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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Demonstrators had visited the $1.5 billion plant, which the Long Island Lighting Co. (LILCO) plans to open in December 1981, before. In 1978, 40 were arrested in a similar, but much smaller, occupation attempt. At the time, the organizers--the SHAD (Sound/Hudson Against Atomic Development) Alliance--had informed police of the details beforehand, where and when protestors would go over the fence. But SHAD modified its tactics, trying to preserve some element of surprise, and Suffolk County police did not find out about plans for the occupation until a deputy commissioner picked up a leaflet when he went...
ALTHOUGH "non-cooperation" was one of the day's many buzzwords, both sides had taken pains to avoid violence. After joining "affinity groups" of 10 to 20 people, all participants in the occupation attempt had received eight-hour training sessions in civil disobedience, with an emphasis on getting the point of the protest across without provoking police. There were strict groundrules: no alcohol, no drugs; no destruction of LILCO property, and above all, no running--that might cause panic...
...rally, thousands of demonstrators trekked down an access road lined with hawkers trying to sell "No Nuke" t-shirts, and pamphleteers who would attempt to convince you that nuclear power was not only dangerous, it was racist, sexist, militaristic, anti-gay and a tool of imperialist capitalistic corporate exploitation as well. Then past tables filled with anti-nuke and alternative energy literature and finally down a dirt path to the beach, were old reliables like Dave Dellinger, former anti-war activist, and George Wald, Emeritus Professor of Biology, would speak and Pete Seeger and others entertain. Just before noon...
...watched the news that night--the 20 seconds or so devoted to Shoreham by the networks--those aren't the scenes that hit the screens. The focal point of the occupation attempt was the plant's front gate, right in front of most of the press, LILCO officials and police. That's where the only violence of the day took place, when about 15 youths (apparently unconnected with SHAD) decided they would like to storm the place. So they charged the gate repeatedly, kicking and bloodying the hands of LILCO employees who tried to hold it up, and eventually knocked...
...chirping of crickets, in the natural laws of gravity and motion. Far more often, the eye sees chaos and the hand seeks to regulate it. The manner of regulation, says Gombrich, exhibits itself in decorative art. From the most elaborate Gothic structures to the smallest Christmas trees, individuals constantly attempt to fill in blank spaces and correct eccentricities. Some of the book's conclusions are debatable: "There are no laws imposing the same aim on any artist working at a given time ..." The Renaissance of Christian art would seem to refute that thesis; the poverty and angularity of urban...