Nuclear weapon opponents to protest
Source: Santa Maria Times
Nuclear weapon opponents will converge Monday to “Occupy Vandenberg” with a peace vigil from noon to 2 p.m. at the main gate, the culmination of a weekend retreat in Santa Barbara County.
Organizers expect 50 or more faith-based anti-nuclear protesters to attend the Pacific Life Community action.
“What we’re focusing on for this particular event is the testing of ICBMs,” said Occupy Vandenberg organizer Dennis Apel from Guadalupe Catholic Worker. “It pollutes the coastline here. It costs a ton of money and it pollutes the lagoon at the Kwajalein Atoll.”
Apel recently returned from an international trip that included six days on the Marshall Islands, which includes Kwajalein, and said he has talked with one woman who can’t return to her native island due to U.S. military actions there.
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