Approaching
the 11th hour
'There's a saying that evil exists
only when good people remain si
lent. It matters very much what
we do.. /
It is the 1 ltli hour tor many in Peace City, a makeu.
community of people from all walks of'life who si l?
eat and work together once a year as a visible protest to!?'
Nevada Test Site, 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas ^
Nuclear weapons testingat that site on the north sid,
L .S. Highwav ^5 brings thousands together to ti^ht vVh1
they say ma\ iv the economic, social and political do ,dl
side of A merit a. rtnB
They are law vers, doctors, scientists, students, ud > I
ers, business people and some activists who follow
peace movement from location to location across ihl
United States. V
but the glitz of city lightsand traffic jams is tar from J
minds of those camped among cactuses and radioactj
dust bowls for 10 days at "Reclaim the Test Site II," ■
reace C amp is a non-classist, non-racist, non-sexj
non-homeiess gathering, says> C hris Brown, exccutivl
director of the American Peace lest, which sponsorstha
Although "Reclaim thoTest Site II" isonlv in itssenwj
organized year, Brown says, anti-nuclear weaponsactifl
ists have been showing up at the test site since it flr9
opened in 1951
Brown, who temporarily houses himself and a sirj
staff ata motel in Indian Springs just 18 miles from the tJ
site, spends the majority of his time organizing the ncl
Above: Handmade masks deco
rate Peace City. The masks were
made and used during a proces
sion Thursday night. Right:
Daniel Zapata, Margaret Prescott,
Reo Junji Shimanuki and Corbin
Harney, representatives of
various peace organizations, join
in a Shoshone chant Friday
night.
