Nuclear protesters celebrate 35 years of activism with Seabrook march

[bananas]

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20110822-NEWS-108220316

Nuclear protesters celebrate 35 years of activism with Seabrook march
By Joey Cresta
August 22, 2011 2:00 AM

SEABROOK — The past, present and future in the fight against the use of nuclear power converged Sunday at the site where battle lines were drawn on the Seacoast 35 years ago.

A mix of about 20 activists and concerned residents joined together for a peaceful march and picnic at the gates of Seabrook Station along Route 1. Sunday's event marked the 35th anniversary of the arrest of 180 people during a nonviolent occupation of the site on Aug. 22, 1976, when the plant's construction was under way.

Participants flashed the peace sign, banged on drums, shook maracas and held up signs reading "nuclear hazard" and "wind will blow away nukes by 2030." They drew strong reactions from passing motorists as they marched less than a mile from Seabrook Station's north gate to its south gate, with some honking their horns in support and one man giving the "thumbs down" as he drove by.

The demonstration was organized by See Life Affinity, a nonviolent activist group made up of the spiritual — and in some cases, literal — progeny of those who started the push against nuclear power decades ago.

<snip>

Congratulation to the protestors,
and thumbs-down to the luddite anti-science pro-nukes.

[Tesha]

1. A shout-out to the Clamshell Alliance! (NT)