Daily: EMBRACE THE BASE — RAF Greenham Common protests 40 years on

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 19 September 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Nuclear anxiety was an everyday emotion in the 1980s, sparking atomic pop culture and peace camps across the world. September 2021 marks 40 years since the RAF Greenham Common protests, when a handful of Welsh women left their homes to march against the arrival of US nuclear warheads at the base in Berkshire. Professor Jane Holgate and Stephanie Davies, author of Other Girls Like Me, are both former Greenham women. They tell Ros Taylor about their time at the camp, why Greenham was a vital space for women, and what’s next for the anti-nuclear movement. “We came for the peace, and we stayed for the feminism.” - Stephanie Davies “You could break UK law to prevent a greater crime. I was trying to protest apartheid in another country,” - Stephanie Davies “Horrible, smelly lesbians was a phrase used against Greenham women.” - Jane Holgate “People supported the peace movement and getting rid of the missiles. But as women, we were seen as part of the threat.” - Stephanie Davies “A lot of women left the camp because they feared losing custody of their children.” - Jane Holgate Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production http://binkbooks.bedazzledink.com/books/books-n/other-girls-like-me/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.1	catastrophe felt in the 1980s. The Cold War was a daily fear that you woke up with, a bit like
1:21.0	COVID, but far more existential and without vaccines.
1:24.0	Hiroshima was a living memory for many adults.
1:27.0	In 1982 Raymond Briggs's graphic novel
1:30.0	When the Wind Blows showed what the aftermath of a nuclear strike would be like, an agonizing
1:35.0	wait for help that never arrives.
1:37.7	And then in 1986, Chernobyl revealed that nuclear power wasn't safe either.
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1:44.4	go and talk to sheep farmers in Wales. It wasn't until 2012 that Welsh sheep stopped being monitored
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