An Archive of Organizing to Stop Nuclear Testing
Newe Sogobia, the people’s earth mother Newe Sogobia, an enormous stretch of land, reaches from Death Valley, California, across Nevada and into Idaho and Utah. Over 60 million acres of desert land where the Shoshone have lived for, possibly, 10,000 Read More
Western Shoshone Tribal Chief Raymond Yowell attended many of the APT actions at the Test Site. His message was always one of respect for our Mother Earth and adherence to the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley, between the Western Shoshone Read More
The San Fransicso Bay Area, in California, was a strong supporter of the actions to stop the testing. Because of the strong support of many organizations, including the SF Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility, there were always a large Read More
Seeds of Peace is a collective of activists who do logistics support for nonviolent actions across the United States, They would come with a kitchen trailer, a potable water truck, a trailer with porta-potties. The volunteer activists would then cook Read More
From the mining of uranium to the longterm storage of nuclear waste, the nuclear chain affects us all. Uranium mining takes place in Arizona and Australia. Weapons development has taken, and continues to take, place at the three US DOE Read More
It was the belief of those with APT that it was only through nonviolent action that the nuclear testing could be stopped. Before every action, there was a nonviolence training. These trainings included role-playing situations, development of affinity groups, logistical Read More
Stephanie Fraser was a staff member of APT from the summer of 1987 until 1991. She did many different jobs during this time, including organizing the post card notifications to activists around the US when the Department of Energy conducted Read More
Bill Rosse was the Western Shoshone representative to American Peace Test. He believed that the Treaty of Ruby Valley was still in force, and as such the Western Shoshone needed to have a say in what was done on their Read More
Corbin Harney was the spiritual leader of the Western Shoshone Tribe, on whose land the testing was taking place. Corbin would always come to the actions, and bless those who were there. He welcomed one and all to the actions, Read More