Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp

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Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a peace camp established to protest at nuclear weapon being sited at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began in September 1981 after a Welsh group called "Women for Life on Earth" arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the Government to allow cruise missiles to be based there.

On April 1 1983, tens of thousands of protestors formed a 14 mile human chain from Greenham to the Aldermaston nuclear power station and the ordnance factory at Burghfield. [1]

On April 4 1984, the women were evicted from the Common by Newbury District Council. However by nightfall the women all returned to reform the camp. [2]

The last missiles left the camp in 1991 but the camp remained in place until 2000 after protestors won the right to house a memorial on the site.

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  1. ^ 1983: Human chain links nuclear sites.
  2. ^ 1984: Greenham Common women evicted.

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