Bradford - An Audience With Helen John

Event published by Drone

Event date: March 07, 2012 18:00

Tagged as: anti-militarism

lecture theatre 0.51, Student Central

Bradford University

Places: bradford

A Chance to meet one of the first members of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp!!

30yrs ago, Helen John was the first full-time member of the Greenham Common peace camp in1981.

Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp is a legendary landmark in Women's History in the UK.

Now Retired midwife Helen John, 73, a veteran of the 19-year campaign against cruise missiles.

She still continues till this day. her latest campaign is regarding RAF Waddington, an airfield where next year drones will be controlled for the first time from British soil.

Currently, the appropriately-named Reapers, with their all-seeing cameras and cargoes of bombs and missiles, are flown by an RAF unit based in Nevada. The smaller time difference between Britain and Afghanistan is intended, John says, to make their operators less prone to tiredness and killing civilians.

It will be a casual setting and there will be the opportunity to ask questions.

Light refreshments will be available.