8 Rhythms of Resistance sambistas joined the Manchester shift at Faslane on 6th, 7th and 8th November 06 to be part of the national Faslane365 year-long campaign against nuclear weapons and against the trident replacement. The aims of the sambistas were to raise awareness around the Trident replacement which is estimated £40,000,000,000 and also to support activists and obstruct the base with non-violent action.

The sambistas targeted the North gate with tactical frivolity twice: the first time to raise the spirits of demonstrators holding banners and placards in the rain, and the second time to shut the base with a big group of blockaders (around 3pm). The police arrested more than 20 activists at the North Gate, including the sambista having a mestre (conductor) role at the time.

There were another 2 blockades at the South Gate, where another 4 sambistas were arrested after being removed from an hour-long gate blockade.

All sambistas were released in good spirits, on Wednesday approximately 3:00 pm, after spending 20 hours in friendly cells. They were all given a letter from the Procurator Fiscal stating the offence(s) but that proceedings would not be taken.

Rhythms of Resistance Manchester mestre encouraged all human rights protectors to join Faslane365; to add to the enormous numbers of people protecting human rights and peace through Faslane 365’s civil disobedience and to state the biggest resistance against nuclear weapons and war.

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