[2612] in peace2
Nuke ship to be christened on Nagasaki day
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Julia Steinberger)
Mon Jul 7 16:26:41 2003
Message-Id: <200307072024.QAA18420@biohazard-cafe.mit.edu>
To: peace-announce@mit.edu
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 16:24:48 -0400
From: Julia Steinberger <julias@MIT.EDU>
WE CAN'T LET THEM DO THIS. It's bad enough
that the US nuked Nagasaki and Hiroshima ONLY
to scare the Soviets -- it's bad enough that
the US has not apologized for this and gone
nuke-free. But christening a nuclear war
ship on the anniversary of Nagasaki? WTF?
They have 2 days in the whole year to avoid ...
and they pick one of them???? Our tax dollars
at work, spitting on the graves of the hundreds
of thousands of innocent dead at Nagasaki.
Okay, so I'm officially organizing a trip to
Bath, Maine on Aug 8, leaving in the evening,
and coming back Aug 9 in the afternoon. Please
let me know if you want to come.
Julia (julias@mit.edu)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 3, 2003
11:10 AM
CONTACT: Veterans for Peace-Maine
Jack Bussell 207-772-1442
jafabussell@gwi.net
"Convergence for Peace at Bath" Expected to Draw
Huge Gathering of Protesters to BIW Ship
"Christening"
PORTLAND, ME - July 3 - The Event: The so-called
"Christening" (borderline blasphemy?) of the USS
Momsen, yet another Aegis Arleigh Burke Class
nuclear-capable deathship.
The Place: Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.
The Date: Saturday, August 9, 2003. This date
marks the 58th anniversary of the nuclear bomb
obliteration of Nagasaki, the historic center of
Japanese Christianity, in which more than 75,000
men, women and children perished.
Time of the Protest: 7 a.m.-12 noon. Warship
"Christening" is scheduled for 11 a.m.,
coincidentally the precise time the bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945.
Organizers of the Protest/Rally:
Veterans for Peace-Maine, who have invited
anti-nuclear and anti-war groups from throughout
New England and beyond, to join the protest.
Among those Participating with VFP-Maine:
Peace Action-Maine; Pax Christi-Maine; Catholic
Worker and Buddhist Peace Communities; Maine
Women in Black; Peace & Justice Group of Waldo
County; Women's International League for Peace
and Freedom; Witness for Peace-Maine and Let Cuba
Live are just some of the organizations expected
to participate.
Members of the Jonah House Peace Community in
Baltimore, founded by the late Philip Berrigan,
legendary apostle for peace and nonviolence, and
the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in
Washington, D.C., will also attend.
Prominent names in the peace movement will
address the gathering. The keynote speaker will
be Kathy Kelly, founder of "Voices in the
Wilderness," who has led over 70 humanitarian
medical supplies missions to Iraq. Other speakers
will include Bruce Gagnon (Global Network Against
Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space) and Philip
Berrigan's widow and lifelong peace activist, Liz
McAlister.
