{"id":876,"date":"2018-09-26T07:25:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T06:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/?p=876"},"modified":"2018-10-08T07:24:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T06:24:00","slug":"celebrating-50-years-of-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/?p=876","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 50 Years Of Activism."},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b>November 3rd 1968 to November 3rd 2018. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>On that day I will be 69 years old.\u00a0 I have never been good at marking my birthday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>To quote the quote: &#8211; It&#8217;s just another day.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>This year I will make it an exception, as on that day I will be:-\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Celebrating 50 years of activism.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><b>This started with a protest outside of the offices of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gracesguide.co.uk\/Elliott_Automation\" target=\"_blank\">Elliot Automation<\/a>. <\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><b>That was a company which made Head-up Display Equipment which was used in B52 bombers over Vietnam.<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>The List.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>At different periods over the last 50 years I have worked closely with, or actively been involved in the following campaigns, groups, &amp; organisations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Anti Falklands War Support Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>At Ease<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Campaign Against the Arms Trade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Close Capenhurst Campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>COPS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Fly on the Wall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Greenpeace [ London ]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Housmans Book Shop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Information For Social Change<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Kick Nuclear<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Librarians within the Peace Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Liverpool Pedestrian Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>LIWO Support Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Merseyside Peace Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>National Peace Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Nuclear Waste Trains Action Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Operation Namibia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>PARTIZANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>[ People Against Rio Tinto Zink and its Subsidiaries ]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Peace News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Peace Pledge Union<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Radiation Free Lakelands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Richmond Pacifist Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Stop Nuclear Power Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Stop URENCO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Torness Alliance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Undercover Research Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>War Resisters International<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>&amp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Many of the WRI Sections and Associate Organisations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>YAPPU<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>[ Youth Association Peace Pledge Union ]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plus Many Many More.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plus Plus Plus Plus Plus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Though it is not just a matter of marking the past which I will be doing on the day, but using it as a marker for future campaing work.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 3rd 1968 to November 3rd 2018. On that day I will be 69 years old.\u00a0 I have never been good at marking my birthday. To quote the quote: &#8211; It&#8217;s just another day. This year I will make it an exception, as on that day I will be:-\u00a0 Celebrating 50 years of activism. 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