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25th Anniversary of Chernobyl: No More Nukes Demo in Menlo Park, CA
As of today, it has been a quarter century since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The Raging Grannies, in solidarity with Abalone Alliance in San Francisco and other activists around the world, remembered the victims of that man-made catastrophe. They demonstrated against nuclear energy along the El Camino Real in Menlo Park, California, and performed for a lunch crowd in front of nearby Cafe Borrone.
Activist older women performed street theater called: “New Trends in Nuclear Radiation Wear for SF Bay Area Fashionistas” with a catwalk of “nuclear radiation protection wear”. The theme of their vignette: nuclear "protection" wear doesn’t protect anything!
They were joined by community members living in or near Menlo Park, some of whom read about the anti-nuke demo on indybay while others found about it via the Nuclear Information Resource Center website (see link here). One local resident came by to hold a no-nuke sign who had heard about the demo on corporate TV news this morning.
Menlo Park is home to the USGS Science Facility and the Raging Grannies say: listen to the REAL scientists at USGS—-their literature is peer-reviewed. The scientists at the US Geological Survey know: the severity of earthquakes can NOT be safely predicted as PG&E would have us believe!
The Grannies spoke and sang for camera and video to remind the public to help get the message to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission: PG&E owns the nuclear facility at Diablo Canyon and its motive is PROFIT, not safety. Don’t forget that PG&E is the same company that brought us the San Bruno disaster! Last month the Grannies talked to some USGS employees; they are unhappy that PG&E is spewing BS statistics the way Fukushima is spewing radiation.
They were joined by community members living in or near Menlo Park, some of whom read about the anti-nuke demo on indybay while others found about it via the Nuclear Information Resource Center website (see link here). One local resident came by to hold a no-nuke sign who had heard about the demo on corporate TV news this morning.
Menlo Park is home to the USGS Science Facility and the Raging Grannies say: listen to the REAL scientists at USGS—-their literature is peer-reviewed. The scientists at the US Geological Survey know: the severity of earthquakes can NOT be safely predicted as PG&E would have us believe!
The Grannies spoke and sang for camera and video to remind the public to help get the message to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission: PG&E owns the nuclear facility at Diablo Canyon and its motive is PROFIT, not safety. Don’t forget that PG&E is the same company that brought us the San Bruno disaster! Last month the Grannies talked to some USGS employees; they are unhappy that PG&E is spewing BS statistics the way Fukushima is spewing radiation.
For more information:
http://nirs.org/
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