SPECIAL PRESENTATION FROM ANNA GYORGY - World touring activist and  author.

Protecting Biodiversity and Life. Anna Gyorgy provides a look at how

countering corporate industrialized monoculture and genetically modified

agriculture involves issues similar to those of countering nuclear power.

Anna Gyorgy, Network coordinator of  Women & Life on Earth (www.wloe.org) a

non profit association to help connect women internationally, share

information and work for ecological health and peace with justice. Anna was

an author/activist in the safe energy/anti-nuclear movement 1975-1982. Since

1985 she has lived in Ireland, Germany, South Korea and West Africa, and

written, edited and organized  with special interest in ecology and

international connections. Anna  currently lives in Bonn, where she

coordinates Women & Life on Earth (www.wloe.org) a German

non-profit association helping to connect women internationally, share

information and work for ecological health and peace with justice. Recently she helped

 organize Planet Diversity, an international conference on food and

agriculture, and much more, held in Bonn May parallel to negotiations for

the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and its related Protocol on Biosafety 

 a.gyorgy@planet-diversity.org

www.planet-diversity.org 

www.wloe.org 

 No Nukes ! Enjoy meeting old friends and raise hell among the young  ones.where ? - A camp with a social conscience… where global justice meets nature- A retreat center for progressives to relax in the company of people who share concerns and values- “It’s one of those places where you can learn things you didn’t know you were looking for.” -a friend- A truly unique vacation destination. Affordable. Beautiful. Invigorating.   M. Thompson, Innkeeper ?   

An exhibit of photographs documenting the birth and growth of the movement that stopped -for thirty one years- the development of nuclear power in the US.  

A look at the people who, against all odds, made a difference.

15 . 22 X 29 Black & White archival pigment prints.

May 16th - June 1 2008-  RECEPTION May 16th  5 PM to 8PM

OVER THE RAINBOW GALLERY@ THE INSTITUTE FOR LIVING ETHICS - Corner of Broadway & Hudson, NYACK NY 10968.“……..So although the organization and events featured here–the Clamshell Alliance and its brave blockade of the Seabrook Nuke–are now past factors in the anti-nuclear movement, this collection of text and photographs is no mere exercise in nostalgia. The Seabrook action, the organizing and decision-making that preceded and followed, basically energized an opposition that swelled in localities and then legislatures around the country to stop the creation of new nuclear power plants in the United States. That embargo is now under challenge. And it is the spirit of the Clamshell that must be reawakened if we are to resist the intent of the industry….” Lionel Delevingne, Nyack May 2008  To the Village Square…we must carry the facts of atomic energy, from there must come America’s voice. 

Albert Einstein. June1946

A renaissance in nuclear power will require an anti-nuclear renaissance 
– this time everything must be reexamined
Dear Antinuclear Friends,
This is an invitation to national cooperation and coordination in the antinuclear battle. If you wish to receive more information please respond.
I would be willing to coordinate a 50-state national movement until we can get organized. I would do this primarily through a simple free website and to coordinate a new idea called NACCTT – national antinuclear citizen’s council and think tank. Instead of a more conventional think tank populated by elites, it would integrate the Internet, a citizen council made up of elder and younger activists, and think tank processes, that would hopefully lead to a profound new level of cooperative processes for collective critical thinking and networking, absolutely necessary for the new antinuclear renaissance. If you wish to be involved please respond.
My study has revealed a glaring fact that we must come to terms with, that the previous movement could not garner enough cooperation amongst themselves to knock out this evil once and for all. The movement was strong but almost totally anarchistic in nature, so the effects were always too diluted to overcome those men in power without conscience. I’ve concluded that any antinuclear movement cannot do the complete job without a consolidated national foundation - national energy and coordination feeding local efforts and vice versa.
First, we need to take an overall existential assessment of our historical and current reality. Second, an honest self-examination must be done totally irrespective of who we perceive our opponents to be. We must look in the mirror with a willingness to see the flaws that might sabotage our own efforts. Third, we must muster enough cooperation to get the job done. Freezing the expansion of nuclear power, which was certainly a good thing, while also experiencing a surge in U.S. and world nuclear weapons numbers when Reagan came on may not have been a desirable trade-off (though unintended, of course). This is an example of the kinds of honest re-evaluations we must make. The new movement must be all about national cooperation and coordination, and going back to the basics with a new pair of eyes.

The strength of a cooperative democracy is directly proportional to 
the strength of its cooperative dialog.

Be well, Mark Hanawalt – Boise, Idaho, usa communitytruth@yahoo.com

http://gallery.mac.com/lioneldelevingne#100003 

Anniversary Party Saturday, May 5, 2007 in Boston
Robin Thompson is having a party at her house at 7:00pm, near Newton Corner
Contact her at rt@rthompson.net, 781-718-5153 for Address and to RSVP
Pass the word and/or send her Contact Info
Please bring Buttons,T-Shirts, Posters, Stories…, Food & Drink

We have already heard of at least one Western Massachusetts affinity group getting back together as the 30th anniversary of the 1977 Seabrook occupation approaches. If you are planning an affinity group reunion, please let TVS know. We would like to encourage you to share your collective memories with us, preferably on videotape and in response to four specific questions:? How did you get involved in the Clamshell? What?s a favorite Clamshell story? What do you think is the Clamshell legacy? What are your memories about the decision to change the 1978 site occupation to a legal demonstration?

Clamshell Story will (not presently) travel to France.

Lionel Delevingne, TVS co-director, has been invited to participate in a conference and exhibit at Ecole Normale Superieure in Lyon, France for Summer 2007 . The delegation will include include Paul and Linda Gunter of the Nuclear Information Resource Service and Beyond Nuclear. Paul is a member of the TVS advisory group.

Christophe Bisson, Project director has informed us 4/13/07 that the Conference as originally planned had been cancelled due to the instability of the french political scene around presidential elections and the severity of the issues that would be raised in a country that is 75% Nuclear…..and according to a recent poll only supported by 18% of the population… C’est la vie -pas rose !

Do check the link here to see the french in action as of this past march…events largely not covered
by he us media.