Welcome to Roy`s Space

This site was given me as a Christmas present in 2001 by Kerris & Jules and what a wonderful present it’s been.
I have so enjoyed developing it and like Topsy it’s grown & grown. It’s been such fun sharing my life, my beliefs, things I’ve found, my interests. And so many photos. In the past I’d have a film in my camera for a year before finishing it – then along came digital and what fun it’s become.

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Family History - Intro, People & Parish Records	No Comment 2009 - more quotes	No Comment 1960's quotation column	My favourite music videos

I hope it will give you as much pleasure visiting it as it has given me creating it. Come again. If you want to contact me, e-mail me at roy@roystpierre.com
Love & peace
Roy

Regular Peace actions

Permanent, Faslane, near Helensburgh, Scotland:
Faslane Peace Camp sited close to Faslane Nuclear Submarine Base, also Faslane 365 rolling demos For more info click here

Permanent for 'woodland maintenance workers', near Garelochhead, Scotland: Peaton Glen Wood Peace Camp sited opposite Coulport Nuclear Weapons Base For more info click here

Every Tuesday evening, 6 - 8 pm, Main Entrance at NSA/USAF Menwith Hill, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire: Peaceful protests/witnesses against the proposed US 'Star Wars' systemThe demonstration is focussed on the people who work at USAF Menwith Hill - for example - we are protesting at the roles this base has ie in the American Missile Defense System ("Star Wars"), the specifically the continuing role re the Afghanistan and Iraq conflict, the policy of 'pre-emptive strikes', the ECHELON system We are also calling for Independence FROM America. Please come and voice your concerns at the presence of this American base on UK land.For more info click here

2nd weekend of every month: Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp contact info@aldermaston.net

3rd weekend of every month, North Yorkshire: Menwith Hill Women's Peace Camp contact helenmenwith@yahoo.co.uk

last weekend of every month, Cumbria: Sellafield Women's Peace Camp contact 0113 262 1534

Heckler & Koch shut down 18th Feb 2010

	The international sales office of arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch was shut down on Thursday 18th February by anti-arms-trade activists. The six activists arrived at H&K's Nottingham warehouse building before any employees turned up. Using D-locks and arm-tubes, one pair locked themselves to the staff entrance while another pair blockaded the goods gate. Meanwhile the other two gained access to the roof and hung anti-arms-trade banners on the front of the building.
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Raytheon news...a message of hope

	Just a quick message of hope... Yesterday, US arms manufacturers Raytheon, made a formal announcement that they will pull out of Derry city before the end of next month. While I am quite confident they will spin the story to make it look like it is part of their global restructuring plan.....the power of protest and persistence can not be underestimated on this one. For years, people in Derry have continued to campaign against the plant and at least twenty one people have been hauled before the courts with a raft of charges against them including trespass, criminal damage etc. etc...
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Home Education under threat: please sign the petition

	Please consider signing this petition in support of the right, that parents have always had, to educate their children at home Click here In particular, the government should ensure :- • No right of access to the family home without evidence of a crime • No right to interview a child alone without evidence of risk of serious harm • No CRB checks or registration for parents to look after their own children, or to informally look after those of their friends, family etc • No licensing / registration / assessment / monitoring of methods by which parents fulfil their duties without evidence that they are failing to do so, and with specific recognition that education “otherwise” than at school is a perfectly legal option to fulfil their duty regarding education • No undermining of parents as being in the best position to determine how to meet their child’s needs, according to their age, ability, aptitude, and any special needs they may have • Greater focus on applying existing resources and procedures to cases of children known to be at risk, rather than dilution of these resources by routinely monitoring whole sections of the community • Compliance with the fundamental presumption of innocence unless there is specific evidence to the contrary For more click below
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A great piece of anti-militarist direct action

	Sheffield students today targeted military recruiters and arms dealers at the University's careers fair, demanding they have a say over who is allowed on campus. The stalls of QinetiQ, Rolls Royce, the Army and the Navy were all dismantled with protesters bagging up materials from the stalls and removing them from campus.
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A brief word about the Luton affair (from Peace News)

	Since the 7 July 2005 attacks, the great and the good of British society have been urging British Muslims to engage in the usual channels of political action, to vent their anger at British foreign policy without exploding bombs or shooting guns. Yet when a group of angry Muslims does just that, protesting in the time-honoured way, albeit in an unusual location, the home-coming parade for the 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment (British soldiers returning from Iraq), they have been vilified. Those who have condemned the demonstrations so harshly should reflect on the conclusions that disaffected Muslims might draw from this incident.
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probably the most costly photograph in history

	The leaders of the 26 NATO states are due to gather in Germany on April 3 for a two-day summit co-hosted with France. Germany is putting in place extensive security measures, including shutting down part of the city of Kehl for a 10-minute photo-op.
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To date there have been 23 occupations in the UK related to the situation in Gaza.

	there have been 23 occupations in the UK related to the situation in Gaza; one of the latest is St Andrews University. Here is the opening text of their demands: We, the concerned students and academics of the University of St. Andrews, demand that the university condemns the illegal bombing and land invasion of Gaza and Israel’s indiscriminate targeting of civilians. In particular, as an educational establishment we urge that it shows practical solidarity with the Islamic University of Gaza and other schools and colleges damaged during the bombing. For the full text click below; for more on their campaign click here,to voice support for the demands email the principal: principal@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Soho: Justice prevails against prejudice and witch-hunts!

	An application by the Metropolitan Police and Westminster Council for a Closure Order against two flats at 61 Dean Street, Soho, was dismissed today. (Excellent report in the Evening Standard below.) With the help of Soho sex workers and other local people, the English Collective of Prostitutes and Legal Action for Women gathered evidence to show the case against the women of 61 Dean Street was entirely spurious, and prevented them from being evicted from the safety of their flats.
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PEACE WOMEN DEFEAT MINISTRY OF DEFENCE IN FREEDOM TO PROTEST CASE

	A Ministry of Defence (MoD) byelaw banning camping outside the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston was quashed by the court of appeal today. The case, heard on 26th November 2008, was an appeal in the Judicial Review of the Secretary of State for Defence's decision to introduce byelaws which would have criminalised camping as a form of peaceful protest.
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World leaders launch 'Global Zero' initiative for nuke-free world - Poll shows 81% support ban

	World leaders launch 'Global Zero' initiative for nuke-free world - Poll shows 81% support ban The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament welcomed the ‘Global Zero’ initiative of 100 international political, military, business, and civic leaders, which today launched a campaign for the abolition of nuclear weapons worldwide through multilateral negotiations. The leaders, which include former Foreign Secretaries Margaret Beckett, Malcolm Rifkind, Douglas Hurd and David Owen, Richard Branson, former President Jimmy Carter and Mikhail Gorbachev, want a binding agreement to eliminate all nuclear weapons through phased and verified reductions.
	>>> Read full article: 'World leaders launch 'Global Zero' initiative for nuke-free world - Poll shows 81% support ban' (2994 bytes more)

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Past articles

Thursday, October 09
Gobsmacked: British use of Japanese troops in Vietnam 1945 and humanity at risk 1997
Monday, July 14
Alternative World Media
Tuesday, June 17
Open Letter by President Evo Morales of Boliva - The True Role of Immigrants
Wednesday, December 05
Climate Change, action and inaction
Safety First Coalition for womens' safety
Monday, December 03
SOPCA arguments. (letter in Peace News)
Monday, November 19
Rid Scotland of nuclear weapons
Sunday, November 18
STELLA MPAKA AND HER DAUGHTER WIN THE RIGHT TO STAY!
Monday, November 12
one to think seriously about
Wednesday, November 07
and one from Cuba Sí

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