by Laura | Sep 19, 2016 | Archive, Documents, Newspapers
On September 23, 1979 the Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance called for a nonviolent occupation of the state’s lone nuclear plant. The 179 arrests clogged the state’s court system when most demonstrators refused to post bail (many also gave comical pseudonyms:...
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...
by Laura | Sep 18, 2016 | Archive, Photos
In September 1979, more than 200 people were arrested at the Vermont Yankee Plant. This photo shows a group of them hel at the National Guard Armory after their...
by Laura | Sep 18, 2016 | Archive, Photos
The people in suits are occupying the lobby of the Vermont governor’s office in December 1981 to demand that then governor Richard Snelling veto Vermont Yankee’s evacuation plan (in case of accident) for people living within a 10 mile radius of the...
