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Preparing the street theater during the retreat at St. Stephen's and the Incarnation Church in DC. |
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The octopus has eight strong arms capable of pushing, pulling, and grasping prey tightly. The DOE's tentacles include the labs to which it contracts its responsibilities: design of the nuclear components of the weapon - Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore Labs; engineering of weapon systems - Sandia Lab; manufacturing of key components - Los Alamos Lab; testing - the Nevada Test Site; and weapon/warhead assembling/dismantling at Pantex. In addition, it funds of the work of at least 17 other labs all over the country. Now there's tentacles for you...And these are the ones we know about. |
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We are here at the DOE to remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We are here with survivors of that crime. The DOE traces its roots to the Manhattan Project which was responsible for the bombings. After the war, the build up of nuclear weapons was under the subsequent Atomic Energy Commission. The DOE came into being in 1977 to pull all that work into one. and Bechtel today - the #1 nuclear profiteer and leading beneficiary of the Iraq war and corporate globalization. |
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Like the octopus we carry today, Bechtel is a master of disguise; it has unleashed incalculable venom into our world; its tentacles are everywhere apparent and destructive; its suckers do not miss an opportunity to latch onto whatever will enrich its CEOs; the truth of its work is hidden "in the dark" like the black ink of the octopus; its brain is scattered and it is all squish and change, adapting to whatever circumstance will enrich its executives and stock holders. |
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The Hibakasha speak at the Department of Energy. |
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Venom in Octopus' salivary glands contains a chemical that helps the octopus disable prey and break down their muscle tissue. DOE sponsors more venom than an octopus can imagine; it names its work - basic and applied scientific research. But we know and want it known that DOE has responsibility for the design, testing and production of all nuclear weapons. All nuclear weapons deployed by the War Department are actually on loan to DOD from the DOE. |
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