An Archive of Organizing to Stop Nuclear Testing
Reclaim the Test Site II, April 1989 April 1989, the second Reclaim the Test Site took place. Again thousands of people came from around the world to the encampment. There were educational events, nonviolence trainings, drum circles, song and laughter, Read More
March 11, 1988 was the opening day of the ten-day encampment. It was a cold spring with temperatures getting in the 40s at night. All day long people arrived. The parking areas filled up quickly and soon the land was Read More
From March 11 – 20, 1988, over 10,000 people participated in the largest demonstration at the Nevada Test Site. During the ten-day action, over 2000 people committed civil resistance. They were transported to Tonopah, over 150 miles away. March 12, Read More
On September 13, 1987, over 50 grandmothers — of all ages and abilities — gathered at the entrance to the Nevada Test Site to protest the ongoing detonations of nuclear weapons. Many of them asked the Wackenhut guards if their Read More
The demonstration on February 5, 1987 was the largest demonstration at the Nevada Test Site, to date. It was a bright sunny day with the bluest of skies. The activists when they were arrested were taken to Beatty, Nevada, about Read More
Nonviolence Training, February 4, 1987 The APT nonviolence training, for the Feb. 5th demonstration, took place on the 4th in Heritage Hall at (the ironically named) Nucleus Plaza, in the West Side neighborhood of Las Vegas, Nevada. An all day Read More
APHA Peace Caucus – Sept. 1986 The American Public Health Association held its annual convention in Las Vegas, NV in September 1996. The peace caucus of the APHA organized a small group of doctors and nurses to go to the Read More