Sub-versive activity: tip the canoe & trident, too. (protesting a Trident submarine launch in Groton, Connecticut; includes related article on the Electric Boat protest and its aftermath)

From: Commonweal | Date: October 22, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

First, you have to find an unobtrusive, secluded entry point to lower the canoe into the Thames River. Mind you, a few hundred yards down river at the Electric Boat nuclear submarine factory in Groton, Connecticut, police and security guards have peeled their eyes on the lookout for any peace people such as ourselves who might seek to disrupt the ceremonies launching the fifteenth Trident submarine, the U. S. S. Rhode lsland, the deadliest weapon ever created in the history of the world.

You are careful not to attract attention. Despite your best efforts, you and your friends ...

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