Eileen Mahood-Jose reminds us that on January 5, 1954, the Buchanan
Village Board held a 10-minute public hearing on rezoning the area known as
Indian Point, formerly a popular park with beaches, trails, swimming pools and
two piers receiving thousands of people by boat out for a day of fun. The plan
was passed without opposition. According to terms of the deal, Con Edison was to
pay 70 percent of the Hendrick-Hudson school district's taxes, install a
village-wide sewer system, pave streets and provide mercury
streetlights.
Cathy Iwane wants to get a group to dress in Hazmat suits carrying Geiger counters measuring the children.
"Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!" Ralph Nader. If you want to see great movies about "revolution" I recommend "Duck You Sucker" with James Coburn and Rod Steiger, also "Vera Cruz" with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster. A revolution won't shut down Indian Point. Only the Super-Rich can. In Germany, the Super-Rich are anti-nuclear, and besides it's not a done deal yet. It's also because in Germany, the Green Party has a lot of power, because in Germany, green corporations were not kept out of the party, and it was able to gain serious political influence.
Start with David Rockefeller Jr. who wants Indian Point shut down but won't go against his father. David Rockefeller Sr. owns the Stone Barns agricultural center, a 100 acres organic farm 10 miles south of Indian Point. The same is true for many of the Hearst children, who belong to Riverkeeper. They all need to speak out in a single voice, which is what Robert Kennedy Jr. does for them.
If
someone like Faith Kates who is both president of the Next modeling agency and
the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund came out against Indian Point, would join ABC
Home, Donna Karan and Kenneth Cole, it would go a long way. Faith Kates hosts
one of the most lavish celebrity laced fundraiser in the Hamptons every year for
the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. That's political influence! Imagine hundreds
of anti-nuclear fashion models, that would attract the attention of the
Boilermakers union.
Andrea Kalkstein Lieberman wants to create a traffic jam surrounding the plant simulating a failed evacuation plan... Andrea is right, discussing the evacuation plan is a non-starter, it doesn't lead anywhere except a cul de sac of frustration.
We are looking for positive action, which builds new coalitions, outside of the usual inner circle. We are looking for new allies in professional associations, who can apply extraordinary pressure on their representatives. Occupy the NRC? Sure, but that's another distraction requiring trips to DC. Occupy the plant itself? If you knew the geography, you would know how unlikely that is, other than on the river with a flotilla, was already done years ago, see picture on the Rock The Reactors website.
The entrance to Indian Point is located on a long narrow road, with a high fence and barbwire all around, only one sliding gate, no room to park or even stand around. There's been a few actions at the plant over the years, they generally don't garner much attention past a small mention in local newspapers. Indian Point hasn't been shut down by conventional actions. It needs the voice of large institutions, schools, hospitals, Masonic organizations, organic farming associations. Once these large groups, with political, social and economic clout, real influence on the community start to voice out their opinion, it offers leverage.
The company which owns IP, Entergy, has been doing this for years, to their own advantage, so I can't understand why anti-nuclear groups have not tried to do the same, in an organized, orchestrated fashion. And again to remind everyone, LEDs alone can and are replacing all the electricity IP produces. No need for hydro, or anything else. We are doing much more with a lot less. That's the beauty of increased energy efficiency. It makes old plants like Indian Point obsolete.
Organizing a traffic jam is a beautiful idea, problem is execution. Where are you going to find enough people to drive to Buchanan and stage something like this? You wouldn't need many cars, but what traffic would it actually block? There's hardly any traffic on that road in the first place, practically deserted... the only reason to drive on it is to go to and fro the plant. It's a good visual, but impractical, and also you simply get the town's people upset with something like this, I don't think it would achieve anything.
Rather, there are dozens of companies with factories, assembly facilities, etc... along the way, they live and work in the shadow of Indian Point every day. Has anyone asked the people who work there how they feel about working in such close proximity to the plant? That would make for a poignant documentary, if only to see people after people chasing cameras away... Next time Indian Point sets off the sirens for a test, simply organize it so the local anti-nuclear population acts as if it was an actual alert, get in their cars and flood the roads... simulate breaking down in the middle of Route 9, clog... We can also bring out the zombies, like a scene out of the Walking Dead.
October 1954: Consolidated Edison buys Indian Point Park and an adjacent tract, totaling 350 acres on the banks of the Hudson River at Indian Point, which is a popular park with beaches, trails, swimming pools and two piers. The plants are sited on the Hudson River, the Ramapo earthquake fault line, and 24 miles from the New York City line.
The pier where Clearwater actually docks its sloop is owned by Entergy, on Indian Point property, it's only a short distance from the plant. Now, isn't that ironic? In other words, ConEd bought 350 acres of prime riverfront park land with beaches, trails, swimming pools and two piers, and turned it into a war zone! Look at Peekskill today, a bombed out shell, half the buildings empty, store fronts boarded up, the city split in half between old timers hanging on, and barely legal immigrants who have settled there because it was the cheapest place around nobody else wanted.
As a community they are terrified to speak out against Indian Point because it could mean immigration coming down on them. Entergy foments this state of perpetual paranoia by funding the downtown free clinic. Certainly, sending a few Spanish and Portuguese speaking organizers into the community would go a long way in mobilizing the local population into building a sentiment of opposition against Indian Point, something which has never been done. Latin immigrants make up for half the residents of the community, and yet I have never seen a single Hispanic at any of the IP relicensing meetings.
We've been trying to get a top fashion magazine to shoot a spread on board the Clearwater sloop with Indian Point in the background, but people just don't understand the importance of doing things like this and we've so far been unsuccessful. Why hasn't Elle or Vogue ever shot a fashion layout on board the Clearwater, and why hasn't Clearwater ever really tried to make it happen? In New York fashion trumps politics. One picture of the Clearwater in front of Indian Point in a mainstream fashion magazine would do ten times more than a mention in Time or Newsweek. The anti-nuclear community is not using the opportunity Manhattan lends them!
Joost van Steenis writes: "The nuclear plant is like the heart of a human. Many veins connect the center with the rest of the body. When you stop the supplying of foodstuffs to the heart the heart will stop working. And what does a nuclear plant needs to continue working? All kinds of materials (including water) to keep the plant running. Food for the people who work there, materials to repair the plant, office articles to let the office run. The suppliers can be put under pressure. They come from outside. The stuff has to be transported to plant. There are also many organizations and private persons who own shares in the plant. They can be put under pressure. The plant is everywhere and where it is you can apply pressure. Be a little bit creative and maybe some suppliers will stop supplying because trade with the plant is only a fraction of their business and they do not want to be disturbed in their business. And maybe even other clients will withdraw their orders. And then I do not even talk about the people who work there and could work also elsewhere instead of helping to produce dangerous energy. Be creative and do not concentrate on the plant but on the supply lines of the plant through which the blood streams that keeps the plant alive. Pressure the suppliers."
Cathy Iwane wants to get a group to dress in Hazmat suits carrying Geiger counters measuring the children.
"Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!" Ralph Nader. If you want to see great movies about "revolution" I recommend "Duck You Sucker" with James Coburn and Rod Steiger, also "Vera Cruz" with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster. A revolution won't shut down Indian Point. Only the Super-Rich can. In Germany, the Super-Rich are anti-nuclear, and besides it's not a done deal yet. It's also because in Germany, the Green Party has a lot of power, because in Germany, green corporations were not kept out of the party, and it was able to gain serious political influence.
Start with David Rockefeller Jr. who wants Indian Point shut down but won't go against his father. David Rockefeller Sr. owns the Stone Barns agricultural center, a 100 acres organic farm 10 miles south of Indian Point. The same is true for many of the Hearst children, who belong to Riverkeeper. They all need to speak out in a single voice, which is what Robert Kennedy Jr. does for them.
Andrea Kalkstein Lieberman wants to create a traffic jam surrounding the plant simulating a failed evacuation plan... Andrea is right, discussing the evacuation plan is a non-starter, it doesn't lead anywhere except a cul de sac of frustration.
We are looking for positive action, which builds new coalitions, outside of the usual inner circle. We are looking for new allies in professional associations, who can apply extraordinary pressure on their representatives. Occupy the NRC? Sure, but that's another distraction requiring trips to DC. Occupy the plant itself? If you knew the geography, you would know how unlikely that is, other than on the river with a flotilla, was already done years ago, see picture on the Rock The Reactors website.
The entrance to Indian Point is located on a long narrow road, with a high fence and barbwire all around, only one sliding gate, no room to park or even stand around. There's been a few actions at the plant over the years, they generally don't garner much attention past a small mention in local newspapers. Indian Point hasn't been shut down by conventional actions. It needs the voice of large institutions, schools, hospitals, Masonic organizations, organic farming associations. Once these large groups, with political, social and economic clout, real influence on the community start to voice out their opinion, it offers leverage.
The company which owns IP, Entergy, has been doing this for years, to their own advantage, so I can't understand why anti-nuclear groups have not tried to do the same, in an organized, orchestrated fashion. And again to remind everyone, LEDs alone can and are replacing all the electricity IP produces. No need for hydro, or anything else. We are doing much more with a lot less. That's the beauty of increased energy efficiency. It makes old plants like Indian Point obsolete.
Organizing a traffic jam is a beautiful idea, problem is execution. Where are you going to find enough people to drive to Buchanan and stage something like this? You wouldn't need many cars, but what traffic would it actually block? There's hardly any traffic on that road in the first place, practically deserted... the only reason to drive on it is to go to and fro the plant. It's a good visual, but impractical, and also you simply get the town's people upset with something like this, I don't think it would achieve anything.
Rather, there are dozens of companies with factories, assembly facilities, etc... along the way, they live and work in the shadow of Indian Point every day. Has anyone asked the people who work there how they feel about working in such close proximity to the plant? That would make for a poignant documentary, if only to see people after people chasing cameras away... Next time Indian Point sets off the sirens for a test, simply organize it so the local anti-nuclear population acts as if it was an actual alert, get in their cars and flood the roads... simulate breaking down in the middle of Route 9, clog... We can also bring out the zombies, like a scene out of the Walking Dead.
October 1954: Consolidated Edison buys Indian Point Park and an adjacent tract, totaling 350 acres on the banks of the Hudson River at Indian Point, which is a popular park with beaches, trails, swimming pools and two piers. The plants are sited on the Hudson River, the Ramapo earthquake fault line, and 24 miles from the New York City line.
The pier where Clearwater actually docks its sloop is owned by Entergy, on Indian Point property, it's only a short distance from the plant. Now, isn't that ironic? In other words, ConEd bought 350 acres of prime riverfront park land with beaches, trails, swimming pools and two piers, and turned it into a war zone! Look at Peekskill today, a bombed out shell, half the buildings empty, store fronts boarded up, the city split in half between old timers hanging on, and barely legal immigrants who have settled there because it was the cheapest place around nobody else wanted.
As a community they are terrified to speak out against Indian Point because it could mean immigration coming down on them. Entergy foments this state of perpetual paranoia by funding the downtown free clinic. Certainly, sending a few Spanish and Portuguese speaking organizers into the community would go a long way in mobilizing the local population into building a sentiment of opposition against Indian Point, something which has never been done. Latin immigrants make up for half the residents of the community, and yet I have never seen a single Hispanic at any of the IP relicensing meetings.
We've been trying to get a top fashion magazine to shoot a spread on board the Clearwater sloop with Indian Point in the background, but people just don't understand the importance of doing things like this and we've so far been unsuccessful. Why hasn't Elle or Vogue ever shot a fashion layout on board the Clearwater, and why hasn't Clearwater ever really tried to make it happen? In New York fashion trumps politics. One picture of the Clearwater in front of Indian Point in a mainstream fashion magazine would do ten times more than a mention in Time or Newsweek. The anti-nuclear community is not using the opportunity Manhattan lends them!
Joost van Steenis writes: "The nuclear plant is like the heart of a human. Many veins connect the center with the rest of the body. When you stop the supplying of foodstuffs to the heart the heart will stop working. And what does a nuclear plant needs to continue working? All kinds of materials (including water) to keep the plant running. Food for the people who work there, materials to repair the plant, office articles to let the office run. The suppliers can be put under pressure. They come from outside. The stuff has to be transported to plant. There are also many organizations and private persons who own shares in the plant. They can be put under pressure. The plant is everywhere and where it is you can apply pressure. Be a little bit creative and maybe some suppliers will stop supplying because trade with the plant is only a fraction of their business and they do not want to be disturbed in their business. And maybe even other clients will withdraw their orders. And then I do not even talk about the people who work there and could work also elsewhere instead of helping to produce dangerous energy. Be creative and do not concentrate on the plant but on the supply lines of the plant through which the blood streams that keeps the plant alive. Pressure the suppliers."
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