Catalogue Number
NMLH.2024.60.2
Object Name
poster
Title
'Trash Trident. Bin the Bomb. Demonstrate at Faslane - the Trident nuclear submarine base. Gather at Faslane Peace Camp at 12:30pm for a day of exciting activities including a cruise and ceilidh. Faslane is 25 miles west of Glasgow on the A814. Saturday
15 June '96. CND.'
Place
Faslane, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
People
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Faslane Peace Camp
Events
Faslane Peace Camp anti-Trident protests 1996
Description
A yellow leaflet with black and grey writing. The illustration is a rubbish bin with nuclear weapons and household garbage in it, with a CND peace symbol on the outside of the bin. Text reads: 'Trash Trident. Bin the Bomb. Demonstrate at Faslane - the Trident nuclear submarine base. Gather at Faslane Peace Camp at 12:30pm for a day of exciting activities including a cruise and ceilidh. Faslane is 25 miles west of Glasgow on the A814. Saturday 15 June '96. CND.'
This leaflet was created by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) for a protest held at Faslane Peace camp, outside the Faslane Naval base in 1996. There has been a continuously occupied peace camp at Faslane Naval base since 1982, run by anti-nuclear campaigners who protest the base housing Trident missiles.
The Trident nuclear programme is the UK's nuclear deterrent, and the government describes it as a means to "deter the most extreme threats to our national security and way of life". Anti-nuclear campaigners, like the CND argue that nuclear weapons shouldn't be created or used, and all existing nuclear weapons should be decommissioned and destroyed. Protesting at Faslane has varied in intensity and method over the decades, with blockades and intrusions into the base taking place alongside the camp.
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