Street Theater at Bechtel/DOE

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William Hughes

Iraqi War profiteer, the Bechtel Corporation, was lampooned in a Street Theater skit performed by Peace and Justice activists, on Aug. 7, 2007.

The event took place at Bechtel's down town Washington, D.C. headquarters. It is a company long associated with the powerful and grasping Military-Industrial Complex in this country, along with the seminal issue of “nuclear weapons proliferation.”

Earlier in the morning, the activists had performed a comparable satirical demo in front of the Department of Energy (DOE), at Independence Ave. The DOE is a department whose predecessor agency was involved in the creation of the first Atomic Bombs.

Two survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings were at the DOE ceremony.

Today, the DOE is involved in maintaining, inter alia, the nation's “nuclear weapons programs,” according to a press release of the sponsoring group for the demonstration, “The Atlantic Life Community,” see: http://www.serve.com/nukeresister/134atlantic.html .

Endorsing today's effort were two subscribing members of “The Atlantic Life Community” organization: “Dorothy Day Catholic Workers,” See, http://www.catholicworker.org /; and Baltimore's “Jonah House” at: http://www.jonahhouse.org /. Check these sites for more background information.