November 3rd 1968 to November 3rd 2018.
On that day I will be 69 years old. I have never been good at marking my birthday.
To quote the quote: – It’s just another day.
This year I will make it an exception, as on that day I will be:-
Celebrating 50 years of activism.
This started with a protest outside of the offices of Elliot Automation.
That was a company which made Head-up Display Equipment which was used in B52 bombers over Vietnam.
The List.
At different periods over the last 50 years I have worked closely with, or actively been involved in the following campaigns, groups, & organisations.
Anti Falklands War Support Network
At Ease
Campaign Against the Arms Trade
Close Capenhurst Campaign
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
COPS
Fly on the Wall
Greenpeace [ London ]
Housmans Book Shop
Information For Social Change
Kick Nuclear
Librarians within the Peace Movement
Liverpool Pedestrian Group
LIWO Support Group
Merseyside Peace Network
National Peace Council
Nuclear Waste Trains Action Group
Operation Namibia
PARTIZANS
[ People Against Rio Tinto Zink and its Subsidiaries ]
Peace News
Peace Pledge Union
Radiation Free Lakelands
Richmond Pacifist Group
Stop Nuclear Power Network
Stop URENCO
Torness Alliance
Undercover Research Group
War Resisters International
&
Many of the WRI Sections and Associate Organisations
YAPPU
[ Youth Association Peace Pledge Union ]
Plus Many Many More.
Plus Plus Plus Plus Plus
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.