| On Sunday, April 8th 2001 during the "Stop
the Bombs" and civil disobedience rally, 4 members of
the Koinonia community were arrested for speaking out against
the Nuclear Weapons Facility.
The arrests were made in Oakridge Tennessee where 300-400
protesters gathered to try to shut down the Y-12 Nuclear
Facility, which is the facility that made the Bomb that
took out Hiroshima, and continues to make nuclear weapons
in violation with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
For years, OREPA, (Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance)
have been holding these Actions of Protest in April and
in August. They also hold weekly vigils on Sunday's outside
the gates of the Y-12 facilities and Geoffrey has returned
to the front gate of the Y-12 facility for a 30 vigil.
Read about it here
On Sunday, April 8, 2001, 4 members of the Koinonia community
were arrested in this protest. Two of the members, Geoffrey
Hennies and Lisa Doscher, laid down into the street
and refused to move. They were arrested and charged with
Misdemeanor Obstruction, a State Charge. This charge was
dropped on Tuesday. Two other members, Sandy Thornburgh
and Michael Phelan face City charges of Criminal Trespass
for crossing the line onto the facility's property, and
go to court on April 20th. Also in attendance at the action,
and the arestees support person was community member
Ellie Castle.
Many at Koinonia are proud that our members stood up for
this atrocity that is taking place in Oakridge Tennessee
and we are glad that our members had the guts to stand up
to the Powers that be to say "STOP THE BOMBS". If more
people do this on a regular basis, then maybe the Y-12 facility
and others will close their doors.
For more information about OREPA's work, please log on at
www.stopthebombs.org
They need your support!
If you would like to see more news on the protest and
more photos visit atlanta.indymedia.org
It's because as a world we have gotten
ourselves so far out of harmony, so way off on the material
side, that when we discover something like nuclear energy,
we are still capable of putting it into a bomb and using
it to kill people. -Peace
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