![]() ![]() This surprised the authorities and set the tone for an audacious, lengthy protest that was to last 19 years. When their request for a debate was ignored they set up a “Peace Camp” just outside the fence surrounding the Royal Air Force Greenham Common Airbase. ![]() On arrival they delivered a letter to the Base Commander which said “We fear for the future of all our children and for the future of the living world.” They had marched from Cardiff, Wales, with the intention of challenging the decision to site 96 US Cruise nuclear missiles on Greenham Common. On September 5, 1981, the Welsh group that called itself “Women for Life on Earth” arrived on Greenham Common, in Berkshire, England. ![]() The following article was originally published as the lead essay in American Book Review in 2011 then it appeared in Revolutionary Brain (Guide Dog Books, 2012). ![]()
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