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"No nukes!"--Harvey Wasserman Interviewed on New Doc Detailing Birth of Movement

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"A new documentary film, Far Out: Life On & After the Commune, directed by Charles Light, tells the story of a group of leftwing journalists [originally of the] Liberation News Service. [The] eighty-five-minute film reveals the communards as young hippies and senior citizens, and shows how their paths intertwined with folk/rock superstars to fight the good fight. 

"One of the film's co-stars is author and historian Harvey Wasserman who is also the longest active contributor to The Progressive. ...

"... Far Out contends that the commune's opposition to the construction of this [nuclear power] plant [at Seabrook, NH] sparked the U.S. grassroots anti-nuclear movement.

"Wasserman: The first thing is we came up with the slogan 'No Nukes,' printed the first bumper sticker and T-shirt; it's gone global ever since...."

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Marta Steele is an author/editor/blogger who has been writing for Opednews.com since 2006. She is also author of the 2012 book "Grassroots, Geeks, Pros, and Pols: The Election Integrity Movement's Nonstop Battle to Win Back the People's Vote, (more...)
 

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