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“No One Is Paying Attention to Your Protests”

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By John LaForgejust now, John LaForge, Alexandra Bradbury Verified, “No One
| LA Progressive Verified
BÜCHEL, Germany — This pointed insult was shouted without a trace of irony through a chain-link fence toward a group of nuclear weapons opponents last Tuesday by a military guard equipped with binoculars and wearing a camera strapped around his neck. The protest group was at the perimeter of Büchel Air Force Base in west-central Germany on July 12, the 205th anniversary of the birth of Henry David Thoreau — the naturalist and theorist of conscientious defiance of illegitimate authority.
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Nuclear Weapons Treaty Ban in the Footsteps of 1982’s Million-Person March

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By John LaForgejust now, John LaForge, Should Transgender, Cis Compete
| LA Progressive Verified
Last Sunday marked the 40th anniversary of the June 12, 1982 million-person march in New York City for a “freeze” on nuclear weapons building, followed two days later by a mass nonviolent action at the consular offices of nuclear weapons states.
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Cape Cod Bay in the Crosshairs - Holtec’s Reactor Waste Water Threat

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By John LaForge, Lawrence Wittner, Thea Paneth, John LaForgejust now
| LA Progressive Verified
Still dreaming of a nuclear reactor that is clean, safe and cheap? Holtec Decommissioning International Corp. is trying to turn that dream to a nightmare. The newly minted subsidiary intends to dump roughly one million gallons radioactively contaminated nuclear reactor waste water into Cape Cod Bay, which happens to be a part of the protected Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
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