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Good Friday protest march to Livermore nuclear weapons labs

Activists begin 30-mile march to end nuclear war San Ramon Express 27 March 13 Annual Good Friday protest to be held at Livermore labs

by Jessica Lipsky About a dozen anti-nuclear weapons activists began a 30-mile march to Livermore Wednesday morning against nuclear weapons and war. A group of protestors left the Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center with banners and signs on March 27 and walked 12 miles to Peace Lutheran Church in Danville. The group wants to bring attention to the upgrading of nuclear weapons and encourage conversion of the labs to a more peaceful use.

“We are very much against nuclear weaponry and the upgrading of it, it’s a waste of taxpayer money and we believe we should stop using them,” said the center’s Margli Auclair. “They should use that money for more pressing scientific needs, climate change, solar energy, renewable things that would solve problems rather than contribute.”
Marchers will spend the night at Peace Lutheran and walk 17 miles to the Quality Inn in Livermore using city streets to increase awareness. The group will walk to the entrance of the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab at 6:45 a.m. on the morning of Good Friday for an annual mass and rally. …
The event is sponsored bythe Ecumenical Peace Institute, and will consist of a procession to the lab gates, stations of the cross and nonviolent acts of witness. Hanson expects between 75 and 100 attendees at this year’s event. About 25 to 30 will get arrested, he estimated. http://www.sanramonexpress.com/news/show_story.php?id=7187

March 29, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general