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Nonviolent resistance to militarism
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How 4 people can close a military base
for 20 minutes
(Without getting arrested!)
On Thursday 28 march 2002, the day of the trial of the three activist who
had enhanced the Northwood Headquarters sign on december 10 2001 (see
'previous events/northwood mass blockade 1' and 'court cases/northwood
mass blockade 1'), 4 activists shut the main gate to Northwood joint
military forces hq
On Thursday morning, four activists from the D10 collective and an "obstruction for peace" banner blockaded the main gate at Northwood for twenty minutes with
vehicles waiting to enter and leave the base.
The police response was formulaic, send a couple of officers to try to persuade
the activists that they could protest all day on the other side of the road, but if they remained there then they would be arrested. They refused to move, until enough reinforcements arrived in sufficient numbers that they could realistically start arresting people and then retired to a local cafe for breakfast.
This was a simple, empowering action that shows how four people can have an
effect on the millitary without spending the rest of the day in a police cell and without weeks of organisation. Actions such as this could and should be taking place on a weekly basis. Talk to a few friends, find your local base and go
disrupt!!
Picture here!
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