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Thursday, August 6, 2009
By: Robert Jordan
Published In: Contra Costa Times
http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_13009155
Arrests, speeches mark anniverary of the bombing of Hiroshima
LIVERMORE — About 75 protesters gathered at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory early Thursday to commemorate the Aug. 6, 1945 bombing of Hiroshima as well as to protest the development and use of nuclear weapons.
The protest was peaceful but 22 people were arrested by Lawrence Livermore Lab security for blocking the lab's entrance said Bob Hirschfeld, a lab spokesman. Those arrested were handcuffed, cited and released.
The event was sponsored by several groups, including Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment, Western States Legal Foundation and Peace Action West.
"I think it's important to commemorate (the bombing) to make the horror of using even a single weapon visible," said Marylia Kelley, director of Tri-Valley CAREs. "I think the U.S. and the world people forget the images of devastation at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (bombed Aug. 9, 1945) that it creates a situation where dropping of bomb is likely to happen again."
The nonviolent protest began at 7:30 a.m. Protesters gathered at the intersection of Vasco and Patterson roads and marched to the west gate of the lab. The group also heard from two speakers, including Kelley and Andrew Lichertman, an attorney with the Western States Legal Foundation. |
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