Re: American AntiNuclear Movement

[John M Priest Jr <priestj@DTEENERGY.COM>]

If you added another decimal place to your total say (750,000 to 1,200,000), Id

agree that would be one of the larger marches on the mall. But 75,000 anti nukes

on the mall sounds like one fun Grateful Dead concert ( No offense to any dead

heads) or was that Jackson Browne?



Of the nuclear plant demonstrations I've seen lately. There are more news

cameras then protesters.



Jack Priest

Fermi 2



Randall_F_Brich@RL.GOV wrote:



> Radsafers:

>

> Given the nature of some of the conversations on Radsafe recently the

> following is provided to perhaps facilitate future discussions:

>

> I am presently re-reading the 1981 Ph.D. dissertation for Doctor of

> Sociology by Anthony E. Ladd titled, "A Social Movement Analysis of the

> American AntiNuclear Movement."  Ladd conducted his research by distributing

> questionnaires at the May 6, 1979 Antinuclear Rally in Washington, DC, which

> was attended by 75,000 - 125,000 people, making it one of the largest

> demonstrations ever organized in the US.  In addition to being a very

> interesting read, Ladd does a good job describing the basics of the

> phenomenon of social movements, noting that every social movement

> transitions through 5 stages, namely:

>

> 1) incipiency

> 2) coalescence

> 3) institutionalization

> 4) fragmentation and

> 5) demise.

>

> My question for the Radsafe readers to ponder and perhaps expound on is:

>

> What stage do you think the American Antinuclear Movement is in today and

> why?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Randy Brich

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