents, Jane
Date Made1980s
Period1980s
Place MadeScotland, Faslane Peace Camp
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, textile
MeasurementsH: 1200 x W: 1600 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsPeace movement
Subject and Association KeywordsEcofeminism
Subject and Association Keywordsanti-nuclear activism
Subject and Association Keywordscolonisation, colonialism, colonial legacy
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations
Subject and Association KeywordsFaslane Peace Camp, Naval Base
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://www.banthebomb.org/campaigns/faslane-peace-camp:
Faslane Peace Camp is the longest running occupied peace camp in the world. In June 2022, they celebrated 40 years of protesting. Scottish CND supported the celebrations through promoting the weekend-long event and creating a livestream on social media. There have been a number of successful lock-on protests at the gates of Faslane military base that gained considerable media attention. This included the Faslane Action for the Bomb Ban, which took place over the week preceding the Faslane Peace Camp celebrations. This was led and organised by Trident Ploughshares in collaboration with Extinction Rebellion (XR) Peace. What has marked these protests is the remarkable respect between protestors and the police [continues].
https://archive.womenslibrary.org.uk/women-for-a-nuclear-free-and-independent-pacific:
Women for a Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (WNFIP) emerged from Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp in 1984, after a gathering at Green Gate on 1st March organised by Zohl dé Ishtar to mark Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day. One of several groups in Europe formed to support the Indigenous-led movement for a Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP), launched in Fiji in 1975, WNFIP focused particularly (although not exclusively) on building solidarity with Indigenous women from the region. At its peak, the WNFIP network stretched across England and Scotland, with active groups in several towns and cities. The network dwindled in the 1990s, but the London group continued to publish a newsletter until disbanding in 2000.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBanner (textile)
Object numberGWL-2025-148
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved