Nearly 35 years ago, the Clamshell Alliance organized to oppose the Seabrook NH nuclear power plant. In the wake of Fukushima, these old(er) campaigners are ready to start campaigning again.
Clamshell Alliance:
A Call To Action From Fukushima
Ø Fukushima: Chernobyl in the Pacific Ocean 25 years later.
Ø Nuclear corporation Entergy is poised to violate the will of the people of Vermont and operate the Vermont Yankee reactor (same make, model and age as Fukushima) past the 3/2012 contractual closure date.
Ø Federal NRC granted the VY reactor a 20-year extension just days after the meltdowns in Japan began.
Ø We must begin now to prepare for mass nonviolent action.
We call on Clam activists to meet at the World Fellowship in Conway, NH, July 23, to plan and strategize and organize.
We call on all activists to immediately:
o Connect with other Clams, allies and concerned citizens,
o Hold meetings in their local and regional communities,
o Organize nonviolent actions, demonstrations and educational events,
o Send spokes[people] to the July 23 meeting, and
o Communicate their plans by sending them to the links below.
April 26, 25 years to the day after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, we call on all Clams to organize local activities such as candlelight vigils on town commons and other nonviolent forms of public education and demonstration from 6-8pm on Tues. 4/26.
Signed by: Arnie Alpert, Jeanine Burns, Diane Clancy, Kristie Conrad, Andy Davis, Judy Elliott, Barry Feldman, Paul Gunter, Jay Gustaferro, Benjie Hiller, Peter Kellman, Cindy Girvani Leerer, George Mokray, Robin Read, Nelia Sargent, Kirk Stone, Brian Tokar, Sharon Tracy, Tom Wyatt.
Links for posting events: info@clamshellalliance.org, http://www.nirs.org/... has a calendar of spring events you can add to.
The July 23 meeting will be on the Sat. of the Clamshell reunion: Friday, July 22 through Sunday, July 24. For rooms, tenting and dining, the World Fellowship can accommodate up to 150 overnight, so reserve soon (www.worldfellowship.org) if you plan to stay over.
http://www.safeandgreencampaign.org/ has information about a 4/26 Brattleboro event and 4/24 feeder walks to VY reactor to meet with a walk from Indian Point led by Japanese nun Jun-San.
This is a link to organizing materials on the Clamshell Alliance website: http://clamshellalliance.org/....
For information, connection and conversation, join clamshellalliance@yahoo.com, visit the http://www.clamshellalliance.org website and Facebook at http://facebook.com/....