Helen John

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Overview

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Helen John born Romford, Essex, England September 30, 1937 (d. 2017). Midwife; leading British peace protester for three decades. Co-founded Greenham Women’s Peace Camp, 1981. Repeated protests at US spy base Menwith Hill, Yorkshire, where she established women’s peace camp “Womenwith Hill,” resulting in many arrests and jailing 7 days, 1988; 6 months, 1995; 17 days, 2000. Vice-chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 2001-05. Nobel Peace Prize nominee, 2005. Protested drones at Withington base, 2013.

Quotations

“[T]he only effective protests have been where direct action is taken. We have to demonstrate at the bases where the killing capacity exists—we have to attack it at source. These are the eyes and ears of the US war fighting machine and they are on our soil.” (Independent, April 5, 2006; photo theguardian)