Word: action
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Back in camp, even the rumors are kind of boring. People have been arrested, and some have been injured, but you know it's really all over. Sure there will be action tomorrow--a march and a rally and some meetings and a little Mace, and some independent fence-cutting. But they'll keep building Seabrook, at least until next spring when you and your affinity group come back to shut it down again. So you talk with friends, for a while and listen to the spokes meeting, and then, in a gusty 45-degree wind you crawl into your...
White agreed to hold the meeting after students protested the city's failure to take proper action after the September 28 allegedly racially-motivated shooting of Darryl Williams, a black Jamaica Plain High School football player...
...strength of this weekend's action was the avoidance of violent response by the protesters. We were Maced, beaten, hosed and poked. Each time, we rallied and stood together. People calmed each other, holding those who were hysterical, treating those who were hurt. When our goal to shut down Seabrook appeared unattainable, we adopted a more realistic one--to occupy the storage lot, to cost the state of New Hampshire as much as we could, and to get as much publicity as possible. Just getting arrested hadn't worked. Three Mile Island hadn't made enough people think...
...next day's approach. The people who came to Seabrook opposed a hierarchical system that has abandoned concern for human life in favor of greater profits. The protesters did not allow their organization to mirror that of the system they condemned. To attempt Seabrook again, or an action like it, a method must be devised to make quick decisions...
...exhilarating. I can't deny that. I went to Seabrook partly because of the issue, but mostly because I wanted to see a major non-violent occupation take place. There are a thousand questions this weekend raises about the futures of non-violent direct action in America and the anti-nuclear movement. But there is one thing that is very clear: There are at least 2000 people in this country who believe they have a right to protect their health and that of future generations. They will try again...