Re: Excuse Me, Mr. President, a new book by Rick Springer

Robert Cherwink (rc@vom.com)
Tue, 7 Oct 1997 12:15:38 -0700

>Antinuclear activist , Rick Springer, will be in the LA area

Thanks, John. Do you know if he plans to be in the Bay Area? I'll check
around, and look him up. Thanks again - Peace.

>Antinuclear activist , Rick Springer, will be in the LA area from
>November 26 to about December 5. He needs bookings at bookstores, media,
>colleges, and whoever else wants to hear the story of the most
>(in)famous nonviolent activist to come out of the modern antinuclear
>movement. You may remember the 100th Monkey action at the Nevada Test
>Site in 1992; the part that got wide media coverage was when Springer
>smashed a glass eagle, on camera,. that had just been presented by the
>National Association of Broadcasters to Ronald Reagan. Springer ended
>up spending 13 months in federal prisons, not for the Broken Eagle
>incident, (he merely got a ban and bar letter from the Vegas Hilton for
>that), but for failure make a court appearance.
>
>Professor Bruce Lincoln of the University of Chicago says, "Rick Springer
>has three important stories to tell. One is about the dangers of nuclear
>testing. Another deals with his varied attempts to alert the public and
>the third describes the realities of federal prison to which he was
>committed for the crime of crying out a warning." Wavy Gravy says,
>"Like Nathan Hale and Thomas Paine, Rick Springer is an authentic
>American hero and his book is an insistent wake-up call to activists
>everywhere."
>
>Please call or email me to make arrangements, or for further information
>you can reach Springer directly through his website at
>www.reninet.com/hobo.
>
>JOHN OWEN
>PO BOX 53521 LOS ANGELES, CA 90053
>213 223 2966
>jopax@juno.com
>MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH
>
>ps call the White House comment line today at 1 202 456 1111 to Stop the
>Cassini launch. No plutonium in space!

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