ann pettitt and the formidable greenham common women.lfilm, we go to canada in the 1990s, where indigenous canadians objected to plans to develop a golf course on the sight of a burial ground in quebec. the dispute led to a summer—long siege between mohawk demonstrators and canadian security forces. witness history spoke to mohawk activist ellen katsi'tsa kwas gabriel. to see the tanks coming in, we even had the fighter jets fly over us. the mood was very tense. this is all for a golf course. this is all for some group of rich people, the elite, and their playground. like many other indigenous peoples, we call the earth our mother. the place where our ancestors rest is extremely important. they wanted to extend their nine—hole golf course into an 18—hole golf course, but at the same time, they also wanted to dig up our burial ground to extend their parking lot. we set up a blockade on a secondary dirt road. at that time, the majority of the people who were at the barricades were women. our matrilineal, our clans come from our mothers, an

ann pettitt and the formidable greenham common women.1990s, where indigenous canadians objected to plans to develop a golf course on the sight of a burial ground in quebec. the dispute led to a summer—long siege between mohawk demonstrators and canadian security forces. witness history spoke to mohawk activist ellen katsi'tsa kwas gabriel. to see the tanks coming in, we even had the fighterjets fly over us. the mood was very tense. this is all for a golf course. this is all for some group of rich people, the elite, and their playground. like many other indigenous peoples, we call the earth our mother. the place where our ancestors rest is extremely important. they wanted to extend their nine—hole golf course into an 18—hole golf course, but at the same time, they also wanted to dig up our burial ground to extend their parking lot. we set up a blockade on a secondary dirt road. at that time, the majority of the people who were at the barricades were women. 0ur matrilineal, our clans come from our mothers, and we are the ones who are suppo

it was earlier this morning at greenham common raf base in berkshire that a united states starlifter omen's peace camp at greenham also represents the disquieting - voice of rebellious women, a sisterhood of dissent. - ann pettitt was one of the women who'd started the whole thing. - we decided to call it a peace camp and decided to stay, asking for a public debate between everybody in this country about the siting of cruise missiles. decisions about nuclear weapons and about military things in general, they're all taken by men, just seems right that it should be women. at that point in 1981, we had two children. we moved here to west wales because we wanted to run a smallholding, grow vegetables. the possibility that the cold war would escalate into a nuclear war began to seem more and more likely. the government was sending out leaflets called protect and survive and issued a film about what we should do. a cupboard under the stairs, that is another good place for a refuge. put boxes of earth or sand on the stairs, start collecting them now. we were meant to make a makeshift little

we walked from cardiff to greenham common. the press were not interested.the front pages was... i was told to get lost i don't know how many times. we had to do something more dramatic, and we decided to chain ourselves up to the gate. we had to stay a night, another night, two weeks. the support did come in. thousands of women surround the airbase in a peaceful protest in britain. it was the biggest women's demonstration ever. it was a brilliant title. embrace the base, embrace the base! give love into the base! laughter. we decorated the fence as well. i remember seeing a woman had hung her wedding dress on the fence. i suppose relations with the police had begun... they had begun quite politely. but they got quite violent. the fact that it was a movement of women that made some leaders see sense, it did change things. i'm very proud of what i did, really. anne, and the formidable women. for our final film, we go to canada and the 1990s, where indigenous canadians objected to plans to develop a golf course on the site of a burial ground in quebec. the dis

ann pettitt from wales organised a women's march from cardiff to the greenham common airbase where ussiles were being kept. a small group set up camp outside the base and as women from all over europejoined during the protest, it grew into thousands. the first american cruise missiles are now in britain. it was only this morning in berkshire that a united states star lifter landed with its cargo of missiles. also represents the voice of rebellious women. a sisterhood. we decided to stay, asking for a public debate between everybody in this country about the increased missiles. decisions about nuclear weapons were all taken by men, just seems right that it should be women. at that point in 1981, we had two children. we moved here to wales because we wanted to run a small holding, grow vegetables. the possibility that the cold war would escalate into a nuclear war began to seem more and more likely. the government was sending out leaflets called protect and survive and issued a filmed about what we should do. a cupboard under the stairs. that is a good place for refuge. boxes of earth o