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DESCRIPTION:Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!\n\nOccupyForum 
 presents. . .\n\nSEABROOK 1977\n\nIn anticipation of the accelerating 
 campaign to shut California's last nukes -- the two reactors at Diablo 
 Canyon, near San Luis Obispo --\nwe will view Seabrook 77, the story the of 
 attempt to block construction of a nuclear power plant.\n\nIn April 1977, 
 the small coastal town of Seabrook, New Hampshire became an international 
 symbol in the battle over atomic energy. Concerned about the dangers of 
 potential radioactive accidents, 2,500 members of the Clamshell Alliance, a 
 coalition of environmental groups, attempted to block construction of a 
 nuclear power plant in Seabrook. 1,414 people were arrested in that civil 
 disobedience protest and jailed en masse in National Guard armories for two 
 weeks.\n\nSeabrook 77 chronicles the events which made world headlines and 
 sparked the creation of a grassroots antinuclear power movement across the 
 United States. Scenes of the nonviolent demonstration and subsequent 
 internment are interwoven with interviews with participants on all sides of 
 the event, including local Seabrook residents, antinuclear activists, New 
 Hampshire's pro-nuclear Governor Meldrim Thomson, police and utilities 
 officials. The film documents the erection of a tent city and negotiations 
 with the governor and police. It follows the arrest and incarceration of 
 the largest group (after the Vietnam war protests) of U.S. citizens 
 incarcerated. Seabrook 77 tells the story of this seminal event of the 
 1970s environmental activism and shows people\nmaking history from the 
 grassroots.\n\nCitizen activism has closed the reactors at Humboldt, Rancho 
 Seco and San Onofre, and stopped proposed projects at Bakersfield, Bodega 
 and elsewhere. PG&E's Diablo is two 1200+ megawatt monsters surrounded by 
 earthquake faults, in a tsunami zone, out of compliance with clean water 
 and fire safety regulations, lacking a credible evacuation plan and now 
 completely priced out of the market by clean, cheap, safe and job-producing 
 renewable energy. The experiences of the 1970s anti nuclear activists is 
 relevant today, and an inspiration for what lies ahead.\n\nDiscussion and 
 Announcements to follow.\nOccupyForum welcomes donations, no one turned 
 away.\n\n\nRead background on Diablo 
 Canyon:\nhttp://www.foe.org/news/archives/2014-10-developments-at-diablo-canyon-reactors\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/03/01/18769324.php
SUMMARY:OccupyForum : "Seabrook 77" The Creation of the Grassroots Antinuclear Movement
LOCATION:Global Exchange\n2017 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA - 94110
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/03/01/18769324.php
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