by Laura | Sep 18, 2016 | Archive, Video
When Springsteen turned 30 he celebrated that night at Madison Square Garden in New York at the No Nukes concert, and performed this song for the first time. Lyrics: I come from down in the valley where mister when you’re young They bring you up to do like your...
by Laura | Sep 18, 2016 | Archive, Video
In the spring of 1982 more than a million citizens marched on the United Nations in New York for a freeze on nuclear weapons. It remains the largest protest march in US history. By Robbie Leppzer & John Bishop
by Laura | Sep 18, 2016 | Archive, Video
In April of 1980 hundreds of citizens trained in nonviolence blockaded the gates of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant for a week. Here’s a report from the state’s CBS affiliate station. By WCAX TV Channel 11 Burlington
by Laura | Sep 18, 2016 | Archive, Video
The No Nukes MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) project was the brainchild of John Hall, lead singer for the 70s band Orleans. He organized Bonnie Raitt to support it but they realized they needed more partners. One night in New York City Bonnie and John...
by Laura | Sep 18, 2016 | Archive, Video
The story of Montague, Massachusetts organic farmer Sam Lovejoy who toppled the 500 foot weather tower for a nuclear plant planned for that town in 1973, went immediately down to the police station and turned himself in, his trial and subsequent court victory (he was...
by Laura | Sep 18, 2016 | Archive, Video
On October 29, 1979, the 50th anniversary of the crash of the stock exchange, tens of thousands of citizens converged on Wall Street to demand that the financial industry divest from nuclear power. More than a thousand trained participants then blocked the New York...
