"March for a rape free Britain leaflet" [Temp.2024.14.41]

Catalogue Number
Temp.2024.14.41

Object Name
Leaflet

Title
March for a rape free Britain

Place
RAF Molesworth

Events
Molesworth Peace Camp; Peterborough

Date
1987

Description
Leaflet with text in a white text on black border reading "March for a rape free Britain - No more cover ups - No to male violence" advertising a rally in Hyde Park, London. In the centre of the border is a cloud with text "April 25th" and a lightning bolt striking a peace symbol below. Central text reads "5 Molesworth rapes". On the reverse side is information about the five rapes that took place at Molesworth peace camp and the attitudes of the campers and peace media who ignored the violence against women.


RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire was one of three sites chosen to deploy 64 US Cruise missiles during the Cold War. In 1980, various peace campaigners started building a protest camp on the land, called 'Peace Corner'. In 1985, over 100 people were living there until the camp was evicted by police in April that year. Despite this, the campaign continued with various protestors camping in or around the site. Nuclear missiles were removed from the RAF Molesworth base in 1987 when the United States and the Soviet Union signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, and the camp officially disbanded in 1990, just before the end of the Cold War.

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