Annals of Nuclear Resistance : "Reindeer Alliance"

Annals of Nuclear Resistance

Peace and Planet Mobilization April 26, 2015
Photo courtesy of Libero Della Piana - used by permission

From the Ban the Bomb movement to peace and planet summer, for seven decades people have resisted the menace of nuclear weapons that overshadow life on planet Earth.

This blog is dedicated to stories of protest and resistance, calls for nuclear disarmament, remembering those who have made and do make significant contributions to peace.

These are extraordinary stories. It has been an honor and privilege to recruit the material for the blog as a United for Peace and Justice project for Nuclear-Free Future Month and Peace and Planet Summer.

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Friday, August 7, 2015

Reindeer Alliance Actions - Christmas 1978 and 1979 - David Slesinger

We did a Reindeer Alliance action on Christmas Day 1978.

Four of us dressed as Santa Claus and got arrested at the Pilgrim Nuke in Plymouth, Mass.

The lesson is that if you get arrested on Christmas, they’ve got to cover it. There’s nothing else happening. One of the 3 (pre-cable) Boston TV stations showed right as I was offering the station manager a huge lollipop with my comment, "In honor of the fact that Boston Edison thinks their ratepayers are a bunch of suckers, I offer you this Christmas present." He refused.