Word: copse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Two people ran ahead to talk to the guardsmen, explaining that no one in the group had helmets or gas masks, shields or boltcutters, grappling hooks or football pads, unlike the more militant, quasimilitary members of the Coalition for Direct Action at Seabrook (CDAS). The "negotiators" also noted that blockaders...
But when the Seabrook cops arrived that night at our dwindling overnight blockade, they didn't make any distinctions between types of antinukers. "You guys wounded one of us up at North Gate. Is that nonviolent? You're blocking the road. Get off. GET OFF. GROWWWWLLL." It was dark, and...
Back at the plant's main gate, on Rte 1 next to the Hawaiian Garden Motel, other demonstrators attempt a "blockade." For the most part, these are the people who think fence-cutting is too militant. From nearby woods they have gathered limbs and rusting metal appliances, which they pile...
The Coalition for Direct Action at Seabrook ("C-Dass" as the cognoscenti call it) is vehement about shutting the plant down through direct action--by cutting down the fence, getting inside, and occupying the construction site so work will have to cease. One of the most prepared groups in the...
On Sunday, there is less organization. Scattered through the woods, small bands of demonstrators continue their assault on the fence, never getting near the reactor. The real action is on Rte 1, Seabrook's main artery, where large crowds of protesters attempt to block traffic. Some are skeptical of the...