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spazzmann

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Mon Apr 1, 2013, 11:12 AM Apr 2013

Today in Peace and Justice history on April 1, 1983

Tens of thousands in the United Kingdom formed a “peace chain” 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) long to express their opposition to nuclear weapons. The chain started at the American airbase at Greenham Common, passed the Aldermaston nuclear research center, and ended at the ordnance factory in Burghfield. At the same time 15,000 people... http://bit.ly/YWgSVb

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