94 and still protesting -- a role model for us all

[theHandpuppet]

The next time we excuse ourselves from a protest because it's too inconvenient or too uncomfortable let's remember Alice Beer, bundled up in her wheelchair and at 94, ready to spend a weekend protesting for peace!

You rock, Mrs. Beer!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6186213.stm

From Scotland...

Pensioner, 94, in nuclear protest
Mrs Beer said she was "doing her bit"

An elderly woman who has lived through both world wars has begun a two-day protest outside the base which houses the UK's nuclear deterrent. Alice Beer, 94, is spending the weekend at the Faslane naval base on the River Clyde, leading a group called Goats, (Golden Oldies Against Trident).

She is among about a dozen senior citizens who are part of a contingent of protesters from Leicestershire.

About 60 demonstrators cheered as Mrs Beer arrived in her wheelchair.

Mrs Beer, who has been politically active since her teenage years in Vienna, opposing the rise of fascism, said that an end to Trident and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was a cause very close to her heart.... MORE





:yourock:

[nuxvomica]

1. 94-year-old Beer still has a good head on her shoulders

That should be a lesson in longevity to all of us. I salute her, especially for protesting the Nazis in her youth, which had to be a pretty brave thing to do. I guess modern proto-fascist regimes are no match for her.

[Bobbieo]

2. Navajo elders are currently protesting in Northwest New Mexico

against the proposed Desert Rock Power plant which burns coal and pollutes the atmosphere. One of the elders is in a wheelchair.

[nuxvomica]

3. Wasn't one of the protesters' dogs skinned alive?

I think that's the same protest you are talking about. My point is that it may seem just a nice human-interest story to talk about elderly protesters but this type of activism still has its dangers and these folks are very brave. More power to them.