REMEMBERING NUREMBERG ACTIONS AND RECOMMITTING OURSELVES Join S. Brian Willson, Daniel Ellsberg & Many Others on Saturday, September 1st 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
On the 25th Anniversary Of the Day S. Brian Willson Was Run Down & Nearly Killed by a US Navy Munitions Train While Engaging in Nuremberg Actions' Nonviolent Blockade in Protest of Weapons Shipments to Central America. AT THE TRACKS CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION Located 30 Miles East of San Francisco Join: * Brian Willson * Holley Rauen * Daniel Ellsberg * David Hartsough and the * Nuremberg Actions Community As We Remember that Fateful Day, Honor Our Heroes Who Have Passed and Recommit Ourselves. David Duncombe - (Died June 11th, 2011) & Duncan Murphy - (Died July 28th, 2012) Both were on the tracks with Brian on September 1st, 1987. MUSIC! Max Ventura * Francisco Herrera * Daniel Zwickel & Other Friends. BRING: Food, Sunscreen, Water and Stories to share. DIRECTIONS: I-680N to CA-242N toward Pittsburg. Exit Port Chicago Hwy/CA-4 W 3B, toward Richmond; Take the Port Chicago Hwy North exit on the left. Go North approx. 1 mile to CNSW and THE TRACKS MORE INFO Contact Sherri Maurin: [email protected] David Hartsough: [email protected] (Traveling: Limited Access) PRESS CONTACT Mark Coplan: 510-472-3811 www.brianwillson.com For Immediate Release PRESS CONTACT: Mark Coplan ~ 510.472.3811 [email protected] Nuremberg Actions Gathers at Concord Naval Weapons Station for 25th Anniversary Join Nuremberg Actions, S. Brian Willson, Holley Rauen, David Hartsough, Daniel Ellsberg and others at the tracks of the Concord Naval Weapons Station this Saturday, September 1st from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for the 25th Anniversary of the vigil at the tracks: "Remembering Nuremberg Actions". In the summer of 1987, a small group of peace activists and veterans who had completed a fast at the nation's capital the previous fall, formed Nuremberg Actions. They began a vigil outside of the Concord Naval Weapons Station announcing their intent to begin blocking weapons trucks and trains on September 1st in a nonviolent protest against weapons shipments to Central America. On that day, after clergy formally notified the base that Americans would be sitting on the tracks in a non-violent blockade, Vietnam veteran S. Brian Willson was run down and nearly killed by a US Navy Munitions train. The others suffered various injuries, but Brian lost both of his legs. A court order upheld Nuremberg Actions' right to maintain a 24 hour vigil at the site where Brian was attacked. For three years the community maintained the site and blocked every weapons train and truck as they moved towards ships to be loaded for Central America. The intentional community of 20 to 30 people hosted over a thousand Northern California activists who joined in the protest weekly or monthly, and an estimated 100,000 visitors from every corner of the nation, and from around the world in those three years. The Nuremberg community will return to remember that fateful day, honor heroes who have passed, and recommit to peace and social justice. When asked to reflect on that day 25 years ago and what it means today Brian responded, "Those who control the present control the past, and those who control the past control the future. As memory is obliterated, people possess no frame of reference for assessing present policies. Thus, imperial history repeats itself over and over. Criminal policy? Why, not us. Preserving memories such as the crime at Concord 25 years ago reminds us of the importance of critical thinking and disobedience to state lawlessness." DIRECTIONS: I-680N to CA-242N toward Pittsburg. Exit Port Chicago Hwy/CA-4 W 3B, toward Richmond; Take the Port Chicago Hwy North exit on the left. Go North approx. 1 mile to CNWS and THE TRACKS MORE INFO: Sherri Maurin ~ [email protected] * David Hartsough ~ [email protected] PRESS CONTACT: Mark Coplan ~ 510.472.3811 [email protected] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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