[2624] in peace2
Re: Nuke ship to be christened on Nagasaki day
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rhett Creighton)
Sat Jul 19 05:44:08 2003
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 05:46:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rhett Creighton <rhett@MIT.EDU>
To: Julia Steinberger <julias@mit.edu>
cc: peace-announce@mit.edu
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One of the only things on this ship that is engineered not to hurt anyone
is its nuclear power source. It does not cary nuclear weapons. Should we
stop breathing on the aniversery of days that the nazis killed a lot of
people with gas?
Rhett
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Julia Steinberger wrote:
>
> 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.
>
