On Monday August 6th, there was a memorial ceremony and nonviolent direct action at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab, marking the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The commemoration culminated with an air raid siren and a moment of silence and reflection at 8:15 AM, the exact time of day the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. 29 people, including Daniel Ellsberg, were arrested for blocking entry into the labs. Photos & Report

The Livermore Lab action is among dozens of Hiroshima-Nagasaki commemorations, rallies, film screenings, and vigils being held around the country at nuclear facilities and corporate war profiteers under the umbrella, "No Nukes! No Wars! No Profiteers!" and coordinated by United for Peace and Justice, the largest anti-war coalition in the country.

Livermore Lab, managed by the University of California and a consortium of corporations, including Bechtel, is one of two labs that have designed every nuclear weapon in the U.S. stockpile. At present, Livermore Lab is developing a new "replacement" warhead, designed to be launched from submarines, designated as the "Reliable Replacement Warhead-1." The RRW-1 is the first new H-bomb in the Bush Administration "Complex 2030" plan, to re-design and rebuild every nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal.

Read More | NYC: Anti-Nuclear Renaissance Marks 62nd Anniv. of U.S. Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima, Nagasaki | August6.org | United For Peace & Justice

Past Indybay Coverage Of Hiroshima Commemorations And Weapons Lab Protests:

2007: University of California Hunger Strike Against Weapons Labs

2006: 9 DeNuke Activists Arrested at UCLA | Commemorating the Nuclear Bombings of Hiroshima

2005: A People's History of UC Weapons Lab Management | Protests in Livermore Demand Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

2004: Books Not Bombs Rally and March to Nuclear Weapons Lab

2003: Hands Around the Lab to Commemorate Murder of Thousands by Nuclear Bomb | Hundreds rally at Livermore against nuclear research | Humboldt Remembers Hiroshima and Nagasaki

2002: Another Rogue State Rejects Weapons Inspections | Demonstrators Denounce State Terrorism in the Form of Nuclear Weapons

2001: In Memory of Hiroshima | Hiroshima Flame Walk To Visit Bay Area\