10AM-12NOON *HIROSHIMA DAY 6OTH. ANNIVERSARY VIGIL AT U.S. EMBASSY

by Ciaron - Dublin Catholic Worker/Pitstop Ploughshares Sun Aug 07, 2005 02:44 ploughsharesireland at yahoo dot ie

Report from vigil outside U.S. Embassy in Dublin


A dozen of us from Ireland, Australia, New Zealand & England gathered (we were joined by a passing Russian) outside the U.S. Embassy to remember Hiroshima, call for disarmament of nuclear weapons and demand the release of Sr. Ardeth Platte serving 4 years in a U.S. prison for a plowshares action on an ICBM missile silo, the Aldermaston Peace Gardeners from custody following their action yesterday at England's nuclear weapons factory and for Israel to let Vanunu leave (after serving 18 years in prison for exposing Israel's nuclear weapons production.

RTE, TV3, News of the World, INN, Sunday Times and the Special Branch also came along to check us out.

After vigil, we formed a circle around images of
Hiroshima to hear a song in Irish by Robbie and share reflections on the nuclear terrorism inflicted on Hiroshima and the ongoing nonviolent resistance to nuclear wepon producition & deployment. Fintan shared about his recent experiences in New Mexico and the protest on the 60th anniversary of the original nuclear weapons test.

http://www.peaceontrial.com

by rooster Mon Aug 08, 2005 04:31

what about a peace vigil for the Rape of Nanking?? or the Bataan death march????