Nuclear Resister, August 1st, 2004
Despite the cessation of traditional nuclear weapons testing in Nevada, "sub-critical" dynamic testing of "special nuclear materials" has continued and the Nevada Test Site is maintained to resume the old-style buried-big-bang tests on relatively short notice. Likewise, protest and nonviolent direct actions that once drew up to eight thousand people to the remote desert site northwest of Las Vegas now draw dozens and hundreds of participants.
The embers of resistance are kept bright by the Nevada Desert Experience (NDE), a faith-based group founded by Franciscans nearly a quarter century ago,...
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