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| Fr. William Bischel, S.J. during Communion at St. Leo's |
Fifteen Catholic youth from the Jesuit parish St. Leo's in Tacoma, Wash., led their parents and dozens of other community members in a protest against nuclear weapons April 14
outside the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor about 20 miles west of Seattle.
Longtime activists, including Jesuit Fr. Bill "Bix" Bichsel and other members of the Tacoma Catholic Worker community, also participated. The event was held in solidarity with a weekend of education and actions in Scotland dubbed "Scrap Trident." The Herald in Scotland reported that up to 2,000 people joined a march and a rally in Glasgow's George Square. Scottish demonstrations culminated April 15 in a three-hour blockade of the Faslane Naval Base in Argyll, home of the United Kingdom's Trident nuclear weapons. According to Scotland's Evening Times, about 250 protesters took part and 45 were arrested. Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor is home to the largest single stockpile of nuclear warheads in the U.S. arsenal. Eight of the nation's 14 Trident nuclear ballistic missile submarines reside at this base; each carries more than 1,000 times the destructive power of the Hiroshima bomb and costs $77 million per year to maintain.
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1 comment:
A protest of nuclear weapons...how retro. Nice to see all these dinosaurs passing on their causes to the next generation. So much more important than say, human traficking or abortion.
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