and Ehren Watada Support Committee

Since 1945, U.S. nuclear weapons have been the trump card in the force maintaining American empire. Yes, we have to say empire. empire, n. 1. A group of nations or states under a single sovereign power. This has to do with nuclear disarmament because if we want to get rid of the weapons we have to get rid of the purpose for which they are made, world-wide military dominance in the service of world-wide economic hegemony. Indeed, we have to create a culture of peace.

The hydrogen bomb was born at the Livermore Labs and Livermore continues to be the place where new weapons of mass destruction are designed. Livermore has just been selected to design the new "safer" nuclear weapons in the "Reliable Replacement Program". It is also being considered for a Bio and Agro weapons research facility.

We will assemble at Vasco Road and Patterson Pass Road, on the southeast corner. After the prayer service we will walk about 1/2 mile to a major gate of the lab. At the gate there will be nonviolent acts of witness. Following the action, there will be a community gathering in Livermore, to share our concerns and activities.

Our preacher, Rev Michael Yoshii, will have returned recently from a fact-finding mission to the Philippines, to learn about recent extra-judicial killings there. Rev. Yoshii has also been deeply involved in the work to support military resister Lt. Ehren Watada.