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DESCRIPTION:Today, Sunday, September 2, 1-3 pm, there will be a celebration of the 
 incredible, powerful, and wonderful life of Duncan Murphy, WWII veteran and 
 fighter for peace and justice, who died July 28 and the age of 
 92.\n\nDuncan was on the tracks and narrowly escaped when Brian Willson was 
 run over as they blocked munitions trains with weapons going to Central 
 America 25 years ago. That action led to the 2 year+ occupation of the 
 tracks.\n\nIt will be at the SF Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness (@ 
 McAllister), Room 219.  It will be a potluck, but come—with or without 
 food—to talk about our friend Duncan, or learn about him.\n\nBrian 
 Willson, who knew Duncan since Brian was nine, will also be there.\n\nOn 
 September 5th, 10,000 people gathered at Concord. They were there because 
 they were outraged by the attack on Brian—and -the ongoing attack on the 
 people of Central America. And so they gathered—Jesse Jackson, Joan Baez, 
 Daniel Ellsberq, Alice Walker, and Miriam Linder, the mother of Ben Linder, 
 another U.S.  citizen who risked—and lost—his life for peace in Central 
 America during a contra attack in Nicaragua.. Religious, political, and 
 labor leaders came, as did thousands of people who have never been to a 
 demonstration before. And there we all were, standing by the tracks that 
 led to 262 bunkers full of war material. We came together to oppose a war 
 that is extremely destructive and that threatens to escalate.\n\nIn the 
 summer of 1987, a small group of peace activists and veterans who had 
 completed a fast at the nation’s capital the previous fall, formed 
 Nuremberg Actions. They began a vigil outside of the Concord Naval Weapons 
 Station announcing their intent to begin blocking weapons trucks and trains 
 on September 1st in a nonviolent protest against weapons shipments to 
 Central America. On that day, after clergy formally notified the base that 
 Americans would be sitting on the tracks in a non-violent blockade, Vietnam 
 veteran S. Brian Willson was run down and nearly killed by a US Navy 
 Munitions train. The others suffered various injuries, but Brian lost both 
 of his legs.\n \nA court order upheld Nuremberg Actions' right to maintain 
 a 24 hour vigil at the site where Brian was attacked.  For three years the 
 community maintained the site and blocked every weapons train and truck as 
 they moved towards ships to be loaded for Central America. The intentional 
 community of 20 to 30 people hosted over a thousand Northern California 
 activists who joined in the protest weekly or monthly, and an estimated 
 100,000 visitors from every corner of the nation, and from around the world 
 in those three years. The Nuremberg community will return to remember that 
 fateful day, honor heroes who have passed, and recommit to peace and social 
 justice.\n\n \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/01/18720802.php
SUMMARY:Vets for Peace: Brian Willson & Memorial/Potluck for Duncan Murphy, Concord train blocker
LOCATION: SF Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness (@ McAllister), Room 219.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/01/18720802.php
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